Hypocricy is abundant and so wrong

I am so tired on people only siding with their team. If a Democrat does this it is ok, if a Republican does it, it is fine. No, What is right is right. If you believe the national debt is a problem, that goes for Donald Trump and not just a Democratic president. If a supreme court nominee is not allowed a vote during an election year by Republicans, they must do the same when Donald Trump has a nominee in year 4. IF it is a crime for Hillary to delete emails (it was found not a crime for what she did), then it is a crime for Jared, Ivanka or whoever. Debt or deficit? It used to be important for Republicans, now they ignore Trumps tax cut and its effects. We must keep the truth to both sides. If it is bad for one side, it is bad for the other side. We must be consistent. We are all Americans. I might disagree with you but I need to keep everything consistent. Consistent in laws, consistent in rules, consistent in politics and media. Wrong is wrong no matter my team or side. Right is right, no matter my team or my side. Right now, Republicans are losing this issue. It is one reason I left the Republican Party. They care about Party over Country. It is all team based. Hypocricy knows no bounds. We need to judge all sides by same rules-it is call Constitution. It is called rule of law.

Why would you ever vote REPUBLICAN?

Why would any voter that is not the 1% vote republican? If you are lower income, lower middle or middle class the Republican party of tax cuts do not help you. The reason the Trump voter was angry was that Republican policies do not help them. Tax cuts do not spur growth or jobs or income. The Trump tax cut did not increase income or jobs for people-it was used for stock buy backs, investor gains. Trade while excellent for prices, ships jobs out of America. Workers have lost jobs, wealth and purchasing power. Healthcare? Republicans want to take it away. Better roads, bridges, mass transportation? Republican leaders say no. Expanding social security, disability, equal pay, increased minimum wage? Republican leaders say no and lets reduce. Welfare, food stamps, entitlement programs are cut and hurt. Education is cut. Private prisons, private schools help the wealthy but not the students. Republicans vote against improving and funding education, increased grants, the student debt issue. Every issue that can help people that need the help, Republican leaders say no. Why would Republican voters be angry at leadership? Democrats are not the enemy. Democrats do not want to take away your religion. Democrats will not take your guns. They will not take away your freedoms. You can go to church and believe. All people need to be served. Treat people with respect. Democrats are not the devil and the policies help every middle and lower income person. Currently Republican leaders do not care about the debt. They are shameless. What values? Do they support the constitution? Republican leaders do not care of you or your health or well being. Do not be scared. Do not be fooled. If you vote Republican it is against your best interests.

Are Republicans and Conservatives realizing Trickle Down Economics Does not work?

Take back my country. Leaving the EU. Conservatives are upset, fighting back. Conservatives see loss of jobs, loss of income, less services. Normal regular people, working class people are seeing factories gone, things made over seas and an influx of immigrants. NAFTA, CAFTA, EU, PPP, trade deals, jobs in China, stagnate wages for 30 years, the list can go on and on. Conservatives have a reason to be upset. Conservatives should be angry. Wall Street bailouts started in the US the Tea party and they were right to be upset. People losing housing and bankers being bailed out. The thing is that they have been lied to by business, companies and the Republican Party. The Republican party stands for business. Tax cuts for the rich, reduced spending, less entitlements. Business and the rich do not need these things, but people do. Trade agreements help business and yes they bring lower prices. But at what cost? Conservatives finally see the cost in lost wages, lost jobs, devastated cities. Republican's blame liberals or Democrats. Most conservative, working class people blame liberals and Democrats. That is too bad as liberal policies will help all people. Raising taxes on the rich, spending programs for roads, schools bridges, expanding Social Security and health care help working and lower class people. Conservatives love Reagan and trickle down economics, and the only problem is that it hurts workers, middle and lower class people. I understand the reasons Republicans are mad at the establishment. As Democrats were staging the Gun sit in, the Republican House voted on giving a perk to Wall Street Traders-they do not have to have a fiduciary responsibility for their clients. In other words, a broker does not have to do what is in the best interest of it clients, they just do what is in their own best interest. They can recommend a stock that will go down in value, hurt their client but make the broker a lot of money. Trickle Down Economics-right. Ted Cruz in the campaign was talking about getting rid of the EPA, abolishing the IRS, cutting the debt and all of these things are for business interests not the people. Trickle down economics is horrible the people need to realize business does not have the best interests of Americans. Trump will not help working class people. I have no idea when Trump supporters will get that. Trump is only out for himself-typical business person. Democrats do support business and have corporations as special interests. The idea though is liberal policies help people, all people and not just business. Conservatives need to see who is the real problem-business, and their party leaders.

