"For one thing, the incoming government has tasked itself with reducing government substantially, eliminating many of its perquisites, and surgically excising the nefarious blob that is draining the purpose, meaning, and vitality out of our national life. " That is my favorite line today! If only it was so....
"For one thing, the incoming government has tasked itself with reducing government substantially, eliminating many of its perquisites, and surgically excising the nefarious blob that is draining the purpose, meaning, and vitality out of our national life. " That is my favorite line today! If only it was so....
We will see if the Golden Golem of Greatness (how Kunstler USED to refer to Donald Trump when Trump actually WAS the Prez) is going to pursue any of that noble agenda, or it if it was all simply a ruse to get elected and to further enrich himself and his rich friends and donors.
Obama used health care and the war in Iraq as a gimmick to get elected. Also noble goals. In actuality, Obama bailed out Wall Street, crushed Main Street, and continued Bush' war in Iraq (the US is still there!) and doubled down on the war in Afghanistan.
(as an aside, reducing the size of government and ending the warfare state are different sides of the SAME coin; getting better health care for less money and reducing the control of big money/health insurance/pharma are again, different sides of the SAME coin).
Don't hold your breath. The debt is out of control. I doubt Trump is willing to even end the war in Ukraine (see Obama comment), which is the easiest of his pledges to fulfill, politically speaking in terms of VOTES (in terms of MONEY flowing to political campaigns, ending Ukraine is very difficult. So Russia will have to win the hard way--something that is ultimately in the best interest of we the people of the US).
Things will get worst, because needed critical mass of the US public is AWOL when it comes to having an opinion on, and being willing to advocate for, the things that really matter (several of which Mr. Kunstler adeptly noted in today's piece).
On the bright side, IMO, while I think things will get worse in general, I also think they will still be less bad than they would have been if Kamala Harris and the Democrats won.
I don’t see a “bright side”. I think things will go from bad to worse regardless if it was Trump or Harris who got elected as chief executive of the US govt.
"For one thing, the incoming government has tasked itself with reducing government substantially, eliminating many of its perquisites, and surgically excising the nefarious blob that is draining the purpose, meaning, and vitality out of our national life. " That is my favorite line today! If only it was so....
We will see if the Golden Golem of Greatness (how Kunstler USED to refer to Donald Trump when Trump actually WAS the Prez) is going to pursue any of that noble agenda, or it if it was all simply a ruse to get elected and to further enrich himself and his rich friends and donors.
Obama used health care and the war in Iraq as a gimmick to get elected. Also noble goals. In actuality, Obama bailed out Wall Street, crushed Main Street, and continued Bush' war in Iraq (the US is still there!) and doubled down on the war in Afghanistan.
(as an aside, reducing the size of government and ending the warfare state are different sides of the SAME coin; getting better health care for less money and reducing the control of big money/health insurance/pharma are again, different sides of the SAME coin).
Don't hold your breath. The debt is out of control. I doubt Trump is willing to even end the war in Ukraine (see Obama comment), which is the easiest of his pledges to fulfill, politically speaking in terms of VOTES (in terms of MONEY flowing to political campaigns, ending Ukraine is very difficult. So Russia will have to win the hard way--something that is ultimately in the best interest of we the people of the US).
Things will get worst, because needed critical mass of the US public is AWOL when it comes to having an opinion on, and being willing to advocate for, the things that really matter (several of which Mr. Kunstler adeptly noted in today's piece).
On the bright side, IMO, while I think things will get worse in general, I also think they will still be less bad than they would have been if Kamala Harris and the Democrats won.
I don’t see a “bright side”. I think things will go from bad to worse regardless if it was Trump or Harris who got elected as chief executive of the US govt.