If the election were today, pick your candidate, I would vote for Trump although I oppose many of his historical and some of his current inferred positions and I prefer Cruz.
I would take Trump because I think his real approach to governing the country would be to address the many issues we face and get people who generally agree with us to figure out what to do about solving them.
And as to his first two propositions, immigration & border security and Second Amendment rights, I agree exactly with his position.
Tax policy? Hedge fund managers and others who are engaging in business in the US Markets from residences in the US ought to pay US tax and a tax modification package that provides for that would be a sound objective.
Trump is not a tax policy expert; he doesn't have anyone on his staff (yet) as a tax policy adviser; and fundamentally, current tax policy and the general domestic political environment are not attractive to capital formation for business employment practices much outside the real estate industry.
Fact that Trump has prospered in the domestic real estate industry is to his credit but domestic real estate prosperity is about to end.
Instead of policies to punish investors who take their capital offshore, we need to adopt policies that make the domestic US a more attractive environment in which to invest capital.
Ordinary income rates at the high end are negative incentives for capital formation activities. Trumps proposed higher top end rates are bad policy and should be opposed. I assume when the rubber met the road in either the campaign or a Trump Administration, he will be better informed and make better decisions. (As I assume Cruz would do from the get go.)
The true bottom line in America today is that our country; our Constitutional Republic; the historical Judeo-Christian ethical foundation of our culture; are under terminal threat and will be destroyed by continuation of current national government policies. So we need leadership to turn conditions around and we don't have much time in which to do that.
And as Trump has pointed out several times, one man at the top isn't going to be able to do that. The real requirement is for the one man with sufficient supporting managerial talent--and there is no guarantee of success.
Most of the federal judiciary does not support our constitutional and legal system and they all need to be replaced. Most legally trained managers and policy directors oppose our form of government and historical foundation for success.
Maybe there are enough talented people out there on our side of the table to save the country--that is not a sure thing.
Thanks for the ping. Thanks for your posts, David. BUMP!
Good job.