My predictions for where we'll be after some time of a Trump Administration

originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: TonyS

Well, I love Bernie, but if he didn't get it, I'd just be happy to settle for a true moderate from either party. The people Trump is putting in his cabinet are the alt-right's wet dream.

Gawd, I'd love to live in a Bernie world.

It is just not realistic at this time.

a reply to: Open_Minded Skeptic

No FEMA camps?

originally posted by: DogsGonads
Why are some people so afraid of change?

Who's afraid of change? Are you kidding?

I'm an Atheist Globalist. Start running for safety.

originally posted by: HUMBLEONE

The deep government pulled the plug on Hillary.

I don't believe that at all.

Add "The Environmental Protection Agency" will become

"The anti-environmental Protection Agency".

And

People who are making $8.00 an hour will still be making that amount when he leaves office.

Or, he will put the Walton's of Walmart fame in charge of setting minimum wage, and it will be a dollar with no accrued leave and no benefits.

I'm not going to say he wants to militarize the government, but it's getting creepy. Maybe he wants to wear one of those fancy uniforms with badges and golden ropes all over it, like the ones Gaddafi wore.

Maybe add a crown like the one Joffrey wore in GOT.

USA USA USA

originally posted by: Open_Minded Skeptic
3. The country will be less "free" than it is now.
a. There will be a wave of anti-freedom legislation across the country at both the federal and state levels. Examples: Restrictions on women's access to safe and legal abortion, restrictions on voting.

AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater; create an affirmative defense if the probable post-fertilization age was less than 20 weeks or if a medical emergency; require a determination of the unborn child's probable post-fertilization age prior to performing an abortion; allow for civil relief; create the Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitation for civil actions arising from violations; EMERGENCY.

Emphasis added

In the state of Kentucky. Source

originally posted by: Open_Minded Skeptic
c. Governmental organizations focused on killing people will be extremely well funded, organizations focused on helping people will be short funded.

Source for all statements in this post

Emphases added.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides leadership to promote sustainable
agricultural production, protect the long-term availability of food through innovative
research, and safeguard the health and productivity of the Nation’s forests, grasslands, and
private working lands based on sound public policy and efficient management...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $17.9 billion for USDA, a $4.7 billion or 21 percent
decrease from the 2017 annualized continuing resolution (CR) level

The Department of Commerce promotes job creation and economic growth by ensuring
fair and secure trade, providing the data necessary to support commerce, and fostering
innovation by setting standards and conducting foundational research and development...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $7.8 billion for the Department of Commerce, a $1.5
billion or 16 percent decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level.

The Department of Defense (DOD) provides the military forces needed to deter war and
to protect the security of the United States...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $639 billion for DOD, a $52 billion increase from the
2017 annualized CR level. The total includes $574 billion for the base budget, a 10 percent
increase from the 2017 annualized CR level, and $65 billion for Overseas Contingency
Operations.

The Department of Education promotes improving student achievement and access to
opportunity in elementary, secondary, and post secondary education...

The President’s 2018 Budget provides $59 billion in discretionary funding for the
Department of Education, a $9 billion or 13 percent reduction below the 2017 annualized CR
level.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with ensuring the Nation’s security and
prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through
transformative science and technology solutions...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $28.0 billion for DOE, a $1.7 billion or 5.6 percent
decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level. The Budget would strengthen the Nation’s
nuclear capability by providing a $1.4 billion increase above the 2017 annualized CR level for
the National Nuclear Security Administration, an 11 percent increase.

(An increase for that part of DOE that is related to nuclear weapons, decrease for everything else.)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) works to enhance the health and
well-being of Americans by providing effective health and human services and by fostering
sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social
services...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $69.0 billion for HHS, a $15.1 billion or 17.9 percent
decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a vital mission: to secure the Nation from
the many threats it faces....

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $44.1 billion in net discretionary budget authority for
DHS, a $2.8 billion or 6.8 percent increase from the 2017 annualized CR level.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) promotes decent, safe, and
affordable housing for Americans and provides access to homeownership opportunities...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $40.7 billion in gross discretionary funding for HUD, a
$6.2 billion or 13.2 percent decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level.

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) is responsible for protecting and managing vast
areas of U.S. lands and waters, providing scientific and other information about its natural
resources, and meeting the Nation’s trust responsibilities and other commitments to
American Indians, Alaska Natives, and U.S.-affiliated island communities...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $11.6 billion for DOI, a $1.5 billion or 12 percent
decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level.

