Kasich has reneged on his collusion scheme with Cruz, says people should still vote for him in Indiana. How does this affect this odd alliance?

I'm sorry but I have a hard time understanding how a lot of these are positives? Do you have economic analysis saying as much or is this based off what he is saying himself?

I'm not responding to things in hostility just an interested third party trying to understand how and why people support his platform

Foreign intervention that will require cost sharing. The U.S. spends a ton of money protecting other countries, we should be reimbursed and be very reluctant to initiate any conflicts. We don't have another trillion dollars for conflicts in the Middle East.

This one sounds reasonable on the face of it but you're putting a lot of faith in other actors which isnt an econimically rational thing to do in a realist foreign policy framework.

You benefit economically from the stability and influence brought to you by your overseas bases. If you increase the cost of your intervention/support under the assumption that it is a gift or service provided in benevolence by the US then you risk current allies deciding that the cost is too great and increasing their own military spending and capability. Whether or not they choose to act in a way that aligns with US national interest remains to be seen and you will have less ability to contribute to or influence events if you've negotiated away all your overseas bases and troop deployments.

It's strange as an outsider seeing the US want to negotiate away one of it's primary military advantages over its closest rivals.

Prevent illegal immigration which drains resources and jobs from U.S. citizens.

Immigration, legal or not, is a (long-term benefit)[https://www.oecd.org/migration/OECD%20Migration%20Policy%20Debates%20Numero%202.pdf] to the recipient country. Although it doesn't necessarily help existing citizens initially but it benefits the country and economy as a whole.

Trump’s tax plan would substantially lower individual income taxes and the corporate income tax and eliminate a number of complex features in the current tax code. Repatriate hundreds of billions of dollars overseas by lowering the corporate tax rate.

Trump’s plan isn't possible without taking on more than 10 Trillion in debt over 10 years, yet he claims that he'll pay that off as well. Ultimately it's up to your legislature so whatever the final plan looks like it will look very different from what he has promised and assuming he only goes back on one of his fiscal promises he either gives you:

  • 10 trillion in additional debt, or
  • 10 trillion spending cuts from the discretionary spending budget (education, defence etc), or
  • A higher tax rate

None of those will make him or Congress popular and all will be economically negative.

Consider Forbes, the Economist or wall Street Journals takes on his tax plan. All are very depressing reads.

Focus on keeping jobs in the U.S., working with corporations on incentives to maintain operations domestically.

This either means massive corporate welfare or protectionism one of which fucks over the tax payer, the other means increased cost of living? What way do you see him doing this that isn't negative for consumers and taxpayers?

Overhaul Obamacare. For me personally, this is huge. My rates have tripled and I personally spend around 15K more annually for healthcare on money that I would have put back into the economy. I could buy insurance from across State lines that would cost about half of what I currently pay.

Again this is a great but meaninglesss soundbite, what is he replacing it with and how will it be better and cheaper without reducing coverage? How can you believe that if you don't know what comes next?

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