Talking to some Black acquaintances and co-workers, a few interesting points:
- They hate Biden. He represents the entrenched old-school politician that has done nothing for Blacks while demanding their unquestioning allegiance.
- They respect Trump's strength of personality, and the real advancements for Blacks under this presidency. This is despite crickets from Black 'leaders' and the MSM
- None of them would even THINK about admitting they are voting for Trump in front of a group of their peers.
And if you needed further proof that it is just a salary grab, Moody's has threatened to cut the state's bonds to junk status if it doesn't pass. Funny that an organization that wants the state to have as much money as possible (and they certainly doesn't believe in the Laffer curve) would back a tax cut.
ILLINOIS
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"Fair Tax" Proposal to eliminate the flat state income tax
-Vote NO. This proposal would amend the constitution to eliminate the amendment giving the state a flat income tax rate. It is being promised as a tax cut "for 97% of people" by the Democrats, but would allow rates to be increased by a simple majority vote in the state legislature. In no time flat, every single person will see their tax burden increase to pay for more pork, graft, and political dirty tricks for the Chicago machine.
I'm smart too! Did you ever think of that. Ever once? Send Hunter off to do this, send Hunter to take care of that… take care of some little unimportant Ukrainian business man here, and there; pick some Chinese Communist official up at the airport. I was stepped over! … It ain’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things. I’m smart. Not like everybody says, an incestuous pedophile crackhead. I’m smart and I want respect!
I'm smart too! Did you ever think of that. Ever once? Send Hunter off to do this, send Hunter to take care of that… take care of some little unimportant Ukrainian business man here, and there; pick some Chinese Communist official up at the airport. I was stepped over! … It ain’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things. I’m smart. Not like everybody says, an incestuous pedophile crackhead. I’m smart and I want respect!
Honestly, I think going down this road would be a mistake for Trump. The media will play it like that big meanie Trump picking on a poor kid who had problems. The focus needs to stay on Biden and what a doddering old fool he is. The more America sees of the real Biden the better. Don't give him the opportunity to make sound bites with false indignation about people going after his son.
Sleepy Joe isn't going to debate Trump. I'm more excited to see what excuse he tries to use to get out of it.
If you think about it, there is very little upside to him debating. He is running as 'notTrump', so his positions and vision of the future had literally no bearing. Debating Trump will only make him look week and old, as well as expose his past positions to the radical young part of his party. Ergo, he will find some excuse not to debate.
There are some swing states they control. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. And they can cheat in the blue areas of otherwise red states (e.g. Cleveland). The specter of inevitable Democrat voter fraud cannot be underestimated this cycle. I still think a big part of why Trump won in 2016 was that the Democrats didn't think they needed to cheat to win. They won't make the same mistake again.
This has nothing to do with the environment, and everything to do with paying back Warren Buffett for his support. The oil will still flow, it will just be on Warren's trains instead.