June
21, 2016
By Saeed Qureshi
In her land mark speech in Columbus
Ohio today, the presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Madam Hillary
Clinton compared and contrasted her economic agenda as the president of the
United states with that of the Republican presumptive candidate Donald Trump.
Her speech carried undertones of mocking, satire and tinge of taunts for her
Republican contestant for the presidency of the United States.
What was most distinctive and striking
during her delivery of monumental speech was her composed demeanor, sobriety
and vigor. She disclosed that in preparation of the speech she had to spend
extra time and efforts including conferring and consulting her advisors and close
associates.
She laid out the inconsistencies and
futile economic plans of her rival as to what he did in the past in creating a
phony and farcical economic empire fraught with countless bankruptcies, non-
payments to his employees and scores of cases pending against him on this
count.
Her baggage of arguments about the
bogus and failed economic attainment of Donald trump was based upon the
following arguments.
-Donald
Trump is too dangerous to run the US economy.
-He
would send America into a recession."
-All
his books written about business ended at Chapter 11 as evidenced by several bankruptcies filed by him in 90s.
-She bitterly opposed Trump’s support for a
lower minimum wage, his tax plan and his
suggestions about paid family leave.
Referring to Trumps’ plan of negotiating
a way-out for full repayment of government bonds, she castigated him by a taunting remark that "The
full faith and credit of the United States is not something to gamble away”.
She warned that that such a course could lead to an economic catastrophe for
the United States.
She
augmented her argument by pointing out that even by selling all American
aircraft carriers as well as the Statue of Liberty, and letting some
billionaire to make Yosemite into a private country club, this repayment
was impossible to materialize.
In
her address she put a point blank question to Mr. Trump as to why he was not
releasing his tax returns. Then she herself gave the reason for that. She
claimed that his accounts both income and payments were being audited by
Internal Revenue System(IRS). Ms. Clinton aired her doubts that Donald trump
may not be as wealthy as he claims or else his claim of doling out charities
was not as much as claimed in his Tax returns. Or else he might be having
undisclosed and undeclared wealth on which he evaded paying taxes.
One
would indeed imagine how come Hillary was aware of this aspect of Donald’s
personal money matters. Nevertheless, it is quite a significant information
which might carry the implications that if discrepancies are found in Trump’s payment
of taxes then he could be prosecuted and thus may have to abandon his
campaigning.
Hillary
also raised the question of immigration of foreign workers. While supporting
the inflow of foreign manpower that she claims was strengthening the American
economy, she questioned how such a huge force could be repatriated to their
respective countries which itself was a costly gigantic challenge to the
American economy.
She
also ridiculed Trumps’ resolve to erect a high wall or fence between Mexico and
United States. In this regard she opined that it was not only undoable but
distasteful to create such a barrier between two neighboring countries.
While
Hillary Clinton is done away with her blistering onset against her Republican
rival, let us wait and see what was there in trump’s kitty to make a rebuttal
against Madam Hillary.
But
honestly such kind of debates are the essence of American democratic culture.
Both the candidates present and argue their suitability for the highest office
of the country. It depends upon the people and the electorate whom to choose.
This political culture speaks for the empowerment of the people and that is the
beauty and strength of American politics. It means one should come clean if one
aspires for the highest decision making portfolio of USA.
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