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Old 08-22-2015, 12:59 AM  
Paul Markham
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Listening to him it's clear he would make a great dictator. His problem is a democracy doesn't work like a business where he's the majority shareholder or him and his buddies own it.

The Soviets built a very effective wall to keep people in, so it's doable. The problem is getting businesses to support him, they and consumers like the cheap labour/prices. Which is the same problem when it comes to imports.

Are Americans going to be happy to pay more for their US made iPhone, to give Americans jobs, healthcare, insurance, pensions, etc? It doesn't matter if the jobs are in robot factories, the robot factories are in America and the money stays in America.

Will Americans pay more for manual labour factories employing Americans, with huge discounts for exports to Europe? Because if Apple start producing in the US, their business will collapse as the World buys Samsung. Just an example. If he wants to bring these jobs back to America he has to get Europe to agree with him. A 10% import tax on goods imported from countries like China would work.

What would he replace Obamacare with? A step back to the old ways will not serve the American people. The idea of a Nations Healthcare being primarily in the hands of private enterprise is wrong. Obamacare is a mess. The reason is the politicians who stood in it's way.

And he's right about politicians, that's the problem. Without changing the entire electoral and lobbying system, from people like him. He can't change anything. How many times do you see politicians scrambling for funds to get elected? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Deporting foreign criminals is a good policy. The EU is more interested in criminals Human rights, than those who don't break the laws.

Military costs lots of money. Will Americans be happy to pay for it? It's currently around $610.096 billion. Spending more would employ more people, via tax dollars.
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