By his own words Trump defined major problems, that the rest ignored.
Illegal immigrants weaken our nation and the rule of law. Enforcing laws is not optional, or all laws become optional, and only force matters. Illegals and guns are just about enforcing existing laws. Having effective border controls are also existing law and the duty of whoever is elected to office to enforce.
Trump speaks of the economic situation, no one else does. $20 Trillion in debt, sinking at a Trillion a year, is not a supportable economic plan.
For the first part, spending more than income, taxes need to be raised on those who benefit, and recently that has been Finance, Banks, Brokers, and Investors. A tax on Securities purchases, 1% would bring in a lot, and Income from Dividends, Capital Gains, Carried Interest, should all be ordinary income, and taxed as such, and pay Social Security on all of it.
Taxes should be as high as needed to meet current needs, and a Sinking Fund to retire all Bond Debt.
We have a $20 Trillion debt because of under taxing in the past. Like QE3, it is interest free money given to some to develop the economy. It was a bad deal in that the very rich got much richer, so calling for repayment is reasonable.
Ike had a 95% top tax rate, paid off WWII, Korea, built the American Autobahn, and deported the Mexicans and other illegals. The result was the best boom economy ever.
Japan, Korea, and now China are building cars and other products in America. It is not something impossible. In Japan building a car factory is like buying the land in New York City. Taxes are not low, labor is not cheap. Japan builds cars here because with shipping, it is cheaper to build them here.
Germany had the same problem, it was cheaper to open a factory in eastern Europe, Germany pointed out that those people do not speak German, are not trained to our standards, so Labor, Capital, Management, The State sat down and came up with a plan. Education to produce the trained workers needed, Tax Breaks to equalize the costs, and they kept the jobs in Germany.
True, it will not work for someone running a sewing machine, but for a lot of manufacturing, Computer Numeric Control, Robotics, we do have people who can learn it just as well, speak English, we have vast spaces, a diverse workforce, low cost of living, without the problems of long distance Management, and Shipping.
Tariffs and Tax Benefits, Americans become the better workers.
Trump speaks of National Culture, Make American Great Again.
It is not the economic power that won WWII, nobody made a beach landing for General Electric, they did it for each other and National Culture.
This is where Trump stands above all, he is not running as a Republican, he is running as an American.
Regaining control of the borders, the domestic spending, the debt, charging for access to our markets, giving small business a system of less regulation and paperwork than major corporations, recognizing that Main Street collects more taxes and hires more workers than all the Multi Nationals, and is being burdened with failed programs, like being the only industrial country without Universal Health Care, putting that cost, and compliance paperwork on small business and startups.
Like Obama said, you did not build that road, the rail line, that port, so you should pay to use it. The same applies to Workers Health Care and Education, it is the duty of the State to provide, and business to pay some rent for use.
We are losing traditional jobs, to computers, robots, and off shore. We are also losing our tax base. The unemployed do not just vanish, they collect Food Stamps. Lack of employment is a leading cause of crime. Young Black men have lost their position of being 60% employed thirty years ago, to being 25% employed today. As the economy declined, wages stagnated, we went from 600,000 in jail to three million. They cost about $30,000 a year each. Most would take a job that paid $20,000 and stay out of jail.
It is our problem as a Nation. A WPA, CCC, Program that restored Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, built new Parks, would be cheaper than poverty, crime, police and Courts, Jails.
Blacks do not vote Republican, some now say they support the Black guy running, for some reason, and 25% say they support Trump, because he speaks of a new and better path for young Black men. Yes, they all voted for Obama, now they are skipping over the Black guy running, and coming out in favor of the White guy.
I listened to two Black women speaking in line at Goodwill about their children, one said, my son is 21, and I am just glad he is still alive. Those women will vote for Trump.
I would say that Trump has laid out enough policy positions to live up to. Some things will never pass Congress, like regulating Congress, and the Supreme Court will have it's say. A President is a figurehead, a spokesman for the Nation, a Leader, not an absolute ruler.
We can come together as a Nation and deal with the problems of the past that burden the future, Vote Trump! Do it for the Second Graders!
06 Oct 2015, 5:58 pm
