Anyway, I’m a Trumper (as opposed to a Trumpette) but I sharply disagree with his stand on trade - it is self-defeating and fails to address the underlying causes of business fleeing the U.S
Those are opening negotiating positions. But really what’s the alternative? We are getting hammered by unfair trade. We’re going to have to play hardball to level the playing field, IMO. The globalists and foreign countries won’t give up their gravy train without a fight.
See post #78.
It probably doesn’t help that major corporations are paying their top executive $10 and $20 and more millions a year. How can they keep the stockholders happy if they don’t send jobs overseas for cheap labor. Back in 2009 when GE stock plummeted from an ‘07 high of $40 down to $5 a share I was shocked to see that the 7 top executives took no cut in pay and were all making from $11 to $22 million. Simply outrageous. In 2008 Goldman Sachs CEO pay had jumped from the $40 million area to over $70 million from ‘07 to ‘08. The spring of ‘08 shareholders were so upset to see that the top 3 executives were all paid over $65 million, that 43% voted in favor of a shareholders advisory on compensation. The next year the CEO pay was on $25 million. We stockholders need to exercise our power more. How are products going to be sold and profits made in this country if all the pay for producing them is paid overseas?