To: ro33 who wrote (1196853 ) 1/29/2020 7:49:13 AM From: RetiredNow 2 RecommendationsRecommended By
Read Replies (1) | Respond to I don't like the deficit...you know that. However, despite the bankruptcies, which are a natural part of an entrepreneur's life, he is a billionaire. He has been wildly successful in business. That is a simple fact. In addition, way before Trump started talking about tariffs and holding other countries accountable for their abuse of the US, I was talking about the need for trade reciprocity. I used to run large import/export operations of tech equipment as an executive and I saw first hand how the US was abused in this regard. What most Americans don't understand is the US has some of the lowest tariffs in the world, but other countries extract corporate welfare from our companies through their extremely high tariffs and just about every country out there is doing it. Why do you think we have had a giant trade deficit for so many years? And why do you think manufacturing has been offshore and our middle class has been hollowed out? The bottom line is that the US has subsidized the world for way too long and it may just have killed our golden goose. Trump understands that in a world of fair and reciprocal trade, no country in the world can beat us on ingenuity, grit, hard work, and innovation. But the US has been competing in the world with one arm tied behind our back. He's unleashing that arm. I'm a simply practical business executive. I understand what he's doing and it is good for the US in the long term. You know what is absolutely ruinous and terrible for this country and will kill the American Dream forever? Socialism. That's what the Democrats want.
