I\u2019m sure everyone can associate with this\u2026massive amounts of election spam emails, phone calls, and texts. They are\u2026 depressing. I think I\u2019ve opted out to well over hundreds of these things, but there is always more, kind of like our taxes, just more and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I digress. The meaning of today\u2019s (and the first in quite a while) topic was inspired by a text exchange I\u2019ve had with someone from a local democratic campaign (could be a spam robot for as much as I really know) worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This all started as a \u201cthank you\u201d text to \u201cWayne.\u201d Only problem, there\u2019s no Wayne in my household, so either someone has used my phone number or it\u2019s spam. I replied to them stating that there was no Wayne at this address. They responded asking if I supported the state democratic candidates. I stated flatly that no, I do not support the state democrats, I support individual candidates, regardless of party affiliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our conversation quickly went down the path of policy, and I asked them to clarify Biden\u2019s plans on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They replied with some generic talking points, although they did answer the specific question about COVID and restarting the economy, the second question was an often quoted talking point about how they are going to tax those making over $400K with increased taxes (for the record, I am not in that category, not even in my wildest dreams).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was about the end of our texting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As unpopular as what I\u2019m about to say is, I believe it is the truth, the economy and our nation\u2019s debt ARE the two biggest issues confronting us. Both issues have tons of smaller details, but these are the two overall themes that I\u2019m voting with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If our economy is strong, and our debt is reducing (REDUCING, i.e. getting smaller!!) all other issues will work themselves out. I believe \u201crace\u201d and \u201cimmigration\u201d issues are basically background noise to these bigger issues. But I will comment on each\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRace Relations.\u201d I put quotes around it because I think the phrase itself is full of pompous BS. Treat people as people, no problem. There is a natural sense of some to gravitate towards their own, ok- sure; but don\u2019t condemn them. As someone (I cannot remember their name) pointed out locally, the most segregated part of the week are Sunday mornings. That stuck with me, I had never thought of it that way, few churches are EQUALLY diverse. Our church has roughly 1\/4 white, 1\/4 asian, 1\/2 spanish, black and \u201cothers\u201d to be inclusive. Certain services have more Asians, others have more whites, and others have more Spanish. What\u2019s the big deal, we are all there for the same reason? I point you to an article I wrote a few years back<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Immigration. We need immigration, period. With that being said, it should be legal immigration, and not just crossing the border and you\u2019re here \u2013 congrats. Once again, with that being said, our immigration policy is extremely time consuming. How about we make it easier and less time consuming. The boss lady is an immigrant, and she went through all the paperwork and BS related to it to become a citizen of this great land, and to see people \u201ccheat\u201d the system degrades the value of US Citizenship. Most of my good friends here where I live are originally from other countries, and they have withstood the immigration policies to become productive, and dare I say, successful citizens. They live their lives with the daily intent and gratefulness to be part of this great land (a value much of our natural citizens lack) and they support this new land of theirs, fervently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s my two cents. Did you like this article? Did you hate it? Leave me a comment below to tell me how you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Related articles I\u2019ve written in the past\u2026<\/em><\/strong> My Resources for this post include…<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With each passing year, the percentage required to pay the interest on our national debt increases, and we are quickly approaching a time when drastic remedial action will be required to keep our republic in good financial order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[50,88,82],"class_list":["post-14976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-rants-raves","tag-america","tag-immigration","tag-rights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ChinaFlag.jpg?fit=1188%2C852&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15061,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15061","url_meta":{"origin":14976,"position":0},"title":"In-Decision 2024 \u2013 Presidential Election 2024","author":"DR D","date":"October 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, my cat was telling me to start writing again.\u00a0 So, to shut him up; I\u2019m stealing the name of a segment from the \u201cDaily Show,\u201d as I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware, it sums up this year\u2019s election cycle quite nicely. 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What are America’s Core Values? Pt2<\/a>
We could all learn from naturalized immigrants on this July 4th<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe Cost of the Trump and Biden Campaign Plans<\/a>
\nInterest Expense on the Debt Outstanding<\/a>
\nHow Does the U.S. Spend Its Foreign Aid?<\/a>
\nWhy Should We Worry About the National Debt?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n