Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:43 pm by cornbinder89
I think a big problem is: throughout the campaign, he would say 30 sec sound bites that played to his base. People didn't dig deeper to find out if things he said were true, or what policy he would implement to address what he just tossed out.
The wall is a good example, Mexico was going to pay for it (ya, right) how is he proposing to make that happen? 1st we pay for than get "reimbursed" by a 10-20% boarder tax.... guess what people, its not the Mexicans that pay that tax, but us, the consumers. So we pay once out of the treasury, and then we pay again in higher prices.... Some how that doesn't sound like a good deal to me... but what do I know, I didn't vote for the man.
When we have an electorate that will not, or can not see beyond the 30 sec sound bite, to ask how, why or what the results of these things are, we end up with the blind leading the blind. Remember Bush the 1st saying "read my lips, no new taxes" than having to break that pledge? Sure, I don't want more taxes, but more that that I want someone who will speak the truth, even if it is a truth I don't like.
On day one, he was going to repeal ACA, but that hasn't happened (and for good reasons) as it is not so easy to do without 1) destroying the healthcare system, and 2) getting rid of a lot of points people (even repub's) want to keep. Now, I think the ACA is deeply flawed and needs a lot of work, but I don't want to see some of the gains it has made thrown out for a 30 sec sound bite.