dinopello wrote:Sixstrings wrote:Now here's a good idea, Trump said he would RAISE taxes on offshorers and LOWER taxes on companies that build in the US:
Trump can't do that even if he were president. That takes congress. How will he get congress to do it?
In the Reuters article Trump said he will get consensus in Congress to get the tax changes passed:
"I'm going to tell them, 'Now I'm going to get consensus from Congress and we're going to tax you,'"
I think Trump would use his deal making skills, and cajoling, and backslapping and horsetrading.
Probably
3/4 of the Democratic Party reps would vote for a program like what Trump's talking about. The unions would love it.
Trump says he'll bring the automobile industry back to Michigan, and that's why he's at 51% in the primary poll in Michigan, and beating Hillary Clinton in the polls there:
Dino -- Michigan wants to be great again.
Michigan's tired of lead-filled water and rusted pipes and bankrupt town governments taken over by the state, and then there's lead in the water and people have to sponge bath with bottled water and nobody has jobs. It's ridiculous.
Michigan's tired of just losing jobs to Mexico and losing all their auto industry, and just rusting and decaying and nobody cares.
Trump's gonna make Michigan great again, he'll win it for sure from Hillary Clinton, and Michigan is a crucial swing state..
P.S. -- Even without congress, any president has the most power when it comes to treasury dept issues and trade issues and trade deals. Congress wouldn't have to agree to a single thing, and it's still a huge difference having a jobs-in-usa focused president.
2nd P.S. Just the bully pulpit alone could set a new tone where corporations would change and not offshore so much. Trump already says he won't eat oreo cookies, because that factory is going to Mexico -- companies actually wouldn't want bad press like that, from the president of all people.
Donald Trump, it is what it is
You can love him or hate him, but the game is all his
He listens to both sides and asks questions
He can take this country in the right direction
So watch out look out all you non-performers
You about to get trumped with a new reformer
This is the time the White House the place
Trump is the man who already won this race
He speaks truth, to negotiate
He’s the Business mind gonna clean up the slate
We need a leader who is never scared of a fight
No special interest meetings in the dark of the night
It’s your choice I choose to roll in the light
The right man for the job Donald Trump, alright?
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