It's a really strange argument you're making, Roland. I think that's why you're getting so many questions.
I only said that if I were faced with a choice of voting for Trump (I didn't vote for Trump in 2016, I voted 3rd party) in 2020 or voting for someone who would lead us down a path toward socialism, I would probably vote for Trump.
Was it your opinion that Clinton was going to "lead us down a path toward socialism"?
Did Obama?
Obama was fine. I didn't like Hillary, just rubbed me the wrong way. I thought she was going to win though and was quite surprised when Trump won. There is a lot about the Republican party I just do not like at all. There are things about the Democratic party I don't like either. Maybe I am just grumpy.
I generally believe in helping my fellow man (woman) but I also believe in some level of personal responsibility. I like to follow rules and I want other people to follow the rules. I HATE HATE that in Seattle I follow all of the rules, don't litter, register my vehicles on time every time, respect property and then other people will park their RV or van in a beautiful waterfront location, shit it up and the liberal government will do not one thing to make them obey the rules that everyone else has to obey.
I want gun control but I also want extremely harsh penalties to go along with it. If a person commits a felony with a gun, I want a lifetime sentence. A murder during a armed felony gets the death penalty. A prior felon who commits another felony with a gun gets the death penalty. Believe me, this will reduce the amount of gun deaths in the USA.
On the environment, I want to reduce emissions in the USA, stop trading with countries who do not meet certain environmental standards. Invest more in improving nuclear power safety and waste storage. Stop shipping coal to Canada so it can go to China...I see the train cars go by in Blaine, WA toward Canada every hour loaded with coal headed to the B.C. ports. I would also support population control through education, free abortions and possibly mandatory chemical sterilization research (both male and female) until a person has reached age 21 and has taken parenting classes. I think this is the real way to help the environment.
On immigration I would like to solve the problem behind the reason people are crossing illegally. A large portion of the problem is the drug cartel and the abuse of drugs in the USA creating the market. I think we legalize drug use to destroy the cartels and at the same time adopt a harsh criminal policy on drug related crime.
On healthcare, I would like to see 100% free healthcare for everyone. I would pay for it with a combination of taxes. 1) A national sales tax, a corporate tax, a income tax, and finally a tariff (explained below)
On the medical tariff:
To control the price of drugs and make the costs fair and reasonable for both consumers and investors, I would establish a agency to examine the market and development cost of each approved drug and set a price cap for each. To make this still attractive to investors (and to continue innovation), I would start the 20 year patent life at the time the drug is approved and not the time the molecule is discovered. This way the cost of the drug trials and testing could be averaged in over a much longer time and lower price. The investors would see the potential for more stable returns, almost like the price controls on a utility's rates. I would severely limit the liability of a company who sells a FDA approved drug unless there was evidence of criminal negligence. Drug research is hard and we already have a lengthy system of testing in place, but it is not an exact science. Making huge legal awards does not help us get improved drugs.
Any country that tries to use government controls to force the sale of an approved patented drug below the set cost established by the new agency would be subject to tariffs on imports to the USA from that country. The US would establish a worldwide fund to provide lower cost drugs to developing countries and this fund would pay the drug company to sell there at below the set cost in developed countries.
And presto! Suddenly the USA has similar prices on drugs to other developed countries and nobody is cheating the system. Innovation and investment is still present but drugs are far more affordable at their lower cost due to their longer protected patent life and lower legal costs.