For my girls
My last plea, for those I love (you know who you are), I beseech you to read this and think of how your nieces, nephews, grandchildren etc, and how HISTORY will consider your actions and why, simply put, Kamala Harris is the only logical choice on November 5th.
We’ve already seen what
happens with a Trump presidency, and it has already drastically set our human
rights back decades.
We are HUMANS first and all deserve to live our lives with safety, dignity, and maintain the American freedom that so many have sacrificed and died to protect, and for my girls, I write this.
· I don’t believe this
makes me liberal vs. conservative, I’m just a Mom trying to be a decent human
being by caring for others and raising my girls to do so as well.
· To me, these rights
include: a woman’s right to choose, marriage equality, gender equality,
separation of church and state, religious freedom, voting rights and democracy!
And NOTHING is more important to me than protecting those for my girls.
Not inflation, not the economy, not immigration, not foreign policy NOTHING,
NADA, Rien, Nichts is more important to me.
The fact that in 2024, we must keep fighting so hard to uphold so many of
these rights outrages and astounds me every day. I remember telling my father
back in 2015, the GOP’s main goal of getting Trump into office (and why so many
of the GOP has walked back their criticisms of him cough
JD Vance cough) was to overturn Roe v. Wade. His response “that will never
happen”, well it did happen, and now young
women are DYING after over 40 years of protection.
So I while I personally can’t wrap my head around how anyone can
disregard all of the CRIMINAL, terrible, and reprehensible things
Trump has done, I know from my research and very understandably, most
Americans focus on how they think a presidential candidate will directly
affect their lives and as I most commonly hear, “I can’t stand
him, but, I’m voting for him because these reasons (the issues most important
to American voters listed below)”.
But my issue with this is, those reasons do not make logical sense when
you spend the time to research the facts (and I have spent most of my
professional career researching the habits of the American people, so baby
buckle up it’s time for “Krista Bullet Points”)
The Economy
Understand. Inflation sucks, and prices and interest rates are high. But
inflation is slowing, and interest rates are beginning to drop. So, while
the current situation is extremely challenging for all, bottom line, experts
predict a vote for Trump will not make inflation or interest rates
better, the opposite in fact.
1.
The
president often has a less direct impact on the U.S. economy than public
perception may suggest, considering the difficulty in implementing policies,
the global nature of the economy and the fragile nature of the stock market,
which relies on earnings growth for multinational corporations. Forbes.com So
overall, this is a big head scratcher for me as basis to base your vote for
President on, but, let’s dig deeper..
2.
How
is the Current Economy Doing under Biden/Democrats?
a.
The
current economy is defined by strong economic growth, a softening labor market
and slowing inflation. Interest rates are dropping, unemployment is at an
all-time low and inflation is going down under a Democratic president. Nerd
Wallet
b.
With
just days before Election Day, the U.S. just got its latest economic report
card — and it's good. The U.S. economy grew at a solid annual rate of 2.8% in
July, August and September, with consumer spending leading the way, according
to the Commerce Department on Wednesday. NPR
c.
Right
now America’s economic-growth rate is the envy of the world. From the end of
2019 to the end of 2023, U.S. GDP grew by 8.2 percent—nearly twice as fast as
Canada’s, three times as fast as the European Union’s, and more than eight
times as fast as the United Kingdom’s. The
Atlantic
3.
Harris’
Economic Plan is by far “the lesser of two evils” via multiple
sources:
a.
Nonpartisan nonprofit Committee
for a responsible federal budget notes Trump's estimated economic plan
would sink the nation $7.5 trillion further into to debt over the next decade,
while Harris' estimated proposals would cost the government half that — around
$3.5 trillion.
b.
Penn
Wharton University of Pennsylvania again, predicts both will increase
the deficit, but, Harris by $2.3 trillion, to Trump’s $5.8 trillion
4.
Most
dangerously, Trump’s economic plan is predicted to launch us into a
recession and worsen inflation by again, multiple sources!! So
WHY?!!???
b.
Penn
Wharton University of Pennsylvania
Immigration
1. Understand. This is a problem we need to solve, but, when global organizations like Human Rights Watch say that Trump’s Title 42 (enacted when he was in office) was "illegal and violates the human rights of those subjected to it. His way is not the way. It is not who we are as a country, and any policy that puts America on a “human rights watch” is reprehensible and unacceptable and I don't need to list anything additional. This is beyond ENOUGH.
Foreign Policy
1.
Most
Americans don’t realize how much other countries look to us to guide the world
and how much our policies effect other countries. So, when people say “the
world is laughing or disgusted with us, it’s true and I experienced it
firsthand. I went to Ireland in November of 2016, right after Trump was
elected. The second anyone heard our accents; we were bombarded with comments
like “how could you let this happen?” and “has America lost their minds?” we
were not initiating these political conversations, the Irish were outraged, and
afraid (many businesses are much more reliant on our economy than you’d
imagine) and pummeled me and my girlfriends with questions throughout our trip,
and articles on doom and gloom were plastered all over the front pages of all
their newspapers. At one point, I thought about trying my hand at a different
accent…
2.
According
to the Teaching, Research & International
Policy research lab, they see a large gap between Harris and Trump in
their abilities to manage foreign policy, command U.S. forces, and implement
their agendas on the global stage. Simply put, the experts say, Trump
doesn’t make the grade. ForeignPolicy.com
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Love to all,
Krista Faro Beyer
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