Re: POTUS 45.44: "That's Not Law" said Trump
Thanks. Nope, didn't know you from the D1 side at all.
Like... Scandinavian flat tax rate? If so, you might be closer to the Dems (who haven't pushed for that other than potentially Bernie Sanders who isn't a Dem) than you want to admit.
As for how he's hurting the Lib movement: isn't one of the hallmarks of the Libertarian beliefs in a free and peaceful open trade? Not trade hamstrung by tariffs and impulse Tweets? The isolationism and push for a border wall seems to be against the Libertarian beliefs as well. You seem blinded by Trump's cries of nationalism as him championing for Libertarian rights. But he's not. He's being racist, whining about trade wars, grifting. All things opposite of Libertarian beliefs.
I was once told by a Libertarian that the US shouldn't need a $15 minimum wage law because under Libertarian beliefs, a great nation like ours would be paying livable wages (more than the existing minimum wage) already.
But what do I know, I'm just a dumb democrat.
...And why wouldn't I see being a Democrat as being a negative? Promoting of the RACIST identity politics and PC culture? Open borders? Higher Taxes? More Government control? More regulations? Getting rid of ICE? Wanting to take away people's guns? ...
I'm taking a swing at this. Who's promoting racist identity politics? Who's claiming that brown people in a caravan from a southern country are disease ridden rapists? Who wants to build a border wall to keep the darker than olive color skinned people out? Hint: It's not Democrats that have their own fear based "news" network. All they have is Rachel Maddow who (IMO) is the Geraldo Rivera of digging up Republican dirt.
Dems don't want open borders. We just want to FIX and ENHANCE the laws and rules we currently have. Abolish ICE? It's one department of 22 under the umbrella of Department of Homeland Security. I'm pretty sure it could vanish tomorrow and the other 21 departments would have no problem handling the duties that were given to ICE when it was formed in 2003. Two departments that could easily absorb ICE (which was spun off from the DHS absorbtion of INS) right now are the US Customs and Border Protection (which was combined from parts of the USDA and INS) and US Citizenship and Immigration (which was the other half of ICE that originally formed the INS). Which, you should be for, smaller government and all that.
We already had laws on the books for immigrating. Come to the wall. Knock on the door. State your case. Get documented as a visitor to the nation. Get assigned a court date. You're on your own to find a place to stay until your court date. If you don't appear, you become wanted. Republicans turned it into: Come to the wall. Knock on the door. Get arrested. Get a free tent to stay in the hot desert. Get a free plane ticket back home. Again: sounds like you want the Democrats "hands off Government" rule versus the Republican's socialist free meals and lodging to illegals.
Wanting to take people's guns away? This sh** again? Umm no. The only reason the Democrats will (eventually) spearhead bills to limit gun sales in the US is because of the Republican's "Profits over People" mentality. Putting it in such a way for libertarians to understand: I don't want my liberty to be a living, breathing, able bodied American to be infringed by the liberties of a gun wielding, PTSD suffering, psycho with an itchy trigger finger. Because I thought Libertarians believe in personal freedoms, but also law-and-order. Again, another point where you should be *against* the Republicans and siding more with the Dems.