What Should be Trump's Top Priorities?

[Horseman 1,987]

My Top 5

1 - Immigration. Close the boarder and deport illegals.

2 - Tax Reform. Extend and/or enhance Tax Reform that is about to sunset.

3 - Healthcare. Fix the Affordable Care Act. At a minimum fix the cliff that sunsets this year, make healthcare more available and affordable.

4 - Eliminate SS Tax. A campaign promise that once enacted won't be reversed by the next administrations imo.

5 - Energy. Drill baby drill. I think this will have a bigger impact on making America great again than his tariff proposals. 

 

Go!

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

# 4- to paraphrase Lyndon Johnson “we’ll have those old timers voting republican for the next 100 years”. 

[Hawkeye21 2,216]

2 minutes ago, Horseman said:

5 - Energy. Drill baby drill. I think this will have a bigger impact on making America great again than his tariff proposals. 

Don't we drill enough already?

[Horseman 1,987]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Don't we drill enough already?

No

[Strike 4,815]

I'll have to think more about it for a full list but closing the border has to be #1.  And quit giving those freeloaders that came here under Biden free money.  I'll never understand that.  Even if we can't stop you from crossing our border, we don't have to pay for you to stay at 4 star hotels on the taxpayer's dime. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Don't we drill enough already?

Not if opec isn’t. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

Just now, Strike said:

I'll have to think more about it for a full list but closing the border has to be #1.  And quit giving those freeloaders that came here under Biden free money.  I'll never understand that.  Even if we can't stop you from crossing our border, we don't have to pay for you to stay at 4 star hotels on the taxpayer's dime. 

Bingo. NYC is almost broke as it is. Cut that funding and they’ll be loading them up on buses this time. 

[RLLD 3,928]

1 - Immigration : Get back to disincentivizing migration, close the border as fast as he can, collaborate with Mexico and others to stem the tide; begin deporting criminals.  But also, get some reform on immigration in play

2 - Economy : Ensure the energy industry clearly understands he is not going to impede them, this factor alone will help a wide range of people; Implement his ideas around reducing tax burdens on the lower class.  TARIFFS!  These will not really impact the lower classes, they might impact the affluent, but last time they did not so I trust Trump to handle this

3 - Global Peace - Get us back on track, 

4- DOJ and alllllll their minions......CLEAN THEM THE FOCK OUT....   put leaders in place who will route out all those partisans who pointedly protected Democrat criminals while allowing lawfare against Republicans.

[Hawkeye21 2,216]

I don't think drilling more is going help us much.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I don't think drilling more is going help us much.

Increasing the supply won’t help? 

[Horseman 1,987]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I don't think drilling more is going help us much.

You don't have to have it on your list, that we haven't seen yet, if you don't want.

[Strike 4,815]

Just now, RLLD said:

1 - Immigration : Get back to disincentivizing migration, close the border as fast as he can, collaborate with Mexico and others to stem the tide; begin deporting criminals.  But also, get some reform on immigration in play

 

STOP THIS.  FULL STOP.  There is no "but get some reform on immigration in play."  We allow more incoming, legal immigration than any country on the planet.  Don't spew Dem talking points.  There MIGHT be some tweaking we can do to our immigration system BUT that's AFTER we get control of our border and MOST of the illegals out.  We have no obligation to LET people come in to our country unless it benefits US.  We were supposed to have this illegal immigration thing under control when Reagan gave up amnesty for a strong border and workplace enforcement back in 1986 (IIRC).  Funnily, the government forgot about the border and workplace enforcement parts of that bill as soon as amnesty was granted.  So I'm not doing "immigration reform", meaning making millions of illegals legal, BEFORE getting the incoming flow slowed to a trickle.

[iam90sbaby 2,300]

1. Deport all illegals and repeal the immigration act of 65. This immediately fixes everything else. 

[Hawkeye21 2,216]

1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Increasing the supply won’t help? 

From what I have read, if we increase our supply then other countries with decrease their supply to offset it.

[Horseman 1,987]

If I'm being honest, and selfish, #3 has me the most worried.  

Trump doesn't want to do anything with the ACA because it's Obama's legislation.  He'd just as soon get rid of it, but he can't because it's popular.  There isn't any other affordable option for early retirees. There are a lot of things wrong with it though that could and should be made a lot better.

[Strike 4,815]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

From what I have read, if we increase our supply then other countries with decrease their supply to offset it.

That's fine.  Then we make more money.  Do you think those country's don't need money?  For many of them oil drives their economy.  They usually lower output to drive up prices.  They lose that leverage when we are producing in excess of our needs.

