Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 http://nypost.com/2016/02/25/get-ready-for-president-trump-says-election-whiz-whos-scary-accurate/ Discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant Monster RAEG-HAPYP Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I hate the guy, but I have accepted the fact he's probably going to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I hate the guy, but I have accepted the fact he's probably going to win. We'll see. If his voting record is anything to go by, he's far more liberal than he claims he is. Which does make sense seeing the the people he's running against atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Whatever comes will come. I'll react as things happen, I don't believe in accepting an inevitability. “Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first.”I'll decide what to do if that 101st apple falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I want a democrat to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I want a democrat to win.Most of this forum likely does I DON'T want Cruz to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerion Brightflame Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 We'll see. If his voting record is anything to go by, he's far more liberal than he claims he is. Which does make sense seeing the the people he's running against atm. He's liberal in social matters, but conservative about the economy. His donation record has been almost exclusively to Democratic candidates, and I believe on Oprah a few years ago he said if he was gonna run for president he's run as a Republican because the voting base is easier to appeal to. The idea that Trump isn't actually a right wing maniac should be clear if you actually look at the man in depth. As for this prediction; It's still way too early to call anything. We are what 4 states into the primaries, and haven't even touched on the general yet. Though I will admit, if Hilary wins Trump is probably the outright winner of the general, because Trump should be able to crush her in the debates, and less of Sanders base will vote for Hilary than Hilary's would for Sanders. Essentially the only way the Democratics win is by Sanders winning, and then him massively boosting turn out, which is sadly unlikely. Because whilst Republican turn out is higher than ever, Democratic turn out is pretty damn low. So tbh, y'all should get out and vote when the time comes, and convince those you know to do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 He's liberal in social matters, but conservative about the economyhttp://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Donald_Trump_Tax_Reform.htm Maybe, but nothing on the level of the other Dimwits runningI object to the flat tax:It is unfair to the poor; eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit [hurts] taxpayers at the lowest rungs of the ladder.It is unfair to workers by taxing them for health insurance and other benefits.Only the wealthy would reap a windfall, because a flat tax would allow them to cash in interest payments and capital gains without paying personal income taxes.I don’t believe that a flat tax could raise enough revenue to keep the government operating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerion Brightflame Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Donald_Trump_Tax_Reform.htm Yes, of course he's not the most conservative figure in the primary, he's running against the Far right. But he is still conservative instead of liberal about it. Even then, you see hints of his fiscal policy being for personal gain in there, which is fair enough you can't blame him for doing so, but it's still silly to see. I also love he's citing Regan as a figure to follow on the economy there when Regan's administration did a lot of long term damage to America (Far more than the man is given credit for), and definitely pushed you into the heavily right alligned state you are currently in now. Which is kind of a bad thing for a presidential candidate to cite now. That's not a good person to quote to anyone outside of the republican party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I hate the guy, but I have accepted the fact he's probably going to win. It won't matter. He can't do 95% of what he wants/says he wants to do. Republican and Democratic congress will both spur him. I mean look at poor Obama, reduced to nominating a republican governor to SCOTUS cause of Senate pressure. Due process alone for the majority of Trump's "plans" will create problems. He's neither Hitler as the media portrays, not as influential in best/worse case as he portrays Yes, of course he's not the most conservative figure in the primary, he's running against the Far right. But he is still conservative instead of liberal about it. Even then, you see hints of his fiscal policy being for personal gain in there, which is fair enough you can't blame him for doing so, but it's still silly to see. I also love he's citing Regan as a figure to follow on the economy there when Regan's administration did a lot of long term damage to America (Far more than the man is given credit for), and definitely pushed you into the heavily right alligned state you are currently in now. Which is kind of a bad thing for a presidential candidate to cite now. That's not a good person to quote to anyone outside of the republican party. I'd argue he's he least conservative person (on the Republican side), and likely the most centrist in the general election. He's def gonna use his wife to turn the immigration hate into, "I love immigrants," and offer the Hispanics a means to get legal entry, as he's been very clear that he's a fan of legal immigrants. Will it work? Who