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Trump Turns One
« on: January 19, 2018, 12:39:31 am »
A year into Donald Trump's presidency, how are things going?
Reason staff writers.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/01/18/trump-turns-one/print

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TAXES AND HEALTH CARE: Victory, Sort of, Maybe (Peter Suderman)
TRANSPORTATION POLICY: So Far, So Good (Robert Poole Jr.)
IMMIGRATION: No Bueno (David Bier)
LGBT ISSUES: Maximum Panic, Minimum Upheaval (Walter Olson)
EXECUTIVE OVERREACH: Still Going Strong Abroad (Gene Healy)
PARTY POLITICS: Rough Times for the GOP (Patrick Ruffini)
THE REGULATORY STATE: A Pleasant Surprise (Matt Welch)
THE POLITICAL CULTURE: Nationalist Paranoia Rising (Jesse Walker)
FOREIGN POLICY: Missed Opportunities (William Ruger)
APPOINTMENTS: But Gorsuch! (Katherine Mangu-Ward)
THE ECONOMY: On Fire (Veronique de Rugy)
(This is a very interesting symposium, especially if read with open minds and putting any Always Trump/Never Trump biases to one side.---EA.)
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2018, 12:44:28 am »
Well, I can't give Trump any credit for anything he has done that I agree with (thanks to his rabid fanbase of sore winners), but color me largely unimpressed with a smattering of jovial amusement and chuckles sprinkled around watching Leftist and Republican Establishment heads explode.
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2018, 12:52:49 am »
Who the hell are these people and why should I give a shit what they have to say?
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2018, 12:55:48 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 19, 2018, 12:52:49 am
Who the hell are these people and why should I give a shit what they have to say?
Nevertrumpers need to get there talking points.  Noreason.com must be the place.
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2018, 12:57:26 am »
I didn't realise actually reading was considered a vice to some people.
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2018, 01:01:29 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 19, 2018, 12:55:48 am
Nevertrumpers need to get there talking points.  Noreason.com must be the place.

Oh. I thought Noreason's primary goal was to legalize all drugs and that was it......at least that is what it always looked like.
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2018, 01:04:53 am »
Quote from: EasyAce on January 19, 2018, 12:57:26 am
I didn't realise actually reading was considered a vice to some people.


As Welch pointed out, it takes congressional action to truly reduce the state. Trump at least shows that it can be done.

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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2018, 01:07:13 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 19, 2018, 01:01:29 am
Oh. I thought Noreason's primary goal was to legalize all drugs and that was it......at least that is what it always looked like.

Could be.  It is a dopey site.
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Re: Trump Turns One
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2018, 01:10:30 am »
Quote from: endicom on January 19, 2018, 01:04:53 am

As Welch pointed out, it takes congressional action to truly reduce the state. Trump at least shows that it can be done.
His pecks away at the executive-order regulations show that much, which is the good news.

The not-so-good news: It takes congressional action and, these days, considering how much of its proper constitutional authority Congress has actually surrendered,
a presidential push in that direction. Merely flicking away a pocket full of former executive orders is going to truly reduce the State about as much as shaving away
one microscopic portion of a piranha's tooth will turn the piranha away from eating.
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