@AlecStapp Unfortunately true.
I was a big advocate for this program, but there was no urgency and bureaucracy ate any momentum… Four years later, and we have embedded $1.5T deficits and can’t point to much ROI.
@humantransit@GreatDismal Brilliant reference.
As I watch AI continue to roll forward and eat the world, I can’t help but think we are walking right into a William Gibson dystopia…
@NickyFrank30 Isn’t that the point? Pick this fight on an issue that’s super unpopular that he will keep fighting on.
Make him own this in an unassailable way…
US president, Ronald Reagan, signing a mutually beneficial trade deal with Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, in the 1980s. Ronald Reagan said on trade with Canada: “Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies, they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world.
Today is the anniversary of the passing of a remarkable American hero, Senator John McCain. I have most of his books in my library, many inscribed to me. He taught me (and so many others) that character really is destiny. I learned a great deal from him and revere his memory.