Posted on 04/16/2011 12:17:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Trump has stated he is now pro-life.
Romney has also stated he’s pro-life. Do you believe him?
Perhaps. Keep giving away our elections to communists for another forty years, and see how far your "most important issue" advances.
It is, but the battle needs to be fought spiritually rather than legislatively. A direct frontal assault will alienate a lot of people who should be our strongest allies: those who have been involved with abortion and know it's wrong, but feel an overwhelming need to pretend otherwise. Such people would move heaven and earth to maintain their pretense that abortion is okay; alienating them is a sure-fire path to electoral defeat.
What's needed instead is to help such people recognize that the Democrats have been manipulating and exploiting their guilt, and that the only path to atonement (secular or religious) is acknowledgment of mistakes and a resolve to be a better person in future (including working to help others avoid similar mistakes). I'm not sure how best to spread that message, but it's the key to the abortion "debate". Until people start hearing that message and acting upon it, legislative restrictions on abortion will be counter-productive.
He has stated he’s pro-life but supports a womans right to choose.
He’s pro-abortion just doesn’t plan to have any himself.
My perception of Trump is that he is very much an Ayn Rand individualist, who is never the less willing to play ball with the Democrats, as long as the benefit was greater than what he was asked to contribute. The Democrats had no use for Trump, though.
I heard a little of his interview with Sean the other night and Trump was just horrible, expounding on his support for the death penalty. He’s not going to last long if that is the kind of political rhetoric he is going to spout. It was as if he was trying to say anything that he thought conservatives would support and he didn’t even know exactly what that was.
My perception of Trump is that he is very much an Ayn Rand individualist, who is never the less willing to play ball with the Democrats, as long as the benefit was greater than what he was asked to contribute. The Democrats had no use for Trump, though.
I heard a little of his interview with Sean the other night and Trump was just horrible, expounding on his support for the death penalty. He’s not going to last long if that is the kind of political rhetoric he is going to spout. It was as if he was trying to say anything that he thought conservatives would support and he didn’t even know exactly what that was.
Your post makes good sense. Thank you.
Not one red cent. Look around. Trump is resonating with Conservatives and has the gravitas to take the White House. He's not intimidated by either party's establishment DNC or RNC.
If the policy points of Donald Trump are as you posted them I could vote for this man.
Yes, Palin and Trump are in line on many issues.
If you dig for the info and read, you’ll find that Sarah Palin is in favor of the current trade relations. She also hiked taxes against oil companies in Alaska while providing “early funding” for public school employees and domestic violence social workers.
Some of us are against those activities, and some of us are in favor of them. Most political people are dishonest about them.
I’m against what is now called free trade. I’m in favor of privatizing education and of traditional family structure. I’m in favor of cutting most social programs and eliminating a few social engineering (anti-family) programs. Most Republicans disagree with me as do most Democrats and liberaltarians.
But then I’ve been promoting a separation of most of us from contemporary politics while promoting a trend toward individual self-sufficiency and anti-consumerism.
Well that' a first. LoL.
Pawlenty - has pros and cons, but has not differentiated himself OR taken strong Republican stands
Palin - used to like her, but the reality shows have made her a caricature; be a Kingmaker and fundraiser for others instead
What is this 15% wealth tax?
Is a trade war with China a net positive for American manufacturing or a net negative due to our debts held by them?
“He’s not intimidated by either party’s establishment DNC or RNC. “
No he’s not, probably because he’s donated so much to the DNC candidates.
Trump proposed a way to bring down the national debt by taxing all wealth above $10 mm in lieu of paying the death tax. He has adjusted the particulars, but it goes like this:
Calculate your wealth according to to consistent set of rules.
This is the amount of wealth that will be sheltered against any future death taxes.
Subtract $10 mm from the total.
Your wealth tax is 15% of the remainder.
You have “several years” to pay the wealth tax.
To pay it, you must purchase US treasury bills and bonds in the open market and then present them to the Treasury for cancellation. This insures that the government never gets its hands on the money.
The Trump Wealth Tax would raise $5-6 trillion and would bring our national debt into a much more manageable position, in addition to saving the interest payments on the retired debt.
He also points out that the stock market would rally more than 15% to reflect the certainty of the future of the US balance sheet. Thus, the tax is free and is derived from renewed optimism in the US markets.
Pretty smart, huh?
I know some folks that would pay this and they are thrilled to do away with estate planning and death tax issues. They would do this tomorrow.
Very interesting! I’m starting to get very interested. At this point - esp. after the 2010 elections when all kinds of stuff was going to happen due to a Rep majority in the House - it’s now clear as day that the Repub elites are just as much the enemy as the Dems. If not more so, since they are the ones supposed to be conservative.
I won’t give Trumpna spin. I don’t vote for liberal Democrats. You know, another successful billionaire says he isna Republican- Michael Bloomburg. You probably would give him a spin too.
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