The Donald Trump Score Card

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a United States legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion other than the worker's financial needs.

 

And Trump still has a 37% approval rate

 

History has shown that upper 30's percent approval is when a U.S. president starts having difficulties with support for his policies in Congress and the general public.

Trump's highest consistent approval rating has been about 41% during prosperity and without any significant crisis in the country, other than the ones that Trump has made himself (government shutdown) or fabricated (alleged border crisis which was initially fake but which itself precipitated the shutdown which has become a real problem).

 

Party lines run deep. I imagine you would have some problems wearing this shirt in the old days.

 

I did read somewhere that Trump has a back burner plan to force out public employees, that's if they stay out, or start delivering Pizza at his suggestion; they will not get their job back. It sure looks like he wants to cut all government services to the American people.

 

Thank you...I am going to one of America's best antique and used book stores (Hyde Brothers on Wells Street in Ft Wayne) soon. I'll let you know what I dig up there!

 

NASA contractors struggle without pay during government shutdown — and may never see the money
Chabeli Herrera, Contact Reporter, Orlando Sentinel
January 10, 2019

NASA contractors struggle without pay during government shutdown — and may never see the money

excerpt:

"About 1,400 employees at Kennedy Space Center whose jobs have been deemed “non-essential” — 600 of them represented by this union — have been at home since Dec. 22. To bridge the gap, many of them are using paid vacation days, burning through their savings accounts, cutting back on expenses and trying to get extensions on their home and auto payments."

 

Federal workers will get back pay after the shutdown, but federal contractors won't
Kathryn Krawczyk
January 16, 2019

Federal workers will get back pay after the shutdown, but federal contractors won't

excerpt:

"Federal employees working without pay throughout the shutdown were already guaranteed back pay once the government reopened. This new law grants back pay to those furloughed during the shutdown. But it doesn't guarantee a paycheck for federal contractors, something Warner pushed for in a Wednesday tweet. He also, of course, advocated for the government to reopen after its 25-day-long shutdown."

 

Trump has effectively shut down the Department of Homeland Security in the name of national security.

Archie Bunker once said that he was going to raise Mike's little son a Christian against his will if he had to break every commandment in the Bible to do it.

 

Citing lack of funded security needed for the event, Pelosi has suggested Trump delay his State of the Union address.

Pelosi Asks Trump to Reschedule State of the Union Amid Shutdown

 

This is part of trump's, and bannon's plan. create chaos, and then tell the citizens that the only people that can save the country are trump, and bannon.

 

The United States Coast Guard falls under the Department of Homeland Security, so for the first time since the civil war a branch of the U.S. military is not receiving pay.

 

Trump taps free government labor to execute political agenda
Agencies have called back thousands of furloughed federal employees, raising questions about whether the administration is favoring politically advantageous policies.
By NANCY COOK
01/16/2019 05:55 PM EST
Updated 01/16/2019 07:07 PM EST

Trump taps free government labor to execute political agenda

excerpt:

"The Trump administration is pushing the legal boundaries of a government shutdown, fueling fears that the president is manipulating federal agencies and workers to soften the political blow against him.

In recent days, agencies have called back to work thousands of furloughed federal employees, restarted services and pursued key policies at shuttered agencies. The activity has legal experts, administration officials and veterans of past shutdowns questioning what actually constitutes a government shutdown if the administration can simply resurrect its preferred services and à la carte policy to-do list nearly a month after funding technically expired for several agencies."

 

The state of affairs with Trump at the helm will be questionable when the current prosperity phase of the economic cycle eventually wanes. His approval rating has been a lackluster 41% under what could be considered the best of times for him.

During the Great Recession, an international coalition was built to combat the dire economic circumstances.

In contrast, Trump is known to dig his trench deeper and coerce others to try to win another personal ego battle that he inititated. It's a mindset that doesn't sound conducive to resolving a crisis.

 

A list of previous U.S. government shutdowns.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ed-and-how-they-ended/?utm_term=.cdb215a4fa73

 

So not paying government workers for less than a month is having a big impact on the wider economy and so this means that if you actually employed more government workers (all being paid of course) you could boost the wider economy.

This is a simple lesson in Keynesian economics.