There are a lot of different claims about why the Electoral College exists here in the United States. The arguments from Wikipedia from supporters states: Supporters argue that it is a fundamental component of American federalism. They maintain the system elected the winner of the nationwide popular vote in over 90% of presidential elections; promotes …
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2020 Elections to watch
Here are the races I am watching this year: Federal 1.1. Executive The Presidential election, because duh. If Biden wins Arizona and Florida tonight, he is all but guaranteed to win the presidency. 1.2. Senate Alabama, likely Republican pickup Arizona Colorado Georgia Iowa Maine North Carolina 1.3 House 2. State 2.1. Governors Montana, Mike Cooney …
The United States Constitution
If you go look at history in other countries, you find that in Parliamentary democracies they have failed whenever a far right government came into power. Germany in 1933 is the most famous example, but similar systems in Spain led to Franco, and the United Kingdom’s election led to Brexit, which is threatening the country’s …
The Future of Social Security
If you don’t know how OASI works, please read my first article in this series, How Social Security Works. It should be common knowledge by now that Social Security has a massive surplus. This money is borrowed by the government as one of the largest parts of our government debt, accounting for over $2 trillion …
Vote for Joe
I cast my primary vote for Elizabeth Warren because I believe she had the best combination of strategy and progressive ideals, significantly more than any other candidate in the race. I voted for her despite her not really having a chance of winning because I wanted her to have as much influence at forming the …
Rule of Man
This is a short post because this is an extremely simply issue. We have finally received extremely rudimentary details on Trump’s taxes from a leak given to the New York Times. They have not released or leaked the full tax returns yet. The tax returns claim that Trump gave his daughter Ivanka over $700,000 in …
May Justice Live Forever
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday is an event which will significantly impact the future of American politics for the rest of our history. The Roberts Court has seen multiple 5-4 decisions which have been extremely decisive for the future of our country. The timing of this vacancy just before an election which will …
Democratic vs Republican Trifectas
Does your vote matter? Aren’t the parties the same? Does Democracy work? Let’s investigate this. I’m going to start the clock in 1933. There are a few reasons for this. The biggest reason is that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed the Democratic Party towards its modern platform significantly. It would take another 62 years for …
The Mercantilist Consensus
I watched Joe Biden’s speech to his nomination to be the Democratic Candidate when it was done, and the first thing I thought was how similar he was to Trump and Sanders in one aspect, which is his views on foreign trade. He made a brief comment on how he would work to save American …
The End of Tourism
How We Got Here In 1930 Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden formed the Saudi Binladin Group. He quickly grew to one of the most powerful people in the country with close ties to the Saudi government. The Saudi Government is led by a government following the philosophies of Wahabbism. In 1942 the United States government …