In 2021, J.D. Vance, then a candidate for the US Senate, laid out a roadmap on how to effectively bring wokeism to heel by going scorched earth on woke capital
Have you ever been to Sturgis? The other half's brother lived just west of Rapid City. I guess it's quite the sight . . . and sound.
J. D. Vance is one of the few politicians I really like, and he's right about a lot, and every suggestion would go a long way toward "fixing" our problems.
Businesses should be "audited" and categorized as either "American" or "American-based." By "American based," I mean their headquarters might be here, but the bulk of their workforce is not. A certain percentage of their workforce should have to reside in the states and be US citizens or green card holders for them to qualify as an American company and their products to come into the country tariff-free, because that's really where the payoff is. The trick is not allowing them to utilize subsidiaries overseas and claim those are totally separate. If a Chinese factory produces parts for only a few American businesses, then those businesses add a proportionate amount of those workers to their count, meaning they have to hire more workers here to remain qualified as an American business.
Because here is the thing that the "banker" misses. US citizens fund the military that safeguards his products overseas and the infrastructure here that supports his headquarters. He also benefits from our relatively generous corporate tax laws. All that means, if US residents are not benefitting at a similar level from his business, it's a one-sided relationship, and we need to end those.
Yours was a great piece, well worth waiting for.
PS My husband and I never had children. I have a niece and he has ten nieces and nephews and as of May 24th (I think) we have our first great niece, on his side. (My niece is only eleven, and I keep telling her no boys until you're 30.) I often look ahead and try to figure out if we'll regret never having kids. So I'm sorry. I don't know what will happen with us, but that's a painful regret if it turns out to be something you wanted.
"Businesses should be 'audited' and categorized as either 'American' or 'American-based.' By 'American based,' I mean their headquarters might be here, but the bulk of their workforce is not. A certain percentage of their workforce should have to reside in the states and be US citizens or green card holders for them to qualify as an American company and their products to come into the country tariff-free, because that's really where the payoff is. The trick is not allowing them to utilize subsidiaries overseas and claim those are totally separate. If a Chinese factory produces parts for only a few American businesses, then those businesses add a proportionate amount of those workers to their count, meaning they have to hire more workers here to remain qualified as an American business."
This! So very much this!! A thousand times over!
I have been to Sturgis in winter, when it is all but a ghost town...never been there for a rally. When I lived in Chicago, courtesy of my Lifetime Membership to H. O. G. (Harley Owners Group), I had unlimited admission to the H-D Museum in Milwaukee, also known as, The Shrine. It was an easy day trip, and the restaurant on the campus served the BEST comfort food!! Making a pilgrimage to Mecca (the rally in Sturgis) is a bucket-list item, for me.
My regret vis-à -vis children is a two-edged sword. My ex-wife had legitimate reason for not wanting kids. She was convinced that her own mother had undiagnosed severe clinical depression, and was bi-polar - also undiagnosed – after getting to know her, I was certain my ex-wife was absolutely correct. My ex-wife suffered from both, and she was not about to pass that along to another generation. However, we were still so selfish that adopting an infant held no attraction for us.
My regret is rooted in only realizing what could have been - what might have been, now well after the fact. Shortly after we had returned from our honeymoon, an elder of the chult of which we were a part, and his wife, took us to breakfast one Saturday morning to persuade us to embrace either having children of our own, or adopting. We told them we appreciated their concern, but that we've decided not to have kids – to this day I'm shocked we weren't dis-fellowshipped, and it is one of the few times I can recall that we were of the same mind.
Only now am I able to see that the sacrifices parents make for their kids, changing diapers, chicken pox, measles, all the very unglamourous parts of raising kids is worth it after they grow up and you can see the difference in this world that you've made.
Speaking only for me, my reasons are purely selfish, and cowardly.
"Because here is the thing that the 'banker' misses. US citizens fund the military that safeguards his products overseas and the infrastructure here that supports his headquarters. He also benefits from our relatively generous corporate tax laws. All that means, if US residents are not benefitting at a similar level from his business, it's a one-sided relationship, and we need to end those."
Indeed! Ironically, that's why he has the luxury of not having to see beyond the end of his nose.
Dude - I don't think I got this alert.
I actually referenced JD Vance in an El Gato Malo comment about MD's Governator Wes Moore yesterday.
