Posted on 11/10/2016 1:55:59 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
On his transition website GreatAgain.gov, the Trump team has laid out the framework of his initial policies with policies focused i) on American Security including as Defense and National security, Immigration Reform and Building That Wall, and Energy Independence; ii) Getting America Back to Work Again including Tax Reform; Regulatory Reform; Trade Reform; Education; Transportation & Infrastructure and Financial Services Reform; and iii) Government for the people including Healthcare Reform (Obamacare), Veterans Administration Reform and Protecting Americans' Constitutional Rights.
The key highlights include:
overhaul in immigration policies, including "Building that Wall" , the Trump transition team will "execute on the following ten-point plan to restore integrity to our immigration system, protect our communities, and put America first" - i) Build a Wall on the Southern Border; ii) End Catch-and-Release; iii) Zero Tolerance for Criminal Aliens; iv) Block Funding for Sanctuary Cities; v) Cancel Unconstitutional Executive Orders & Enforce All Immigration Laws; vi) Suspend the Issuance of Visas to Any Place Where Adequate Screening Cannot Occur; vii) Ensure that Other Countries Take Their People Back When We Order Them Deported; viii) Finally Complete the Biometric Entry-Exit Visa Tracking System; ix) Turn Off the Jobs and Benefits Magnet
promoting a strong, robust military force to defend against the "threat posed to our nation and our allies by radical ideologies that direct and inspire terrorism." The administration will push for immediate and sustainable actions to counter the threats posed by radical ideologies; will address the "catastrophic threats posed by nuclear weapons and cyber attacks" and will "ensure our strategic nuclear triad is modernized to ensure it continues to be an effective deterrent, and his Administration will review and minimize our nation’s infrastructure vulnerabilities to cyber threats."
dismantling and replacing of the Dodd-Frank Act financial-sector law with pro-growth policies. This means that banks will be allowed to not only engage in prop trading again, but to invest directly in hedge funds. “The Dodd-Frank economy does not work for working people. Bureaucratic red tape and Washington mandates are not the answer,” says statement on Trump’s official transition website.
changing the tax code: policies since President Obama took office “have been blocked in one way or another” by Democratic opposition, the transition website says in section outlining “tax reform/economic vision.” It adds that “a Trump administration tax plan can be summarized as lower, simpler, fairer, and pro-growth.” as the website summarizes "a Trump Administration tax plan can be summarized as lower, simpler, fairer, and pro-growth."
addressing the millions of American jobs that have been lost over the last decade "because of trade deals that do not put Americans first." The administration will "reverse decades of policies that have pushed jobs out of our country" by making it more desirable for companies to stay, create jobs here, pay taxes here, and rebuild the economy. The new Administration will make it more desirable for companies to stay, create jobs here, pay taxes here, and rebuild our economy. Our workers and the communities that support them will thrive again, as more and more companies compete to set up manufacturing in the U.S., to hire our young people and give them hope and a real shot at prosperity again. America will become, once more, a destination for jobs, production and innovation and will once more show economic leadership in the world.
fixing education: Trump will advance policies to support learning-and-earning opportunities at the state and local levels for approximately 70 million school-age students, 20 million post-secondary students, and 150 million working adults, To achieve this, Trump will promote high-quality early childhood, magnet, STEAM or theme-based programs; expansion of choice through charters, vouchers, and teacher-driven learning models; and relief from U.S. Department of Education regulations that inhibit innovation.
restructuring US energy policies including ending the "war on coal": "make full use" of both renewable and tradition energy sources. "America will unleash an energy revolution that will transform us into a net energy exporter, leading to the creation of millions of new jobs, while protecting the country’s most valuable resources –- our clean air, clean water, and natural habitats,” the website says. “The Trump administration is firmly committed to conserving our wonderful natural resources and beautiful natural habitats." The transition team also vows to open onshore and offshore leasing for federal land and waters for fossil fuel producers, streamline energy permitting, end “war on coal.” The site also pledges “top-down review of all anti-coal regulations issued by the Obama administration.”
