LPA Foundation

Issues Forum: Donald Trump

International Relations

International Relations

Why Alliances Matter

July 27, 2016

As regular readers know, I write mostly about the armed forces, but there are other tools of power and influence that America needs to protect its national security.  Alliances are one of those tools, and Donald Trump has made the subject timely because of his recent comments regarding NATO. I don’t agree with Mr. Trump’s […]

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Leadership

Leadership

Trump’s Never Managed to Be a Manager

July 21, 2016

“I realized that America doesn’t need more ‘all-talk, no-action’ politicians running things. It needs smart businesspeople who understand how to manage. We don’t need more political rhetoric — we need more common sense. ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — but if it is broke, let’s stop talking about it and fix it. I […]

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Taxes

Taxes

The Donald Trump Comparison To Ronald Reagan Insults Reagan

June 29, 2016

It’s frequently said that the 2003 tax cuts were the high-water mark of the George W. Bush years. Rate cuts on income and capital gains lowered the penalty placed on work in concert with reduced penalties on the investment that creates new companies and jobs. Bush did well there, and considering the happy reality that […]

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Economic Growth

Economic Growth

Trumponomics Gets Scarier When You Actually Study It

June 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton is trying to scare the heck out of voters who think Donald Trump‘s business record qualifies him to be president. He has no real economic strategy beyond over-the-top promises, she said on Tuesday, and the few ideas he offers would cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs. “Just like he shouldn’t have […]

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Economic Growth

Economic Growth

Donald Trump is a disrupter—exactly what we need to fix the economy

June 17, 2016

Investor Wilbur Ross recently told CNBC that Donald Trump “represents a more radical new approach to government that the nation’s economy desperately needs.” He’s right. Trump seeks an overthrow of the establishment. He’s a disrupter. Just what we need to fix the economy. The situation is that desperate. The last 15 years of economic policy, […]

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