Tracking Trump Promises

[bolverk 29,394]

49 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

RFK might shut down chilis and it’s got posters here understandably shook. 

[bluto 4,880]

5 hours ago, bolverk said:

The big idea floating around among conservative circles that I've heard is to have a national sales tax to replace federal income taxes and for Texas to raise the state's sales tax rate on top of that in a bid to eliminate property taxes.

Talk about sticker shock people would have when they go buy that carton of eggs.

Patrick/Bettencourt ain’t letting the prop tax system die. Patrick specifically called for a study of what the impact would be this yr and when the findings were presented to cmte, that notion was pretty much laughed out of the room. It was something to the effect of a 23% sales tax. 
 

what well prob see in the next session is a continuing of the most recent cuts/caps/compeession with maybe a little more tacked on (compression of isd rates and bump on homestead exemption).
 

The 27 session could see more change tho as the 20% annual cap on non homestead real property will have its pilot program completed and stats/data. I have a very hard time seeing caps rolled out to large commercial property though as that just shifts the burden back on homeowners. 

[yoladu 4,066]

On 11/8/2024 at 7:32 AM, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

@Brisketexan suggested we do this. Meidas+ has the list of 93 campaign promises that Trump made on video. Let's track his performance and the impact on the United States of these. 

@immamac can we get a sticky on this

BUDGET & TAXES:

1. No taxes on tips.

2. Interest on car loans will be tax deductible.

3. No taxes on Social Security payments.

4. No taxes on any overtime income.

5. Across the board income tax cut for every taxpayer.

6. Make previous Trump tax cuts permanent. 

7. Cut the corporate tax rate.

8. No cuts in benefits or changes in Social Security retirement age.

9. The federal budget will be cut by 33%.

10. Tax credits for home caregivers who are family members.

11. Repeal the Impound Control Act of 1974, which will prohibits a president from withholding funding approved by Congress in their budget that he disagrees with. 

12. Interest rates on credit cards will be capped at 10%.

IMMIGRATION:

13. All migrants, including those with pending asylum claims, will be taken into custody and deported immediately by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

14. Birthright citizenship will be ended by executive order. All persons who were born in the US to migrant parents will have their citizenship revoked and will be deported immediately.

15. Border will be closed with no migrants entering the US by moving thousands of US troops from overseas to be stationed on the southern border.

16. Border wall across southern US and Mexico will be completed.

17. All releases into the US of asylum seekers will be ended and Remain in Mexico policy reinstated.

18. Increase criminal penalties for illegal entry.

19. Reinstitute travel ban.

GENERAL DOMESTIC POLICY:

20. Construct 10 new 'Freedom Cities' in the US which will be completely free from all government regulations of any kind.

21. No EV mandates or subsidies.

22. Create a Central Bank Digital Currency.

23. Homelessness will be criminalized and all homeless in the US will be arrested and given the choice of incarceration or admission into a new federal tent city for treatment.

24. Federal tent cities for arrested homeless - "Homeless Rehabilitation Centers' - will be fully staffed with doctors, psychiatrists and social workers.

25. Send astronauts to the moon.

26. Send astronauts to Mars.

27. Open federal lands to new home construction.

28. Seize control of the District of Columbia and have all city agencies run and controlled by the federal government.

29. Build new national monuments.

30. Create a federal task force to combat anti-Christian bias.

31. Provide housing for all 33,000 homeless veterans.

32. IVF will be fully covered with no out-of-pocket costs to parents.

33. Create job training and skills programs for all recovering drug addicts.

34. Provide federal funding for faith-based drug treatment centers.

35. Expand the Family & Medical Leave Act to require all employers to give time off for drug rehabilitation programs.

36. Create a White House Task Force called 'Salute 250,' which will organize one year of festivities across the US from Memorial Day 2025 to July 4, 2026.

37. Create the 'Great American State Fair' which will be held in Iowa each year with exhibits from all 50 states. (Promised right before the Iowa Caucus).

38. Create 'The Patriot Games' which will be an annual national competition for high school athletes in every sport similar to the Olympics.

39. Everyone over 18 shall be given the option to opt out of all content moderation on social media platforms. 

40. Content moderation on social media platforms must not use AI. 

41. Former employees of FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI, DHS and DOD shall not be permitted to take any job with a social media company for 7 years after leaving government service.

42. Have the US opt out of the Paris Climate Accords.

43. Repeal Biden's Administrations motor vehicle emissions standards.

44. The US government and agencies will only recognize people for the gender on their original birth certificate for all purposes.

45. All healthcare providers who perform gender reassignment surgeries are people under 18 will be permanently terminated from Medicare and Medicaid.

