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Re Nov. 19 Viewpoint, “The War of the Sexes — Who defines? Who controls?”: Karen Cookson raises some interesting questions in her piece. Please allow me to help answer them.She asks if Harvey Weinstein will be sent to jail for doing what everyone else does but prosecuted for giving money to and supporting Democrats. Rest easy, Karen. The New York and Los Angeles district attorneys investigating him for sexual assault are Democrats and won’t prosecute anyone for donating to their party.Further she asks, what is the proper punishment? While the statutes of limitations will probably save Moore and Franken, it seems Weinstein is in jeopardy. Criminal statutes will spell out the punishment. She asks what is a fitting deterrent? How about scorn or shame?Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has belatedly, and perhaps even sincerely, said that Bill Clinton’s actions while president were shameful. Perhaps we should judge all such offenders harshly without regard to our party or theirs.David OchsePorter CornersMore from The Daily Gazette:EDITORIAL: Find a way to get family members into nursing homesCuomo calls for clarity on administering vaccineEDITORIAL: Urgent: Today is the last day to complete the censusEDITORIAL: Beware of voter intimidationGov. Andrew Cuomo’s press conference for Sunday, Oct. 18 Categories: Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, whose parents were from Haiti, struck the right note.“My parents came from one of those countries, took an oath of allegiance to it, and took on the responsibilities of everything that being a citizen comes with,” she said in a written statement. “The president must apologize to both the American people and the nations he so wantonly maligned.” Republicans might want to issue a resolution condemning the remarks. That might suggest they have a spine and are not all Trump acolytes.However, a possible rebuke does raise an interesting question.If, as Love said, Trump’s comments are “unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nation’s values,” why, during a campaign in which he said equally if not more offensive things, did Republican politicians support him?Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The Washington Post, offering reported opinion from a conservative perspective.More from The Daily Gazette:EDITORIAL: Find a way to get family members into nursing homesEDITORIAL: Urgent: Today is the last day to complete the censusFoss: Should main downtown branch of the Schenectady County Public Library reopen?EDITORIAL: Beware of voter intimidationEDITORIAL: Thruway tax unfair to working motorists For one thing they really don’t like policies many Republicans have adopted:“Undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, so-called ‘Dreamers,’ should be allowed to remain in the U.S. and apply for citizenship, 79 percent of American voters say in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.Another 7 percent say Dreamers should be allowed to stay but not apply for citizenship, and 11 percent say Dreamers should be required to leave the U.S.“Support for allowing dreamers to stay and apply for citizenship ranges from 64 percent among Republicans to 92 percent among Democrats. …“American voters oppose 63-34 percent building a wall along the border with Mexico. Republicans support The Wall 78-19 percent and white voters with no college degree are divided with 47 percent supporting The Wall and 49 percent opposed. Every other party, gender, education, age and racial group opposes The Wall.“Looking at marijuana, voters say 58-36 percent, including 79-17 percent among voters 18 to 34 years old, that marijuana use should be made legal. Voters also support 91-6 percent the legalization of medical marijuana.”Even the tax plan is nothing to crow about if you ask voters. “Voters disapprove 52-32 percent of the recently enacted Republican tax plan.”Republicans might want to stop running ads bragging about the plan voters dislike by such a big majority.Instead, Republicans might want to take a stronger hand in restraining the president, even on foreign policy, where presidents normally get a great deal of leeway.On North Korea, an astounding 61 percent they do not have confidence in Trump, while only 36 percent do.Forget the wall, don’t devote resources to arresting pot smokers and stop using “dreamers” as a bargaining chip. Step up to the plate to make clear that war with North Korea requires congressional authorization.They should avoid the lure of cuts to domestic programs — and certainly not make the case that they don’t have the money to spend. Voters will quickly figure out that the giveaway to the rich should not be paid for with cuts to services working- and middle-class Americans need. Oh, and they might decide to run as far from Trump’s racism as they can get.
