There is a general belief that in the U.S., whoever gets the most votes wins the election. This is not true in Presidential elections because of the electoral college. President Trump received about 3 million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton but still became President. But it has also not been true with state elections. Because […]
Continue readingPart II. Read Part I here. As politicians seek to blame others for intractable economic problems, they are overlooking the real problem. Donald Trump is ignoring it; so is Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders never discussed it. They choose not to address the problem because they don’t know how to deal with it. What Is The […]
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Part I The United States is polarized by the debate on immigration with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wanting to build a billion dollar wall to keep Mexican immigrants out, and a promise to round up millions of existing but undocumented immigrants and deport them. The Democrats, by contrast, seek to integrate immigrants into U.S. […]
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Anti-Trump Forces Should Beware of What They Wish They may get their wish, and it could be worse than Trump. Senator Ted Cruz appears to be the Republican alternative to Donald Trump. So would Cruz be a better selection than Trump? Senator Cruz has been a U.S, Senator for four years. He has not sponsored […]
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Is Donald Trump a Businessman or a Politician? Business leaders solve problems. Every day presents new challenges and problems whether issues arise with product development, marketing, competition, regulators, or employees; there is no shortage of problems to be dealt with. Failure to resolve problems leads directly to unsatisfactory performance. Politicians appear to be evaluated by what […]
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This Is the Trump Phenomenon On a recent trip to Australia, many of my former colleagues and friends asked about current election-year politics in the U.S. and how specifically Donald Trump could be the leading contender for the Republican Party nomination. They were generally incredulous that Trump could be nominated and possibly become the United […]
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