Who Are You Going to Believe?

Both candidates for President are quick to accuse the other of lying.  That is about the only thing they agree on, both are false bearers. If their falsehoods were these warriors they would wear camouflage. They never look or sound like what they are. Unmasked they are untruths, lies. Their object is to deceive. It is disheartening to know we  have to decide between two liars, but we do. Considering they are co-equal liars we must look for some other basis on which to decide for who to vote. Consider these headings.

Immigration:
Trump: Trump’s policy on immigration may be among his most famous. He says on “day one” he would close the US-Mexico border and embark on a hard-line position to round-up and deport undocumented immigrants.

Harris: “We are very clear, and I think most Americans are clear, that we have a broken immigration system and we need to fix it,” she told an interviewer. Why hasn’t she helped do it using authority already at her disposal?

The war in Ukraine:
Trump: “We must be absolutely clear that our objective is to immediately have a total cessation of hostilities.” He has said he supports extra aid to Ukraine, albeit possibly in the form of a loan.

Harris: This summer she traveled to a conference in Switzerland and pledged Washington’s continued support. She announced $1.5 billion in US assistance through the State Department and the US Agency for International         

Abortion:
Trump said the issue should be left to individual states, which is the current state of affairs since Roe was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022.

Harris: After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, she became among the most effective campaigners on reproductive rights, saying while Trump boasted about having helped overturn the 1972 ruling, she and Biden were pressing Congress to restore the position to have it as it was before.

Economy:
Trump: He has suggested he would tax all imports up to 20 per cent of their value, and tax Chinese imports 60 per cent. He has said he would lower the corporate income tax rate from 21 per cent to 20 per cent.

Harris: “Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency.” How? She has also proposed a change to inheritance tax rules, ending a “loophole” where children do not pay the capital gains of their parents’ assets when they are sold.

Israel:
Trump: Trump often claims to have been the most pro-Israel president in history. He agreed to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem, recognize Israeli sovereignty of the disputed Golan Heights and spearheaded the Abraham Accords.       

Harris:  In March, she talked of a “human catastrophe”, while last month she skipped Netanyahu’s address to Congress but did meet with him.

Climate Change:
Trump: He says on his first day in office he will end Mr Biden’s “Green New Deal atrocities” – a measure that was actually never signed into law. He also says on the first day in office he would “drill, baby, drill” and reduce restrictions on drilling imposed by Biden.

Harris: She says climate change is real and warned “the clock is not just ticking, it is banging”; when she ran in 2019 she supported the progressive Green New Deal climate change mitigation framework and spoke out against fracking.

Vote for the candidate whose policies you approve.