Trump riding his low info. voter hords, who will follow him slavishly.
Ted Cruz wields a mighty intellect and love of Constitutional freedom.
Posted on 08/20/2015 10:51:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Only if he should find the idiots being nicer to him and treating with respect and fairness. After verification, he might consider doing them a favor.
I am not positive, but I believe there was another president in office at the White House. For the past eight years, I think. Surely, he had some impact on taxes, regulations, rules, domestic and foreign affairs, etc. Oh, and trade.
Thread winner!
Trump definitely understands how to enact the kind of protectionism that liberal union Democrats love.
Trump riding his low info. voter hords, who will follow him slavishly.
Ted Cruz wields a mighty intellect and love of Constitutional freedom.
That’s true, but 1) I didn’t see any change in policy when Bush was in charge, and 2) Cruz’s support of the the trade bill indicates he doesn’t understand what needs to be done.
Otherwise, I’d consider Cruz’s experience as policy advisor to the Trade Commission as a plus. But just because he was a policy advisor, doesn’t mean he really understood all the options and economic impact of those options.
Trump seems to have a pretty good understanding of what’s wrong. Plus he understands leverage in negotiations and seems to have a solid plan to fix it.
What’s you opinion your ex governor, Sarah Palin?
Primarily because of a ‘70s law that does not allow us to export our own domestic oil. No biggie, we can keep it here. It may hurt the “trade deficit” but since that means we get to keep our own oil here, it’s not exactly “hurting” us.
Trump has been whining about the same trade deal issues since at least 1988 on the Letterman show. It’s the only policy he’s been consistent on. But if it was so important, the economy would’ve been steadily going down since then. It hasn’t. It’s been up and down like it always has been. Trump’s precious trade deals are a miniscule factor to the economy.
The reason our country’s fiscal picture is in trouble is because of out-of-control entitlement spending, plain and simple. And that’s something Trump doesn’t seem to want to touch. He insists there will be no reforms to Medicare or Social Security. And he apparently wants to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare including more spending on ‘women’s health.’ Add on more military spending while you’re at it. How he’s going to pay for it, no one seems to know. Will tariffs on Mexico cover all that?
Trump’s a severe big government “conservative.”
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
The Republican party used to be protectionist. Then Milton Friedman brainwashed them.
The logical extreme of the argument that protectionism helps union is to offshore all American industries and really teach those unions a lesson.
Filling that 40,000 seat stadium in Alabama is quite the achievement for Donald Trump. I don't think that has ever been done before in the history of presidential politics. Usually the focus at this point in the campaign is Iowa and New Hampshire. Never before did I see a rally in Alabama nearly half a year before the primaries.
What’s you opinion your ex governor, Sarah Palin?
WRONG thread... Skip...
Danny, I have relatives who think and talk like you do.
I put them out of my life, and I am happier for it.
They are bitter, always unhappy and hard to understand.
We had this little chat and hopefully it will be the last.
Milton Friedman was a genius and Reagan’s most important mentor.
You either believe in freedom or you believe in centralized command economies run by commiecrats who pass laws telling you what you’re not allowed to buy and sell and collecting taxes when you do things they don’t like.
And the bottom line I would think is who can win the election. Mr. Trump is gaining supporters across the board, not just from conservatives. That will be necessary to win.
I’m not sure I can agree that Donald Trump is a stalking horse for Ted Cruz.
Thats fair... But at least, you cannot say that/this view has not been spammed, posted.. harangued.. whined.. Barked.. Yodeled and Screamed (( ME ))
all over the place..
Your “logical extreme” is anything but. Both “extremes” in your example represent Washington bureaucrats passing laws forcing people to do things one way or the other.
The opposite is a free market where people choose to buy and sell whatever they want and hire and fire whoever they want based on their own free will and most probably on the profit motive. That is what leads to innovation, lower and lower prices for more and more goods and services and an ever-increasing standard of living.
Our free markets and free trade have contributed to our ever increasing standard of living, one of the highest in the world. Those trade deals Trump’s been whining about since the ‘80s certainly don’t seem to have hurt our standard of living.
Well doesn’t Sarah Palin talk well of Trump?
Wasn’t she governor of Alaska for a couple of years.
Ok... Sarah likes what Trump is doing, so do I...
I want TRUMP used like the rented donkey he is..
I clap for him when envisorates the pressitutes..
I would clap for John Boehner even if he did that...
BUT I don’t like him EITHER..
I bet Sarah would vote for Cruz if asked.. not TRUMP..
UNLESS Trump won the primary.. then I wouldn’t blame her..
I would to...
The problem is I don’t want the BASTARD TO WIN.. i.e. Trump..
I didn’t like both Bush’s or Romney as well..
but voted for their slimey asses..
OK.... so you’ll vote for The Donald if Cruz can’t get his numbers up and win. Thanks
OK.... so you’ll vote for The Donald if Cruz can’t get his numbers up and win. Thanks
Unless he gets a little too honest and exposes himself..
as to what he really is.. which could happen....
then I might write in Barry Goldwater..
who may voting this year in Chicago..
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