100 Day Action Plan

Do things my way, or else.

Next step, dismantle the federal government.

   Cut taxes, increase spending, repeal and replace Obamacare, put Medicaid under state control, require that jobs be offered to American workers first, and cancel every executive order made by President Barack Obama if they are found unconstitutional.
   That's part of the major policy moves proposed by Donald Trump that he would push during his first 100 days in office, should he be elected President.
   Consider these thoughts: Cutting taxes and increasing spending is a recipe for economic self-destruction. To suddenly cancel a national health insurance program while a replacement is being prepared is another recipe for disaster. To put a health plan for low-income families solely under state control will swiftly lead to bias and discrimination against those same families in certain states with a long history of prejudice against minorities.

  Moreover, replacing a federal health insurance plan with a "health savings account" that supposedly would enable low-income household to buy policies from private health insurance companies provokes nightmares of confusion among those who don't have the resources to decide or even afford a good plan

  If all jobs must be offered to American workers first, what happens if there are no takers? Historically, it has been newcomers who take the jobs that native-born American workers don't want.

    The plan to cancel every executive order made by a previous President raises this question: Who decides whether they are constitutional or not?
   Trump also proposed a child care tax deduction. This would benefit primarily those who are wealthy enough to afford child care in the first place. Most working families must do that themselves. Moreover, they don't make enough money to warrant taking such a deduction.
   Meanwhile, Trump has threatened to sue, after Election Day, the women who have accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior.
   That hardly qualifies as presidential behavior, and strongly suggests that he knows he's losing.
   As for waiting for Mexico to reimburse the U.S. for the cost of building the proposed Trump Wall along the southern border, don't hold your breath.
   Finally, the candidate urged "extreme vetting" of all newcomers hoping to come to America, not just Muslims and Hispanics. 
   Clearing the immigration barriers already takes many months, and sometimes years. How that can become even more "extreme" is another question.
   Trump ended his policy speech Saturday afternoon by promising "Peace through strength." At first glance, as with many of the ex-reality star's words, that sounds good. But consider the source of the phrase. It originated with the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the First Century, and the rest of the sentence warns, "or, failing that peace through threat."
   Translated to the present, it becomes this: Do things my way, or else.