A Huge Blow to Biden

 

On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court struck down the Biden Student Loan Forgiveness plan. Good! Serves Biden right. He isn’t a King, or worse, who just will proclaim something and voila’ it’s done.

 He should know better. He was in Congress from 1973 until 2009 as a Senator and was Vice President from 2009 to 2017. You would think that he would know what was Constitutional and what wasn’t. But instead. he would just usurp Congress’ power of the purse and try to unilaterally fulfill a campaign promise.

 And then, the Supreme Court called him on it by stating that he did not have that power. In fact, they even quoted Nancy Pelosi who said in 2021, that it was not the President’s authority, but the Congress.

 He knew this. And now he will try to blame the Court when it was he who screwed up. From 2021 to January 3, 2023, his party controlled both Houses of Congress. Instead of making a promise he knew he could not keep and did not offer a bill to have the Congress pass legislation he could sign, he did not. Why? Because too many Democrats facing re-election figured they would lose if they tried and told him not to even consider that option. Including Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

 Now, if he tries to propose such a bill, he would be laughed out of Washington. He will be mistaken if he tries to blame the Supreme Court as he campaigns for a second term. Even I would be able to beat him if he tried that stupid stunt.

As for trying to use the HEROES Act of 2003, that was a poor reason since it was written to provide for returning military from Afghanistan and Iraq. Whoever is advising him should be fired immediately.

 He was too busy writing executive orders for everyone to wear masks and watching the sheep obey it. He thought he could do this, too. Just so everyone understands, executive orders are Constitutionally valid when the Congress is not in session, and only if there is a threat to our national security during Congress’ absence. Not for every little idea that crosses the mind of a President to fit an agenda. This applies to Presidents from both parties, not just Biden.

 The problem, ultimately, is that colleges and universities charge too much money for education. And the Department of Education, since the 1970s, has allowed this to happen to where the cost of tuition is now at obscene levels. And has failed in its primary responsibility.

 Someone said to me today that that the government needs to do something to help students manage their education costs. All I can say is this. How is Medicare doing? Or the Veterans Administration?

 As Ronald Reagan said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English Language are, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

 

 

 

Kingmaker vs King

 

I have been silent on the whole 2024 election cycle because, frankly, I will not vote for Biden or any other Democrat with the possible exception of Robert Kennedy, Jr. It isn’t because I think he is so wonderful. Instead, it is because I agree with his vaccine stance. And that is it. But I have, for several decades, believed that we have over-vaccinated our children.

 And I will admit that there isn’t really anyone on the Republican side who has delivered an inspirational message for why I should vote for her or him, either. They are campaigning on the strength that they are “not Trump”. Not really a reason.

 I voted for Donald Trump twice. With no regrets. But quite honestly, he is a marked man with scandal, indictments, impeachments attached to his coattails. It is hard to believe he could overcome this and be an effective leader. Even members of his own party think he is last week’s fish.

 In addition, even if he ran, and won, he would be a “lame-duck” on January 20, 2025. How effective could he possibly be with all that on his back? The indictments, the so-called scandals and his lame-duck status crushing him down? It would be hard even for the strongest possible candidate to overcome all this.

 Had he won in 2020, he would have been serving a continued Presidency, with no break, to give him impetus for at least two more years and maybe even to the beginning of the 2024 election cycle. But recent history has shown, e.g., Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, that by year six, Americans are tired of that President.

 And each had an issue which negatively impacted the second half of his second term. Reagan had Iran-Contra, Clinton had his impeachment, Bush had Katrina and Obama had the IRS fiasco. But they were all judged by history to be mostly successful Presidencies. As a lame-duck, Trump won’t have that same opportunity.

 But, he presently is polling very strong and in some polls will beat Biden, or any Democrat. Except, you guessed it, Robert Kennedy, Jr. And the present Republican candidates have been given no indication any of them would support him if he won the nomination. And, in reality, Trump is not a Republican. Instead, he is an independent individual who ran as a Republican. And won.

 Americans are tired of all the divisiveness caused by both parties’ leadership. Perhaps it is time to revert to what George Washington believed: parties cause fracturing of the American spirit, actually pits American against American, which happened in 1860, and is happening again. Trump could help heal our electoral process by deciding not to run and instead back Kennedy. Democrats and Republicans alike would be hard-pressed to criticize him for this.

 Sometimes, people can be looked on more favorably by what they did and didn’t do. Being the king-maker sometimes is better than being the king.