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Abe Porter's avatar

Bill:

While I disagree on many things you write, I agree with you about the general public’s ignorance on who ends up paying for government spending. One thing you forget to mention (If I read correctly from the Heritage Foundation), Trump plans to get rid of the department of education (have the States handle it), rid the department of energy and some other worthless departments. I hope this does happen because the only way to save the country from bankruptcy is to cut spending. AP

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John P Gallien's avatar

Bonner's main point that government spending must be reduced is valid and the only way out of this mess. But his conclusion, "It's a scam. And they’re both in on it" glosses over some important details. You can take it to the bank that Harris (and her predecessor, Biden) have NO (zero, nada) valid free-market ideas in terms of getting our economy to grow and/or reducing the government. While Trump is far from perfect in this area, he is a pro-energy, pro-production (including deregulation) candidate who hopefully has learned from some of his mistakes in his first term (e.g., stimulus payments as one example). It is egregious that Bonner ignores this.

While, in general, I am no fan of tariffs, Trump has stated he uses tariffs in order to get other countries to eliminate their tariffs against American goods. On the other hand, as far as tariffs against China, a country that steals intellectual property, supplies the pipeline for fentanyl that kills Americans, and is building up its military (to identify a few bad actions), I have no problems even if it is a tax on Americans to some extent. While I am a free-market advocate, free-markets reside in a certain context - a world populated with nations that respect individual rights. China is not that by a long shot. We should not be enriching a country that doesn't respect the rights of its own citizens because it surely won't respect ours.

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