Actually he didn't:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...tampering.html

 

The woman is an open and ardent supporter of The Green New Deal. Legislation that would devastate the airline industry.

That's not demonization. That's a fact.

Dismiss it at your own career peril. I fly the rich and shameless. They'll keep flying regardless so it will be YOUR ox that is gored, not mine.

 

So, did POTUS get to him? lol

 

My career success is independent of whomever is in office. I engineered it that way many years ago.

'Preciate the dire warning, but I'm good...

But seriously, what specific part of the Green New deal is going to "devastate" the airline industry as you say?

People are still gonna fly, no?

I think single pilot airline ops, and maybe even pilotless airliners pose a far greater threat to our career than your alarmist pronouncement.

 

No where in the GND language (which is a non-binding resolution btw) does it specifically mention air travel. Only place air travel is brought up is in an FAQ that was released...

“totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out high-speed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle.”

https://apps.npr.org/documents/docum...n-New-Deal-FAQ

Air travel is going to be quite necessary for a very, very long time, no need to freak out.

 

Was the tweet there in the article when you viewed it? If you click on the link there now, twitter says the account has been suspended.

 

While I'm a registered independent who is center-left on most things, I find this statement pretty bizarre. I have plenty of conservative family & friends and don't feel they want to 'destroy the country on every level'. Rhetoric like this gets us nowhere fast.

 

THIS. His tax cuts didn't end up increasing revenue at all while the budget remained the same.

https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020...ay-for-itself/

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...nalysis-430781

In other words, we're going to have to pay back all those tax cuts, with interest, eventually.


He also bragged about not paying taxes by exploiting government loopholes that were either placed by accident or design, then he got elected, and rather than fixing the loopholes, he just continued to exploit them. I get that politicians are slimy, terrible people, but just because he was an outsider doesn't mean he was any better, and his policies reflect that.


Meanwhile, rather than reforming Obamacare so Americans have healthcare, he just gutted it with no replacement plan, and likely no intention of replacing it. What makes that really ****ed up, is that we rely on private insurance, which is fine, but private insurance is literally a pool of money that everyone chips into. It's literally more expensive socialized medicine with extra steps! By introducing this free-market, private entity into the mix, the market will drive them to do everything they can to deny payments while maximizing revenue. So if you lose your job, can't afford the $1k/month premium, or fall through the many cracks that are in the system by design to exploit the people who need insurance the most, you're now bankrupt. Obamacare wasn't perfect, but it was better than that. Watching people cheer the gutting of our healthcare was like the "Lisa needs braces" episode of the Simpsons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgqtBm_oUpc

 

I think that's a reasonable position because it's fully accepting reality for what it is.

I'm concerned that Trump's behavior, especially when he's caught red-handed, will lead to a generation of people thinking that it's ok to act like Eric Cartman when they don't get their way. Or that rank means you can do whatever you want, as long as you're a massive dick about it. Basically, his personality and attitude undermines everything I thought I knew about leadership and how you should treat people, and the fact he's POTUS seems to indicate that's ok. But if he's pushing your positions I can see where you could say he gets results and he could offer some great lessons in "don't be naïve about the world."

 

This is not one his actions I find despicable, as long as whatever methods he's using is legal. Everyone tries to pay as little taxes as possible.