Posted on 04/10/2017 1:00:41 PM PDT by Truth29
President Donald Trump has picked an economic advisor who believes in growing the nation’s economy by importing workers and consumers, and by expanding free-trade outsourcing, despite Trump’s “buy American, hire American” campaign promises. Kevin Hassett is slated to become chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors if he is approved by the Senate’s banking committee. If Hassett is confirmed, that will be a win for the corporatist, business-first faction in Trump’s White House, which fights for influence in the Oval Office against the populist, America-first faction that helped Trump win the election in November.
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We tend to focus on the current thing that is wrong. I do it too. When we do, sometimes it’s so big, everything else is on the other side. We can’t see those things at the moment. As the object moves away a bit (space and time), we begin to see those other things again, and it’s not so bad.
Health care, nation building..., sometimes we misdiagnose what the problem is. We read more into things before they are fully vetted.
If something comes out of the blue, it’s shocking. That initial shock can cause us to become befuddled for a bit. While that may sound like an insult, it’s just normal. Our minds focus on the important thing so much, that we can’t really figure out what the overall implications are/or aren’t. What do this really mean?
We have an accident. We think the whole world is going to explode. Three days later when the dust has settled, we’re in the rental car, the family is okay, and we’re off still enjoying life. In time things will be back to normal, and sometimes even better than normal.
Those of us who care about our nation, are quite focused on national and international dynamics. In many instances we can only assess what is taking place right now by looking at how things turned out in the past.
We were betrayed in the past. We think, well here we go again. That isn’t necessarily so. Actions may not mean what we think, and betraying may not be ahead. We have to keep cooler heads and see how it turns out.
Then if need be, we can go nuclear.
Trump has been a surprise to us since he first declared. I think he will continue to be. We are going to have to learn to judge him off him, not off others who have failed us.
Let it play out. See how it went. Assess if it’s really terrible if we only got 75% of the way there on an issue.
If we’re getting a lot of 100 percents on a myriad of issues, we can afford getting on 75% of the way there on a few, even some important ones.
There are two illustrations I would like to mention here. They are each something we have all experienced.
One
Once in a while I am involved in a project and need a tool, or an object that I at first thought would be best.
I go where that object should be, and look for it. While I’m looking I walk by or move something that would actually work much better. I’m so focused on find what I initially wanted, that I pass right by the better item. It wasn’t what I was looking for.
Then it dawns on me and I laugh at myself, pick up the better tool and take it back to the project and complete the task getting much better results.
This can happen with carpentry, meals, other special projects. It can happen in politics too. What we had planned on actually turns out better. There was no need to be upset we didn’t find what we initially looked for, or lament that we got to a better conclusion by an alternate route.
two
When I’m working on my budget, I sometimes juggle things for strategic reasons. At times there is a way I want to do things, and I can’t get that to work.
Should I let that get me down? Should I get angry and assume the worst? No, I should continue to look for a solution in more creative ways.
As I look for an alternative way to do it, I suddenly see a two pronged approach that will work to my advantage in ways I hadn’t seen before. It’s killer how that works at times.
In the end I don’t get upset because my first approach didn’t work. I feel happy that a better approach was revealed, and it all worked out better than I thought it could.
Trump’s plan
We have very a very certain picture of exactly how we want things to turn out related to health care. If it doesn’t look just like we imagined it, we know we’re going to be angry. Just the hint of that sets us off.
We don’t realize, that tweaking our perfect resolution, may actually be best overall financially.
So it may involve something we don’t like by 20%, but it may improve the overall effort by 50%.
We have to wait and see.
Trump is no fool, and thinking he is may be the quickest way to prove we are.
Let’s not be the Democrats trashing Trump, only to find out a few days or weeks later that he knew exactly what he was talking about all along.
We have to give the guy some room to wiggle, achieve what we want. It may look ugly at certain stages, but what counts is what we wind up with, and how that impacts our nation for the better or worse.
