like him because he isn't bound by mass-minded party thinking. For
years I've wondered why the USA fights expensive wars to benefit other
nations, but expects the American taxpayer to foot the bill. Iraq
(for one) OWES us trillions for kicking out their dictator. Trump,
also, realizes that the USA doesn't need China. To return jobs to
America, we must start taxing the import their of goods coming here.
Of course we can't subsidize lazy and inefficient workers. Once the
burden of over-taxation is removed from businesses, the demand for
skilled manufacturing job workers will go through the roof. NAFTA
certainly didn't help the job situation in the USA. China uses
'forced labor' (over-time) to keep their prices low. Every time you
buy something made in China it is on the backs of still oppressed
workers. A 25% import duty should be about right. Once China starts
paying its people fairly, I'll pit the productivity of American
workers against Chinese workers any day! — J. A. A. —
>
On Apr 16, 5:22 pm, Jonathan Ashley <jonathanashle...@lavabit.com>
wrote:
> Fascism, Anyone?
> By Michael Hurd
> 13 April 2011
>
> If Barack Obama hammered the nails in the coffin of the American
> republic, it will be Donald Trump who buries it.
>
> In a recent article, I wrote that Donald Trump would not be a President
> who restored capitalism and individual rights, but would be a President
> who would initiate fascism. If his attitudes and beliefs about the cult
> of personality applied to government don�t convince you, then consider
> some of his policy positions reported in a recent interview Trump gave
> to the conservative publication, �Human Events.�
>
> Donald Trump favors protectionism. In other words, he advocates "free
> trade, but also fair trade." This is what socialists and fascists say;
> it's not what proponents of capitalism say. He wants a 25 percent tax on
> all products and services that come from China.
>
> Who does this punish? People who want products and services from China.
>
> Who does this reward? People who will have to work less hard to charge
> more for items that China can no longer sell in the U.S.
>
> What seems on the surface like it's harming a fascist country -- by
> making America more socialist and fascist itself -- actually hurts
> consumers in the free country. If Trump wants to hurt China, he
> shouldn't hurt the American consumer. He should lift all the taxes,
> regulations and other socialist policies hampering American business.
> Restoring capitalism in the United States is the way to defeat the
> fascist-socialist Chinese.
>
> Donald Trump says that protectionism is the solution to the exploding
> federal deficit. He doesn't care about cutting programs the government
> has no business funding. He does care about restraining trade with other
> countries because, in his mind, this will improve the economy and
> eliminate the need to cut spending. He says that the budget deficit
> isn't caused by less productive Americans mooching off more productive
> ones; he says it's caused by "freeloading" foreign countries. There's no
> talk of reducing or eliminating foreign aid, however. He wants to punish
> American business and the American consumer -- all in the "American
> interest."
>
> Donald Trump personally likes and gets along with liberals such as
> Senators Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, and John Kerry. He expects
> Republicans to view this as a good thing. If he can get along with such
> people, then "things will get done." But what exactly will get done? The
> kind of things that John Kerry, Chuck Schumer and John Kerry want to get
> done? Things like trying terrorists in civilian courts, raising taxes,
> using the FCC to restrain freedom of speech, and socializing medicine?
>
> These are the sorts of things these men strongly and seriously support.
>
> What does it say about Donald Trump that he personally likes and enjoys
> spending time with such men? By the way, public records indicate that
> 60% of Donald Trump's campaign donations go to Democrats. If their views
> are his views, what do people who support opposite policies have to gain
> by supporting Donald Trump?
>
> Trump reversed his views on abortion, from pro-choice to "pro-life" only
> after switching parties from Democrat to Republican in 2009. No real
> reason is given, other than that's what you have to do to be a
> Republican. What does this say about his devotion to principle -- any
> principle at all? In fact, pro-choice is one of the only issues about
> which Democrats are right. How does it benefit a rational voter -- who
> wants freedom in the bedroom as well as in the bank account -- to
> support a man who reversed course in the wrong direction, on this issue?
>
> What does this say about how seriously he takes the principle that
> church and state should be separate?
>
> Trump insists that government spending is the means to greatness: �I
> want to build our highways. When I look at airports in China, at
> airports in Abu Dhabi and Qatar and the different places, [and then] you
> land in New York, at LaGuardia Airport, at Kennedy Airport, it�s like a
> Third World airport system.� For his entire adult life, Trump has
> operated in the private sector of business. He has accomplished a great
> deal, and made a lot of money. Doesn't this suggest the private sector
> is where the best, brightest and the most capable flourish? Well, for
> him maybe. But not when it comes to any future growth. In the past, a
> private sector was needed so that Donald Trump could flourish under
> capitalism. Now that Donald Trump is to be our leader -- well, the
> public sector is all we need to rebuild roads and airports. The
> government sector is infamous for its inefficiency, bureaucracy and lack
> of incentive due to the absence of profit and loss. Somehow, with Trump
> in charge, all will be different. The nature of the public/government
> sector will magically become different from what it inherently is -- if
> only Trump is in charge. Like Hitler and Mussolini, the planes and the
> trains will run on time. That is, once the great Donald Trump controls
> everything.
