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21 Post author: James_Miller 06 August 2016 07:10PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 07 August 2016 08:26:05PM 3 points [-]

I think eradication would appeal more to Trump than Clinton so there is a higher marginal value in attempting to persuade him. Trump supporting eradication would at least put the issue in serious political play. Finally, I'm a Republican and if somehow I managed to contact someone on team Hillary she would likely Google me and quickly determine I was a political enemy and so would at best ignore my proposal.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 13 August 2016 07:56:32PM *  1 point [-]

Have you already tried getting the idea through to Trump via a backchannel like Scott Adams (some of Trump's staffers pay attention to him), who takes cost-benefit style arguments seriously?

Comment author: James_Miller 13 August 2016 09:27:23PM 1 point [-]

No. Adams says he has no contact with the Trump campaign.