Trump’s first speech before congress part 1.
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Trump’s first speech before congress 2/28/17
Liberty Man Van: Most libertarians are either minarchists or anarchists.
- Why I am a minarchist
- Does minarchism violate the principle of self-ownership?
- You cannot believe in self-ownership and coercive taxation at the same time. These principles are mutually exclusive.
- Can you believe in socialism and be a libertarian? Yes and no.
Now let’s get to Trump’s first speech before a joint session of congress. After each of his comments I will either clap or boo, then explain why. Off we go.
Video clip: The stock market has gained almost $3 trillion in value since the election on November 8th, a record… We have placed a hiring freeze on federal workers…
Liberty Man Van:
- During campaign said stock market overvalued
- Risky strategy, now he has co-opted the market
- Federal hiring freeze a good thing
We have undertaken a historic effort to massively reduce job-crushing regulations, creating a deregulation task force inside of every government agency. (Applause.) And we’re imposing a new rule which mandates that for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated.
Liberty Man Van comments:
- This will be good for business and economic growth.
- NAM, National Association of Manufacturers estimated in 2012 regulations cost over 2 trillion dollars, or 21% of payroll.
Video clip: We have cleared the way for the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines — (applause) — thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs. And I’ve issued a new directive that new American pipelines be made with American steel.
- Jobs “created” in one sector are stolen from another
- Infrastructure spending does not create jobs.
- Pipelines are privately owned, this is an intrusion into their business
- Did Trump use American only parts in all of his property developments?
Video clip: I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread all across our nation. (Applause.) We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth.
- This continues the ineffective “war on drugs.”
- This is a states rights issue. Drug policy should be handled at the state and local level allowing experimentation with different strategies.
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/15/heroin-crackdown-oxycodone-hydrocodone/1963123/ Explains how government policy against oxy has increased heroin overdose
- Drug war expensive and has not diminished the supply of drugs
- Drug money causes corruption of cops, courts, judges.
- Makes criminals of drug suppliers and addicts, thus increasing the prison population and the cost of incarcerating them.
- Take one drug dealer off the street; ten are waiting to take his place
- Multiple ways someone can become addicted, including pain relief, self-medicating due to emotional trauma or depression, etc.
- People turn to heroin because it is less expensive than pills and easier to obtain
- Heroin more dangerous because the purity is not regulated, users never know exactly what they are taking or how much. Lenny Bias.
- Added peril of needle sharing leading to AIDS, hepatitis, etc.
For example, what if Arkansas wanted to make generic oxycodone available to addicts they should be allowed to do so without federal interference.
Video clip: At the same time, my administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. (Applause.) By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. (Applause.) We want all Americans to succeed, but that can’t happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders.
- Property rights. Individuals and countries have a right to post a “no trespassing” sign on their property.
- Democrats think illegal immigrants will become legal and vote for them; business leaders like illegal immigrants to keep the cost of labor down and to buy stuff.
- Politicians also see immigrants as a solution to the demographics problem; entitlement programs need young workers to fund them.
- “We are a nation of immigrant.” Some politicians never make a distinction between legal and illegal immigrants.