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Tag: Election

Political Financing: A Modest Proposal

By Phil Mayes Posted on August 10, 2017 Posted in Politics Tagged with Democracy, Election

Here’s how to reduce the influence of money in elections: no politician should be allowed to accept contributions from outside their district. This applies at all levels: city, county, state and nation. The Federal Election Campaign Act bans foreign contributions, and …

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Reconciling the Various Reasons for Trump

By Phil Mayes Posted on April 15, 2017 Posted in Economics, Society Tagged with Election, Race, Trump

After the election, I concluded that Trump won with three appeals: Bring back jobs Drain the swamp Build the wall and that I approved of the first two. (It’s now clear that all three are unlikely to happen.) Many people …

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5 Reasons to Enjoy the Trump Regime

By Phil Mayes Posted on February 13, 2017 Posted in Politics, Society Tagged with Democracy, Election, Trump

The blows are relentless. Our news feeds deliver multiple shocks each day. The barrage slows time down — surely it can’t be only 24 days since the inauguration? And yet there is joy to be found in all this. 1. The …

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What Went Wrong

By Phil Mayes Posted on November 9, 2016 Posted in Politics Tagged with Bernie Sanders, Election, Trump

Here’s what went wrong. There were establishment and populist candidates on both sides. Thirty years of tax cuts, trade agreements and computerization gave all the productivity gains to the top, and the average person suffered. Republicans chose the populist candidate, the …

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Continuing NYTimes Bias

By Phil Mayes Posted on May 10, 2016 Posted in Media, Politics Tagged with Bernie Sanders, Clinton, Election, New York Times, Trump

I have railed for months about the pro-Clinton bias in the NYTimes. Today’s headline reads Three Crucial States Show Tight Races Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton PARA 2: “The Quinnipiac University surveys, released on Tuesday, show Mrs. Clinton leading Mr. …

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Bernie Sanders will be President

By Phil Mayes Posted on July 8, 2015 Posted in Politics Tagged with Bernie Sanders, Election

I came to this conclusion a week ago. Reasons: His policies are popular He is consistent in his positions, and people respond to such authenticity His funding is all grass-roots I keep reading posts from Republicans who support him The …

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Five Ways America is a Faux Democracy

By Phil Mayes Posted on June 12, 2014 Posted in Politics, Society Tagged with Democracy, Election

The existence of elections, civil law and free speech gives the appearance of a functioning democracy, but in practice they are not acting as intended. 1. Voting is not Representative Voting is skewed in America in many ways. Districts are …

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Race in America

By Phil Mayes Posted on November 9, 2008 Posted in Politics, Society, Uncategorized Tagged with Election, Race

There has been much comment that this was a post-racial election.  Yes and no.  Look at the electoral shifts since 2004.  A broad swath across the center of the country voted MORE Republican than in 2004, and I can see …

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The emergence of a collective conversation

By Phil Mayes Posted on October 27, 2008 Posted in Computers, Media, Politics Tagged with Election, Obama

This election is like no other, and here’s why: it’s a populist election for the first time.  What has created that is technology: the internet, video cameras, easy video editing, YouTube and social networking sites like Digg.  In all previous …

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