The centerpiece of Trump's platform is, of course,"I'm great so trust me." Most of the rest is vague and undefined. However, there are a few relatively specific proposals.
The first is The Wall. Trump is correct in saying that before his comments little was set about immigration by the other Republican candidates. The reason for that is that immigration is not now a serious problem. The Obama administration has deported more illegal immigrants then any other recent president. The result is that in the past few years, net immigration has been negative. Economists who have studied the effect of undocumented immigrants on the economy of this country have consistently for at least 20 years concluded they are a net benefit. There is also a little if any evidence that they are taking jobs away from American citizens, very few of which desire to become migrant agricultural workers.
Trumps other relatively specific proposal is his tax plan. He proposes massive tax cuts, Nearly all of which will benefit the wealthiest people in the country. For instance, according to the analysis of the Tax Policy Center the top 1% of tax payers will see a a decrease in the amount of taxes they pay of 17.6% . The top one 10th of percent of taxpayers will see a decrease in the amount of taxes they pay of the 18.3%. Trump also proposes cuts in business taxation. The bottom 75% of taxpayers will see very little reduction in their taxes.The results of this will be massive deficits. We may safely assume that Trump will claim that his plan will provide such a massive stimulus to the economy that deficits will quickly be eliminated. He will undoubtedly find some organization or economist to approve this plan. As it is the case with all of Trump'S nonsense, the problems with his tax plan probably will not hurt his chances in the election, at least at the primary level.
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