What will make Democrats Vote?

It really bothers me that Democrats do not vote. Every two years, off elections we go backwards. Republicans make gains in Congress and in States. Why do Democrats not vote? Republicans vote against women's equal pay, against birth control, against health care, against abortion. Why do blacks not vote? Republicans Vote against voting rights , vote against higher minimum wage, health care. Republicans vote for prisons and tough drug laws to put blacks in jail. Muslims are being attacked by conservatives in so many ways. They can't practice their religion, they are beaten, now ID laws are being promoted. Pick a mjnority and Republicans are against them. Vote!!! We need you. Help yourself.Please.

A Time for Reparations

It is time to put our money where our mouth is. We need to do the right thing that General Sherman recommended at the end of the Civil War to give every slave a mule and 40 acres of land. We have given reparations to Japanese internment victims and Germany has given reparations for World War II to Israel. Estimates are that slavery cost the slaves $20 Trillion. There is no real way to calculate the cost of slavery, with interest up until today. What we do know is that slavery lasted from 1619 to 1865 in the US-which is 246 years where slaves were not allowed to read, to get an education, to move around, to think or be a person. Families were split up, people were raped multiple times, whipped, harassed and terrorized. There is nothing called a good slaveowner, or slaves were well treated. This is totally impossible and a fallacy. Slaves were denied wages, freedom and were give bare necessities to survive. The slaves were at the beginning of the Civil War estimated at $4 Billion. The cotton industry was responsible for the huge growth in the north with cheap textiles, exports to Europe and was central to the US economy. Now, after the Civil War, segregation and Jim Crow laws kept blacks from voting, from a good education, from good jobs and income. Jim Crow laws in essence were like the Nuremberg laws and just as harsh. The South had vagrancy laws and black men were picked up on the streets and taken to work for free or to pay off a fine or debt. Wages were terrible for blacks and blacks were denied entry to jobs, good schools and white society. Red lining was practiced so blacks could not get mortgages to buy homes. Blacks had seller contracts at high rates and if they missed a payment would lose the house and they gained no equity. Blacks were denied social security, GI Bill benefits, unemployment and other New Deal support systems until much later than Whites. Do not forget lynching, destroying towns, massacres and killing blacks for whistling at a white woman (Emmitt Till). Jim Crow lasted from roughly 1865 to 1964 or another 99 years. So we have 345 years of lawful destruction of black lives, jobs and freedoms. We had other Civil Rights laws in 1968 that helped with housing issues but this is a good time. After Civil Rights, the war on drugs and crime targeted black people. Blacks in jail, blacks dropping out of school, blacks being shot by the police or stand your ground laws. Blacks wages, wealth and ability to move up are markedly less than whites. For every slave, lower wage, red line, person in jail, a white person benefited. Whites gained from slavery, segregation, post Civil Rights and the white economy benefited from killing black society. I hear that blacks should be fine and equal and if they are not, it is due to them being lazy or thugs or dumb. To me, it is like having the Daytona 500 and whites have a 345 lap head start, and then you let the blacks begin the race. Why did they not win? so far behind? Hmmm? Anyone with common sense can see how white society, American society has benefited from keeping the blacks down and discriminating blacks. What do we do? Reparations, pay the descendants of slaves from 1865. Estimates are from a low of $12,000 per person to $1.5 million or $5 Trillion to $24 Trillion is due to blacks. I have seen direct payments or payments to the community. We have done both in the past. I do believe a direct payment would be fantastic along with community money to rebuild cities, education, homes, business development and health care. The community funds can go to an oversight committee that would take requests for funds for local areas. Money to people would be a stimulus package and support business, education and living expenses for blacks. Both are good spending and would add to GDP and the economy. There is a Congressional Committee proposal by John Conyers that is introduced each year to look at the issue. I would be willing to start with $1 trillion over 10 years which is $100 B per year. We can then divide up the $100 B between people and the community. The point is to do this. We need to look at this and do it now. Pick numbers that make sense. Pick numbers that help the black community and the US. I am open to ideas.

