I am so elated at the outcome of the 2024 National Election! It has renewed my faith in Democracy as a governing principle. Although COVID aftermath and lies from the fake-news establishments (and nefarious vote harvesting) skewed the 2020 election; this time enough voters saw through the egregious lies and distortions and voted accordingly – and decisively. Trump even won the popular vote.
Flyover country has won a victory over the liberal coastal enclaves and university cities. I rejoice even as an academic. (We engineers are required to think logically.) I give my condolences to those who bought the lies and still refuse to wake up and smell the coffee. The glaring democrat insults to the American way of life can be summarized:
Opening the Southern border of the United States to all who wanted to enter (without vetting for background checks) flooded the country with millions of dependent people who soaked up so much of the FEMA resources that American hurricane victims on our Southeast coast were left without even close to adequate support. In addition, numerous criminal elements were brought in and have wreaked havoc on communities and individuals. Numerous murders and rapes are attributed to these elements.
Since I live in Texas and watch the Rio Grande Valley where I grew up, I see literal fortresses in the farming areas because illegal immigrants swarm the countryside. The now owner who purchased my old family farm has had to build a fence surrounding the house that would be typical in a gated community.
The American economy has been brought to its knees by the incompetence and vindictiveness of the Democrat administration. Cancelling energy development projects and Trump tax cuts that had boosted our economy has caused enormous inflation such that gasoline prices are up by over 50% in some areas. Some are accumulating credit card debt in order to buy groceries and to pay for rent.
Also, planning a tax on Anticipated Capital Gains is the most egregious attack on family savings since the 1933 confiscation of gold by FDR. Anticipated Capital Gains would mean that if your house appraisal went up from $300k to $400k, you would have been required to pay tax on the increase in value – even if you didn't want to sell it.
Some taxes are necessary but no nation ever taxed itself into prosperity.
Is it not telling that the stock market sky-rocketed when President Trump's victory - along with a Republican Congressional victory was established?
The United States has lost a great deal of prestige in global affairs. President Trump had boxed in troublemakers such as Iran, The Caliphate and North Korea to the extent that they were not an immediate threat. "Sleepy Joe" Biden was a very weak President who did little to curtail the aggressiveness of the Islamic terrorists who intend to destroy Israel – (and then the rest of us.) Russia would not have attacked Ukraine had Trump been in office.
Then, there is the so-called "woke" culture. Who thinks it is fair to allow a strapping, husky male to compete against women in a physical sport division set aside for female players? Just because he decides to identify as female does NOT make him eligible to cheat in this manner. And screw the pronouns!
I have no problem with individuals who dispute the gender in which they were born. I have family members and relations who are either transgender or homosexual. Godspeed to them. I love them as they are. However, no one should carry any endowed physical advantage across gender lines for competition.