7 Apr: Vox: A brief guide to Kevin Hassett, Trump’s new chief economist
Hassett is open to a carbon tax
Like many conservative-leaning economists and wonks, and unlike basically every actually elected Republican politician in the country, Hassett has expressed openness to a carbon tax, especially as an alternative to cap-and-trade schemes....
He has also written two papers with Mathur and Tufts economist Gilbert Metcalf arguing that a carbon tax would be less regressive than conventionally assumed, if you model its effect over a person’s whole lifetime rather than considering their income in a particular year....
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/25/14728622/kevin-hassett-cea-economic-advisers
You guess is wrong. Context is everything when one is claiming something
I did not say Breitbart was lying. Breitbart has an agenda and they have been off base in the past
You do understand the difference between Legal and other forms of immigration....or do you? Trump campaigned against ILLEGAL immigration. He has also cut back on H1B visas.
Instead of getting your knickers in a twist why don’t you spend some time trusting Trump. You ain’t his adviser. Folks voted for him for lots of reasons.\
So who is lying? What is the context? What is contextual trash??? Off base? Did you read the comments made by Hassett?
Yes, Trump campaigned against illegal immigration. Trump also campaigned for H-1B visa reform...
Please show me where he has cut back on visas...I have not heard it and cannot find it. I would love a link if you can find one. That would make me very pleased.
So sorry if you think my panties are in a twist. I am going to follow this story and confirmation because this guy is a pro-immigration globalist. My questioning and following this does not mean I am trying to be an advisor...
Yes, people voted for him for lots of reasons...I voted for him because he was going to make AMERICA great again, was for AMERICAN workers, and was not a globalist...so I am not happy with this nomination.
BTW Bad things happen when people are not allowed to question their leaders.
“… With lackluster GDP growth threatening to become our new normal, allowing more immigrants to enter for the sake of employment is one of the few policies that might restore our old normal. If the U.S. DOUBLED its total IMMIGRATION and prioritized bringing in new workers, it could add more than half a percentage point a year to expected GDP growth.”
That is more than a little worrisome and is directly contrary to Trump’s goal of putting American workers back to work. More immigration will lower wages and depress American worker participation rates. I look forward the hearings in this case before any confirmation vote.
I would think repealing obamacare, reducing regulations, and lowering taxes would be much better MAGA approach to increasing GDP growth...Not DOUBLING IMMIGRATION.
Indians and and Chinese are not the only folks who can code or can be taught to code...they are just paid less on H-1B visas.
Love Trump, but not this guy...
Sometimes a reporter can tell lies by omission. Maybe they purposefully do it
I did not blame Breitbart as such but rather the article
It’s one thing to question quite another to suggest that someone is doing something they aren’t
It’s one thing to question quite another to suggest that someone is doing something they aren’t
What do you think I am suggesting? And who is that someone? What are they not doing?
Still waiting on that reduction in H-1B Visas link...
Bad things happen to people who are not allowed to question their government.
If this were George Bush, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, I might see it as an issue. They did not roll things back like Trump is. Trump is busy dismantling our programs related to global warming. He’s doing it in our government, cooperation with the U. N., and big business.
He started it after Al Gore came to the White House for consultation. Folks got jacked up about that too. Gore lost big-time. The nation won.
I’m not sure why he hired this guy, but I can’t imagine what bad policy this guy will get him to implement, when Trump is doing away with policies focused on Carbon Emissions.
This guy is a different animal. He hires people for their skills, not for them to tell him what to do.
He knows what he wants to do, and we’ve seen proof of it.
It’s what we want to do, what we want him to do.
Sometimes a reporter can tell lies by omission. Maybe they purposefully do it
I did not blame Breitbart as such but rather the article
You are saying the reporter is either omitting facts or telling lies... please tell me what they are omitting or how they are lying.
