Here's what we can expect from a Trump presidency and total Republican control of Congress.
The economy will crater. (Recession is inevitable no matter who won.) Unemployment will rise back into double digits. New trade restrictions will reduce imports and retaliation by our trading partners will reduce exports. The recession will be global in nature, long lasting, and lead to widespread civil unrest.
Obamacare will be repealed and Medicaid pared back. At least 20 million people will lose their healthcare coverage. Premiums will rise for the rest as insurers and drug companies enjoy record profits and the cost of providing emergency care to the uninsured are borne by policy holders.
The Supreme Court will move further to the right. Roe vs. Wade will be repealed. The rights of corporations will be expanded. The power of the police to conduct searches and seizures will be increased. It will become harder to sue for wrongful death, excessive force, and discrimination.
The restrictions begun under the Patriot Act will be expanded. Very quietly, the NSA will increase surveillance of all Americans.
The H1b-visa program limit will be increased. Fewer Americans will hired in good paying jobs as employers are able to replace them with temporary employees from India. Overall immigration will decline as new restrictions will be put in place and more factories built in Mexico.
There will be a significant increase in the homeless population as a result of rising unemployment and reduction of housing subsidies.
I am not sure if Trump will be able to get Congress to cooperate in stepping away from NATO. If NATO implodes, it will be very tempting for Putin to reoccupy eastern Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and at least part of Poland to divert attention from Russia's declining economy. All of the countries have significant Russian minorities as a carryover from the former Soviet Union. Turkey will also find itself under increasing pressure. The good news is that increasing Russian involvement in the Middle East may divert some of ISIS's attention away from us.
Aggressive foriegn policy (war/draft?)
If Trump tries to draft me, I'll readily dodge even if it means imprisonment of some kind.
I have to ask... Are you even draft age?
Let me ask one back... is that your way of saying that you will fight for Trump if he tries to draft you?
Being that I'm currently forty I wouldn't be drafted.
Ah. I'm pretty sure I'm still prime drafting age at 28. It's 18-26 drafted first, then it moves from there. So, I'm still in the running to be a storm trooper and no way would I ever do that.
You are already over the age then, end of story.
The U.S military uses a lottery system to select workers, and those between the ages of 18 and 26 are drafted first. Although specific age requirements are set for enlisting and retiring soldiers, men with specialty skills are drafted up to the maximum age limit of 45 years old.
Trump will probably want to remodel the White House on the tax payers dime if he is allowed to do so.
Here's what we can expect from a Trump presidency and total Republican control of Congress.
The economy will crater. (Recession is inevitable no matter who won.) Unemployment will rise back into double digits. New trade restrictions will reduce imports and retaliation by our trading partners will reduce exports. The recession will be global in nature, long lasting, and lead to widespread civil unrest.
Obamacare will be repealed and Medicaid pared back. At least 20 million people will lose their healthcare coverage. Premiums will rise for the rest as insurers and drug companies enjoy record profits and the cost of providing emergency care to the uninsured are borne by policy holders.
The Supreme Court will move further to the right. Roe vs. Wade will be repealed. The rights of corporations will be expanded. The power of the police to conduct searches and seizures will be increased. It will become harder to sue for wrongful death, excessive force, and discrimination.
The restrictions begun under the Patriot Act will be expanded. Very quietly, the NSA will increase surveillance of all Americans.
The H1b-visa program limit will be increased. Fewer Americans will hired in good paying jobs as employers are able to replace them with temporary employees from India. Overall immigration will decline as new restrictions will be put in place and more factories built in Mexico.
There will be a significant increase in the homeless population as a result of rising unemployment and reduction of housing subsidies.
I am not sure if Trump will be able to get Congress to cooperate in stepping away from NATO. If NATO implodes, it will be very tempting for Putin to reoccupy eastern Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and at least part of Poland to divert attention from Russia's declining economy. All of the countries have significant Russian minorities as a carryover from the former Soviet Union. Turkey will also find itself under increasing pressure. The good news is that increasing Russian involvement in the Middle East may divert some of ISIS's attention away from us.
I have a hard time believing Trump could pull off even half the things he said during his campaign but I've been wrong before so......
God help us all if Trump and Pence do enact all this stuff they have been saying.
I have a hard time believing Trump could pull off even half the things he said during his campaign but I've been wrong before so......
God help us all if Trump and Pence do enact all this stuff they have been saying.