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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
They only have power while people vote for them.
Trump has exposed a problem. Middle America, in terms of income and areas, is suffering. From loss of jobs, wages and living standards. The reasons are simple to see.
Free Trade is great if you have a workforce who works hard and cheap, yet the ability to dump goods on countries with higher incomes. It was great when the goods being imported were only clothing, not so great for those who used to make clothes. When the cheap goods close industries like steel and the goods become airplanes and space exploration parts, there's a problem.
Immigration works great if it's doctors, scientists, businessmen. It's not so good when it's people taking jobs in fast food restaurants, which have replaced jobs for those who used to making goods like clothing.
I say not good. For the top 10%, it works great. Until their jobs start to be exported. And they will, in fact already are being exported. Eventually, The First World drops in buying power and a few in the Third World replace them. Not as many, but for the 1% that's not the aim.
We need to vote out those who only represent the few. Be they big corporations or big government like the EU.
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And therein is the problem. Everyone bitches that all the candidates are the same and nothing ever changes, yet they insist on voting for the same people over and over again.
Congress had a horrible 10% approval rating going into the last election yet they had a 95% re-election rate.
The only way things will change is is term limits are put in place so that people are forced to vote for someone else or if something very bad happens and out of it a different type of leader or party emerges. Short of that we will continue this cycle for a while.