Sunday, August 16, 2015

Sunday is the time to reflect, think and look around……..

“Common Sense Just Isn’t Common Any More”…… ”Don’t Blame BOB”
WHACK JOB OR AMERICA'S SAVIOR?
WHO IS DONALD TRUMP?  AND WHAT DOES HE REALLY STAND FOR?
A MUST READ & SHARE!
Donald Trump........who he REALLY is....
The criticisms of Trump are amazingly missing something.
          
When interviewing those who work for him (or who have or have had business dealings with him) negative stories are, curiously, lacking.  After all the employees he’s had and all the business deals he’s made there is an unmistakable lack of criticism.  In fact, long term employees call him a strong and compassionate leader and say he has far more integrity and high moral standards than many people 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 people rarely talk of the charitable acts they bestow on others.
          
But as much as all this is interesting, the real thing that people want to know is, what is  Donald Trump’s plan 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, 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 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. 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.
          
11.) 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.
          
12.) Trump believes climate change is a hoax.  
      
13.) Trump opposes Common Core.
          
14.) Trump is pro-life, although he allows for an exception due to rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
          
15.) Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights.
          
16.) 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.
           
17.) Trump supports the death penalty.

18.) Trump believes that there is a lack of common sense and 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. 
Thanks Michael

3 comments:

Popeye said...

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STILL DUMBED DOWN..THERE IS NO ELECTION....IT IS A SHAM TO MAKE US THINK THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE COURSE OF OUR NATION.....MIKE ...LET ME EXPLAIN GET OUT OF THE MATRIX YOU ARE TRAPPED IN AND DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER AND HELP GET OUR REPUBLIC BACK....THIS IS STILL THE CORPORATE CABAL COMING OUTOF YOUR MOUTH.... TRUMP HAS NEVER FILED A PERSONAL BANK RUPTSY..... WELL AS A CORPORATE HEAD HOW MANY HAS HE FILED??.... AS THE CEO OF THE CORPORATION HE WILL JUST KEEP FILING.................NOW.................DO YOUR HOME WORK....THE USA CORPORATION HAS NO STANDING AS THEY WENT OUTOF BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF JANURARY 2015....YES YOU ARE NATIONLESS AND YOU NEED TO DO YOUR HOME WORK BEFORE YOU EVER WANT TO POST HERE AGAIN.... YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME TO TRUMP THIS B.S. YOU JUST WROTE....BE WATCHING!!

Anonymous said...

Popeye you are right that there are no elections and our so called LEADERS are not elected but Selected. Most people on this blog at least do understand that fact. But I do have many many concerns: I think that Trump as a person is a Great person as he helps many people and no one knows for certain that he is not going to pull another J.F.K. Does anyone in any of the groups on the internet or the Republic or outside of those groups really know what is happening behind the scenes when it comes to Donald Trump or anything for that matter? NO. They do not know even though everyone wants to claim they know the WHOLE plan. I often wonder is TRUMP Naive to what he is getting into but he is up their with the high stake rollers so I do not know. Maybe someone is protecting him and maybe there is a good force behind him. No one knows except a few if there is or if there is not. That is not anymore far fetched a dream then the other groups that claim things are happening behind the scenes and nothing happens but a post and they think that they are all informed but not even ITELLIGENCE knows what is happening unless they are right there seeing it with their own eyes. so I highly doubt they have the inside scoop as they think that they do. This is not addressed to any one particular group or person as there are many people on here who want to preach what they know to be true. TRUMP is risking his life but he is pissing off the pure evil elite and it makes me happier than hell. I hope to God someone is in his corner and watching over him. No one knows what side TRUMP is on and how much he knows.No one knows what is going on inside the TRUMP campaign but a few. As far as Trump filing Corporate bankruptcy he was just using the law in which our corrupt so called law makers put into so called law. There was nothing illegal about what he did. I like TRUMP very much and I went to see him and I am very awake and very aware that there are no elections. I took myself off of the voting roll but something big is happening here. He is willing to piss people off where ALL of the others just kiss ass and cash that check. Is TRump just playing a game? I do not know that either. I do not think so but I am not in the know. Is there anything else that is happening behind the scenes that we can count on? Hmmmm

Di, Cerrillos, NM, USA said...

I agree. However, one difference between Trump and JFK is the times. JFK tried to divorce us from the Cabal without all his ducks to back him up. Trump is operating in different times with a different set of ducks. The Federal Reserve's contract has expired. The Cabal is made up of very old men and is losing its ducks one at a time. The gap between the hu-mans and hybrids is widening.
I predict that the Pope will make a final play for control of the Earth and will be sent packing with empty hands. The Jesuits will be exposed for who they really are and how they operate. We will not be truly free until every member of the Vatican and Cabal is in jail. This needs to happen before the hu-mans are all in FEMA camps.