He played that song at the end of the rally last night. Brilliant. Another brilliant selection was Rolling Stone's "You can’t always get what you want."
Posted on 08/22/2015 9:46:18 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
The critics of Trump are amazingly missing something.
They are lacking in negative stories from those who work for him or have had business dealings with him. After all the employees he’s had and all the business deals he’s made, there is a void of criticism.
In fact, long term employees call him a strong and merciful leader and say he is far more righteous and of high integrity than people may think, And while it may surprise many, he’s actually humble when it comes to his generosity and kindness.
A good example is a story that tells of his limo breaking down on a deserted highway outside of New York City.
A middle-aged couple stopped to help him and as a thank you he paid off their mortgage, but he didn’t brag about that.
Generous and good people rarely talk of charity they bestow on others.
But as much as all this is interesting, the real thing that people want to know is what Donald Trump’s plan is for America. It’s funny how so many people say they don’t know what it is, or they act like Trump is hiding it.
The information is readily available if people would just do a little homework. But, since most Americans won’t do their own research, here, in no particular order, is an overview of many of Trump’s positions and plans:
1.) Trump believes that America should not intervene militarily in other country’s problems without being compensated for doing so.
If America is going to risk the lives of our soldiers and incur the expense of going to war, then the nations we help must be willing to pay for our help.
Using the Iraq War as an example, he cites the huge monetary expense to American taxpayers (over $1.5 trillion, and possibly much more depending on what sources are used to determine the cost) in addition to the cost in human life.
He suggests that Iraq should have been required to give us enough of their oil to pay for the expenses we incurred.
He includes in those expenses the medical costs for our military and $5 million for each family that lost a loved one in the war and $2 million for each family of soldiers who received severe injuries.
2.) Speaking of the military, Trump wants America to have a strong military again. He believes the single most important function of the federal government is national defense.
He has said he wants to find the General Patton or General MacArthur that could lead our military buildup back to the strength it needs to be.
While he hasn’t said it directly that I know of, Trump’s attitude about America and about winning tells me he’d most likely be quick to eliminate rules of engagement that handicap our military in battle.
Clearly Trump is a “win at all costs” kind of guy, and I’m sure that would apply to our national defense and security, too.
3.) Trump wants a strong foreign policy and believes that it must include seven core principles (which seem to support my comment in the last point):
· American interests come first. Always. No apologies.
· Maximum firepower and military preparedness.
· Only go to war to win.
· Stay loyal to your friends and suspicious of your enemies.
· Keep the technological sword razor sharp.
· See the unseen. Prepare for threats before they materialize.
· Respect and support our present and past warriors.
4.) Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated as military combatants, not as criminals like the Obama administration treats them.
5.) Trump makes the point that China’s manipulation of their currency has given them unfair advantage in our trade dealings with them. He says we must tax their imports to offset their currency manipulation, which will cause American companies to be competitive again and drive manufacturing back to America and create jobs here.
Although he sees China as the biggest offender, he believes that America should protect itself from all foreign efforts to take our jobs and manufacturing.
For example, Ford is building a plant in Mexico and Trump suggests that every part or vehicle Ford makes in Mexico be taxed 35% if they want to bring it into the U. S., which would cause companies like Ford to no longer be competitive using their Mexican operations and move manufacturing back to the U. S., once again creating jobs here.
6.) Trump wants passage of NOPEC legislation (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act , NOPEC , S.394), which would allow the government to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws. According to Trump, that would break up the cartel. He also wants to unleash our energy companies to drill domestically (sound like Sarah Palin’s drill baby, drill?) thereby increasing domestic production creating jobs and driving domestic costs of oil and gas down while reducing dependence on foreign oil.
7.) Trump believes a secure border is critical for both security and prosperity in America.
He wants to build a wall to stop illegals from entering and put controls on immigration (and he says he’ll get Mexico to pay for the wall, which many have scoffed at, but given his business successes I wouldn’t put it past him). He also wants to enforce our immigration laws and provide no path to citizenship for illegals.
8.) Trump wants a radical change to the tax system to not only make it better for average Americans, but also to encourage businesses to stay here and foreign businesses to move here. The resulting influx of money to our nation would do wonders for our economy.
He wants to make America the place to do business. He also wants to lower the death tax and the taxes on capital gains and dividends.
This would put more than $1.6 trillion back into the economy and help rebuild the 1.5 million jobs we’ve lost to the current tax system. He also wants to charge companies who outsource jobs overseas a 20% tax, but those willing to move jobs back to America would not be taxed.
And for citizens he has a tax plan that would allow Americans to keep more of what they earn and spark economic growth.
