(10 hours ago)DBCowboy Wrote: Cut through the chase, you think it's Pro-American to be against Trump's policies.
Like closed borders and lower taxes?
The Expanded Answer:
Taxes:
You have one of two widely upheld opinions on taxes. Neither of them are Pro/Con America. They are American.
I am total laissez faire economy. I know you dont know who Ayn Rand really is, but I have said it before.
So I question "lower taxes" when we just swapped the lowered percentage for oil spikes and inflation from protectionist tariffs that ultimately make us less globally competitive.
Some even supported Obama's 39%, because they love America and want to see social safety nets and a welfare state. Some want single payer and wealth redistribution. And nothing really says any of those policies
cant be American.
People supported Kennedy's 91% rates.
And people REALLY supported LBJ when he lowered it to 70%
They even called that "The Golden Age of Capitalism."
Really, The New Deal took until the 80s to die. And some argue, the middle class started to die shortly after.
Just some though. I agree with Ayn Rand on "upward mobility" and deregulation/lower taxes keeping the middle class opportunities the most alive. Even if it facilitates an oligarch (Like Trump), they still give out the most business loans that create new dreams.
So it is all his isolationist or protectionist crap that takes the shine off the tax cuts.
The Border:
That's another, "You dont dictate what's right and wrong or what's American" thing.
I think they want to work for what they have and contribute at a higher rate than naturalized citizens.
To many, the sensationalism over immigrants is classic scapegoating. Fake News. Exceptions made the rule. Crime rates to back this up too.
Federal law can just as easily open the border and use their own patriotic and moral justifications. And there is lots of clergy willing to preach in favor of immigrants. And just as many to say a lenient border policy of asylum and granted freedom is the foundation of The American Dream.
Like, "America was built on every great-grandparent that showed up in 1898 without papers and were immediately processed in."
I MYSELF AM 37.5% WOP.