[ATimes] The US president's opponents in the the upper chamber aim to overturn his carefully constructed compromise with Beijing over the Chinese telecom giant ZTE.
The bright line that separates Donald Trump’s foreign policy from his predecessors is the question of regime change. Between the collapse of communism in 1989 and the departure of the Obama Administration, the American foreign policy establishment embraced the “end of history” premise that liberal democracy would replace all the autocracies of the past, and that the goal of American foreign policy was to hasten the inevitable march of history.
Trump, by contrast, puts American interests first and will make deals that reinforce the position of the Chinese, Russian, or North Korean regimes if the outcome is in America’s interest.
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Hypocrites. They were all in favor of business as usual with China until Trump became POTUS. All of our computers, including cell phones, were Made in China with the blessings of guys like McCain and Rubio. Damn hypocrites.
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[FREEP] The unprecedented outpouring of activism from students after the shooting at Marjorie Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla., in February is the genesis for a bill introduced in the Legislature last week that would change the voting age in Michigan to 16.
"We allow 16-year-olds to go off and get jobs and pay taxes, but we fail to allow them to exercise their voice come election time," said Sen. David Knezek, D-Dearborn Heights. "Young people are setting aside their differences and identifying issues they think need to change. And they can do everything to get that change except vote." If the grown-ups won't vote for you, get the kids. The younger you are, the more likely you are to vote Dem. Sixteen year olds aren't allowed to drink or join the military. They can't sign contracts. The kinds of jobs they can get are usually limited by laws looking out for them in their minority: night work, heavy equipment operations, that sort of thing.
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Honestly, I'd be more keen on raising it to 21. (military exceptions).
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The Dems must be hurting for voters despite recruiting Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto and the Roadrunner, the voters voting multiple times, illegal immigrants, felons and resurecting the dead.
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If I had it my way, I'd raise it to 35, except for veterans.
Service guarantees citizenship.
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Go all the way - "Starship Troopers" by Robert Heinlein - citizens only earn the PRIVILEGE to vote if they have served a full term of service in the military. If you put "skin in the game" - you have a right to play. That book inspired me to West Point, and then ten years active duty as an Infantry Officer.
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My requirement would be that voters have to be taxpayers. I refuse to pay taxes or serve in the military if I can't vote.
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End the NFA, must be taxpayer to vote, MUST prove citizenship to vote and anyone hiring illegals is to be tried for slavery and thrown in jail with all assets seized.
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