Oklahoma protesters of Obama with Confederate Flag-heritage of hate

The League of the South, KKK in all southern states, Sons of Confederacy are all supporting the Confederate Flag. There are parades showing support of the Flag. On Thursday, President Obama visited Oklahoma for a prison visit about prison reform. There were protesters of President Obama outside of his hotel waving the Confederate Flag. This is just another example of the hatred and racism shown to the President. Protesting a president with the flag of hate-they do not use US flag but the flag of slavery to wave at the President. This is just spewing hate. Oklahoma was not part of the South and did not participate in the Civil War,so how could these people use heritage? It was used for hate. Symbols matter and the symbol of slavery, segregation, hate being waved at the President who happens to be the first African American President. This is hate. Ask any of the protesters their feelings on the president and it would not be of love and tolerance. They feel hatred. Do they believe blacks and whites are equal? The flag shows that this answer is NO! The flag shows their racist, hateful beliefs. Terrible.

Where are the Good Police? Are there any good police? Police should protect all not just white

The idea that it is a few bad cops that are killing black people is an old, outdated and false statement. I know black cops are involved in killing black people. I know white cops are involved in killing black people. The problem is that if you are black you are dying in the custody or vicinity of police. Protect and serve seems to be for whites only. Has it changed since segregation when blacks could be lynched, killed by whites at any time. The police let this happen. Has this really changed? The list keeps getting longer and longer of black people dying in the hands of police. Dontre Hamilton shot 14 times (disturbing the police, had mental illness) Eric Garner (selling illegal cigarettes), John Crawford (Walmart shopper holding b-b gun), Michael Brown (jay walking, shoplifting?, pot use), Ezell Ford (mentally ill, unarmed), Dante Parker (killed by repeated taser), Tanisha Anderson (mental ill, unarmed, smashed head on concrete while apprehending), AKai Gurley (walking girlfriend home, unarmed), Tamir Rice (12 year playing in park, play gun), Rumain Brisbon (shot as police thought pill bottle was weapon), Jerame Reid (getting out of car), Tony Robinson (disrupting traffic, assault officer),Phillip White (erratic behavior), Eric Harris (73 year old sherrif thought used taser but used gun), Walter Scott (running from police), Freddie Gray (trying to leave police, killed in custody), Sandra Bland (suicide in custody?). None of these people deserved to die. None deserved this treatment. These are the known deaths that is in the public view. There can be others. Then there is cases in New Mexico police shooting at black mother and her car with children in car, the Texas 15 year old being man handled by police. The list continues. A White killers of 9 people is treated well and even gets a Burger King meal. The Colorado Theater killer was treated respectfully. Whites consistently yell at cops, threaten cops, have weapons including guns and they are treated with respect. The police might put to the ground but whites are not killed by choking or tased to death or shot 14 times. I have friends and family members that have been arrested on drugs, alcohol and were belligerent, threatening but never were mistreated. Police protect and serve white people. Some of these criminals do not deserve this kind treatment but they get it. Where are the good police, that protect both black and white? Where are the police stopping this kill black people behavior? Where are the police intervening? Where are the police saying that this is wrong? Where are the police calling out their own? I don't see them. I see some police on the news giving comments, but actual police on the streets, stopping these events? No. Police are standing by and letting blacks die. They are letting blacks be mistreated. Until I see police officers intervening and making a change, all of the police are the same. The police are not there to protect blacks or Hispanics. The police are not good. Police only serving whites does not serve the public. Black lives matter. Brown lives matter. All lives matter. Police need to protect and serve all people.