[Horseman 1,987]

4 minutes ago, Strike said:

STOP THIS.  FULL STOP.  There is no "but get some reform on immigration in play."  We allow more incoming, legal immigration than any country on the planet.  Don't spew Dem talking points.  There MIGHT be some tweaking we can do to our immigration system BUT that's AFTER we get control of our border and MOST of the illegals out.  We have no obligation to LET people come in to our country unless it benefits US.  We were supposed to have this illegal immigration thing under control when Reagan gave up amnesty for a strong border and workplace enforcement back in 1986 (IIRC).  Funnily, the government forgot about the border and workplace enforcement parts of that bill as soon as amnesty was granted.  So I'm not doing "immigration reform", meaning making millions of illegals legal, BEFORE getting the incoming flow slowed to a trickle.

[Strike 4,815]

Just now, Horseman said:

If I'm being honest, and selfish, #3 has me the most worried.  

Trump doesn't want to do anything with the ACA because it's Obama's legislations.  He'd just as soon get rid of it, but he can't because it's popular.  There isn't any other affordable option for early retirees. There are a lot of things wrong though with it that could and should be made a lot better.

I agree.  Healthcare is the driving factor in when I retire.  And what I hated most about the ACA was that it didn't address the actual problem, which is the cost of healthcare.  And I believe there are things we can do to lower the cost of healthcare.  And lowering the cost of healthcare would then lower the cost of health insurance, etc.....So put that at #2 on my list. 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,051]

1) Economy, thats what won him this election

2) Immigration, a close second

3) STOP the WARS, stop funding the wars

4) Abolish the IRS

after that I don't care

 

[iam90sbaby 2,300]

6 minutes ago, Strike said:

STOP THIS.  FULL STOP.  There is no "but get some reform on immigration in play."  We allow more incoming, legal immigration than any country on the planet.  Don't spew Dem talking points.  There MIGHT be some tweaking we can do to our immigration system BUT that's AFTER we get control of our border and MOST of the illegals out.  We have no obligation to LET people come in to our country unless it benefits US.  We were supposed to have this illegal immigration thing under control when Reagan gave up amnesty for a strong border and workplace enforcement back in 1986 (IIRC).  Funnily, the government forgot about the border and workplace enforcement parts of that bill as soon as amnesty was granted.  So I'm not doing "immigration reform", meaning making millions of illegals legal, BEFORE getting the incoming flow slowed to a trickle.

RLLD is the worst kind of Republican voter 

[Horseman 1,987]

3 minutes ago, Strike said:

I agree.  Healthcare is the driving factor in when I retire.  And what I hated most about the ACA was that it didn't address the actual problem, which is the cost of healthcare.  And I believe there are things we can do to lower the cost of healthcare.  And lowering the cost of healthcare would then lower the cost of health insurance, etc.....So put that at #2 on my list. 

ACA costs about $500-$600 a month for two people, with a MAGI of 80K.  But you can't have a MAGI over 80K and if you screw that up you have to pay all the subsidies back at tax time.

I think one of the Covid bills fixed that so you just got a smaller subsidy if you went over 80K, but, that expires this year.

All that really limits you being able to cash out your 401k type retirement fund money.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

15 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

From what I have read, if we increase our supply then other countries with decrease their supply to offset it.

They’re doing that right now. How much lower can they go? They got bills too 

[Patented Phil 1,275]

Destroy the Far Left people, concepts, and institutions that almost tanked this country.  A cultural purge.

[Hawkeye21 2,216]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

They’re doing that right now. How much lower can they go? They got bills too 

I'm just going off of what I read.

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/10/the-issues-trumps-proposal-to-lower-prices-by-increasing-energy-production/

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

I'm just going off of what I read.

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/10/the-issues-trumps-proposal-to-lower-prices-by-increasing-energy-production/

Fine. Let’s try and find out. What’s the worst that can happen? 

[BrahmaBulls 627]

33 minutes ago, Horseman said:

My Top 5

1 - Immigration. Close the boarder and deport illegals.

2 - Tax Reform. Extend and/or enhance Tax Reform that is about to sunset.

3 - Healthcare. Fix the Affordable Care Act. At a minimum fix the cliff that sunsets this year, make healthcare more available and affordable.

4 - Eliminate SS Tax. A campaign promise that once enacted won't be reversed by the next administrations imo.

5 - Energy. Drill baby drill. I think this will have a bigger impact on making America great again than his tariff proposals. 

 

Go!

Ban trannies from Womens sports

Create laws to punish main stream media when they are dishonest

National Voter ID

[Hawkeye21 2,216]

6 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Fine. Let’s try and find out. What’s the worst that can happen? 

Environmental impacts are the worst I can think of.

[HotRod 35]

1) Close border and deport

2) Fix the economy

3) Purge the deep state

4) Cut off Ukraine

5) Troll like you've never trolled before

[Strike 4,815]

21 minutes ago, Horseman said:

ACA costs about $500-$600 a month for two people, with a MAGI of 80K.  But you can't have a MAGI over 80K and if you screw that up you have to pay all the subsidies back at tax time.

