Quote:Government mandated paternity leave


Expanding Medicaid


Trillion dollars in infrastructure


New taxes on imports


This guy's selling you their party talking point for the last 12 years.

 

Calm down buddy.  The run up to the speech was the left melting down over the fact that he wants to cut the state departments budget.  He has already said that he is going to leave hundreds, if not thousands of government Jobs unfilled. Every Cabinet Secretary that he has appointed has the mandate to cut the departments down to size.  He has already said that he is cutting EPA funding.  He has already said that we could be looking at a 50-75% reduction in the regulatory state. 

 

This is going to be a major win for the libertarian wing of the party. 

 

As for paid family leave...  I don't like it.  That being said, we need 65 million votes in 2020.  It is what it is. 

 

As for Medicaid Flexibility... We need 30ish governors to make sure that the left doesn't steal the elections.  we need 65 million votes in 2020.  It is what it is. 

 

As for taxes, I hate the idea of a Border Adjustment tax (tariff just sounds all protectionisty doesn't it?) but I think that within the context of broader foreign policy and the example of Harley Davidson, that the premise isn't going to be that a lot of countries will actually be subject to it.  It will provide natural incentive for countries to enter into Bilateral Free Trade agreements to make sure that the conditions of trade between countries is reciprocal.  As he pointed out, if you have no tariffs Border Adjustment tax on Imports but our exports are subject to massive Tariff Walls then that creates a statutory Trade deficit, as he pointed out nearly 800 billion dollars. 

 

Personally, just lower the corporate tax rate and that will take care of itself but 65 million votes in 2020.  It is what it is. 

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