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I shared the opinion of most on this website that the defeat of the Clinton crime cabal was far more important than a candidate’s strict fealty to a rigorous set of conservative ideals, so I supported and voted for Donald Trump in the general election. His biggest supporters around here insisted, against all evidence, that Trump was going to rule as a small government conservative; and if he didn’t they would rise up and oppose him on any big government liberal programs if he proposed them, though they were sure he wouldn’t.

Well now he is proposing a trillion dollar stimulus package, exactly the big-government way Obama kicked off his Administration. Actually, bigger. A trillion dollars taken out of the free market and handed to our bloated and corrupt federal government. And the post-conservative personality cult cheers it as a… a what? I have no idea, and neither do they, but they love it! It’s a great idea! Trump will get it done!

I support Trump overall, but I am not blinded by the mythic silliness that surrounds him. Like I have for every political candidate before him, I will support his conservative, small government positions and call him out on his big-government boondoogles, like a trillion dollar infrastructure bomb. There are conservative alternatives to such programs – proven conservative alternatives that get infrastructure built and gets Americans working again, without the bloat and corruption endemic to federal government control.

Levin’s article, which most of you clearly did not read, is a defense of “individualism, capitalism, constitutionalism, and Americanism” - things that used to be paramount around here. It would be nice to return to that on an individual proposal and policy basis. Support ideals, not personalities.

17 posted on 11/23/2016 8:45:32 AM PST by dead
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To: dead
Support ideals, not personalities.

Rather ironic, posting this in defense of Mark Levin.

20 posted on 11/23/2016 8:48:01 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: dead
Well now he is proposing a trillion dollar stimulus package,

Infrastructure spending on roads, bridges, etc, is at least completely Constitutional.

31 posted on 11/23/2016 9:07:35 AM PST by sargon (The Revolution is ON! Support President-elect Trump!)
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To: dead
I support Trump overall, but I am not blinded by the mythic silliness that surrounds him.

I'm with you Dead. I hate to see blind devotion to anyone.

47 posted on 11/23/2016 10:57:48 AM PST by Paradox ("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
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