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TIDBITS – OCT. 10 – READER COMMENTS: THE ELECTION – BIDEN AND
SETTLING OF DOCK STRIKE; IMMIGRATION AS LIGHTENING ROD IN U.S.
POLITICS; CLIMATE DISASTER AND CLIMATE DENIALISM; NEW RESOURCE – THE
BENEFITS OF IMMIGRATION; MORE…  
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October 10, 2024
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_ Reader Comments: The Election - Biden and Settling of Dock Strike;
Immigration as Lightening Rod in U.S. Politics; Climate Disaster and
Climate Denialism; New Resource - The Benefits of Immigration _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources and CARTOONS - Oct.10, 2024,
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* RE: A TRUMP WIN WOULD BRING BOTH MONARCHY AND ARISTOCRACY TO THE
US  (JEFF JAMES)
* BIGGER AND BIGGER  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: ARAB AND MUSLIM AMERICANS COULD DECIDE OUTCOMES IN SWING
STATES  (ELINORE KRELL)
* RE: BIDEN’S AMAZING WIN SETTLING THE DOCK STRIKE  (C KRAUSS)
* CATEGORY TRUMP  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: A TRUMP WIN WOULD BRING BOTH MONARCHY AND ARISTOCRACY TO THE
US  (EARL PICARD)
* RE: HOW IMMIGRATION BECAME A LIGHTNING ROD IN AMERICAN POLITICS
 (DR. SUSAN SELBIN; WFTE COMMUNITY ONLINE RADIO)
* RE: BEFORE HELENE, A PERFECT STORM OF CLIMATE DENIALISM  (TOMMY
ELDER)
* THIS ELECTION, SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES  --
 CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: HOLY GRIFT! THE OK TRUMP BIBLE MIRACLE  (DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* BUT, THEY SAID VANCE WAS SO NICE IN THE DEBATE  --  CARTOON BY
DR. JAMES MACLEOD
* RE: HOLLYWOOD’S NEW SEX WORKER ROLES ARE GIRLBOSS HEROINES  (L
A KURTH)

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RESOURCES:

* THE U.S. BENEFITS FROM IMMIGRATION BUT POLICY REFORMS ARE NEEDED
TO MAXIMIZE GAINS  (ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE)

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RE: A TRUMP WIN WOULD BRING BOTH MONARCHY AND ARISTOCRACY TO THE US

This election may be America’s last stand against this country
becoming, like Hungary and Russia, a full-on oligarchy run of, by, and
for a small, malevolent group of the morbidly rich.

Jeff James
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BIGGER AND BIGGER  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
October 8, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: ARAB AND MUSLIM AMERICANS COULD DECIDE OUTCOMES IN SWING STATES 
 

Young women who are determined to have reproductive freedom and no
government control over their bodies may also be a factor in swing
states in voting for Democrats up and down the ballot.  

Elinore Krell

 

RE: BIDEN’S AMAZING WIN SETTLING THE DOCK STRIKE

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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It was amazing!  I think Biden doesn't get enough credit.  Glad see
Robert Kuttner's article!

C Krauss

 

CATEGORY TRUMP  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Donald Trump's dangerous lies about immigrants and federal disaster
relief are compounding the devastation facing hurricane victims and
only add to the growing threat that his campaign represents.

Rob Rogers
October 8, 2024
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RE: A TRUMP WIN WOULD BRING BOTH MONARCHY AND ARISTOCRACY TO THE US
 

I read the article with questions as to how Hartman was going to make
a case that Trump's election will usher in Monarchy and Oligarchy. I
was especially troubled by the notion that Trump will bring back the
Monarchy. There is absolutely nothing in the article that makes the
case for Monarchy. It does not recognize that the Dark Money faction
is just one of several factions that support Right wing government.
Trump's possible election will bring all of those forces into his
administration. That is not oligarchy.

I find it problematic that your publication does not seem to question
arguments and assumptions that contributor make. Using the term
Monarchy, in any way, during a discussion of American politics is
misleading and borderline irresponsible. Hartman does not even bother
to define either of the terms.

Earl Picard

 

RE: HOW IMMIGRATION BECAME A LIGHTNING ROD IN AMERICAN POLITICS
 

As you well know, besides the Native Americans who were here when
Europeans arrived, the rest of us come from immigrants!!  My
ancestors were Norwegian, Danish, Russian and Polish.  As a former
Peace Corps Volunteer every 15-20 years starting in Chile, then
Liberia and later Swaziland (Eswatini), I enjoyed living in local
communities.  My first PCV assignment in Chile was "community
development" based in a small town with lots of USG support because we
were fighting the cold war against Communism.

The other two PCV assignments placed me with organizations with a more
limited role and no continuing relationship.  Although as a Dept. of
State Foreign Service Officer for 20 years full-time service and
another 14 years on call to take on specific assignment of 1-3 months
to resolve specific issues, I did reconnect with a few contacts from
my PCV days in Liberia.

Only my Chile connection continues to this day.  My last visit in
2019 included a dinner in my honor because the elementary school was
then in one of my building projects after an earthquake destroyed the
previous School.  Another old friend was then a General in the
Chilean Army.  He put me on a jet with a pilot who left me on an
Easter Island to fare for myself and be picked up in three days.
 Both were wonderful experiences!

In any case and back to your article, our ancestors came seeking a
better life or escaping violence/persecution or leaving played out
lands for the prospect of fertile lands and a better future.  Then
others followed those relatives who reported rich lands, better lives,
and opportunities for living well with hard work and, for some, good
fortune.

And immigrants continue to enter the U.S. for the same reasons as our
ancestors immigrated to the Americas.

I get that we don't need a mass immigration, but we do benefit from
"new blood" with fresh energy and "new eyes" to see possibilities
beyond our reality.

