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My point is that everything that I've seen & read about the man so far has made feel a combination of sick & anger.
Like I say,no hard feelings these are opinions.
He uses his financial wealth and position to intimidate and is ever ready to threaten legal action at the slightest opportunity.
Just last night, his campaign sued the Clark County Nevada registrar as they allowed a polling station to stay open for two hours after closing - just for clarity, only those individuals that got in line before the closing time were allowed to vote, this is common practice as it can take hours from someone to actually vote here.
There was a worry that people were allowed to join the line after closing which could be a concern but at 8.00 o clock the wait time was decreed as being two hours and the polling station did close at 10.
The polling station was a Mexican supermarket within a largely Latino community.
What worried me most is that apparently the Trump campaign asked for personal information on the poll workers on duty at the market.
Fortunately the judge denied the request and seeing how Trump won the night, I doubt there will be any further action, but it points to a bullying mentality and an intolerant, selfish temperament.
Really unfortunately from my point of view, we woke up this morning to the inevitable conclusion that bullying wins.
Ho hum
I was scared that he would be a disruptive influence for the next weeks and months, I am not that keen on Hillary but I hoped for that reason that she would crush him.
Never in the world did I imagine that he would actually not only win, but crush her.
I can relate to that.
Or maybe because they have family in a European country which could help them settle, offer a support network, help them adjust to anew home, rather than go to a foreign country where they know no one?
Seems like a sensible idea to me.
I can come up with other possibilities. Do you want to hear them?
Or was your question rhetorical, in the sense that you have already decided you know the answer based on lumping everybody into the same category, and will dismiss all alternative possible reasons?
and thats just the top 50 companies
On the family issue: I don't know the numbers. But I see no reason to doubt that with global migration and travel patterns, there shouldn't be huge numbers of folks with connections all over Europe.
And, so what if there is a financial motive. Isn't it perfectly laudable that someone wants to move to another country where they feel they stand a better chance of progressing economically, either because of their training and qualifications, entreprenuerial skills, or hard work?
Out of curiosity, what took you to the States?
Why do people go where they go? Let's not muddle things: Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan have millions.
Refugees follow the routes available to them because countries aren't offering them transport.
Iraq is no more stable. Israel/Palestine is not possible. Iran for many wouldn't be an option either. So they use the Mediterranean route, which leads to Europe, where people hope they can actually find security and live independently rather than in the grinding stagnation of a refugee camp. It's not much different for Afghans; every quarter the violence increases to levels beyond anything since the invasion.
I've been in long term refugee camps, where people aren't allowed to work and have to rely on unreliable sources of education, food and healthcare. It's easy to understand why people would want the leave.
2,688,686 Turkey
1,048,275 Lebanon
245,543 Iraq
628,427 Jordan
119,665 Egypt
Fyi - the paperwork was a nightmare
The process to acquire a Green Card and become formally a permanent resident here took seven years and cost my company in excess of $23,000 in legal fees alone.
And the paperwork was a nightmare.
;ok
I honestly believe that if the Democrats nominated Bernie Sanders as their presidential candidate he would have destroyed Trump in the election... and none of this discussion would be taking place.
I get the feeling from this side of the pond, anyone but Clinton would have taken Trump to the cleaners in the election.
The disappointment, for me, is the apparent lurch to the right. Maybe the left need to take a long hard look at themselves, stop pandering to big business and the middle ground, and go back to basics. May make them unelectable for a while but at least it will offer a REAL alternative and may REALLY hold the reactionaries to account.
Looking for real change, for real people, within the current system died (if it were ever alive) in the 1980`s with Thatcher and Reagan and the whole unfettered free market, greed is good nonsense. ANYONE who has been in power since has just taken on the reins and carried on regardless. I may be wrong, but in my view this approach is positively wrong.
Finally Mrs G pointed out that Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax. The majority of big business, until fairly recently, would have agreed. Until they discovered that the fragility of the planet could also be turned into big business and you could actually make lots of money from "being green". Saving the planet may even be turned in to some kind of franchise, like McDonalds. Great. I`m sure Trump will come around eventually.
And finally, finally, Mr G. Are Trump and Blair REALLY that different?
The Democrats had six candidates, three of which withdrew before the primaries, Martin O'Malley quit after Iowa leaving Sanders and Clinton. Sanders won 23 states. Clinton 34.
Clinton was the choice of the registered Democratic Party voters just as the Trump was the choice of the Republican party voters, they might not have been the best but they won; the people have spoken.
Let's not even discuss states where they try to stop certain types of people from voting. Oh, go on then....
The Propositional Representation discussion raises it's head as in the UK elections.