Categories: Editorial, OpinionThe party of President Donald Trump is taking a beating in the polls. The latest Quinnipiac poll finds that 52 percent of those surveyed favor a Democratic majority in the House, and only 35 percent a GOP majority.Among independents, only 30 percent favor a Republican majority. Numbers for the Senate are nearly identical.It is no mystery why the Republicans are in such disfavor.
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“We are targeting people between 25 and 30 years of age, because at that age people usually have some funds for savings,” he said.Yadhi expressed his hope that Taspen Life products could be featured on the Halofina or Traveloka platforms. In 2019, Taspen Life recorded total premium income of Rp 1.4 trillion (about US$103 million). However, millennials accounted for only 5 percent of that, Yadhi said, noting that most of Taspen’s policyholders were above 40 years old. “This is one of our challenges, to make millennials more literate about insurance. Indeed, it is a tough task to convince them to start insurance, but it is important for them to prepare for their future,” he said.“One product we plan to offer is Taspen Smart Save, which is our insurance product, which millennials could use to collect their funds from now, so they can enjoy it when they enter their pension days”.Halofina’s marketing communication head Garniasih Garnijanto said the possible partnership with Taspen Life would be one of features integration. In the initial stage, Halofina’s features, such as Life Plan, Financial Quotient Test and Financial Check-Up, would appear in Taspen apps.“This means that all Taspen customers could access Halofina to make their financial plans,” she said. However, Garniasih said Halofina needed a further discussion on how to implement the partnership.Topics : Taspen Life – a subsidiary of state-owned pension insurance firm PT Taspen, is exploring the possibility of forming a partnership with popular online platforms to attract millennials to its insurance products.Yadhi N. Nurdin, vice president for group sales, said in Jakarta on Tuesday that Taspen Life was in talks with airline ticketing and hotel booking platform Traveloka and online personal financial planning assistant application Halofina to lure millennials – people born between 1981-1996 as customers.A partnership with the two online platforms, Taspen Life hopes, will increase the portion of millennials among its policyholders to 10 percent this year. 
Topics : The United States conducted an airstrike on Wednesday against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, a US forces spokesman said, the first such attack since a troop withdrawal agreement was signed between the two sides on Saturday.The Taliban fighters were “were actively attacking an (Afghan National Security Forces) checkpoint. This was a defensive strike to disrupt the attack,” said Colonel Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for the US Forces in Afghanistan in a tweet.He said Washington was committed to peace but would defend Afghan forces if needed. “Taliban leadership promised the [international] community they would reduce violence and not increase attacks. We call on the Taliban to stop needless attacks and uphold their commitments,” he said.The airstrike was the first by the United States against the Taliban in 11 days, when a reduction in violence agreement had begun between the sides in the lead up to Saturday’s pact.Since the signing, the Taliban had decided on Monday to resume normal operations against Afghan forces, though sources have said they would continue to hold back on attacks on foreign forces.The Taliban has so far declined to confirm or deny responsibility for any of the attacks and did not immediately respond to request for comment on the airstrike.
On Tuesday, there were several attacks against Afghan officials blamed on the Taliban, including one at a security checkpoint near a copper mine that killed five Afghan policemen.A Ministry of Defense spokesman said on Wednesday that in the past 24 hours there had been clashes between the Taliban and Afghan security forces in nine provinces, including Helmand.A spokesman for Helmand’s provincial governor said that the Taliban had attacked a security checkpoint in Washer district – a different district to the one in which the US carried out its airstrike – on Tuesday evening, killing two police officers.A defense ministry spokesman also confirmed an attack against an Afghan army base in the city of Kunduz and said there were seven casualties.The weekend agreement envisages a full withdrawal of all US and coalition forces within 14 months, dependent on security guarantees by the Taliban, but faces a number of hurdles as the United States tries to shepherd the Taliban and Afghan government towards talks.