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To: Robert DeLong
P.J.'s a Conservative, albeit with a strong Libertarian streak. Donald Trump is not a Conservative in any reasonable the sense of the word. Government universal health care coverage and increased tax progressivity (higher taxes on the "rich") alone place him beyond the pale.

He's really most like an old fashioned Democrat, of the Ed Koch variety, loudly patriotic but hardly anti-government, who has captured the hearts and imaginations of Americans who are sick and tired of the pansy professional political class grinning as they rob us while running the country into the ground.

Trump's the joker in the deck. His crude directness and unpredictability are things many if not most voters find to be his best features. I would not be surprised if P.J. is playing the court fool by endorsing Hillary. If he's serious it may just be taking longer for him than some of us to realize that a stark choice between the known of Hillary and the gamble that is Trump is no choice at all.

63 posted on 05/10/2016 1:28:45 PM PDT by katana
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To: katana
I don't care how you slice and dice it, Trump will be better for the country as Hillary is a known who hates the country.

He is not for government healthcare at all. Read his positions, instead of just listening to Cruz. What he did say is that we must make it so everyone can acquire healthcare, but from the private market.

Also, he said that the rich along with everyone else will pay less taxes except those rich who pay no taxes. They will start paying a fair share of taxes.

Donald Trump clarified Monday that he doesn't plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in the aggregate, despite seemingly saying so during interviews aired Sunday.

"On my plan they're going down. But by the time it's negotiated, they'll go up," Trump said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

But Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" that he was referring to changes to "my tax proposal" -- not the existing tax code -- when he said rates could go up. He meant to communicate that he was open to top rates higher than those in his proposal as part of the negotiations to get tax reform passed, but also maintained they would remain lower than the current rate.

"Now, if I increase it on the wealthy, they're still going to pay less than they pay now," the presumptive Republican nominee said. "I'm not talking about increasing from this point. I'm talking about increasing from my tax proposal."

On Sunday, Trump said his tax plan is the starting point for negotiations with Congress.

Bottom line, P.J. is in reality an uniformed voter who is supporting the worse of the two choices.

70 posted on 05/10/2016 2:58:25 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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