Now What?

Post Election Notes

This was a challenging election because of the many negatives on both sides. I believe things turned out for the best. Here are the positives.

The Good:
Supreme Court: We can expect to have multiple Supreme Court appointments over the next 4 years and, with Trump, those will be constitutionalist judges who seek to interpret using "original intent" instead of viewing it as a "living  and breathing document" that evolves with society. It is judges of the latter type that have created the right to an abortion and have restricted public prayer. Trump's Supreme Court nominees will affect society for decades to come.

Taxes and Regulations: We can expect them to be more favorable to business growth and we will likely see significant growth in economic activity during Trump's term. Nothing would be more effective than repealing Obamacare. Federal minimum wage laws are another example of problematic regulation. Requiring daycare facilities in poor economic areas to pay their employees the same salary as those in affluent areas further restricts economic opportunity in those poor areas. Minimum wage laws take away the strongest leverage inexperienced workers and minorities have to get hired, the willingness to work for less. Rather than closing the gap between rich and poor, minimum wage laws exacerbate it.


Defense: A Trump administration will strengthen the US defense posture which will restrict the activities of bad actors. According to findings published in Arutz Sheva: Israel National News, deaths as a direct result of war, worldwide, are as follows

Bush Presidency 2001 - 2008: 159,121

Obama Presidency 2008 - 2015: 361,201

This does not count those that died from hunger, disease, or accident while fleeing their country. Millions have been displaced under the Obama's 'lead from behind' foreign policy doctrine.

The Bad:
Media Services: Major news services will be relentless in their attacks on the Trump administration.

Example of Personal Behavior: Trump has made mistakes in the past and we will hear about them all. The media is much more forgiving of democrat administrations.

Protests: Left-wing Organizations like MoveOn.org will seek to intimidate society into compliance with their way of thinking by staging protests, business boycotts, and vandalizing property of people that disagree with them. As Saul Alinsky taught in his book, Rules for Radicals, "go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions".

Election Escape:
Felicia and I saw the movie Arrival.

All I can say is, "Huh?"