{"id":49433,"date":"2016-09-16T18:54:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T22:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49433"},"modified":"2016-09-16T19:03:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T23:03:14","slug":"10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-donald-trumps-plan-to-save-the-u-s-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49433","title":{"rendered":"10 Things That Every American Should Know About Donald Trump&#8217;s Plan To Save The U.S. Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Michael Snyder<br \/>\nThe Economic Collapse<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-donald-trumps-plan-to-save-the-u-s-economy\/donald-trump-speech-voa-public-domain\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11191\" src=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Donald-Trump-Speech-VOA-Public-Domain-460x259.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-speech-voa-public-domain\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a>Can Donald Trump turn the U.S. economy around?\u00a0 This week Trump unveiled details of his new economic plan, and the mainstream media <a title=\"is having a field day criticizing it\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2016\/09\/14\/news\/economy\/donald-trump-economic-plan-1-trillion\/\" target=\"_blank\">is having a field day criticizing it<\/a>.\u00a0 But the truth is that we simply cannot afford to stay on the same path that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats have us on right now.\u00a0 Millions of jobs are <a title=\"being shipped out of the country\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/more-jobs-shipped-out-of-the-country-ford-moves-all-small-car-production-to-mexico\">being shipped out of the country<\/a>, the middle class <a title=\"is dying\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/as-predicted-obamacare-is-absolutely-killing-the-middle-class\">is dying<\/a>, poverty is <a title=\"exploding\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/tent-cities-full-of-homeless-people-are-booming-in-cities-all-over-america-as-poverty-spikes\">exploding<\/a>, millions of children in America <a title=\"don\u2019t have enough food\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/desperately-poor-teens-in-americas-impoverished-inner-cities-are-trading-sex-for-food\">don\u2019t have enough food<\/a>, and our reckless spending has created the biggest debt bubble <a title=\"in the history of the planet\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/america-the-debt-pig-we-are-a-buy-now-pay-later-society-and-pay-later-is-rapidly-approaching\">in the history of the planet<\/a>.\u00a0 Something must be done or else we will continue to steamroll toward economic oblivion.\u00a0 So is Donald Trump the man for the hour?<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to read his full economic plan, you can find it <a title=\"on his official campaign website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/positions\/economic-vision\" target=\"_blank\">on his official campaign website<\/a>.\u00a0 His plan starts off by pointing out that this has been the weakest \u201ceconomic recovery\u201d since the Great Depression\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week\u2019s GDP report showed that the economy grew a mere 1.2% in the second quarter and 1.2% over the last year. It\u2019s the weakest recovery since the Great Depression \u2013 the predictable consequence of massive taxation, regulation, one-side trade deals and onerous energy restrictions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And Trump is <a title=\"exactly right\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/painful-to-watch-this-is-the-weakest-u-s-economic-recovery-since-1949\">exactly right<\/a> about how weak this economic recovery has been.<\/p>\n<p>So how would he fix things?<\/p>\n<p>The following are 10 things that every American should know about Donald Trump\u2019s plan to save the U.S. economy\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 Donald Trump would lower taxes on the middle class<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tax savings under Trump\u2019s plan would actually be quite substantial for middle class families.\u00a0 The following numbers come from <a title=\"a recent Charisma article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/politics\/elections\/59939-trump-sets-ambitious-economic-agenda-during-new-york-city-speech\" target=\"_blank\">a recent Charisma article<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A married couple earning $50,000 per year with two children and $8,000 in child care expenses will save 35% from their current tax bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A married couple earning $75,000 per year with two children and $10,000 in child care expenses will receive a 30% reduction in their tax bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Married couple earning $5 million per year with two children and $12,000 in child care expenses will get only a 3% reduction in their tax bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 Donald Trump would lower taxes on businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under his plan, no business in America would be taxed more than 15 percent.\u00a0 Alternatively, Hillary Clinton\u2019s plan would tax some small businesses at a rate of close to 50 percent.\u00a0 So Trump\u2019s plan would undoubtedly be good for businesses, and it would encourage many that have left the country to return.<\/p>\n<p>But where would the lost tax revenue be made up?<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 Childcare expenses would be exempt from taxation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For working families with children this would be a great blessing.\u00a0 Without a doubt this is an effort to win over more working women, and this is a demographic that Trump has been struggling with.<\/p>\n<p>It is definitely an idea that I support, but once again where will the money come from to pay for this?<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 U.S. manufacturers will be allowed to immediately fully expense new plants and equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This would undoubtedly lead to a boom in capital investment, but it would also reduce tax revenue.\u00a0 As an emergency measure this would be very good <a title=\"for encouraging manufacturers to stay in America\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/from-an-industrial-economy-to-a-paper-economy-the-stunning-decline-of-manufacturing-in-america\">for encouraging manufacturers to stay in America<\/a>, but it would also likely increase the budget deficit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 A temporary freeze on new regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Red tape is one of my big pet peeves, and so I greatly applaud Trump for this proposal.\u00a0 I think that Bob Eschliman put it very well when he wrote <a title=\"the following\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/politics\/elections\/59939-trump-sets-ambitious-economic-agenda-during-new-york-city-speech\" target=\"_blank\">the following<\/a> about Trump\u2019s planned freeze on new regulations\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 2015 alone, federal agencies issued over 3,300 final rules and regulations, up from 2,400 the prior year. Studies show that small manufacturers face more than three times the burden of the average U.S. business, and the hidden tax from ineffective regulations amounts to \u201cnearly $15,000 per U.S. household\u201d annually. Excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $2 trillion dollars per year, and Trump will end it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#6 All existing regulations would be reviewed and unnecessary regulations would be eliminated<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In particular, Trump\u2019s plan would focus on getting rid of regulations that inhibit hiring.