If everyone voted for Trump –  what do we have to lose?.  Right now we have a nothing in the White House.  So if you start out with nothing and lose nothing – then you are ahead with Trump.  If you vote for Hillary then you start out with what you left off with which is nothing – then you start out with nothing but – a liar and a cheat – and end up with nothing, again, which does not help the country.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Peggy Noonan on Trump

This article summarizes Trumps views. The devil is in the details and will require a congress that will work with him on compromise since a lot of it must be legislated. The bigger message is ” Making America Great Again” . Will his program do that?   I’m inclined to think so!  Americans have been benswoggled by the Dem’s and Obama; therefore, having someone who is not a lawyer would be one step of the game of politics.  We know Trump will be the answer to our prayers just from the standpoint he is a business man and knows what has been done.  We have a man in power that does not know his ass from a hole  in the ground.  (begging your pardon).

Please read in its entirety

Peggy Noonan wrote about Trump this weekend in her Wall Street Journal column:

Trump – Things You Might Not Know About Him
Trump, hopefully, is waking some of the RINOs up. The criticisms of
Trump are amazingly missing something. They are lacking in negative
stories from those who work for him or have had business dealings with
him. After all the employees he’s had and all the business deals he’s
made there is a void of criticism. In fact, long term employees call
him a strong and merciful leader and say he is far more righteous and
of high integrity than people may think.

And while it may surprise many, he’s actually humble when it comes to his generosity and kindness. A good example is a story that tells of his limo breaking
down on a deserted highway outside of New York City. A middle-aged
couple stopped to help him and as a thank you he paid off their
mortgage, but he didn’t brag about that. Generous and good people
rarely talk of charity they bestow on others. But as much as all this
is interesting, the real thing that people want to know is what Donald
Trump’s plan is for America. It’s funny how so many people say they
don’t know what it is, or they act like Trump is hiding it. The
information is readily available if people would just do a little
homework. But, since most Americans won’t.
1.)

