Where are you with the Trump platform?

Now you're talkin'!!!

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I think you explained it all in detail - and I must say, I agree with you 100% in every question you answered.

Spot on.

 

I appreciate that!

Good to know I'm not getting carpal tunnel for nothing!

 

I just want Trump to burn Washington to the ground.

 

I am a progressive who gets more pissy with the DNC than the GOP because it strikes me as utterly offensive how the party of change never wants change that benefits anybody but the party, so here goes:

Wall is a waste of money. We need a more accessible guest worker program and allow the relatives of those workers to visit more freely. I would be willing to give up anchor babies' citizenship by birth in exchange for a system that allowed more field workers to enter the US legally and have clear worker protectons instead of by human traffickers

Nope. I am not opposed to it philosophically. I just don't think Congress would ever flat tax businesses enough to make it sustainable. In addition they would never be willing to give up those credits and deductions that curry them favor.

Not sure what you are speaking too so generically, but I tend to isolationism at least when it pertains to the military.

Most of it needs to be removed because of the mandates to have coverage and the minimum requirements of those policies. I have posted to this before. I have a grandfathered policy and am not subsidized, and my policy is a hell of a lot better than most of the policies I have seen in the same or lower price points. In addition, the smoker penalty is ridiculous since the most likely smokers are the people we supposedly are looking to help. If birth control can be free, why can't a script for Chantix?

Cut.

Depends on what is being mined and where.

I would legalize growing your own being ok. Just not selling it.

I would put a moratorium on most federal requirements without cutting federal funding to give states maybe a decade to see if they could sort out a system with better results. I would also do a one-time foregiveness of all student load debt 10 years or more into repayment. It would give people 30 and older a one time boost in income which would stimulate the economy. It would require you actually have made payments for 10 years and not been in perpetual forbearance.

 

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I don't think you understand what has happened to America nor the world these last eight years. If you admire Barack Obama that would explain it. The media has painted Trump as a buffoon and Obama as a deity, while I don't see Trump as a deity it is Obama that is a buffoon. Obama is truly an empty suit who was a talking head for the globalists for the last eight years. You should be more concerned with matters on your side of the pond God knows the UK has her own troubles. Americans elected Trump because we don't want to become anything like western Europe.If you haven't noticed there's a lot of pisspot, tin horn dictatorships around the world who now possess nuclear weapons and hate the US. Also Russia and China have been rattling sabers recently. America post WWII started to diminish our military capacities and capabilities that ultimately led to the sorry state it is now in. If the (*)(*)(*)(*) hits the fan tomorrow we have neither men nor materiel enough to defend ourselves and are spread very thin around the globe at present. Worse yet we no longer have an industrial base to create the things necessary to prosecute a war. The US produces very little in the way of goods and that has not only tanked our economy but left us vulnerable to any aggression that might occur against us. Obama does not love America and the examples of his hate could fill volumes. Oh and not a Scot but love Scotland God's country for sure incredible beauty and people. I frequent the highland games and tattoos, can't get enough, must have been a Scot in another life. Scotland Forever Cheers!!!

 

The question is my position regarding Trump, and I replied I would like the position on the gallows where the lever is.
Question answered fully and in a satisfactory manner.

 

No wrong. you were asked for your political position, ie your opinion on his policy positions. If this concept if too metaphorical for you and you would prefer to deal only in literal terminology then I suggest to take a running jump in the river - perhaps thats literal enough for you.

 

You could've started with his agenda, instead of how you interpret what may be his agenda. He has a website, you know?

 

True but I mostly got it all correct so Im satisfied. Are you satisfied?

 

It's simple Gate. Obama had policy positions; Trump has policy positions.

 

1/Immigration - Something needs to be done to secure the border. That anyone can just sneak across is unacceptable. For the migrants already here, they should get amnesty if they have a job and have commited no crime except crossing the border illegally. otherwise, deport them. I think that deporting millions is simply unrealistic, and if they have jobs, it would also harm the economy. yes they broke the law, but I think it's mostly the fault of the USA for failing so severely to apply that law in the first place. If they have families, a job, and speak english.. why would you want to deport them?? as for muslims.. I think some kind of immigration restriction from "risk" countries is necessary. We have a problem with islamic terrorism, something needs to be done.

2/ a flat tax is a bad idea. I'm very sceptical to that it would lead to mroe growth. What it would definitely lead to is less government revenue.

3/External - protectionism is bad. I favour free trade.

4/Healthcare - I don't really know what to think of the ACA actually.. I'm in the middle on that one.

5/Defence spending - Increase defense spending, definitiely.

6/Industrial resource policy - I would favour expanding drilling and mining, but at the same time, I also want to protect the environment. So i guess I'm in the middle.

7/Drugs - legalise, tax, regulate. maybe shorten the sentences of non-violent offenders.

8/Education - No idea.

 

I disagree with your interpretations.

 

1: Defeat Hillary

 

Absolutely.

Yes.

The threat of tariffs could do some good, but if enacted, they could harm the economy.

Yes.

Only if necessary. Some rebuilding of our military is in order after Obama's Presidency. No more nation building in Muslim lands, though.

Yes.

I'm OK with legalization efforts.

Get rid of common core, set up school choice vouchers.

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I'm honestly surprised by this.

 

Fair enough. What exactly do you disagree on?

 

1/Immigration - severe restrictions on Muslims and a big southern wall ?

Severe restrictions on Muslims? Please explain. Yes, a wall. It's called a border. It's there for a reason.

2/Economic internal situation? - flat tax

Flat tax? Please explain.

3/External - protectionism?

That's a very broad term. But I won't be obtuse about it, Yes, he is very much about protectionism. I think it's about time. The negative consequences are highly exaggerated by the left, because protectionism goes against their "world citizen" beliefs.

4/Healthcare - ACA repeal and replace?

It sucks. Shouldn't it be repealed and replaced; or are you some kind of conservative who doesn't want to lean forward?

5/Defence spending - increase?

Of course. This is a dangerous world. Are you not fearful of the Russians? You're supposed to be.

6/Industrial resource policy - expansion in drilling and mining?

Yes, there's your alternative energy staring you right in the face and you don't even recognize it because you've been told it would be solar panels.

7/Drugs - no change?

Legal, illegal or both? He's a social liberal. He won't use the federal government to stop legal weed in states that no longer restrict it. Prescription drug plans for the poor and seniors aren't going anywhere. Bet.

8/Education - no change?

I hope not. Clearly our education system is screwed. We're graduating HS again, but the standards suck. Kids really aren't learning anything.

 

At least I now fully understand the phrase, "Orange is the new black".

 

Well, since you asked and I have some time to kill before dinner....

I wasn't aware that Trump had an actual platform, except for his stance on immigration of course, which is blatantly racist.

His economic platform is just a rehashing of already proven failed Trickle Down Economics.

Healthcare? He's starting to realize he bit off more than he can chew. Would not be surprised if he just tweaks it and calls it Trumpcare, though that would be the best scenario, the worst is he will unstable the insurance market it and it will just collapse.

Defense? With Bannon at the helm of his NSC, he will encourage him to spend like a drunk sailor on shore leave because Armageddon is just around the corner.

Environment or as you put it, "Industrial Resource Policy"...yeah, you watch as more Flint, Michigans start popping up around the country, and guess what else? No giant increase in employment from it.

Drugs? Hard to say, but Sessions does not bode well for the Cannabis movement. One way he can increase employment will be to keep it illegal and fill up more prisons with private contractors to run them.

Education? Betsy DeVos has none, so we can expect the same for our children. Good thing I don't have kids.