Please be as specific as you can.
I expect a repeal of Obamacare, a wall at the border with Mexico, and a reasonable strategy to defeat ISIS. That will be enough to make me happy.
So to be clear, that is what you expect a President Trump to do, not just what you want him to do, correct?
What part of “I expect” is not clear to you?
I just wanted to clarify; your second sentence sounded a little like hedging to me, but evidently I misread its intent.
Quick question: would you be satisfied with stricter immigration controls and laws, or do you want the literal wall? Also, what, if anything, do you want to replace the ACA?
A literal wall or a figurative wall will suffice. We need to defend our borders one way or another. I care more about results than methodology.
Replace ACA? Screw that. Just repeal it. We were fine for hundreds of years without it. The free market is sufficient.
so it doesn’t have to be a real, physical wall? It could just be a really strongly worded law?
So your preferred way of addressing problems in the healthcare industry is “do nothing”?
Tell that to the millions who weren’t fine without it. Funny how a government of the people, for the people, and by the people don’t give a shit about caring for its people.
Please tell me which part of the US Constitution authorizes the Federal Government to provide heath care coverage for its citizens, and I will reconsider.
Well doing something has given us a worse healthcare system so doing nothing seems like a good idea. Seriously even Obama mocked the idea that forcing people to buy healthcare is the best way to make sure they have healthcare. It’s like “solving” homelessness by passing a law requiring everyone to buy a house.
I would like the Mexicans to be deported, the jobs back from China, blacks to respect whites again and women kept in the kitchen.
Right, because concern for constitutionality has always been a keystone of the Trump plan.
Modifying trade agreements has to be a priority. We have to save American jobs and keep them from going overseas. Ideally we should bring stolen jobs back to America. Maybe tax incentives would make that happen?
Rebuild America’s decaying infrastructure. Many bridges, roads, and dams are all old and unsafe. Trump’s construction background makes him ideal for this task. This will put many people back to work.
Many people don’t realize there are thousands of local dams that haven’t been maintained or even inspected. My hometown had a area flooded because a small and mostly forgotten dam burst.
This isn’t going to happen. First, the idea that there are “stolen jobs” out there that can be magically returned to the country is ridiculous. Second, policy is going to be outsourced to co-president Paul Ryan, whether Trump likes it or not. He’s not an anti-trader.
To expand on the OP’s questions:
What do you think the deficit will be 1 year from now? 2 years?
What do you think the unemployment rate will be in 1 and 2 years?
How many terrorists attacks do you expect on American soil over the next 1 and 2 years?
I’m in the IT field. It’s terrifying to see how many jobs are outsourced to India and Pakistan. The lure of cheap labor and no benefit packages is irresistible to today’s employers.
Something has to be done or eventually none of us will have a job.
I’m not sure what the solution will be. But Trump campaigned on the promise to fix it.
I’m not a Trump supporter, but I am a Republican supporter and the party won just as much as Trump did, so I’ll weigh in on what I want.
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I want rule of law on immigration. I can support a liberal immigration policy like corporate Republicans and most Democrats. I can support a more restrictive policy. But whatever policy we choose should actually be our policy, rather than just something we codify to satisfy the rubes and then do something else for political reasons.
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I want rule of law in general. Bush and Obama both abused executive orders. The power to make laws lies with Congress. Executive orders should be used only to clarify enforcement of the law(as opposed to mandating non-enforcement) or to clarify gray areas in statutes.
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I want strict constructionist judges. This does not mean I condone what the GOP did with Obama’s SCOTUS appointment and I believe Democrats totally have the right to retaliate in any way they see fit. On the other hand, I intend to see Democrats pay dearly for the nuclear option on lower court judges. Trump’s gonna stock those courts with conservatives.
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I want the regulatory burden reduced. Trump actually seems to have some understanding of this issue so hopefully we get good results on that count.
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I want a more efficient, less wasteful government. Bill Clinton made this a priority when he was President. And for the last 16 years it hasn’t been a priority. Trump comes from a business background and has talked about this issue enough, he needs to deliver and Congress needs to provide real oversight and not be afraid to make the administration look bad when they uncover problems that need to be addressed.
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I want Congress, especially Paul Ryan, to actually lead. There’s no excuse anymore. Pass good bills. Pass good budgets. Don’t let that damn fool in the White House lead. The GOP laid down for Bush and abandoned all their principles for him. It led them to defeat in six years. Don’t repeat that mistake. No more Imperial Presidencies. Congress should be the preeminent branch on domestic policy.
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Drain the swamp. Genuine reforms. One of the good things Trump promised to do was end the revolving door between politics and lobbying. Public service is not a way to get rich. Joe Biden was in politics for 40 years(and may not be done yet), and failed to get rich. Marco Rubio has been in politics for 15 and is also still firmly middle class. No one should enter Congress a middle class individual and leave it owning a DC metro area mansion. Although he didn’t mention it, let’s start with not allowing ex-politicians who plan to return to politics or have close relatives return make millions on the speaking circuit. Wells Fargo is not paying you $200,000 to hear your amazing ideas on finance.
And so goes modern civilization.
Don’t stop there Tim, be consistent, let’s get the government out of the business of using tax dollars to pay for k-12 education too. Some parents can’t afford the fees? oh well.
We were fine for hundreds of years before traffic lights and laws to constrain the freedoms of men from moving whenever they wanted through an intersection and looking out for themselves. But it’s safer and more efficient and saves more lives to restrain peoples freedoms with traffic lights and laws to obey them? Oh well. Because Freedom.
I am not articulate enough to describe my hatred of this brainless thought process, the arrogance of it all, the presumption and certainty that if we persisted another ten THOUSAND years there would NEVER be a problem the free market could not solve on it’s own. It becomes nothing more than a divine article of faith. And this attitude won. Lovely.