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Asking as someone from the other side of the planet.

From the things I saw about the US election, the Dems were the side with plans for the economy - minimum wage adjustments, unions, taxing the rich, etc. The Republicans didn't seem to have any concrete plans. At least, this is what I saw.

I don't doubt Bernie Sanders though - he seems like a straight truth teller. But what am I missing?

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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

If you are asked where you differ from a whildly unpopular president in a time where all normal Americans are hurting bad, and you answer "nowhere".

And your points on the economy are essentially, the economy is booming..

You disqualify yourself, as we saw.

People did not want more of the same or small incremental change. And apparently the worry some have about fascism taking over is not believed by many.. politicians say a lot.. but they won't do that.

Time will tell.

[-] Consumer2747@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I didn’t want to bother making another account to like this comment twice so I’m just writing this to say, ‘This’.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They are now saying, we got the mandate, we gotta do it. I even heard a rep senator say that they will go after companies employing illegals because then they will go home.

Get ready, because this will cripple agriculture and other sectors.

Also, the IRS knows who employs illegals.. easily. They know how much revenues companies make per employee from massive datasets, they can easily point out the companies that over earn compared to their employee numbers in a specific sector. Same as they can easily determine someone's income from their yacht, house or jet size.

In the Netherlands they for example audit hair salons if their purchase of hairspray (or other consumables) does not line up with their listed revenue.. they know the revenue per bottle of hairspray... Or at least the range it should be in.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

where you differ from a whildly unpopular president... and you answer "nowhere".

I watched the beginning of the Trump-Harris debate. When Harris was asked why she and Biden kept Trump's trade tariffs (after just saying how bad new ones would be), she gave no answer and went back to bashing Trump.

And your points on the economy are essentially, the economy is booming..

I felt a lot of disconnect between the "Biden is the greatest" and "America is suffering" rhetoric in the lead up to the election.

the worry some have about fascism taking over is not believed by many.. politicians say a lot..

Not American here, but I still have much hope that the fate of America is in the hands of her people. My biggest fear at Trump's election is if it inspires more of the nation to hate and anger - because the president is your leader in that way.

But you see, Trump won because a lot of people voted for him. If the American people can find a new love for the poor, for fairness between worker and manager, for people who look and act differently: then I have great hope for the nation's recovery.

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