And I repeat the question because I really want to know, What exactly is Trump's plan and vision?
For the economy, tariffs in place of income tax.
LD posted this in another threat on Trump's insanity.: "In 2022, the federal income raised about
$2.6 trillion while import tariffs raised about
$0.1 trillion. So the proposal is effectively bullshit."
Would you like to do the math on that, RV?
I mean, you can do it, but it isn't as simple as TARIFF THIS!! The idea that no one will respond to said tariffs is also an issue. This tariff idea is kind of like how I play chess, one move at a time, with no bloody clue what I'm doing after the opponent makes their move.
At first glance the math does not look like it adds up.
That's because it doesn't even come close to adding up.
But Trumps plan would add up with some tweeking to it and no individuals paying income tax as well.
No, it absolutely would not. Not even close.
Just so long as corporate income taxes were left in place along with the tariffs.
Yeah, that would help almost not at all.
Why does America need more of a plutocracy than it already has?
How would this insanity address the problem of having a plutocracy?
And why does America need more cheap Chinese crap?
Because Americans couldn't afford American crap.
The money to run our government could and should come from the places we should want less of
The money to run your federal government comes from the federal government. That's why they are called "US Dollars".
The federal taxes you pay are a way to reduce the money supply, thereby avoiding hyperinflation. They don't pay for the federal government. Federal government funding and finances are NOTHING like state government, city government, or household finances. That's why you don't have California Dollars, or Santa Monica Dollars, or RVonse Dollars.
.....corporate monopolies and China.
You don't want less of "China". The trade balance clearly shows that US residents want more and more of "China". The shouts of your actions drown out the whispers of your words.
Not the individual citizens who seek more opportunity by living here.
Individuals are the entities who decide how to spend money. Taxes on anything other than their income or spending are just indirect taxes on those individuals; Whatever the other taxes (or tariffs) are, they are just an inefficient version of income or sales taxes.