Note, however, that there is an increase in DOI funding related to energy development programs. See prediction #4.

The Department of Justice is charged with enforcing the laws and defending the interests
of the United States, ensuring public safety against foreign and domestic threats, providing
Federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime, seeking just punishment for those
guilty of unlawful behavior, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of justice
for all Americans...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $27.7 billion for the Department of Justice, a $1.1
billion or 3.8 percent decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level.

Which may be a good thing, given what we have for the current USAG.

The Department of Labor fosters the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees by
safeguarding their working conditions, benefits, and wages...

The President’s 2018 Budget requests $9.6 billion for the Department of Labor, a $2.5 billion
or 21 percent decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level.

And it goes on in this vein. Granted this budget has not been adopted by Congress and with any justice at all it never will be. But it clearly demonstrates the direction and priorities of this administration.

originally posted by: Open_Minded Skeptic


2. The economic situation for normal working Americans will not improve.

The current mess presented by the GOP will increase taxes on far too many middle class Americans in 10 years, and doesn't even try to hide the fact that the hugest amount of tax savings will go to the segment of the population that needs it the least, as in not at all.

the analysis released Friday found that, over time, the plan would increase the tax burden on about 28 percent of the middle-class workers Trump has pledged to help.

the worst news for middle-class taxpayers is that they would see a tax increase over 10 years, according to the analysis.

That includes some 10 percent of low-income households — more than a quarter of the middle class.

people making $150,000 to $300,000 a year would also get hit. By 2027, 60 percent of them would see their taxes rise by about $4,000, according to the tax center. But just 3 percent of the richest Americans would face a tax increase

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4. There will be fewer nice places left in the country.
a. There will be "energy production activity" in various natural parks or wilderness areas around the country.

Trump on Monday will announce the reduction of Bears Ears National Monument by up to 90%, in what will be the largest reduction of a national monument to date.
He'll also announce plans to cut Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in half, in a push led by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch.
Bears Ears, declared a National Monument by former President Barack Obama in 2016, is sacred to the local Navajo tribes and a popular destination for rock climbers and outdoor enthusiasts.
Beyond its beautiful sandstone buttes and canyons, Bears Ears holds numerous culturally-significant archaeological sites, including ancient Anasazi cliff fortresses and petroglyphs recording thousands of years of history.

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On track so far. And the sheep look up.

originally posted by: Open_Minded Skeptic
2. The economic situation for normal working Americans will not improve.
c. It will remain prohibitively expensive for middle-class Americans to get a good education.

Private colleges give students from families with annual incomes of $155,000+ an average of $5,800 more per year in financial aid than a federal formula says they need to pay tuition; at public universities, they get $1,810 more than they need.



529 college savings accounts allow for $2 billion worth of federal and at least $265 million worth of state tax breaks that almost all go to upper-income families.



Federal tuition tax credits cost the treasury $35 billion. More than a fifth of the money under the principal deduction goes to families earning $100,000 to $180,000 a year.



A student at a private university from a family in the top quarter of income is more likely to get work-study money than a student at a community college from the bottom quarter.



State “free-college” programs often benefit wealthier students more than lower-income ones. In Oregon, which made community college free, students from families in the top 40 percent of income got 60 percent of the benefit.

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This did not start with the Trump regime, but it is accelerating. Same old same old - re-distribution of wealth, from the bottom to the top. What the GOP depends and lives on.

And the sheep look up.

originally posted by: Open_Minded Skeptic
4. There will be fewer nice places left in the country.
a. There will be "energy production activity" in various natural parks or wilderness areas around the country.

And now we find that a uranium mining company lobbied intensively for reduction of Bears Ears monument.

A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access to the area's uranium deposits and help it operate a nearby processing mill

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and top Utah Republicans have said repeatedly that questions of mining or drilling played no role in President Donald Trump's announcement Monday that he was cutting the site by more than 1.1 million acres, or 85 percent. Trump also signed a proclamation nearly halving the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which is also in southern Utah and has significant coal deposits.

"This is not about energy," Zinke told reporters Tuesday. "There is no mine within Bears Ears."

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#in' liars. But what else is new.

And the sheep look up.

I wonder what corruption of all manner is going on on Wallstreet too.

a reply to: Open_Minded Skeptic

I think you're wrong.

But then again, what the hell do any of us know?