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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clinton was well rehearsed, prepared, polished.  It was a show.  However, Trump was sincere and I am curious about NATO funding as well as NATO anti-terror.

Trump was right.  http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/08/news/nato-summit-spending-countries/

Localities and crime.  Is NYC safer than pre-Guiliani days?  Yes.  Have we let down our cities ?   Yes.  No one deserves to live in these conditions in Chicago.  So why did many AA's move to cities in the North like Detroit and Chicago?  Jobs.

Trump was too polite.  Ford is moving production of specific vehicles to Mexico - 2800 jobs but says those 2800 jobs will be replaced with other jobs in Michigan.  Now why not have the 2800 jobs + 2800 NEW jobs in Michigan?

NAFTA.  Personally I'd rather have factories and unions and products produced in the USA than continue as we have been.  Moosehead {ME}, Surefit {PA}, Carrier{IN}.  Loss of manufacturing jobs.  It all adds up.

Crash-bundled loans that were based on prior mortgage underwriting standards.  Fine to bundle when they were good loans.  Severe disconnect.

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What I don't understand is how he plans to force businesses to have jobs in this country and why he suddenly thinks that's a good idea. I thought business people were all about bottom line and free trade and job creation. He certainly has enough enterprises overseas. Why is he against regulation businesses to make sure they have fair practices, but for forcing businesses to stay in this country if they can perform better overseas? Why, if he feels so strongly about this, has he not made it a practice in his own dealings? If it's such an important issue, and he makes so much money, he could afford the financial hit he would take by doing so -- he would still make money hand over fist, just not quite as much. Why hasn't he been a leader on this important issue?[/quote]

I was the first poster.  If I owned several manufacturing plants and the bottom line for the company improved if a new plant opened in Mexico/China then it might be done.  But if trade agreements [import] offset the labor and capital for a new plant then the new plant/jobs would be in the USA.  Trump was not a politician.  He had no vote as an elected official.  Clinton was/is a politician.  Bottom line is many politicians let down the workers in the USA.

The Feds are giving Indianapolis a lousy $335,000 grant to help 1400 people left jobless by the Carrier move to Mexico.  335000/1400=$239.28 per worker.  Indianapolis is matching it so it's $480/worker for economic development.  http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Indianapolis-getting--355-000-to-help-Carrier-workers-15394155

And that's OK?  Our regs should make it cost prohibitive to move this to Mexico.  Worse yet there are not many alternatives in that LOB [line of business]  to make a decision to buy made in America.[/quote]

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