>
> Trump says: "When this country becomes profitable again, we can take
> care of our sick; we can take care of our needy. We don�t have to cut
> Social Security; we don�t have to cut Medicare and Medicaid. We can take
> care of people that need to be taken care of. And I'll be able to do
> that." With whose money, Donald? If you mean your own money, you don't
> need to be President to take care of people. Medicare, Medicaid and
> Social Security are bottomless pits. The more free money the government
> sends out, the more demand there is for still more. The demand for
> entitlement programs exceeds demand for anything private business could
> ever produce. Yet it's the private and productive sector that subsidizes
> this endless and bottomless pit. Many Republicans and even a few
> Democrats understand this. If Donald Trump doesn't, then how can he
> expect to lead Americans in facing the reality that entitlement programs
> are by their very nature unsustainable?
>
> Donald Trump shares the delusional thinking of all fascists. "If only I
> were in charge, all would be fine." The laws of nature do not apply, if
> Trump is in charge. And individual rights don't really matter, if only
> Trump is in charge.
>
> Ready for fascism, America? Ready for the Trump form of socialism? Trump
> stands ready to impose it. Barack Obama has the ideology of a fascist.
> Trump has the style and the policies to make it really happen. If Barack
> Obama hammered the nails in the coffin of the American republic, it will
> be Donald Trump who buries it.
>
> http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/elections/6369-fascism-any...
>
> On 04/16/2011 01:34 PM, NoEinstein wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Can Donald Trump �Fix� the Thin Ice that the USA is skating on?
> > The contrast is striking between the potential presidential candidacy
> > of The Donald and every other might-be candidate mentioned. For one
> > thing, if The Donald says he can fix something�like our broke economy�
> > you can damn-well take him seriously! Some of you may recall that a
> > certain new ice skating rink in New York�s Central Park started
> > leaking water and couldn�t be used. That work had been done by three
> > or four labor unions with each one pointing the fingers at the other.
> > After millions of dollars had been wasted on attempted patches, The
> > Donald took over the entire job and had happy skaters out on that ice
> > before long.
>
> > Every day when I realize how much labor unions of all kinds are
> > effectively screwing the US economy and preventing our having a really
> > �free� free enterprise system, I think of The Donald. He has been
> > able to find considerable success working in the morass of labor
> > unions and government regulations that are found in NYC. That man
> > THRIVES on being able to get the disparate powers-that-be to get the
> > job done! Part of the secret is his charisma. But most of it is
> > because he is a trustworthy man-of-his-word. He makes sure that all
> > those involved in a project realize just what their responsibilities
> > are, and what they are expected to do if there are any glitches. In
> > short, The Donald is one of the top businessmen in the country of all
> > time. His executive experience probably exceeds that of the governors
> > of most states. Under him people do their jobs and do them well.
> > Just having The Donald as the head man improves the quality of
> > projects, because it�s an honor just to be associated with one of his
> > projects!
>
> > Obviously, Donald Trump is politically conservative. But he doesn�t
> > owe-his-soul to the Republican Party like most of his would-be rivals
> > do even without realizing that they do. The USA has been hamstrung
> > trying to avoid looking like a colonialist aggressor every time we
> > �invade� other nations to help the oppressed. The reason oil fields
> > get set on fire is because those people suppose we are there� just for
> > their oil. By destroying the oil, they believe we will simply go
> > away. The blind-leading-the-blind in our government think that the
> > USA has the financial wherewithal to finance long wars, and will have
> > enough wherewithal remaining to rebuild the busted infrastructure of
> > the invaded countries; train the new armies; and care for those �poor�
> > people till they are back on their feet. All of that is being done
> > like forced charity from the big-hearted American People whose
> > standards of living keep dropping, because of the explosion in the
> > size and the over-control of our government. If The Donald can get us
> > trillions of dollars worth of oil to repay the American Taxpayers for
> > our sacrifices, I�ll vote for him!
>
> > Some good news is that Republicans now have trillions of dollars in
> > �possible� budget cuts that might save this country. The bad news is
> > that those takes-too-long-to-happen cuts will still leave the never-
> > should-have-been-there-in-the-first-place entitlement programs being
>
> ...
>
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