Explain to a european why in the usa some people have to wait 11 hours to vote with the election being 2 weeks away ?

@jackson55 isnt it worrying that there are such big differences in how easy it is to vote ? everyone should have the same opportunity to vote if you want it to be legitimate

@whowasthatmaskedman

Yes, there will be some inflation but that can be tempered by lower taxes for lower and middle income earners offset by higher taxes on higher incomes.

A higher minimum wage and true universal health care (I prefer a Canadian-style single payer system) would also offset the pain of inflation for lower and middle income earners.

[quote] Second, its going to take many years to bring all those industires and skills back home.[/quote]

Not necessarily.

A boost in military spending will help re-build a faltering industrial base and those workers will retain those skills as industry re-emerges when they move to new jobs.

Another reason I backed Dick Gephardt for his presidential run in 2004 was he wanted a global minimum wage. It would vary from country to country but membership in the WTO would be conditioned on it.

“We need to stop the human exploitation that is going on in this world,” Gephardt told a group of Iowa Democrats back in 2004.

“I’ve been in the villages.... The [manufacturing] plants are as good as anything in the United States. But the people live on the ground. They live in the cardboard boxes that bring the products back to the United States.... They live in worse conditions than most animals do in Iowa.”

@beckyromero I completely agree about the exploitation and Chinas human right record.. But America has done nothing about it up to now, nor will they.. But more importantly that wont pay back one cent of the international debt. Nor will boosting mitiary spending. You need to make stuff other people outside the country will pay for in a currancy other than US$ or in exchange for some of the $ you already owe them.. Then pay your workers a wage., This is not an easily solved problem.😷

@whowasthatmaskedman

Hence why I said:

"Put me in charge and we'll be just one big happy planet. OR ELSE!"

@CopperCicada Yeah I saw your updates. Could be fucked up. I mean, we are in the middle of a pandemic and that is screwing everything up.

I think people are high strung and worried and doing a lot of early voting. We may not be equipped to handle all that early voting.

Of course there are "problems". There's always problems.

But are those problems enough to call into question the legitimacy of the election?

I guess we will see soon enough....

@CopperCicada Hm ok. I think it will be fine as long as whomever wins, wins decisively. If it's a year 2000, recount the vote thing, that could get bad....nobody really cared in 2000, that's clearly not true in 2020.

@HannahSky that makes it even worse doesnt it.. if you only surpress certain voters...

@NoodleDoodle I don't lol but certain political parties do and it's wrong. There's lots being done to address it but it's a political issue.

@LvChris so with all thise freedom gibberish from america... why do you accept this pseudo democracy ?