Every election voters hear campaign promises from candidates. That’s a no-brainer. In the past, these promises were directed at changing existing policies that would in some way benefit the majority of voters. But this time around we are seeing another element being brought into the picture–desperation. Trump’s promises so far include (1) not taxing tips (but his plan has holes in it that would benefit wealthy individuals who could reclassify commissions as tips and avoid paying taxes on those amounts); (2) not taxing overtime. This is totally unworkable for several reasons like the huge tax revenue drain it would cost, the impossibility of monitoring what is overtime, the additional admin cost to track and separate overtime from “regular” 40 hour work weeks, and other oddities. (3) shutting down the government to create chaos and make Biden look bad. This will only alienate Federal employees against Trump as they try to live paycheck-to-paycheck. (4) he wants to abolish the “Johnson Amendment” (LBJ 1964) that prohibited churches from financially supporting any candidate for office. Trump thinks he can win voter support by extending a greater voice to religious organizations. This is a clear violation of the separation of church and state in the US Constitution. (5) he suggests that public school funds be made available to charter schools and maybe even private religious schools as directed by the parent’s choices. The trick here is that apart from the violation of church and state rule the wording in these ballot issues DOES NOT GUARANTEE ANYTHING. It’s simply a desperate attempt to get your vote. (6) and his most recent effort is meant to dispel your concern that Melania, his spouse, has any estrangement from Donny over his multiple affairs, public adultery revelations and felony convictions. Melania has made a series of videos in which she condemns the invasion of her privacy when FBI agents even looked in her drawers (pun intended) during their hunt for classified documents. Now she’s even touting her nudity on the hopes that the prospect of seeing her again as First Lady will win some pervert votes. Hey–Trump will take anything at this point. He trails in all polls and gets further behind every time he talks. He goes to jail if he loses and he knows it. Remember in November.
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