How do we block a crazed Trump and keep Dems balanced?  How do we
"fairly" select/support new arrivals?

I just needed to put my thoughts down and send them to someone in a
position to get reflections of others to come to a reasoned response
rather than a lightning rod that divides us.

Dr. Susan Selbin (EDD)

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Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins
until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP
but also Democrats in their image.

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RE: BEFORE HELENE, A PERFECT STORM OF CLIMATE DENIALISM
 

At some point we have to say this is an avoidable problem.  Or at
least addressable.  And we're not.

Tommy Elder
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THIS ELECTION, SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES  --  CARTOON BY
LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
October 8, 2024
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RE: HOLY GRIFT! THE OK TRUMP BIBLE MIRACLE
 

The state of Oklahoma wants to buy 55,000 bibles for its public
schools. When put out to bid,  the specs for the bibles were so
carefully drawn that only $60 & $90 bibles endorsed by Donald Trump
(from which he get$ fees) could meet them. Will Oklahoma voters oust
these criminals from office?  Facebook just removed a similar post on
this subject which I had posted from xxxxxx
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I wonder whether it will remove this post as well or is WaPo more
immune for Facebook's right-leaning censorship.

Daniel Millstone
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BUT, THEY SAID VANCE WAS SO NICE IN THE DEBATE  --  CARTOON BY DR.
JAMES MACLEOD

 

Dr. James MacLeod
October 2, 2024
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RE: HOLLYWOOD’S NEW SEX WORKER ROLES ARE GIRLBOSS HEROINES

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Really great article. How many mothers of baby girls want them to grow
up to sell their bodies, though? It's great to recognize sex workers
as fully human but to normalize commodification of intimacy is very
sad.

L A Kurth

 

THE U.S. BENEFITS FROM IMMIGRATION BUT POLICY REFORMS ARE NEEDED TO
MAXIMIZE GAINS  (ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE)

 

Immigration strengthens the U.S. economy and has great potential to
boost it more. However, current policies squander benefits by
depriving immigrants of their full rights and employers easily
manipulate the system.

If immigration policy was improved to guarantee equal and enforceable
labor and workplace rights, especially when aligned with intersecting
policies, win-win opportunities abound for the United States. Read the
report
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Introduction and executive summary

Immigration has been a source of strength for the U.S. economy and has
great potential to boost it even more, but the current U.S.
immigration policy regime squanders too many of its potential benefits
by depriving immigrants of their full rights as workers and granting
employers too much power to manipulate the system. It is crystal clear
that immigration expands U.S. gross domestic product and is good for
growth. And immigration overall has led to better, not worse, wages
and work opportunities for U.S.-born workers. Yet, it is also clear
that when workers are denied full and equal labor and employment
rights, as some immigrants are when their immigration status is used
against them—it makes immigrant workers’ lives more precarious and
can harm the people with whom they work side-by-side in the same
industries.

Even in the face of our unjust policy regime, immigration today
provides numerous benefits to the U.S. economy. The nation could
benefit even more, and the benefit could be shared more widely with a
smarter set of immigration policies that benefit all workers.

The benefits are too often overlooked, and the challenges it poses for
policymakers and U.S.-born workers are often grossly exaggerated. In
this paper, we assess the evidence on immigration’s effect on a
number of economic outcomes given the policy status quo. We then go on
to highlight how immigration status impacts wages and working
conditions, and finally, offer recommendations on how to craft a
better immigration policy regime—one that grants immigrants their
full rights as workers in U.S. labor markets, generating broad
benefits for U.S. and foreign-born workers alike. Our key findings
are: 

* IMMIGRATION IS ENABLING ECONOMIC GROWTH DESPITE THE SHARP
DECELERATION IN THE GROWTH OF THE U.S.-BORN WORKFORCE.

* IMMIGRATION DOES NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JOBS AVAILABLE FOR
U.S.-BORN WORKERS AND HAS PROVIDED A SOURCE OF DEFLATIONARY PRESSURE
IN RECENT YEARS.

* IMMIGRATION’S EFFECTS ON U.S. WAGES OVERALL RANGE FROM NEUTRAL
TO SLIGHTLY POSITIVE.

* IMMIGRATION IS CLEARLY POSITIVE FOR THE BALANCE OF TAXES AND
SPENDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

* INCREASED HOUSING COSTS ARE CAUSED NOT BY IMMIGRATION, BUT BY THE
FAILURE OF U.S. HOUSING MARKETS TO MEET ANY NEW DEMAND WITH MORE
HOUSING UNITS RATHER THAN HIGHER PRICES.

* PEOPLE WHO IMMIGRATE INTO THE UNITED STATES INCREASE THE
ECONOMY’S STOCK OF HUMAN CAPITAL AND IDEAS, TWO CRUCIAL INGREDIENTS
FOR LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH.

* POLICY REFORMS THAT GRANT IMMIGRANTS FULL RIGHTS IN THE LABOR
MARKET SPUR BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE IN THE U.S. ECONOMY.

* UNDERRESOURCED LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT IS ENABLING LOW-ROAD
EMPLOYERS TO ABUSE IMMIGRANT WORKERS WITH IMPUNITY AND FLOUT BASIC
WORKER PROTECTIONS.

* IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. PROVIDES MANY ECONOMIC BENEFITS, AND THOSE
BENEFITS WOULD INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY IF IMMIGRATION POLICY WAS
IMPROVED TO GUARANTEE EQUAL AND ENFORCEABLE LABOR AND WORKPLACE
RIGHTS. WITH PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH OTHER POLICY SPHERES, SUCH AS
INVESTMENT IN PHYSICAL AND HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITIES
ABOUND FOR THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE IMMIGRATION FLOWS
OR EVEN EXPANSIONS.

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