Trump’s Three Big Economic stances

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  • Pro union stance
  • Tariffs across the board 
  • Mass deportation 
Do you think Trump will achieve these within his second term? Are all three good, or is just 1 or 2 good? What are your views? 
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Yes, the average Donald's worker will be making $75/hour. A big Mac will be $15.
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People create their own prosperity when they're allowed to. There are only two root policies that would help the economy:

1.) Reduce the amount of government theft
2.) Reduce the red tape, or at least make it transparent. Quickly understood, quickly appealed, quickly resolved. i.e. deregulation

Trump has huge power to do (2) and very little for (1).

The two main mechanisms for theft are:

1.) inflation, caused by the fed, and primarily government bonds issued to pay for government budge.
2.) taxes

Only congress can spend less money or reduce taxes


Tariffs will reduce the trade deficit which will allow us to hold on and perhaps rebuild US manufacturing. This is a long term benefit but the only reason it was ever cheaper to ship things from China was because of the economic depression of the aforementioned mass theft and red tape.

The migration is a similar issue, they're here because USD mean a hell of a lot in their home countries; it's just the best job they can hope for. If the deep state wasn't propping up the US dollar to manage the ever increasing trade deficit that wouldn't be so pronounced.

Deporting people and tariffs are bandaid solutions, treating the symptoms and not the root cause, but as I said Trump can only treat one half of the root cause.


In case I'm not being clear, a truly free market country doesn't need tariffs because they would make all the products they can internally and only trade for things that genuinely can't be easily produced at home.... like say rare earths or oil (for some countries).

For the USA there is very little foreign resources we actually need. If we would just drill we would have our own oil. If we would just mine we would have our own rare earths.

The only thing we should be importing from China (in a rational economy) would be silk, tea, and fine Chinese crafts. You know like it used to be before the insanity of fiat currency.
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#3 is good, I’m on the fence about the first two. Counter tariffs are always a concern, so it’s about whether or not our domestic companies would grow enough to offset the counter tariffs.

Pro union? I’m only for private unions. Public ones? Not really. 

Anyway, this is how milk toast Trump’s economic policy really is. He’s a step in the right direction (and miles ahead of what Harris and Biden were doing/gonna do), but I would love him to get more Austro-libertarian with his economics.

There are a few good things you left out. If his previous term is an indicator, everyone’s getting tax cuts, and he understands that a lot of red tape exists in many industries that he could cut down.

Recently he also said tips don’t have to be reported to the IRS anymore, if he gets elected. Also a good idea.
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Do you think Trump will achieve these within his second term? Are all three good, or is just 1 or 2 good? What are your views? 

I think you may have forgotten the immoral and indecent --evangelistic sic-n-head support--   virtual rape of pregnant womens bodily autonomy without their consent.

Union worker support, yes tho not to the degree that Biden supported them

Tariffs on China yes, tho to what degree wait an see game

Mass deportation is yes, and again, to what degree is a wait and see game

Yes to other racist, bigoted fascist and deviant policies, to whatever degree. --AI ' Deviant means something or someone that differs from a norm, especially in a way that is considered unacceptable.For example, you might describe someone's appearance or social behavior as deviant '....

Socially Trumpet lost the popular --normal-- vote.
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They are different than the status quo, I see what the status quo gets me. I intend to give the President a chance even though nothing he does will affect my life in any way just like all the presidents before him. Life just gets more expensive and harder with each passing year. I don't expect that to change one fucking bit.