What does Galt's Gulch think about Donald Trump?
Posted by justin_mohr_show 10 years, 2 months ago to Politics
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likes to fire people. From some things I have read
about him, he is apparently not all that much in fav-
or of free enterprise. I want Scott Walker to be the
nominee. Still, I would vote for
Trump over Hillary Clinton, of course,
He donated to Obama, Hillary/Bill Clinton and many other Dem's yet he is conservative and cares for the republic?
He has major deals, investments, money & businesses in Saudi Arabia as well as Dubai [muslim controlled areas]. So we see he has his hands in doing whatever the islamist's want to save his interests there.
We see his name everywhere but, real estate searches show he doesn't actually own most of them all sold off years ago! An example of this comes from Atlantic City and the Trump Casino's which he declared bankruptcy on 5 TIMES from 1991-2009, all making him money...he now has a minimal 'holding' in the company, this is the same across the world with his holdings...his mortgages are 84% of his holding’s [not including interest, which for him comes as balloon payments some of which come due while he would be POTUS (if elected)].
Add to this the fact that his NYC announcement speech was funded by him right down to the majority of attendees [he hired actors to attend many paid extra to hold signs], same was found in NH as well. He claims to have the largest followings in Iowa and other stops he has gone too, only a quick search show he is lying about that as well. He is a ‘salesman’ and good at ‘bloviating’.
This man sends up so many red flags I believe he has stock in them… I as others like to hear him say it like [we want to be] it is but how do you believe him is the question of those of us that have looked into the man and his past? I for one cannot.
So, Trump saying he will build a wall and make Mexico pay for it ignores the writing of a bill, the debate, the amendment, the vote, sending it to the senate, finding the appropriate committee, the debate, the amendment, the vote, the resolution between house and senate versions, and finally presentation to the executive branch for signing to become law. What he is saying is food for the low information voters in the republican party.
He is telling people the lie-du-jour to convince them he shares their concerns. He is just good at doing it in an entertaining way. I don't see anything about this guy that makes one thing that:
a) He operates based on reason
b) He has any core principles whatsoever except to increase his personal fame
c) He could actually get anything done at all in DC.
I don't even trust his so called business acumen. It's not clear how he has actually had "success" (or how much of it he has had) or whether he mostly got the successes he got through political pull (or outright buying off the local politicians).
You'll find out if he really is a democrat if he loses the republican primary (likely) and then runs as an independent. I'm sure Hillary will reimburse him.
Yes, I'm sure Trump has greased the political wheels at times.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06...
BTW, Ron Paul’s new book is excellent.
These two books should be on your read now list: Paul’s book and “Organized Crime The Unvarnished Truth About Government” by DiLorenzo, Thomas J. (2012-07-20). Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government . Kindle Edition.
Now Trump, I believe, has a snowballs chance in hell of getting the presidency. He will, however, cause the GOP candidates to move towards him in their campaigning and hopefully it will stick, so whomever gets the nomination and perhaps the win, will actually walk into Washington and put the people's wishes before those of the powers that be currently.
"[T]he issue of freedom vs. statism—or individual rights vs. government controls, or capitalism vs. socialism—is the basic issue of political philosophy. It is the root, the start, the fundamental which is involved in every specific measure, by which all else is determined, by the side of which all other considerations are trivia."
"It is the basic—and, today, the only—issue by which a candidate must be judged: freedom vs. statism."
The candidate in the field that I think has done the best in translating thought to action is Scott Walker. He didn't back down when the teacher's union got all nasty in Wisconsin. FINALLY a Republican with a backbone!
I like Carly Fiorina in that she is the Official Republican Shrillary Clinton Criticizer. And she's the only candidate that I have heard saying that government needs to get smaller, and taxes need to go down.
Establishment types like Graham, Pataki, Christie, and Bush I don't think are the kind of leader the country needs now. Maintaining the status quo in Washington now just keeps the country on the path to economic disaster. They'll get in there and make a show of cutting back or reforming a few entitlement programs, but they'll really just be playing in the rickety house that Dimocrat policies have built.