knows. Deportation due to due process is impossible. Congress already basically did his Muslim ban, so that's a moot point. Of Course TD Economics is BS, the idea of messing with Supply in intriguing, but not in the way Reagan did it. Reagan's charm should be his charisma, not his economic results Confused on the bolder, cause I'm really not right winged if you refers to me Anyway, I want to see details on his protectionist policy vs China, cause that IS a real problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihop Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I actually find Trump's proposed economic policies worse than his personality or his proposed social ones. He's all for reducing the level of tax further, something I've always thought Americans are a little backwards about considering the country's in trillions of dollars of debt while still having comparatively little welfare yet people are unwilling to pay any more than a frankly laughable rate of tax, especially at the top bracket where Trump is proposing 15% on earnings over a million which is outrageously low and quite frankly an insult to the blue-collar workers that Trump seems to be appealing to. He's against minimum wage rises, on which I gave my opinion in a thread a while ago but basically I'm all for a higher minimum wage, and he wants to alienate the world's most influential trading partner which honestly could be disastrous seeing as in the coming years it's likely that China will import more and more America goods and in fact be an important partner in terms of importing and exporting. All the tariff will do is make a lot of goods in America substantially more expensive (unaffordable for people on minimum wage, for example) and alienate what might well become the world's biggest market in the future. I genuinely don't think there's a single point of Trump's economic policy that I agree with, and I just hope the people voting Trump have actually considered the implications of it rather than just assuming that he knows what he's doing because he's a rather mediocre businessman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Crouton Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm sure he has a chance considering his two possible opponents are a crazy old guy screaming about free stuff and a Clinton (strike 3 right there) who thinks black kids are "super-predators" and only cares about building some sort of weirdo dynasty in the White House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm sure he has a chance considering his two possible opponents are a crazy old guy screaming about free stuff and a Clinton (strike 3 right there) who thinks black kids are "super-predators" and only cares about building some sort of weirdo dynasty in the White House. Well, you funked up. But other than that Trump would wash Clinton. Easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Well, you funked up. But other than that Trump would wash Clinton. Easy.I mean, MAYBE. But Rubio savaged him yesterday on his wishwashy healthcare program. And the Tax Returns. They're going after a false thread though. Tax returns really don't show you that much, and I doubt half the general public has enough braincells to go through Trump's TR's. But they're also stupid enough to think guilty until proven innocent, so it's def gonna hurt him if he keeps delaying Both Rubio and Trump flat out lied about the 11Million settlement though, Trump did not pay that. Trump could win, and EVEN be a good candidate if he toned down his rhetoric a bit, and flushed out his programs a bit more. What needs to happen is for Cruz to leave the election. Cause both Rubio and Trump basically support amnesty, and thank to that smug funk, can't admit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snatch Steal Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 We'll see. If his voting record is anything to go by, he's far more liberal than he claims he is. Which does make sense seeing the the people he's running against atm. I dunno, I don't like him (although I guess I'm comparably a tumblrina).My main problem is that he's a celebrity. The white house is in DC, not California. I'm worried that he would run the country like a business or a stardom rather than a country. due to "A Small Loan of a Million Dollars" and his history as a businessman, he might just exploit the benefits of being president and take off with a bunch of money and America in the dust.Not to mention his policies on nonwhites. Rip Civil Rights Act of 1964.Although it's not the end of the world if he does get elected. I'd rather have a slacker than a Stalin (and he could be either). .........Edit: He obviously won't be a dictator, I guarantee; "Stalin" is a metaphor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 I dunno, I don't like him (although I guess I'm comparably a tumblrina).My main problem is that he's a celebrity. The white house is in DC, not California. I'm worried that he would run the country like a business or a stardom rather than a country. due to "A Small Loan of a Million Dollars" and his history as a businessman, he might just exploit the benefits of being president and take off with a bunch of money and America in the dust.Not to mention his policies on nonwhites. Rip Civil Rights Act of 1964.Although it's not the end of the world if he does get elected. I'd rather have a slacker than a Stalin (and he could be either). .........Edit: He obviously won't be a dictator, I guarantee; "Stalin" is a metaphor.President can't do all that much without congressional support Also Impeachment buddy, embezzlement of the US Nation = High Treason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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