"Repeal Obamacare" - the Trump administration will work with Congress to repeal Affordable Care Act with replacement that "returns the historic role in regulating health insurance to the states," according to transition plan released Thursday. Replacement would include promotion of Health Savings Accounts and option to buy insurance across states lines. The transition team also says it will act to “protect innocent human life from conception to natural death, including the most defenseless and those Americans with disabilities” and "modernize Medicare, so that it will be ready for the challenges with the coming retirement of the Baby Boom generation – and beyond."
protect Americans' constitutional rights: the Trump administration will veto legislation that exceeds Congressional authority, take actions as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief that are consistent with his constitutional role, and nominate Judges and Supreme Court Justices who are committed to interpreting the Constitution and laws according to their original public meaning. Trump says "he will defend Americans' fundamental rights to free speech, religious liberty, keeping and bearing arms, and all other rights guaranteed to them in the Bill of Rights and other constitutional provisions." He hopes to minimize the role of government including the "Tenth Amendment guarantee that many areas of governance are left to the people and the States, and are not the role of the federal government to fulfill."
Wake me up. I’m dreaming.
Scrapping Dodd-Frank would be fantastic. That along with eliminating Obamacare and lowering taxes would jump start the economy immediately.
Take the tax and regulatory shackles off of the starting and growing small business man.
**End Catch-and-Release**
I don’t know, I like fishing but hate cleaning them, so I always do catch and release.
Oh. Wait. That means something else, doesn’t it?
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Block Funding for Sanctuary Cities;
Ensure that Other Countries Take Their People Back When We Order Them Deported;
Those two are a big deal.
If it was President Elect Clinton:
1. Outlaw all guns
2. Outlaw all Christians
3. Repeal all laws relating to citizenship
4. Import a hundred million muslims
5. Raise taxes
6. Fund the Clinton Foundation
7. Raise more taxes
8. Increase the funding of the Clinton Foundation
9. Really raise taxes
10. Hugely increase the funding of the Clinton Foundation
Dodds-Frank does nothing to reduce the risks of future financial market shenanigans. In fact, banning prop trading by the banks has reduced liquidity in many markets including corp and high yield bonds and cds.
in some future crisis, that reduced liquidity will cause a credit freeze-up even faster than in 2008.
Real reform requires ending too big to fail. As long as favoured institutions are red circled for survival no matter what they do, the moral hazard incentive for excessive risk taking and risk concealment will still be there.
The Fed needs to guarantee “continuity of markets” in case of a financial crisis. Then they can let these loser banks fail w/o causing a credit freeze up.
Under “Constitutional Rights” I hope he rolls back this infernal domestic spying program. It is absolutely not anything to do with “fighting terrorism.” It’s all about using it to control people via blackmail and information sharing. It is shameful and should end yesterday.
Under “Constitutional Rights” I hope he rolls back this infernal domestic spying program. It is absolutely not anything to do with “fighting terrorism.” It’s all about using it to control people via blackmail and information sharing. It is shameful and should end yesterday.
I would like to see Glass-Steagall brought back. It worked well for a long time.
I think it best to keep financial businesses from functioning in too many areas such that it creates a built in incentive to no work in the consumer’s best interest. I also think that the use of leverage needs to be greatly curtailed.
I also want a position in Trump’s cabinet or staff.
If wishes were horses....
Repeal Jimmy Carter's "Department of Education". Fedzilla has no business meddling in what should be a State and local matter, if not purely a private matter.
How 'bout it, Donald?
Trump did say during the campaign that he favored Glass-Steagall.
Replacing Dodd-Frank with Glass-Steagall is probably a win.
Trump can use leverage on McConnell with coal by attaching it to something Turtle is not so hot about.
I would laugh if it weren’t so true.
This set of goals is wondrous. If he has the people in his admin to put meat on the bones and works with the GOP to win their zealous support things could turn around very quickly. I note there are no immigrant policy actions that are likely to trigger lawsuits that have any real chance of success. This is smart as the ACLU could muck things up if they are responding to actions that may be lumped together as unconstitutional. Starting off by declaring that his actions will be limited by his Constitutional authority is another winner. Coming from Mr. Trump that, if he is setious, will end worry about his bigger than big Boss persona seeping into the Office. Good things here.
Better than I ever hoped for.
Can’t wait to see if can get it past Congress...
Awesome. They have two years before the midterms to do it. :-)
Bfl
“Trump can use leverage on McConnell with coal”
LOL. I single tweet would be enough to take out McConnell.
I can’t wait to see who will be the first congress critter who will try to get in the way. Most were cowering in fear even before Trump was elected.
Can someone recommend a good coal stock?
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