He wants to change the personal income tax to: Up to $30,000 taxed at 1%; from $30,000 to $100,000 taxed at 5%; from $100,000 to $1,000,000 taxed at 10%; $1,000,000 and above taxed at 15%.
9.) Trump wants Obamacare repealed. He says it’s a job-killing, health care-destroying monstrosity, that can’t be reformed, salvaged, or fixed. He believes in allowing real competition in the health insurance marketplace to allow competition to drive prices down. He also believes in tort reform to get rid of defensive medicine and lower costs.
10.) Trump wants spending reforms in Washington, acknowledging that America spends far more than it receives in revenue. He has said he believes that if we don’t stop increasing the national debt once it hits $24 trillion it will be impossible to save this country.
11.) Even though he says we need to cut spending, he does not want to harm those on Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. He believes that the citizens have faithfully paid in to the system to have these services available and that the American government has an obligation to fulfill its end of the bargain and provide those benefits.
Therefore, he wants to build the economy up so that we have the revenue to pay those costs without cutting the benefits to the recipients. He disagrees with Democrats who think raising taxes is the answer and says that when you do that you stifle the economy.
On the other hand, when you lower taxes and create an environment to help businesses they will grow, hire more workers, and those new workers will be paying taxes that become more tax revenue for the government.
12.) Trump also wants reform of the welfare state saying that America needs a safety net, not a hammock. He believes in a welfare to work program that would help reduce the welfare rolls and encourage people to get back to work. And he wants a crackdown on entitlement fraud.
13.) Trump believes climate change is a hoax.
14.) Trump opposes Common Core.
15.) Trump is pro-life, although he allows for an exception due to rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
16.) Trump is pro-Second Amendment rights.
17.) Trump‘s view on same-sex marriage is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but he also believes that this is a states’ rights issue, not a federal issue.
18.) Trump supports the death penalty. Trump believes that there is a lack of common sense, innovative thinking in Washington (hmmm, looks like he believes in horse sense!). He says it’s about seeing the unseen and that’s the kind of thinking we need to turn this country around.
Donald Trump‘s entire life has been made up of success and winning. He’s been accused of bankruptcies, but that’s not true. He’s never filed personal bankruptcy.
He’s bought companies and legally used bankruptcy laws to restructure their debt, just as businesses do all the time. But he’s never been bankrupt personally. He’s a fighter who clearly loves America and would fight for our nation.
Earlier I quoted Trump saying, “I love America. And when you love something, you protect it passionately – fiercely, even.” We never hear that from Democrats or even from most Republicans.
Donald Trump is saying things that desperately need to be said but no other candidate has shown the guts to stand up and say them. Looking over this list of what he wants for America I see a very necessary set of goals that are long past due. Before we criticize someone simply because the media does, maybe we should seriously consider what he has to offer.
Oh, don’t worry. Trump will be roasted by the dems in the general.
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There were FReepers endorsing Romney yet you haven’t washed your hands completely of the site.
I agree. Donald J. Trump is a natural born problem solver and he knows really smart people to hire to help solve problems. I’m not concerned about hearing a detailed plan for everything. For my entire lifetime politicians have been coming up with detailed plans that are either poorly thought out or never get implemented. Enough with that. I’m ready to give Trump four years and see what he can do. My only statement to Trump is surprise me.
It was not just that the Saudi & Kuwaiti's ponied up much of the cost. It was clearly in our long term interests to have such Capitalist Governments survive, against the threat from the Socialist Iraqi tyrant. (George Bush, Sr., was better advised than was his oldest son.)
DONALD TRUMP IS RIGHT!!!
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A VERY IMPORTANT piece if you want to fully understand the 14th Amendment argument! Folks, some really cunning and not so stupid people are on the verge of STEALING YOUR BIRTHRIGHT AND THAT OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN! HELL, THEY’RE STEALING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!
If you don’t have time to read the entire thing, PLEASE at least read the paragraphs I’ve extracted below. If you’re STILL unclear why those on the left are slinging all this mud on Trump over this one, understand that a large percentage of those who come here ILLEGALLY are initially unable to fully support themselves until they plug into the underground/paid under the table economy and, because the left has created a welfare hammock for them, avail themselves of those programs (at which time many do both). Those programs create a “warm and fuzzy feeling” toward these leftists Democrats, almost guaranteeing they will become DEMOCRAT VOTERS once the left has succeeded in doing away with proof of citizenship in order to vote. (Not to belabor the point, but ask yourself WHY, during his recent trip to Kenya, obozo pledged over 50 million bucks to that corrupt government for A VOTER ID PROGRAM as his Just Us department has blown well over that amount trying to PREVENT STATES FROM REQUIRING PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP HERE??)
