Posted on 02/17/2016 4:15:54 AM PST by reaganaut1
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There has never been as vulgar and strutting a candidate in this nation’s postwar history as Donald Trump. I like his epater la bourgeoisie attitude about the media and political correctness, but he’s way too coarse and way too much of a bully for little me. I am used to milquetoasts like Bush 41 who talked like choirboys but actually flew combat missions against the Japanese Zero and had real courage, not that pitiful fake swagger that Trump carries around himself like a lycra animal skin. I am 71 now and I hope I never have to see a schoolyard creep like him again running for high office.
On the other hand, he’s made some excellent points about immigration and he’s to be thanked for that.
But his ideas about economics are horrifying. He wants a trade war with Mexico and China. Mr. Trump, suh, massuh, there never has been such a thing as a successful trade war. They don’t exist. No one ever wins a trade war. Consumers lose. Workers lose. Businesses lose. Tariff wars do not work. Take it from me who taught it to three generations in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. You may be able to bully your aides. You cannot bully China and Mexico and you don’t want to. If China wants to sell us goods cheaply and reinvest the money here, let’s thank them, not hate them.
Note also that Mr. Trump’s ideas of what is a statistic are wildly false. The unemployment number the government gives us is the right number: the number of people actively seeking work who do not have it. The fanciful huge numbers Mr. Trump tosses around are just plain fantasy. Yes, a great many workers have left the work force.
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I love how he says “no one wins a trade war.” He is a firm believer in free trade dogma. As far as tariffs go, they tend to work worse for exporting economies. We are an import economy.
I know how you lose a trade war: you bend over for cheating Red China and refuse to fight back, then they win by default. “Free trade” with China is just the 21st century version of the “Unequal Treaties” that the Western countries had with China.
I love how he just blows off the labor participation rate. He also seems to believe in lemon capitalism, where you let the banks take risks and then the taxpayers bail them out when they fail. How is that conservative?
There should be no bank so big that we can’t afford to let them fail; isn’t that the meaning of capitalism: profit is part of the reward you get for taking a risk. How is it a risk if you are not allowed to fail? Let them fail. If they are too big to fail then break them up into smaller banks.
“There has never been as vulgar and strutting a candidate in this nation’s postwar history as Donald Trump.”
“post war history”, please, just what is this jerk talking about? Post Vietnam? Korea? Iraq 1, Iraq 2? Grenada? WWII? Or what planet?
That’s where I lost interest in this jerk. So at 71 he does not want to see a school yard creep again. Then he should not look in the mirror.
Uncle Ben should retire..
Any body that believes the unemployment number is 4.9% is FREAKING INSANE. Ben Stein is full of dogshite.
I just find it odd that while the typical Cruz supporter is hyper-religious, they are utterly blind to his constant LYING. It's just weird.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 17, 2016
-— there never has been such a thing as a successful trade war. They don‒t exist. No one ever wins a trade war. Consumers lose. Workers lose. Businesses lose. Tariff wars do not work. -—
The Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the Great Depression cut imports AND EXPORTS by 65%.
A trade war would do more to destroy our economy than anything Obola has come up with.
And “conservatives” cheer.
Trump’s campaign has demonstrated that demagoguery works.
It means after WWII. It is a common phrase.
Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses Grant, Harry Truman, to name a few. If spit and swagger upset Stein’s sensibilities I suggest that he climb down from his elitist ivory tower and grab a wrench.
A billionaire, progressive, and socialist walked into the Oval Office one day....
What happens next?
Neocons. Such quaint relics at this point. Like old ordnance recovered from the field, still dangerous but utterly useless.
I figured so much, my point is, that has long been the standard as being the only war, which really minimizes if not disrespects the veterans of all wars that followed.
Another common term: “The Greatest Generation”. Yes, in many respects that is very true. But they are the same generation that allowed the seeds of socialism to get root of which is directly responsible for what we have today. They were in power in the 60’s & 70’s. Had they pushed back the cultural revolution of the 60’s, put a stop of Roe v Wade, tried Fonda for treason, and on and on things would be much different today.
You are absolutely correct but I don’t think logic works on the sTRUMPettes.
Well Trump is a moron, but Stein blows it with his defending the government unemployment numbers. He is detached from the working class and the lack of decent paying jobs. A lot of which is the forcing of people into part time work because of Obamacare.
How much would imports and exports have dropped without Smoot Hawley?
Same question for you (my previous comment).
Ben normally can face reality.
I’m surprised at how many are finding it difficult to see the numbers.
They want to believe they are not real. They try to convince themselves they are not real. They pinch themselves. They believe they’ll soon awaken from a dream.
But they don’t.
And the numbers remain real. Trump is far ahead of the field and just keeps winning.
No one ever wins a trade war. Consumers lose. Workers lose.
We've already lost.
He needs to watch the Carrier video.
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