Trump by name......

I want to be one

 

I don't say you're wrong, but is there any candidate running for Rep you would vote for? How about any Dem candidate?

Every two years it's the same for me: I dislike the Rep and Dem candidates equally, but for different reasons. I feel like Goldilocks -- this one is too hard, and this one too soft, and this one too hot, and this one too cold.

 

LOL, I admit that so have I!

The anti-freedom is what makes me hate the Republican Party, going back at least 15 years now. :woo:

:jawdrop: No. I can't follow you there. There's no way I would vote for her. I have zero trust in her, the current reason being the felony splashed all over the newspapers right now. I worked for seven years in the aerospace industry in a "Bat Cave" computer place where everything required a security clearance. I can tell you that if she wasn't such a high-profile politician, she would have been arrested and charged with a felony months ago.

If I was registered as a Republican, I'd vote Trump because I love his candor. We actually know where he stands. Politicians hide and dodge and hem and haw and don't shoot straight. Trump shoots straight. I'll gladly give that a try for four years, because what we've been getting is crap.

 

And freak out everyone else because they can't control him. That's the part I like -- the people who are accustomed to controlling the Republican Party have thus far failed to control him.

A long time ago someone said to me, and it stuck, that the definition of "stupid" is doing the same thing but expecting a different outcome. I don't like the outcome from either major party, and I ain't "stupid" anymore. I'll gladly try something else once, and see how it goes.

 

LOL, you're describing the Rep and Dem we've had for decades, right down to undrinkable water! I quit that game.

 

That is true, but does it help solve the problem of two bad parties? :dunno:

Defund Planned Parenthood. It's a politeness issue. Something that controversial ought not be tax-supported -- out of politeness, respect, for one's fellow citizens.

Cut the entire Dept of Education. It never should have existed in the first place. There's no rational argument for why it should be a federal issue rather than a State issue, and in the name of truth and honesty no one can say that involving the federal government in local schools has improved American education. It's quite the opposite, really. :bang:

Jointly with that Common Core has to go, but the point above would make Common Core exclusively a State issue.

I agree with him that China is beating us on trade, on manufacturing, and I believe Trump when he says that he can beat China.

Remove the federal restrictions on guns. It was not supposed to be a federal issue, nor should it be a federal issue. It should be a State issue only. Also, it's a self-defense issue. All of my MAP friends who don't see that it's a self-defense issue are hypocritical and blind. There, I said it. I'm sorry, but it's true. :bang:

Get rid of Obamacare. It's already proven to be a disaster and a lie. Trump proposes replacing it with Health Savings Accounts. For almost a year I've had one of those through my job, and so far I like it, so I'm willing to listen to him describe that idea further.

Repeal the estate tax. It's bad policy. It's rude. It's double taxation.

That's a good start.

 

I disagree that it has to be that way. For many years I worked criminal appeals as court-appointed counsel, and being that I was in Arizona a large percentage of the cases concerned illegal aliens. Almost all of the aliens had a criminal record besides merely being an illegal alien, and almost all of them had remained in the US after being caught. Proposal: Let's actually deport the illegal aliens that we catch -- or, alternatively, repeal the law so that they're not "illegal" anymore and then it won't even be an issue. But just deporting every one we catch will significantly reduce the number of illegal aliens in the country, and as a bonus it will reduce crime overall.

I reject how you framed the issue and your comparison, and I am surprised that you would even say it. You know full well that a huge portion of the country and the world sees the issue as murdering children with taxpayer money. There are, what, 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world, almost 70 million of them in the USA, plus all the Eastern Catholics in the world, plus all the Eastern Orthodox Christians in the world (200-300 million, depending on the source), plus some of the Protestants (Southern Baptists, for example; that's the largest Protestant body in the USA) -- and we haven't even counted other religions yet. A very significant portion of not only the USA but of the world see abortion as murder of children, and for that reason they morally object to taxpayer funded abortions, and you dare frame it as a mere medical treatment?!?! What?! That's what I'm talking about when I speak of politeness!

Hey, if it's such a big deal, fund PP through charity. Certainly there are enough like-minded people who will donate to it. Problem solved. That's all we have to do to stop the shouting matches every four years. Seriously, problem solved.

I object to how you frame the question, but as a general matter, governmental functions should always be pushed as close as home as possible. Education can be handled locally, and therefore it should be handled locally. There is no reason whatsoever for the Senators in Maine to get involved in New Mexico's school system.