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So among the things he promised are....(politics warning)

The border wall, a trillion dollar infrastructure package, affordable and high quality healthcare for everyone, increased military spending, NO cuts to medicare and social security, tax cuts across the board, and the reduction of the national debt (he said elimination, but let's inject some realism).

So uh...with all the increased spending and decreased revenue...how does the debt reduction happen?

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Notmesam

Ya but her emails...

FearfulHarmony49 · 22-25, T

@Notmesam We don't talk about that anymore

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@Notmesam 😁

gregloa · 61-69, M

Duh! Revenue will dramatically increase from millions more jobs being created as a result of tax cuts unreasonable regulations that cost companies millions etc. Buy not driving companies out of this great country because they can't make a profit here thanks to massive taxes and regulations. By stop wasting hard earned taxpayers money on unnecessary buuuuull crap like thousands of government high paid employees that are a complete waste of money and serve no real purpose whatsoever along with ALL the bull crap government programs that should be immediately shut down, by stopping the drug cartel in Mexico from making billions from smuggling their drugs across our borders that destroy people's lives and cost our country billions. On and on and on. I think that would be a good start and Trump is the only one that has the b@lls to try half of it.

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gregloa · 61-69, M

@QuixoticSoul no you build a freaking WALL for starters.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@gregloa Lmao yeah that'll do it 😂

Dude it won't even make a dent. And ironically, if it does, the price of drugs will go up, as will the profit margins, and the situation will self-correct again.

You can't fix these issues with interdiction. It's basic economics, really.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

The drugs won't be stopped by a wall. A kilo of cocaine synthesized in columbia for about $2 will sell for over $20,000 in America. That profit margin easily motivates nearly any method of smuggling. From the simple, like throwing it over the wall, to the complex, like sending it via submarine (that has happened, you can do a lot when you have a profit margin that huge).

Dlrannie · 31-35, F

If he stopped having election rally's like yesterday's he might get some real work done but that's not what he's about

TexChik · F

Stop lib interference , repeal obama care , get the tax code reformed ... make America attractive to business and then allow the economy to grow ... increasing tax revenue in the process

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Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@FearfulHarmony49 I would support that idea alongside a commerce driven education program that would subsidize the cost of education for promising students entering high demand fields. Basically just using the student aid programs we already have, but focusing that aid a bit more toward fields that private sector indicates demand for.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@FearfulHarmony49 Nah, bringing people in on visas is a good thing. We suck up specialists from all over the world. Many people that have turned out to be tremendously innovative and provided huge benefits to our industries and economy arrived here on H1s.

At least that is how it's supposed to work.

Problem is that lately a few giant Indian outsources are gaming the system, flooding the lottery with applications, bringing in cheap engineering labor, and then exploiting the shit out them. This hurts everyone, including the hires.

As a start we should raise the minimum salary for H1s to a sensible level - somewhere in the 130-150k range - this ensures that only top grade specialists make it over here, and that companies only import people they actually need. 60k made sense in '89 when the program was started, but at this point it just results in a wave of low-quality talent that undercut American workers.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/06/us/outsourcing-companies-dominate-h1b-visas.html

FearfulHarmony49 · 22-25, T

@QuixoticSoul That works as well, if not better.

impulsive · 26-30, M

It can all be summed up in one pic

JakeTheSnake · 70-79, M

You believed what a person running for office promised? Are you Forrest Gump?

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@JakeTheSnake Personally I don't believe it all, or even most of it. But I'm guessing at least some people must have. Maybe they know how this math is supposed to work?

FearfulHarmony49 · 22-25, T

It's impossible to get anything done in his situation, but he's hardly trying as it is. Give him time

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@FearfulHarmony49 Actually the question was, if he DOES get this all done, how does the math add up? Doesn't seem like it would. If he doesn't get it done, then the math isn't a question.

FearfulHarmony49 · 22-25, T

@Xuan12 Honestly, its more his fault than anyone, but if the media would FUCK OFF he wouldn't spend all his time trying to get back at them.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@FearfulHarmony49 Or he could grow up.

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