Trump believes that America should not intervene militarily in
other country’s problems without being compensated for doing so. If
America is going to risk the lives of our soldiers and incur the
expense of going to war, then the nations we help must be willing to
pay for our help. Using the Iraq War as an example, he cites the huge
monetary expense to American taxpayers (over $1.5 trillion, and
possibly much more depending on what sources are used to determine the
cost) in addition to the cost in human life. He suggests that Iraq
should have been required to give us enough of their oil to pay for
the expenses we incurred. He includes in those expenses the medical
costs for our military and $5 million for each family that lost a
loved one in the war and $2 million for each family of soldiers who
received severe injuries.
2.) Trump wants America to have a strong military again. He believes
the single most important function of the federal government is
national defense. He has said he wants to find the General Patton or
General MacArthur that could lead our military build-up back to the
strength it needs to be. While he hasn’t said it directly that I know
of, Trump’s attitude about America and about winning tells me he’d
most likely be quick to eliminate rules of engagement that handicap
our military in battle. Clearly Trump is a “win at all costs” kind of
guy, and I’m sure that would apply to our national defense and
security, to
3.) Trump wants a strong foreign policy and believes that it must
include 7 core principles American interests come first. Always. No
apologies. Maximum firepower and military preparedness. Only go to war
to win. Stay loyal to your friends and suspicious of your enemies.
Keep the technological sword razor sharp. See the unseen Prepare for
threats before they materialize. Respect and support our present and
past warriors.
4.) Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated
as military combatants, not as criminals like the Obama administration
treats them.
5.) Trump makes the point that China’s manipulation of their currency
has given them unfair advantage in our trade dealings with them. He
says we must tax their imports to offset their currency manipulation,
which will cause American companies to be competitive again and drive
manufacturing back to America and create jobs here. Although he sees
China as the biggest offender, he believes that America should protect
itself from all foreign efforts to take our jobs and manufacturing.
For example, Ford is building a plant in Mexico and Trump suggests
that every part or vehicle Ford makes in Mexico be taxed 35% if they
want to bring it into the U. S., which would cause companies like Ford
to no longer be competitive using their Mexican operations and move
manufacturing back to the U.S., once again creating jobs here.
6.) Trump wants passage of NOPEC legislation (No Oil Producing and
Exporting Cartels Act – NOPEC – S.394), which would allow the
government to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws. According to
Trump, that would break up the cartel. He also wants to unleash our
energy companies to drill domestically (sound like Sarah Palin’s drill
baby, drill?) thereby increasing domestic production creating jobs and
driving domestic costs of oil and gas down while reducing dependence
on foreign oil.
7.) Trump believes a secure border is critical for both security and
prosperity in America. He wants to build a wall to stop illegals from
entering and put controls on immigration. (And he says he’ll get
Mexico to pay for the wall, which many have scoffed at, but given his
business successes I wouldn’t put it past him.) He also wants to
enforce our immigration laws and provide no path to citizenship for
illegals.
8.) Trump wants a radical change to the tax system to not only make it
better for average Americans, but also to encourage businesses to stay
here and foreign businesses to move here. The resulting influx of
money to our nation would do wonders for our economy. He wants to
make America the place to do business. He also wants to lower the
death tax and the taxes on capital gains and dividends. This would put
more than $1.6 trillion back into the economy and help rebuild the 1.5
million jobs we’ve lost to the current tax system. He also wants to
charge companies who outsource jobs overseas a 20% tax, but for those
willing to move jobs back to America they would not be taxed. And for
citizens he has a tax plan that would allow Americans to keep more of
what they earn and spark economic growth. He wants to change the
personal income tax to: Up to $30,000 taxed at 1%. From $30,000 to
$100,000 taxed at 5%. From $100,000 to $1,000,000 taxed at 10%.
$1,000,000 and above taxed at 15%.
9.) Trump wants Obamacare repealed. He says it’s a “job-killing,
health care-destroying monstrosity” that “can’t be reformed, salvaged,
or fixed.” He believes in allowing real competition in the health
insurance marketplace to allow competition to drive prices down. He
also believes in tort reform to get rid of defensive medicine and
lower costs.
10.) Trump wants spending reforms in Washington, acknowledging that
America spends far more than it receives in revenue. He has said he
believes that if we don’t stop increasing the national debt once it
hits $24 trillion it will be impossible to save this country.
11.) Even though he says we need to cut spending, he does not want to
harm those on Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. He believes that
the citizens have faithfully paid in to the system to have these
services available and that the American government has an obligation
to fulfill its end of the bargain and provide those benefits.
Therefore, he wants to build the economy up so that we have the
revenue to pay those costs without cutting the benefits to the
recipients. He disagrees with Democrats who think raising taxes is
the answer and says that when you do that you stifle the economy. On
the other hand, when you lower taxes and create an environment to help
businesses they will grow, hire more workers, and those new workers
will be paying taxes that become more tax revenue for the government.
12.) Trump also wants reform of the welfare state saying that America
needs “a safety net, not a hammock.” He believes in a welfare to work
program that would help reduce the welfare rolls and encourage people
to get back to work. And he wants a crackdown on entitlement fraud.
13.) Trump believes climate change is a hoax.
14.) Trump opposes Common Core.
15.) Trump is pro-life, although he allows for an exception due to
rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
16.) Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights.
17.) Trump’s view on same-sex marriage is that marriage is between a
man and a woman, but he also believes that this is a state’s rights
issue, not a federal issue.
18.) Trump supports the death penalty. Trump believes that there is a
lack of common sense, innovative thinking in Washington (Hmmm… looks
like he believes in horse sense!). He says it’s about seeing the
unseen and that’s the kind of thinking we need to turn this country
around. He tells a personal story to illustrate the point: “When I
opened Trump National Golf Club at Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles,
I was immediately told that I would need to build a new and costly
ballroom. The current ballroom was gorgeous, but it only sat 200
people and we were losing business because people needed a larger
space for their events. Building a new ballroom would take years to
get approval and permits (since it’s on the Pacific Ocean), and cost
about $5 million. I took one look at the ballroom and saw immediately
what needed to be done. The problem wasn’t the size of the room, it
was the size of the chairs. They were huge, heavy, and unwieldy. We
didn’t need a bigger ballroom, we needed smaller chairs! So I had
them replaced with high-end, smaller chairs. I then had our people
sell the old chairs and got more money for them than the cost of the
new chairs. In the end, the ballroom went from seating 200 people to
seating 320 people. Our visitors got the space they desired, and I
spared everyone the hassle of years of construction and $5 million of
expense. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little common
sense. On top of his saving years of construction and $5 million in
expenses, he also was able to keep the ballroom open for business
during the time it would have been under remodelling, which allowed him
to continue to make money on the space instead of losing that revenue
during construction time.
19. Donald Trump’s entire life has been made up of success and
winning. He’s been accused of bankruptcies, but that’s not true.
He’s never filed personal bankruptcy. He’s bought companies and
legally used bankruptcy laws to restructure their debt, just as
businesses do all the time. But he’s never been bankrupt personally.
20. He’s a fighter that clearly loves America and would fight for our
nation. Earlier I quoted Trump saying, “I love America. And when you
love something, you protect it passionately – fiercely, even.” We
never hear that from Democrats or even from most Republicans. Donald
Trump is saying things that desperately need to be said but no other
candidate has shown the fortitude to stand up and say them. Looking
over this list of what he wants for America I see a very necessary set
of goals that are long past due.
Before we criticize someone because the media does, maybe we should
seriously consider what they have to offer, as it is important to know
what each of our candidates will do to replace a President who has
ruined us globally, and who has put us on a path to disaster! This
is not an appeal to vote for Trump, only to give some depth of
comparison.

(Again, with the administration we now have in office what do we have to lose – nothing – because right now we have nothing.)

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