EDUCATION:

46. Abolish the Department of Education.

47. Parents of all public schools can vote to remove a principal at any time.

48. School principals will be elected by parents each year.

49. Seize endowments of universities who either have DEI programs, consider race in admissions or hiring, or teach CRT. Endowments will be seized by levying a fine in lawsuits brought by DOJ that is equal to the amount in the endowment 

50. A portion of money seized from university endowments will be used to compensate people who have been discriminated against in admissions and hiring due to DEI or preferences. (Intended for White people and Asians)

51. Deport foreign students who are pro-Hamas or make anti-American statements on campus.

52. End tenure for teachers and professors.

53. Increase merit pay for teachers.

54. Universal, national school choice for all school systems in the country.

55. Bible study will be instituted in public schools.

56. School prayer will be instituted in public schools.

57. All student who assaults a teacher or another student will be permanently expelled from that school.

58. All schools receive additional funding to "harden" them against school shooters and invaders.

59. College tuition at all colleges and universities will be reduced.

60. Create 'The American Academy' which will be a University run by the federal government. Tuition will be free. It will be paid for by money seized from other Universities' endowments. Full curriculum will be online available to all Americans for free. Students will receive a fully credentialed bachelor's degree.

61. $10,000 per child tax credit for home schooling. 

62. All high school and college accreditors shall be fired immediately with accreditation services replaced by a group appointed by the president.

63. Revoke federal funding for all non-profits and academic programs dedicated to combatting disinformation and misinformation online.

64. Teacher certification will be changed and governed by a new federal agency that will only grant certifications to teachers who "embrace patriotic values."

FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL DEFENSE:

65. Require the EU to reimburse the US for all aid provided to Ukraine from the time of Russia's invasion to present.

66. End Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office.

67. End the conflict between Israel and Gaza within 24 hours.

68. End violence inside Lebanon.

69. Create an Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield that will protect the entire US.

70. Increase defense spending to highest levels in history.

71. China will prevent the export of all fentanyl precursors.

TRADE:

72. Across the board 10% tariff on all foreign imports.

73. Tariffs of 20-60% imposed on all goods imported from China.

74. Revoke China's Most Favored Nation Status for trade.

75. Stop importation of all EVs from China.

76. All companies with plants in China or importing parts manufactured in China will be banned from conducting any business with the US government. (Proposed when Musk was supporting Desantis).

77. Tariff placed on all imports of Ibuprofen, Hydrocortisone, Acetaminophen, and Penicillin until 100% of each drug sold in the US is manufactured in the US.

78. The Trump Reciprocal Trade Act will impose tariffs on all imports equal to tariffs imposed by a foreign country on US products.

79. Chinese companies will be forced to sell all US holdings in energy, tech, telecommunications, farmland, natural resources, and medical supplies.

80. Return all auto manufacturing jobs from US auto companies with plants in Mexico to the US by imposting huge tariffs on Mexico.

ENERGY POLICY:

81. Authorize new drilling for oil to increase production above current levels.

82. Lift ban on exports of natural gas to other countries.

83. Electricity and home energy bills will be reduced by 50%.

84. New nuclear power plants will be authorized and constructed.

85. Over 200 new power plants using coal and other fossil fuels will be constructed.

86. All electric grids will be modernized.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE:

87. Pardon defendants convicted and arrested for crimes related to J6 and stolen classified documents.

88. Have the US Navy implement a naval blockade to prevent all fentanyl precursors from entering the US by sea.

89. Federal immunity for state and local police officers to prohibit civil rights and excessive force lawsuits being brought against them.

90. Death penalty for human trafficking offenses.

91. People convicted of selling drugs will receive the death penalty.

92. Pardon convicted drug trafficker Ross Ulbricht (promise to Libertarian Party).

93. DOJ will investigate and prosecute local District Attorneys believed to have persecuted because of their religious believes, such as anti-abortion activists outside clinics.

 

in two weeks.

[Ag with kids 581]

22 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Icono is super hyperbolic.  He attributed something to Trump that wasn't true.  That's a symptom of his worship.  He's crazy as a shithouse rat.

 

Fair enough.

[Sawbonz 27,392]

On 11/10/2024 at 9:17 PM, Brew said:

Do you though, because every post above you talk about pushing community education and disbanding DOE. Those two things have nothing to do with each other. Again, specifically what’s your issue with TexasJeff and Goofyboy’s list of things the DOE does since you know they don’t deal with curriculum?

Hell, if we’re disbanding entire Department’s, I would think you would at least have some specific relevant complaints.

Looks like Balcones knows as much about the dept of education as Rick Perry knew about the dept of energy 

[4th&Five 41,457]

Are they buying up land for the Freedom Cities yet?

[wildcat09 29,213]

1 minute ago, 4th&Five said:

Are they buying up land for the Freedom Cities yet?

This is definitely one of those things that's not going to happen, but it would be fucking fascinating if they actually tried it.