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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: NYT ltte: Run a governor, not a Senator, for president in 2020 [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)33. All but a few agree with that. I am hoping Gov. Inslee
catches fire, but almost all are possibles for me at this point. At very least I'm hoping Gov. Inslee will add considerable expertise and emphasis to climate, water, energy, ag, environment discussion through the debates.
Another is tech executive Andrew Yang, who's running on "the robots are coming." I'm hoping he'll help more viable candidates put the critical issue about jobs and incomes front and center. He sees many millions with no job to go to in a very few years.
All our good candidates are very involved with these issues, but they need help, a synergy that will make them top issues.
All you need is self-driving cars to destabilize society, Mr. Yang, 43, said over lunch at a Thai restaurant in Manhattan last month, in his first interview about his campaign. In just a few years, he said, were going to have a million truck drivers out of work who are 94 percent male, with an average level of education of high school or one year of college.
That one innovation, he continued, will be enough to create riots in the street. And were about to do the same thing to retail workers, call center workers, fast-food workers, insurance companies, accounting firms.
Alarmist? Sure. But Mr. Yangs doomsday prophecy echoes the concerns of a growing number of labor economists and tech experts who are worried about the coming economic consequences of automation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/technology/his-2020-campaign-message-the-robots-are-coming.html
That one innovation, he continued, will be enough to create riots in the street. And were about to do the same thing to retail workers, call center workers, fast-food workers, insurance companies, accounting firms.
Alarmist? Sure. But Mr. Yangs doomsday prophecy echoes the concerns of a growing number of labor economists and tech experts who are worried about the coming economic consequences of automation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/technology/his-2020-campaign-message-the-robots-are-coming.html
No kidding. He "echoes" millions more worried people than those.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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He may have gotten elected due to his past governorship of Texas but he effed up royally
CTyankee
Mar 2019
#6
It's not an absolute, but since Carter, governors have done better than Senators.
marylandblue
Mar 2019
#5
Who knows? I'm sure the author of this piece would say the the Republicans would then stand a
CTyankee
Mar 2019
#8
While I'm disappointed that ONCE AGAIN we have to say to women "Sorry, not your turn yet...
CTyankee
Mar 2019
#24
I think we have to be clear: just because I want to vote for a woman for president doesn't
CTyankee
Mar 2019
#30
i, for one, could not fathom why Trump won. I went to bed on that election night thinking HRC
CTyankee
Mar 2019
#25
So discard experience because things change and experience might not always give us the answer.
Squinch
Mar 2019
#35
Maybe this LTTE will be discussed further in the NYT over the weekend and, hopefully, here
CTyankee
Mar 2019
#26
Would love to see a political analysis about why this is true, but it is true.
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2019
#32