I think one of the Covid bills fixed that so you just got a smaller subsidy if you went over 80K, but, that expires this year.

All that really limits you being able to cash out your 401k type retirement fund money.

We shouldn't be subsidizing healthcare!!!   That's a big part of the problem.  It's just another thing people are dependent on the government on.  How about lowering the costs so those people can afford it WITHOUT subsidies? 

[Horseman 1,987]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

We shouldn't be subsidizing healthcare!!!   That's a big part of the problem.  It's just another thing people are dependent on the government on.  How about lowering the costs so those people can afford it WITHOUT subsidies? 

Ok, but I ain't turning them down!!!  And I'm not so sure it's not a dual path solution, at least near term.  

[zsasz 342]

1 hour ago, Horseman said:

My Top 5

1 - Immigration. Close the boarder and deport illegals.

2 - Tax Reform. Extend and/or enhance Tax Reform that is about to sunset.

3 - Healthcare. Fix the Affordable Care Act. At a minimum fix the cliff that sunsets this year, make healthcare more available and affordable.

4 - Eliminate SS Tax. A campaign promise that once enacted won't be reversed by the next administrations imo.

5 - Energy. Drill baby drill. I think this will have a bigger impact on making America great again than his tariff proposals. 

 

Go!

1. He campaigned on it.  He should do it.  I don't think there will be nearly as many deportations as some think as Republican business leaders won't want to see their cheap labor go.  

2. He campaigned on it. He should do it.

3. Alot of his voters like it. He doesn't have a plan for it.  Low Priority.

4. He campaigned on it; but he also needs to figure out where money for SS will come.

5. He campaigned on it. He should do it. 

 

[squistion 1,658]

I don't know what Trump's top priorities should be...

But I can see "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" being removed from all job applications moving forward.

 

[supermike80 1,600]

2 hours ago, Horseman said:

My Top 5

1 - Immigration. Close the boarder and deport illegals.

2 - Tax Reform. Extend and/or enhance Tax Reform that is about to sunset.

3 - Healthcare. Fix the Affordable Care Act. At a minimum fix the cliff that sunsets this year, make healthcare more available and affordable.

4 - Eliminate SS Tax. A campaign promise that once enacted won't be reversed by the next administrations imo.

5 - Energy. Drill baby drill. I think this will have a bigger impact on making America great again than his tariff proposals. 

 

Go!

1) Approve funding to complete the wall.  Make immigration a HUGE issue.  What I liked about Trump in his last term is he made it clear if you come here, you WILL be sent back.  We need that message out there again.

2) immediately revoke the EV mandates.  All of them.   Day one.  Stop with the forced government intervention into our lives.  Let the market dictate it.

3) Stop the forgiveness of Student loans madness.  

Those are my top three right now.  Im closer to retirement so yeah a SS tax repeal would be great, but I'm not counting on it.

[supermike80 1,600]

36 minutes ago, squistion said:

I don't know what Trump's top priorities should be...

But I can see "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" being removed from all job applications moving forward.

 

God you're gay, you took that right from the view.   Gross

[squistion 1,658]

Just now, supermike80 said:

God you're gay, you took that right from the view.   Gross

No I didnt, but great minds must think alike. 

[Patented Phil 1,275]

Another reason why Democrats got trounced in this election.

[Horseman 1,987]

1 hour ago, squistion said:

I don't know what Trump's top priorities should be...

But I can see "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" being removed from all job applications moving forward.

 

You're #1 would be not tax on tips, except, they don't usually tip at Arby's.  

[Hardcore troubadour 14,164]

Donald Trump has not been convicted of a felony. Squishy continues to display misinformation. Liar. 

[The Real timschochet 5,232]

3 hours ago, Strike said:

BUT that's AFTER we get control of our border and MOST of the illegals out. 

You know last night you accused me of being emotional vs you who relies on reason. But you have to realize that what you’re spewing here is pure emotion right? This is never going to happen. You will never stop undocumented people from coming here and you’ll never get most of them out. If you don’t believe me let’s revisit this topic in 6 months, in a year, in 5 years, in 10. 
 

Trump can slow the numbers down and with a friendly Congress he likely will. But that’s all. Forget about mass deportation. 

[jbycho 209]

3 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

You know last night you accused me of being emotional vs you who relies on reason. But you have to realize that what you’re spewing here is pure emotion right? This is never going to happen. You will never stop undocumented people from coming here and you’ll never get most of them out. If you don’t believe me let’s revisit this topic in 6 months, in a year, in 5 years, in 10. 
 

Trump can slow the numbers down and with a friendly Congress he likely will. But that’s all. Forget about mass deportation. 

How is what he is saying emotional? It's simply what the US should do. This country needs to punish the hell out of people who come here illegally. Send a message to the world. .