Do you really think Trump cares about...the middle class?
...during the primaries he vowed not to raise the minimum wage.
Originally Posted by Luke_Wyatt
The President is only a figurehead they all answer to someone or some people much more powerful- if you are really under the impression that Trump wouldn't be pulled by some strings you have no clue about politics.
Originally Posted by Luke_Wyatt
Do I think Trump cares about the middle class? No, I only think he will try to screw us less than Hillary.
During the primaries he vowed not to raise the minimum wage. Excellent! No real wage-earner in the middle class makes minimum wage. If you are worried about this, I doubt you actually earn an income. Increasing the minimum wage results in higher costs for the consumer. (If you pay the burger flipper more, you have to pay more for the burger.) I don't want higher costs. If someone wants to make more than minimum wage, I suggest they get a skill.
(BTW, I earned minimum wage when I was 19-20.)
The president is only a figurehead. Wrong. See Article II of the US Constitution
They all answer to some people much more powerful. Good point. In Hillary's case these include the kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco. (Although she does donate 15% to real charities othewise the foundation would lose its tax exempt status.) Will Trump answer to higher powers? Yes. But if he is as obvious as Hillary, he will be impeached. Both you and I will be rid of him.
I have never claimed Trump would be immune to corruption. (I find him repulsive and I believe he is one of the worst candidates in history. This also tells you how I feel about Hillary.) She is completely above the law. She can do anything because the FBI and Justice Department refuse to even recognize her illegal activities. (She deleted 30k emails after she received a subpeona. This is obstruction of justice. She will never be charged. This is only one example but feel free to look it up to refute it. I hope you do.)
At the end of the day, Trump can only get away with so much. Neither Republicans or Democrats will work with him. Hillary will try to move us to a single-payer health insurance system like the VA. If you are an actual veteran, you must recognize the poor quality of care and ridiculously high cost (to the tax payer) of VA healthcare. The only good thing about it is prescription drug coverage. Of course that only diverts tax dollars to billion dollar pharmaceutical companies so I don't think it's being done for the benefit of the veteran. (Score yet one more for the ultra wealthy owners of pharmaceutical companies.)
I do not like Trump. I just like Hillary less. Bottom line (and pretty much unrelated to the above discussion), Obama said Americans need to be single issue voters on gun-control.
Ok, I will.
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."