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A frequent refrain among Trump's critics is that he has no policies, and then they go on to talk about a caricature of Trump that someone apparently made up out of whole cloth.
Just so we're all on the same page, here are Trump's policies:
Just to be clear, Hillary does not always take the opposite policy from Trump. They both are in favor of keeping God in the public sphere, of taxing the wealthy more, and of reducing free trade, for example.
As to "how he's going to do all that", as his critics often bleat, he's going to do it the same way any other President does. He'll ask the Congress to pass a bill into law that he will then sign. Trump can talk about specifics all he likes, but it will be the Congress that decides about that. I assume that any policies enacted by Presidential executive power alone can be disposed of that way.
I'm not necessarily in favor of all this. I think attacking free trade will be a disaster. Taxing the wealthy more just takes money from those who know how to invest it and gives it to those who waste it. Pressing NATO at this time is a bad idea. Turning a blind eye to voter fraud is a bad idea. Trying to restrict abortion is just a waste of time. Trump says too little about de-regulating business and taking the regulatory burden off of small businesses. He's much too much a big government type of Republican. Too often he'll turn to the government for solutions where the government isn't needed. But Hillary embraces regulation of businesses with such a fervor, to the point that businesses will be bleeding, that I fear for the economy if she's elected. (Leftists always want to regulate businesses to death and then they blame capitalism when the economy goes bad. Everything you don't like about finance, health care, and the insurance industry is because of the way they are regulated by the government.)
Just so we're all on the same page, here are Trump's policies:
- Opposes same sex marriage
- Agrees with abortion restrictions
- Agrees with keeping God in the public square
- Wants to eliminate some EPA restrictions/regulations
- Agrees with making voter registration easier
- Wants to strengthen the military
- Wants NATO allies to pay for more of their own defense
- Wants trade deals negotiated/renegotiated to favor American workers and industries/Reduce free trade.
- Wants a more assertive and America centered foreign policy
- Agrees with strict punishment of crime
- Supports the police and deplores attacks on the police
- Supports the absolute right of citizens to keep and bear arms
- Wants to eliminate Obamacare
- Wants to de-prioritize green energy
- Strongly supports school vouchers
- Prefers market led economic recovery
- Agrees that the wealthy should be taxed more
- Disagrees with a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
- Supports American exceptionalism
- Wants to avoid foreign entanglements.
Just to be clear, Hillary does not always take the opposite policy from Trump. They both are in favor of keeping God in the public sphere, of taxing the wealthy more, and of reducing free trade, for example.
As to "how he's going to do all that", as his critics often bleat, he's going to do it the same way any other President does. He'll ask the Congress to pass a bill into law that he will then sign. Trump can talk about specifics all he likes, but it will be the Congress that decides about that. I assume that any policies enacted by Presidential executive power alone can be disposed of that way.
I'm not necessarily in favor of all this. I think attacking free trade will be a disaster. Taxing the wealthy more just takes money from those who know how to invest it and gives it to those who waste it. Pressing NATO at this time is a bad idea. Turning a blind eye to voter fraud is a bad idea. Trying to restrict abortion is just a waste of time. Trump says too little about de-regulating business and taking the regulatory burden off of small businesses. He's much too much a big government type of Republican. Too often he'll turn to the government for solutions where the government isn't needed. But Hillary embraces regulation of businesses with such a fervor, to the point that businesses will be bleeding, that I fear for the economy if she's elected. (Leftists always want to regulate businesses to death and then they blame capitalism when the economy goes bad. Everything you don't like about finance, health care, and the insurance industry is because of the way they are regulated by the government.)