tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post6957891433905300051..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: KrystallnachtBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-37086418550687623032016-11-09T12:40:39.390-08:002016-11-09T12:40:39.390-08:00One of the ways this could go south for Republican...One of the ways this could go south for Republicans would be scrapping trade agreements, causing investment to return to the US, but winding up with factories staffed by robots. Then where do the jobs come from?Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-31054562667023222862016-11-09T10:51:03.744-08:002016-11-09T10:51:03.744-08:00I am not sure that the "forgotten white worke...I am not sure that the "forgotten white workers" will necessarily be winners. Globalization may be slowed, but, a significant number of jobs will not be coming back. In recent years, more jobs have been lost to automation than to being shipped overseas. The auto companies are not going to scrap their robots in favor of manual labor. Ain't going to happen!<br /><br />Some additional casualties will probably be Dodd Frank, any attempt go slow climate change, perhaps our place as the leader of the free world. Another winner: Putin.<br /><br />I am surprised that the Dems are not speaking about the rigged election.... at this writing, Clinton is about 200,000 votes ahead in the popular vote nationwide. Rigged, I say, rigged!Sanoguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911933705954807512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-37263384638238915092016-11-09T10:09:30.681-08:002016-11-09T10:09:30.681-08:00There is always the Pollyanna view. After eight y...There is always the Pollyanna view. After eight years of obfuscation and obstruction the Republicans own the whole enchilada. Now they have to show the country what they've got. If Mssr. Trump is the Messiah after all, then a new paradigm for US politics and policy will emerge and the Republicans will get credit for it. If Mssr. Trump is simply a gasbag and/or if his party can't work with him effectively then there are going to be a lot of serious problems and setbacks and the Republicans will have only themselves to blame. Casualties: Obamacare and Roe v. Wade. Winners: forgotten white workers. The big roulette wheel is spinning but it will take a couple of years or more to see who the ultimate winners and losers are. At worse it could be pretty bad. At best it could lead to new approaches by both parties that are badly needed to govern effectively. Sadly the result is likely to be somewhere in the middle, a giant muddle.Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.com