\u00a0 The following are some of the specific areas that he identifies <a title=\"on his official campaign website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/positions\/economic-vision\" target=\"_blank\">on his official campaign website<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Clean Power Plan, which forces investment in renewable energy at the expense of coal and natural gas, raising electricity rates;<\/li>\n<li>The EPA\u2019s Waters of the United States rule, which gives the EPA the ability to regulate the smallest streams on private land, limiting land use; and<\/li>\n<li>The Department of Interior\u2019s moratorium on coal mining permits, which put tens of thousands of coal miners out of work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#7 Donald Trump would fundamentally alter our trade relationships with the rest of the globe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump is the first major party nominee in decades to recognize that our trade deficit is absolutely killing our economy.\u00a0 I write about this <a title=\"all the time\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/from-an-industrial-economy-to-a-paper-economy-the-stunning-decline-of-manufacturing-in-america\">all the time<\/a>, and it is a hot button issue for me.\u00a0 So I definitely applaud Trump for proposing <a title=\"the following\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/positions\/economic-vision\" target=\"_blank\">the following<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appoint trade negotiators whose goal will be to win for America: narrowing our trade deficit, increasing domestic production, and getting a fair deal for our workers.<\/li>\n<li>Renegotiate NAFTA.<\/li>\n<li>Withdraw from the TPP.<\/li>\n<li>Bring trade relief cases to the world trade organization.<\/li>\n<li>Label China a currency manipulator.<\/li>\n<li>Apply tariffs and duties to countries that cheat.<\/li>\n<li>Direct the Commerce Department to use all legal tools to respond to trade violations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#8 Donald Trump\u2019s plan would be a tremendous boost for the U.S. energy industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama promised to kill the coal industry, and that is one of the few promises that he has actually kept.\u00a0 Obama also killed the Keystone Pipeline, and right now the energy industry as a whole is enduring their worst stretch since the last recession.\u00a0 To turn things around, Trump would do <a title=\"the following\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/positions\/economic-vision\" target=\"_blank\">the following<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rescind all the job-destroying Obama executive actions including the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule.<\/li>\n<li>Save the coal industry and other industries threatened by Hillary Clinton\u2019s extremist agenda.<\/li>\n<li>Ask Trans Canada to renew its permit application for the Keystone Pipeline.<\/li>\n<li>Make land in the Outer Continental Shelf available to produce oil and natural gas.<\/li>\n<li>Cancel the Paris Climate Agreement (limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius) and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#9 Trump would repeal Obamacare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump claims that Obamacare would cost our economy two million jobs over the next ten years.\u00a0 And without a doubt, <a title=\"it has already cost the U.S. economy a lot of jobs\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/as-predicted-obamacare-is-absolutely-killing-the-middle-class\">it has already cost the U.S. economy a lot of jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but Obamacare has also sent health insurance premiums soaring, and this is putting a tremendous amount of financial pressure on many families.<\/p>\n<p>Trump says that he would \u201creplace\u201d Obamacare, but that is a rather vague statement.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly would he replace it with?<\/p>\n<p><strong>#10 Trump\u2019s plan says nothing about the Federal Reserve<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a great concern, because the Federal Reserve has far more power over the economy than anyone else does.\u00a0 It is at the very heart of our debt-based system, and unless something is done about the Fed our debt bubble will continue to get even larger.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, the value of the U.S. dollar has fallen by more than 96 percent and our national debt has gotten more than 5000 times larger.\u00a0 For Trump to not even mention the Federal Reserve in his economic plan is a tremendous oversight.<\/p>\n<p>We are in the midst of a long-term economic decline, and things have not gotten better during the Obama years.\u00a0 If you can believe it, a study that was just released by Harvard <a title=\"even acknowledges this\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-09-15\/harvard-debunks-obama-recovery-farce\" target=\"_blank\">even acknowledges this<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>America\u2019s economic performance peaked in the late 1990s, and <strong>erosion in crucial economic indicators such as the rate of economic growth, productivity growth, job growth, and investment<\/strong> began well before the Great Recession.<\/p>\n<p>Workforce participation, the proportion of Americans in the productive workforce, peaked in 1997. With fewer working-age men and women in the workforce, <strong>per-capita income for the U.S. is reduced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Median real household income has declined since 1999, with incomes stagnating across virtually all income levels.<\/strong> Despite a welcome jump in 2015, median household income remains below the peak attained in 1999, 17 years ago. Moreover, stagnating income and limited job prospects have disproportionately affected lower-income and lower-skilled Americans, leading inequality to rise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That same study found that the percentage of Americans participating in the labor force <a title=\"peaked back in 1997\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/324137454\/Harvard-Study-on-US-Economy-Under-Obama#from_embed\" target=\"_blank\">peaked back in 1997<\/a> and has been steadily declining since that time\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-donald-trumps-plan-to-save-the-u-s-economy\/declining-labor-force-participation-rate-harvard\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11190\" src=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Declining-Labor-Force-Participation-Rate-Harvard-460x308.jpg\" alt=\"declining-labor-force-participation-rate-harvard\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we continue to do the same things, we will continue to get the same results.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump is promising change, and many of his proposals sound good, but there are also some areas to be concerned about.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, just tinkering with the tax code and reducing regulations is not going to be enough to turn the U.S. economy around.\u00a0 We need a fundamental overhaul of our economic and financial systems, and Trump\u2019s plan stops well short of that.\u00a0 But without a doubt what he is proposing is vastly superior to Hillary Clinton\u2019s plan, and so he should definitely be applauded for at least moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-donald-trumps-plan-to-save-the-u-s-economy\">http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-donald-trumps-plan-to-save-the-u-s-economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}