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Writers' Post Network Blog - Ringing In The New Year - 2014 Predictions - Happy New Year!
| Posted on December 31, 2013 at 9:03 PM |
 Our Predictions for 2014  Google_ImagesIn Politics:The 3-way war between mainstream Republicans,
the Tea Party, and big-money outside conservative groups will heat up, with no
clear winner comes time for the mid-term elections in November when House and
Senate members are up for re-election. Democrats will retain control of the
Senate and gain seats in the House of Representatives. Republicans will act more moderate and reasonable, but
will continue to hold the same old lines of budget cuts, money-making schemes
for the rich, de-regulation, war on women, rigging the electoral map,
obstructing the president’s agenda, demonizing the healthcare law, and using
degrading and inflammatory language to smear minorities. Republicans will raise the debt ceiling without threats to
the healthcare law or the economy. Congress will not raise the minimum wage, or pass immigration or gun laws. Meanwhile, more mass shootings will
continue to shock the collective consciousness and all 3 of these issues will
play out in the 2016 general elections. Southern states will continue to pass new voter suppression laws, abortion restriction laws, and ban on gay marriage. The Affordable Care Act will reach its full
implementation and will be sufficiently successful to prevent Republicans from
making electoral gains by using it as a wedge issue. In
Foreign Policy: Diplomacy will
continue to dominate U.S. Foreign Policy under the leadership of President
Obama. Secretary of State John Kerry will succeed in brokering a permanent
agreement on Iran’s nuclear program with negotiators from the European Union
under the supervision of the United Nations.Republicans and Democrats will try to derail the process by passing sanctions against Iran in the middle of the negotiations. In the civil war in Syria, Secretary of John Kerry will help to broker a cease fire. The
war in Afghanistan will wind down
with few if any U.S. troops remaining due to differences between the U.S. and
Afghan President Hamid Karsai on how to come to an agreement regarding post-war
security issues. Egypt will not regain its footing and the Muslim
Brotherhood will continue to face off with the Egyptian military, even if the
Egyptians hold new elections to elect a new president. Egypt will remain at
risk of falling back into dictatorship. The Obama
administration will launch new efforts to establish a diplomatic solution
between the Israeli and the Palestinians. These
new rounds of diplomatic efforts will show promise for success and will
continue into 2015. Al-Qaeda and inspired
outgrowths will maintain attack campaigns concentrated in the Middle East and
Africa. The
Economy:The U.S. economy
will continue to grow to the benefit of top earners and investors. The Stock Market will reach new height and bubble. The
unemployment rate will fall to 6.5%. The jobs that
will be created will continue to be in the temporary and low-wage sectors. Economic disparity will grow and poverty will
increase. The “American Dream” will remain elusive to most, particularly
younger people, new graduates, and minorities. China and the European economy
will grow at a faster pace than that of the U.S. In Religion:Pope Francis will reach deeper to
provide new directions to the church and will consider making changes to the
dogma of the Catholic Church. The Catholicism will grow stronger and that will
weaken other denominations. Social
Issues: Gay marriage
will be made law in half of the country and resisting states will struggle to
hang on to unconstitutional bans, which will be struck down one by one in
Court. The Supreme
Court will revisit the healthcare law and defeat further challenges to the law. In Government:
Republicans
will try to invent new scandals to saddle around the Obama administration and
seek to write articles of impeachment against the president. Edward Snowden will release new classified documents
about the NSA. The NSA spying program will reach the Supreme Court and
provisions of it will be found unconstitutional. The government will strike a
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