Sorry for the rant. Here are those paragraphs that condense much of the legal info in this piece: (See the link below for the entire piece.)
P. A. Madison, a modern day master of constitutional analysis, points out that “since illegal aliens are unlawfully in the US, their native country has a proper and primary claim of allegiance on the child. Thus, the completeness of their allegiance to the US is impaired, which therefore precludes automatic citizenship.” Slam dunk obvious, I’d say.
Also, Rep. Aaron Sargent, a representative from California during the Naturalization Act of 1870 debates, said the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was not a de-facto right for aliens to obtain citizenship. Significantly, none of his contemporaries disputed that assertion.
Adding to this mix, here is a little case law since the 14th’s ratification.
In the Slaughterhouse Cases(1873), the Supreme Court observed that the 14th Amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision by making all persons born within the United States and subject to its jurisdiction, citizens of the US; the ruling went on to point out “that [the 14th Amendment’s] main purpose was to establish the citizenship of the Negro” and that “the phrase ‘subject to its jurisdiction’ was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, AND citizens or subjects of foreign states born within the United States”, thus reinforcing Sen. Howard’s construction above. So, since they cannot be subject to US jurisdiction, children of citizens of foreign sovereignities and children of foreign ministers/consuls/ambassadors cannot be lawfully considered US Citizens. Makes perfect sense.
http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3355873%3ABlogPost%3A3115937&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post
As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here.
What I'd like to see is a private system without the artificial lines around every state. I have a big company with thousands and thousands of employees. And if I'm negotiating in New York or in New Jersey or in California, I have like one bidder. Nobody can bid.
You know why?
Because the insurance companies are making a fortune because they have control of the politicians, of course, with the exception of the politicians on this stage.
But they have total control of the politicians. They're making a fortune.
Get rid of the artificial lines and you will have...
(BUZZER NOISE)
I cannot speak for anyone else; but the reason that I could never even consider voting for Santroum, is that he does not understand the most basic American political structure: The division of power, responsibilities & legality, between the States and the Federal structure that they created.
He played that song at the end of the rally last night. Brilliant. Another brilliant selection was Rolling Stone's "You can’t always get what you want."
You make a point that is very interesting, with respect to the subject of this thread.
The greatest benefit--so far--from the explosive Trump campaign, is this. For 50 years, the Left has carefully been constructing what we have called a "politically correct" mindset, for at least the last twenty of those years. It is a psychological structure, based upon the compulsion of Leftwing neurotics for uniformity of thought; but it has also infested the minds of much of the general population, now afraid to bring down on their heads the hysterical gobblings of those Leftwing neurotics.
Trump has demonstrated that throwing off that induced culture of fear, can be a lot of fun. It is contagious. It may well grow into a popular sport. It may ultimately prove the one thing that will finally stop the momentum that is destroying the America that we love and cherish. Think about it.
He said it in his book published in 2011. Excerpts of it have been posted here many times.
Re: “The critics of Trump are amazingly missing something. They are lacking in negative stories from those who work for him or have had business dealings with him.”
That is amazing - since four Trump business units have declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In other words, on at least four occasions, Trump has convinced people or corporations to lend him money, then, he paid back less than he borrowed.
With a record like that, it seems quite possible that other Trump deals have gone bad, but were settled in private instead of in court.
These facts are not necessarily bad.
Since the USA is sprinting toward national bankruptcy, Trump may be the exactly perfect president to negotiate the terms of our default.
Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated as military combatants, not as criminals like the Obama administration treats them.Nonsense. They are not uniformed, their commanders have no address. OTOH, it is correct to say that they are not civilian criminals. They are illegal combatants. They don’t get civilian rights - but they don’t get POW rights either.
The thing about the media going after Trump is that people end up hating the media for going after him, and not Trump.
It has taken a while for many to see the Rino threat and betrayals. But the blinders are coming off. Think Trump leading the pack. He is in the middle of the betrayal. Pray God gives him wisdom, prudence and courage in abundance for the common good.
LOL Me too, multiple.
At one of his events he hugged the american flag standing next to him awaiting the introduction.
[[I thought Trump was for full on Socialist “Single Payer” healthcare (free for everyone) like the far left has always dreamed of?
Did I miss something?]]
Nope you didn’t miss anything- He told Hannity he was all for socialist healthcare like Canada and Europe have- claiming ‘they work wonderfully’ or soemthign like that
He’s for ‘obamacare part deux’ if you will-
This time next summer Trump will be there facto President.
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