Forget who has taken these 18 positions. Read them -- not
bad. Has Hillary or virtually anyone else advanced any
positions? Is Hillary going to take the same approach that
Nancy Pilosi took about the Obamacare bill: "You have to elect me before
you will know what I am going to do when (IF) I am
President".
As
candidates for president emerge it is important to know where each stands
on issues that are important to AMERICA. The USA cannot afford to make another
mistake in electing an anti-American Socialist, someone with a poor track
record of public service, or someone who values illegal invaders more than
hard-working, loyal Americans and her military.
Trump,
hopefully, is waking some of the RINOs up. The criticisms 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
Trumps 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 7 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 for those willing to move
jobs back to America they 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 roles 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 2nd 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. He tells a personal story to illustrate
the point: “When I opened Trump National Golf Club at Rancho Palos Verdes in
Los Angeles, I was immediately told that I would need to build a new and costly
ballroom. The current ballroom was gorgeous, but it only sat 200 people and we
were losing business because people needed a larger space for their events.
Building a new ballroom would take years to get approval and permits (since
it’s on the Pacific Ocean), and cost about $5 million. I took one look at the
ballroom and saw immediately what needed to be done. The problem wasn’t the
size of the room, it was the size of the chairs. They were huge, heavy, and
unwieldy. We didn’t need a bigger ballroom, we needed smaller chairs! So I had
them replaced with high-end, smaller chairs. I then had our people sell the old
chairs and got more money for them than the cost of the new chairs. In the end,
the ballroom went from seating 200 people to seating 320 people. Our visitors
got the space they desired, and I spared everyone the hassle of years of
construction and $5 million of expense. It’s amazing what you can
accomplish with a little common sense. On top of his saving
years of construction and $5 million in expenses, he also was able to keep the
ballroom open for business during the time it would have been under remodeling,
which allowed him to continue to make money on the space instead of losing that
revenue during construction time.
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 that 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 fortitude 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 because the media does, maybe we should
seriously consider what he has to offer.
Note:
"RINO" redirects here. For other uses, see Rino.
Republican In Name Only (RINO) is a pejorative term used by conservative members
of the Republican
Party of the United States to describe Republicans whose
political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative.
The acronym RINO emerged in the 1990.
The Staff: Whoever sent, thank you as we all learn. He still needs to clean up his comments as to women as it was disgusting. He has a lot to do to EVER get the women to vote for him. Better start working on that or he will not make it.
