Democrats promise more of the same

DEMOCRATS CLAIM AMERICA AT ITS BEST

MANY CONTRADICTIONS

While watching the Democratic Convention it was clear that their proposals are basically the same policies of the last 40 years. On one hand Hillary has promised to continue the policies of Barack Obama in actually stating that they are proposing an Obama 3rd term. On the other hand, Bill Clinton claims she will bring change to those issues that Americans are concerned about. It looks to me from the rhetoric that the former will be the case. As for the economy, they state how great everything is, but that they will get the economy growing by "INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE,"  which sounds much more like another stimulus package. It is going to be paid for by raising taxes? Does anyone really believe that they will be able to raise enough taxes from the 1% to pay for all this? This is another transfer of wealth from the private sector to the public sector. There is no talk of tax reform, no talk of regulatory relief, no talk of encouraging manufacturing in the United States. Under pressure from Bernie's supporters and Trump, Hillary now says she is against TTP, which has set aside funds to assist workers displaced by this treaty. She will pass this trade bill in a minute if elected, as her best friend Terry McCauliffe let it be known in order ease the concerns of supporters of TTP. In last few days it has been reported that home ownership is now at the lowest point in 50 years. Employment is now at 63% of eligible workers and nearly 50% of households are getting food stamps. New jobs are mostly in the retail sector or food services where the prospects of advancement are limited. ALl this and they are talking about free college education for all; again where will this money come from and will there be good  jobs available when these people graduate? The whole plan is government control of all aspects of the economy. If these policies are continued, we will one day look like Venezuela. The democrats seem to only have one track when it comes to economics: transfer all wealth to the state and they will distribute to whom they think is deserving or who will best serve their political purposes.

 

Poor Bill, he's heard it all before

As for foreign policy, it is all more of the same, I did not hear any proposals to change or even reevaluate our foreign policy. I guess they believe all is well and stay the present course.

As for immigration, again all is well, we need to open the borders and let in anyone that should want to come, something like the EU immigration policy. This in itself has hurt the most vulnerable in this country, by depressing wages of the lower and middle class. Is it the plan to have a large poverty class dependent on government, who feel they need to vote for democrats to insure their basic necessities rather than opportunity to become self sufficient and prosper? 

This convention could have been called the,"Convention of Malcontents", who believe that their problems can all be solved by some government intervention. It was focused on emotional appeals to gain votes, without any real logical solutions. While government is necessary for common defense, enforcing contracts, and public safety, it now has become the god of the new age. Those that put their trust in government will be sorely disappointed.

We did not see anyone praise the results of total democratic control in cities like Detroit, Baltimore, St. Louis, Chicago or most all big cities, with unsustainable debt, violence and declining private sector opportunities.