I found the reporter of the story, Penny Starr’s vitae. She has numerous articles on the Breitbart site and according to linked-in, she lists CNS:
Experience
senior staff writer and photographer
CNSNews.com
2008 – Present (9 years)
As senior staff writer at CNSNews.com for the past four years, I have produced stories that have impacted the national dialogue and policy decisions in the nation’s capitol and beyond. From a report on the Smithsonian Institute that resulted in the removal of an exhibit for the first time in history, to uncovering the number of illegal immigrant fugitives at large in the U.S., I have worked to produce breaking news that goes beyond the commonplace headlines. I have interviewed politicians, celebrities and power players and covered a wide range of issues, including health, energy, immigration, homeland security, education and culture in settings ranging from the White House to Congressional hearings, think tanks and conferences. I use my 30-plus years experience as a reporter, editor, columnist and photographer to add valuable contributions to the newsroom, the news team and the news product. After many decades in the print media, I am now happily immersed in online journalism, including using Facebook, Twitter and other social media to disseminate news to a global audience.
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So she writes for CNS and Breitbart and has done so for years.,..She seems legit to me. She is using 2 or more sources and quoting Hassett...What more do you want?
Seems to me that you want no one to consider any article regardless of who writes it or where it is posted if it contains anything not promoting the “popular” narrative.
Sorry, I am going to keep a watchful eye on this nomination—Hassett seems to be pro-immigration and a globalist by his own words.
Bad things happen when people are discouraged from questioning their government.
Dose t matter when he did. He did not honor day one promises to rescind Obama’s executive orders and actions, endorsed H1B, and include illegal aliens in his failed health care plan. Can’t cover up, ignore, or excuse these. These are facts, not whining. I did not drink the Kool-Aid and bend over to accept whatever comes. Maybe he will get back to his base that elected him, time will tell.
Oh Lord grow up already
Why aren’t you blaming the useless congress that had eight years to get bills ready?
Lay off the Kool-Aid. It is healthy and necessary that we speak up. Otherwise, who knows what we get. Else, better stock up on that Vaseline, you’ll need it.
President Trump has done a helluva lot within his first 90 days, by any reasonable standard.
Your gripes are absolutely ridiculous. You think President Trump is soft on immigration?
And you're butthurt because the President didn't live up to his campaign rhetoric about "Day 1 Promises"?
What an absurdly unrealistic standard you're imposing.
And no health plan has been passed, so complaining about provisions it might have contained is equally disingenuous.
For the most part "his base that elected him" is quite pleased with what President Trump has accomplished so far.
You're drinking plenty of Kool-Aid: NeverTrump Flavor—the worst kind.
It's OK. President Trump and "his base that elected him" are quite satisfied thus far, and will be happy to Make America Great Again despite your hysterical grousing...
There is nothing healthy about expecting a president to repeal and replace obozo care in day one. If you truly expected that your are either so naive that you need adult supervision or just plain nuts.
Your snarky comment at the end is beneath a true conservative.
Being realistic about what Trump has already done and what congress has failed to do serves us well. I give credit to McConnell for pulling the trigger on the nuclear option.
Our biggest problem is not Trump...it is in fact Paul Ryan
And that all adds up to a population growth rate of 0.81%
So it's not a negative then...
So by keeping out those people whose only skill is to be able to pro-create, wages and jobs will increase for Americans where they can afford to start families and raise kids...Problem solved...
You both, in your blind defense, fail to recognize that President Trump repeatedly promised to rescind Obama’s executive orders and actions on day one. He didn’t. He promised to address H1B, he endorsed it as is. He even endorsed Ryan’s healthcare plan, which included illegal aliens. Now seriously, do you ignore these? Do you excuse them? You folded, never questioned, now criticize anyone else that says, No, this isn’t right. So, is that really how your supposed conservative values work? Incredible. Pathetic really. Why don’t you have the courage of your convictions, if you had any? Do you? What are they? Sell out on first challenge?
Trump did rescind the parts of it that he could.....the tax penalty. He has Tom Price rolling back regulations.
Are you so ignorant of how things work as to think he could by edict just end all of it without congress? Put your. Blame where it belongs....congress.
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