Catching up now!
Just subscribed. You've left a high bar for yourself with this excellent post. Thank you!
By any means necessary,YES! Maybe a Trump/Vance ticket would be the way to go?
Thank YOU!!
I would not mind a Trump/Vance ticket, at all!!
Have you ever been to Sturgis? The other half's brother lived just west of Rapid City. I guess it's quite the sight . . . and sound.
J. D. Vance is one of the few politicians I really like, and he's right about a lot, and every suggestion would go a long way toward "fixing" our problems.
Businesses should be "audited" and categorized as either "American" or "American-based." By "American based," I mean their headquarters might be here, but the bulk of their workforce is not. A certain percentage of their workforce should have to reside in the states and be US citizens or green card holders for them to qualify as an American company and their products to come into the country tariff-free, because that's really where the payoff is. The trick is not allowing them to utilize subsidiaries overseas and claim those are totally separate. If a Chinese factory produces parts for only a few American businesses, then those businesses add a proportionate amount of those workers to their count, meaning they have to hire more workers here to remain qualified as an American business.
Because here is the thing that the "banker" misses. US citizens fund the military that safeguards his products overseas and the infrastructure here that supports his headquarters. He also benefits from our relatively generous corporate tax laws. All that means, if US residents are not benefitting at a similar level from his business, it's a one-sided relationship, and we need to end those.
Yours was a great piece, well worth waiting for.
PS My husband and I never had children. I have a niece and he has ten nieces and nephews and as of May 24th (I think) we have our first great niece, on his side. (My niece is only eleven, and I keep telling her no boys until you're 30.) I often look ahead and try to figure out if we'll regret never having kids. So I'm sorry. I don't know what will happen with us, but that's a painful regret if it turns out to be something you wanted.
"Businesses should be 'audited' and categorized as either 'American' or 'American-based.' By 'American based,' I mean their headquarters might be here, but the bulk of their workforce is not. A certain percentage of their workforce should have to reside in the states and be US citizens or green card holders for them to qualify as an American company and their products to come into the country tariff-free, because that's really where the payoff is. The trick is not allowing them to utilize subsidiaries overseas and claim those are totally separate. If a Chinese factory produces parts for only a few American businesses, then those businesses add a proportionate amount of those workers to their count, meaning they have to hire more workers here to remain qualified as an American business."
This! So very much this!! A thousand times over!
I have been to Sturgis in winter, when it is all but a ghost town...never been there for a rally. When I lived in Chicago, courtesy of my Lifetime Membership to H. O. G. (Harley Owners Group), I had unlimited admission to the H-D Museum in Milwaukee, also known as, The Shrine. It was an easy day trip, and the restaurant on the campus served the BEST comfort food!! Making a pilgrimage to Mecca (the rally in Sturgis) is a bucket-list item, for me.
My regret vis-à -vis children is a two-edged sword. My ex-wife had legitimate reason for not wanting kids. She was convinced that her own mother had undiagnosed severe clinical depression, and was bi-polar - also undiagnosed – after getting to know her, I was certain my ex-wife was absolutely correct. My ex-wife suffered from both, and she was not about to pass that along to another generation. However, we were still so selfish that adopting an infant held no attraction for us.
My regret is rooted in only realizing what could have been - what might have been, now well after the fact. Shortly after we had returned from our honeymoon, an elder of the chult of which we were a part, and his wife, took us to breakfast one Saturday morning to persuade us to embrace either having children of our own, or adopting. We told them we appreciated their concern, but that we've decided not to have kids – to this day I'm shocked we weren't dis-fellowshipped, and it is one of the few times I can recall that we were of the same mind.
Only now am I able to see that the sacrifices parents make for their kids, changing diapers, chicken pox, measles, all the very unglamourous parts of raising kids is worth it after they grow up and you can see the difference in this world that you've made.
Speaking only for me, my reasons are purely selfish, and cowardly.
"Because here is the thing that the 'banker' misses. US citizens fund the military that safeguards his products overseas and the infrastructure here that supports his headquarters. He also benefits from our relatively generous corporate tax laws. All that means, if US residents are not benefitting at a similar level from his business, it's a one-sided relationship, and we need to end those."
Indeed! Ironically, that's why he has the luxury of not having to see beyond the end of his nose.