I shy away of voting for Senators who have no record of pushing major pieces of (good) legislation into law, which is about the only yardstick there is for measuring the executive ability in the Senate. Junior Senators like Paul, Cruz, and Rubio make good points ideologically, but can they really get things done? I could see Rubio as VP candidate, and a strong presidential candidate in 2024.
First No politician or leader on the planet will achieve 100% agreement between their views and 100% of the population. This means that we have to identify with the candidate that share the most views that match and represent our own.
So I begin using a process of elimination first.
Define Career Politician: To me is anyone who has spent more than 15 consecutive years in government as a politician.
Having said that, I must disregard as a potential candidate ANY career politician if for no other reason than being career politicians are nothing but "Looters" and also since they suck the nipples of the taxpayers for their livelihood, are also "Moochers" a double whammy excluding them from contention in my book.
Next. Which candidate has not "produced" anything at all in the private sector and by extension which one(s) have.
Next since communism if opposite Capitalism which is what Objecitivsm leans heavily toward, I will eliminate ANY politician who favors, promotes or exercises "PC" speech. Being "Politically Correct" originated with and in Communism, and I do not want a communistic President running us more and more that direction as that is opposite not only Objectivism, but opposite our Representative Republic.
This pretty much leave only Donald Trump.
Now let's look at some of the GREATEST Presidents we have had in this country as defined by history.
George Washington: Was a General, Surveyor and Farmer and had no political affiliation.
Abraham Lincoln:
Was a self taught lawyer, surveyor, Postmaster, He fought in the Blackhawk War, was discharged as a Captain and re-enlisted as a Private. He did serve as a Politician working his way toward President was was unpolished, and outspoken, definitely NOT a true "Politician."
Ronald Regan:
Career was an Actor, while he was conscripted into the Military he never served over seas due to his eyesight.
All-in-All some of our most respected and greatest Presidents were NOT at all politicians but the kind of people our founding fathers wanted to be running this country. Every-Day people, who would server a term or two then go back to their productive careers.
One of our major problems in Politics and Donald Trump said he is part of the problem, is that they are bought and sold for campaign contributions, and serve whoever helps them get re-elected. In essence Trump said hate the game not the player.
Trump is using his own money to run. He has no allegiance visa-vie campaign donors to serve as President so he is free to speak his mind with no apologies. This is refreshing and reminiscent of the Greatest of our past Presidents.
Donald Trump took what wealth his father left him when he died, (estimated 300 million) and has turned that into at last reports about 10 billion and is privately held not trading on the NYSE.
Anyone who thinks you can do that without diplomacy has never been in business trying to negotiate deals.
Next Trump directly employs 22,000+ people. Ancillary jobs exceed 500,000 totally due to HIS enterprises. Trump is directly responsible for more wealth generation with the product of his labor than all the politicians in Washington combined, so he has a great handle on economics.
Next he is NOT a lawyer. This is a HUGE plus since half of our problems in this country are BECAUSE of lawyers and their refusal to employ simple tort reform. Loser Pays!!!. Trump has no loyalty to lawyers other than the ones he pays to do his bidding.
Next While Trump does have some views I disagree with his views i.e. reports of Single Payer Health Insurance, MUST BE PASSED BY CONGRESS!!!. He cannot institute that himself at all.
I can go on and on regarding the reason I am voting for Trump in the primaries, and all I can say is if he wins the Primary and picks Alan West as VP. THAT would put our country on a VERY strong path both Economically and Militarily since if Trump picked up West, that means he would be listening to a 22 year military veteran.
Frankly, I want a rude man as the country's leader. Some things, cannot be said politely. Things like "That far, and no farther." Particularly to those whose central ideology is: "invade, or die."
Some say he talk as though he would have us into a nuclear war at the drop of a hat.
But I want a leader who makes our enemies think that way. That why, they won't even think of the bamboozle the Iranians just pulled.
(Though actually, I think the bamboozle came from Obama himself. The sting is on us. He had in mind to give away the store all along.)
I just have no use for more of the same and I don't care which party dress they are in as long as it's not democratic.
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