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Reactions to Trump are mostly over-blown and unhelpful : Comments
By Mal Fletcher, published 1/3/2017The reaction to President Donald Trump's first weeks in power says more about us than it might about him.
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I support Trumps plan to secure the border and ensure all people coming to America are documented, just the same as I would for Australia.
I think this is a matter of safety towards existing US citizens and the government has both a mandate and a responsibility to do so.
I don't particularly like the idea of upending peoples lives, but lets face it they entered illegally, and this isn't really fair on the people who went about migrating the right way.
I've been thinking a little about this Free Trade v's Protectionism thing.
(Somewhat related to the second video I posted in my comment yesterday)
Question: By supporting 'Free Trade' are we in effect promoting slave labour of foreign countries?
And where is that going to leave everyone in the end?
Did you watch that second video yesterday by chance? it was worthwhile.
From what I understand Trump just wants to equalise the measures the Chinese and others are doing towards America.
Apparently US companies are charged export taxes but foreign companies are not charged import taxes.
You have to ask yourself if they were deliberately selling the nations workers out when they made those laws.
Why? Globalists...
I could point you to articles right here on this forum where they advocate levelling the playing field between nations; but really its a complete sellout of the country by corporations in support of a lower wage base.
I hear a lot about changing the tax laws, cutting regulations and big infrastructure projects being the main cornerstone of Trumps economic ideology.
All he has to do is take the nations foot of the citizens throats and the country should fire up on its own.