Saturday, December 17, 2016

Contraindicated

At this point, the world knows who won the electoral college and thus the recent presidential election in the U.S. But the final vote count clearly shows the other party won the popular vote. It seems that the weight of the votes of the majority of voters (mostly in the coastal states) is less that those of the minority of voters (mainly in southern and western states). What's interesting is that although many pundits say HRC lost because she did not campaign much/enough on the economic pain of voters, the states she won are among the economically most vibrant and robust. So the states with policies that support (slightly) more function economies lost to states whose economic policies leave their voters in dire straits. Letting the supporters of super-bad economic policy choose a president with policy power is not the best way to ensure good economic policy. As doctors would say, this treatment (President-elect Trump) contraindicates the disease/condition (poor economy).

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