blastoff
Undocumented Reg. User
I curious about the angst/hatred towards Trump by lots of folks. Is it just he and his name?
Here's why I'm intrigued by him, or if it was someone other than him with the same means/wherewithal he's got. Our country has a whole host of serious problems facing it today, not the least of which IMO is its fiscal health, thanks to the efforts of our elected representatives from both parties at the local, state, and federal levels. As a result of our political class running the show these last several decades we've amassed a national debt swiftly approaching $20 TRILLION DOLLARS! On top of which you can add - estimates vary widly - another few hundred trillion more dollars for unfunded long term liabilities across all three levels of government, thanks to the hard work of elected Democrat and Republican politicians.
The bottom line being our current financial course is unsustainable. The chickens are getting ever closer to the roost, but no one on the political front seems concerned about it at all. Yet we all know it is they and their predecessors who've gotten us into this mess. Do they really think our economy can't/won't collapse under the weight of its debt some day? That's incredibly shortsighted and dangerous thinking to me.
So when I hear Donald Trump - or if he was some Joe Blow - talking the way he's been it gets my attention. He's a tough savvy business guy who's beholding to neither party, nor the usual outsiders whose asses candidates must kiss for campaign contributions.
And what if he succeeded in geting the nomination and winning the election? Well for sure it would not be Washington business as usual. Rather than more of the same - what's that definition of insanity again? - there'd be a new sheriff in town who knows "business as usual" in that town is what got us in the jam we're in. And that is something I'd vote for even if the guy was a Democrat.
Here's why I'm intrigued by him, or if it was someone other than him with the same means/wherewithal he's got. Our country has a whole host of serious problems facing it today, not the least of which IMO is its fiscal health, thanks to the efforts of our elected representatives from both parties at the local, state, and federal levels. As a result of our political class running the show these last several decades we've amassed a national debt swiftly approaching $20 TRILLION DOLLARS! On top of which you can add - estimates vary widly - another few hundred trillion more dollars for unfunded long term liabilities across all three levels of government, thanks to the hard work of elected Democrat and Republican politicians.
The bottom line being our current financial course is unsustainable. The chickens are getting ever closer to the roost, but no one on the political front seems concerned about it at all. Yet we all know it is they and their predecessors who've gotten us into this mess. Do they really think our economy can't/won't collapse under the weight of its debt some day? That's incredibly shortsighted and dangerous thinking to me.
So when I hear Donald Trump - or if he was some Joe Blow - talking the way he's been it gets my attention. He's a tough savvy business guy who's beholding to neither party, nor the usual outsiders whose asses candidates must kiss for campaign contributions.
And what if he succeeded in geting the nomination and winning the election? Well for sure it would not be Washington business as usual. Rather than more of the same - what's that definition of insanity again? - there'd be a new sheriff in town who knows "business as usual" in that town is what got us in the jam we're in. And that is something I'd vote for even if the guy was a Democrat.
