by Michael DePaoli
JOBS, DEBT, TAXES
According to Reuters there is a whopping forty-nine percent of people in our nation who agree with Donald Trump’s travel ban against seven Muslim nations. The Trump Executive Order is a clear violation of the Freedom of Religion and the Establishment Clause, a desecration of the American principle of fundamental fairness, and an obvious conflict of interest because Trump shielded the countries in which he has business interests. Yet, half the people in the USA support something that is anti-Constitutional and anti-American.
Trump’s supporters simply do not care about: (1) allegations of Russian hacking and golden showers; (2) violations of the Constitution; (3) Trump’s blatant lies about his crowd size and non-existent voter fraud; (4) Trump insulting friendly and loyal Australia; (5) Trump believing in alternative facts in his own alternative universe; (6) his sidekick crony inventing a fake massacre in order to scare the American people into being mean to foreigners; nor (7) Trump promising that he knew more than the Generals, but the first military raid of his Presidency ended up with one dead American hero, several civilian casualties, and an American plane worth seventy million dollars being destroyed.
What will cause the Trump supporters to stop, drop and roll (Ed. Note: As opposed to their current strategy of “Stop, drop and troll“) ? There are three main promises that Trump made on the campaign trail which will control who wins the election in 2020: Jobs, Debt, Taxes.
JOBS
Trump promised to create twenty-five million new jobs. We all hope he actually accomplishes that goal. However, it is probably not going to happen. We cannot allow Trump to escape the blame when he fails to fulfill this promise on jobs. We cannot allow the people to forget that Trump promised to grow twenty-five million new jobs. Keep constant pressure on jobs: “Mr. Trump, when are you going to start creating those twenty-five million jobs that you promised?”
DEBT
In his campaign, Trump first promised to pay off the National debt in eight years. Then, he changed his mind, and denied that claim that he made, and amended his promise to pay down the debt in small amounts and/or large amounts, over time. But, regardless of Trump’s backtracking as to specifics, Trump did in fact promise to pay down the debt. This means that in order to keep his promise Trump’s administration cannot add to the debt, by any amount. Trump is already violating this promise, because the debt keeps rising. Indeed, Trump could have started to pay down the debt with all that money he wasted on his lavish (no big talent) Inauguration, but obviously his campaign promises are not as important as his ego. We cannot allow the people of our nation to forget that Trump promised to pay down the debt. It is not enough that he reduces the deficit, but instead he must generate a surplus and start paying off the obligations of the USA. He will of course fail at fulfilling his debt promise, and he must be reminded of this fact on a constant basis. “Mr. President, when are you going to start paying off the National debt, like you promised?”
TAXES
Trump promised that the largest tax reductions would go to the middle class. Specifically, Trump promised (contractually) that the middle class would receive “a 35% tax cut.” He also promised that the tax brackets would be reduced from seven brackets to three brackets. Likewise, Trump promised (contractually) that the business tax rate would be reduced down to fifteen percent. We must force Trump’s hand. Make him give us the tax cut that he promised. “Mr. Trump, when are you going to reduce the middle class taxes by thirty-five percent, which you promised in your contract with the American Voter?”
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Michael DePaoli has self-proclaimed his docu-novel ebook Why You Should Not Go To Law School to be a literary masterpiece. You can also watch his Youtube videos for free by searching for this title: “I Hope Trump Twitterslams and Tweetshames My Books.”
Trump’s idea of job creation is focused on manufacturing and labor in industries such as coal and oil. There is simply no long-view thinking in his cabinet. These jobs, by sheer economic force, will be obsolete. Then again, people don’t like hearing the truth. Definitely when the truth hurts.
Mr. DePaoli,
When will you Stop Making Sense?
This is not my beautiful country.
These are not my beautiful people.
This is not what we feel, not what we do to people.
You may find yourself living in a lost country
And you may find yourself in another part of the world.
And you may say to yourself, Why did they believe all the lies?
And you may ask yourself, Well, Why do I live here any longer?