That's the funniest shit I've read in a long time. If you don't think the democrat machine is behind each and every indictment, you're really out of touch. Now that Trump has won, the feds are dropping all cases against Trump. Coincidence? I think not. they're fearful of Trump's retaliation.
Do you think we have the machinery and know how in the US to instantly bring back all of that manufacturing? Do you know how long it takes to open a factory and train workers? To set up efficient supply chains? Do you realize that companies will look to use robotics and automation to a huge degree?
The Ukranian war will end soon, Trump will see to that. He's a great negotiator.
I can see him cutting back on NASA, but boosting $ towards SpaceX and Elon. As far as Space Force, he created that, so ai doubt he'd touch that one too much.
And intelligent people do not take absolute positions. And what I find amusing in this is that I am not a democrat. I am an independent who can and has supported lots of republicans over the years. Just not Trump and his cadre of sycophants.
Government over staffing will be a huge cut. Elon will assist in job cuts in government to become more efficient. What's the U.S. government's payroll currently? And not counting the military. Dem's love to dole out jobs to their cronies & keep everyone on the payroll. Not Elon, he'll cut cut cut government job waste.
Joe Biden took more time off than any president ever.... He was our "weekend at Bernie's" president, sitting on the beach for half his term.
I don’t think you fully get it. Even if you cut every last cent of the government except for military and social security/medicare stuff you that is $0.9 trillion in cuts. That is literally firing 100% of the employees of our government not supporting those other programs.
I've spent my entire career in international supply chain and know very well the costs involved. You're correct about automation, which makes manufacturing cheaper & more efficient. A positive for the U.S. But are you aware of the costs of int'l shipping? The amount of inventory you need to carry due to the time to ship goods across the ponds? The number of warehouses necessary to store the goods? The inventory carrying costs? The port infrastructure & labor costs?
My last job was CEO of a company that manufactured technology products in China. I am well aware of all the costs of airfreight vs. ocean etc. I am 100% supportive of reshoring. I tried to reshore a factory two years ago. We couldn’t find the workforce and the costs were astronomical. Setup in the US would take far too long. The best we could do was get manufacturing for that line to Mexico - still a plus over China.
I can deal with some pain ( infrastructure for instance, road, bridges repair, chips act causing some increase in costs,), as long as I eventually see the benefits and not just profits for top executives of corporations or worse exploitation by individual companies as a payback. Let’s see how things play out . Are things like Medicare, Medicaid , Social Security going to become an unnecessary expense, The VA maybe. I guess we’ll find out in the next 4 years
Yeah, if he meant $2 Trillion a year, that doesn't make sense. If over time, that would be more logical.Where does it come from? Using 2021 numbers (they were readily available), we have a budget of 7T
There is 1.6T in discretionary spending, should you consider things like VA benefits and the military "discretionary". About 855B of the discretionary budget is for those two items alone.
Then there is "mandatory" federal spending in the amount of 5.2T. There is about 172B again for the military and VA benefits. Social Security is 2.77T, and Medicare is 1.46T, for a total of 4.23T.
So if you add up 4.23T + 1T, there is 5.23T which is solely the military, VA benefits, social security, and medicare. So if the Trump administration cut every single budget item other than those items, which cannot be done, he would still come up 230B short.
I am not a government budgeting guru, so where does it come from?
Federal Spending: Where Does the Money Go
In fiscal year 2014, the federal government will spend around $3.8 trillion. These trillions of dollars make up a considerable chunk - around 22 percent - of the US. economy, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That means that federal government spending makes up a sizable share of all...www.nationalpriorities.org
Will it? How. Where will jobs come from automation? This is cheap products we are talking about, so you want minimum wage jobs, for an already pretty maxed out labor market (labor market is what they were attacking with the higher interest rates to lower inflation). To produce products that will still be 50% to 100% more for the population to produce. You really need to go back to 3rd and 4th grade math to understand these concepts. Trump says he is fighting inflation, this will increase inflation, period, end of story.
I agree on this. Neither party is serious about it because it is hard to sell cutting programs to the public. It is what needs to be done though.
Problem is, everyone wants cuts to programs that don't directly affect them. Both sides.
I'm not sure why I'm continuing to argue with people who are either nincompoops, dishonest, or both.
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If we want to be the center of the universe globally, we must maintain military superiority where we are always carrying the biggest stick.
Trump vowed to increase military spending, so you can throw out any defense cuts.
Do you understand how NATO works? Their spending has no impact on our spending.
Not only that, but the numbers are not in the same universe of reality.
Not that I'm against military spending, but Trump spends like crazy. I'd like to see the national debt at least stay level under him. It won't. He spends like a real housewife on vacation.
He’s a populist. All of his positions are based on what sounds good.
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Exactly. Just like in 2017 when all those coal mining jobs returned to West Virginia.
