Maggie's Farm

He does talk about big government. His kids have expressed this as well. Eric Trump recently was interviewed and said that Trump would run the government like a business, and a business is 'lean and mean.' That tells me everything I need to know.

Trump has talked about wasteful spending plenty of times...he's against Obamacare because of that. Criticized the billions spent on ACA websites the first day he announced he was running. Has talked about getting Mexico to pay for the wall...which implies we spend too much money on crap. Has talked about 'pig book' projects and how ridiculous they are (in his book and in interviews). Not sure what else he needs to say. Does he need to say the words "wasteful spending" to convince people?

He has policy details everywhere, if you want to find them. The reason he did not do it on the campaign trail? Most of us find that boring. If you give me a simple idea like: we will stop illegal immigration, I can get behind that. Do I need to hear the boring details in a canned speech that he tells everywhere he goes? NO. Most of us don't want to hear that stuff. We just need to trust that he will do what he says, and since he has a history of making good deals and growing a successful business, that is the proof we look at.

Also, he has laid out a specific tax plan. You can look that up as well. It's not like he doesn't have policies behind the generics, he just is smart enough to realize that bores the heck out of people at his rallies. He knows what works. He is not your typical politician and that makes me glad.

As for his 'liberal stances' of the past, how far back do we have to go? He has stated his position on abortion changed rather recently due to a friend of his...are we now to go back 10 years and accuse him of not being truthful because of what he believed then? Aren't people allowed to change their minds about things in a lifetime? Are we all solidly what we are at 18? 21? When does it stop?

Read his books. He is a conservative about many things. Social policies are not what people are voting over....we are voting about economy, immigration, security. On those issues he has not changed his position.

Detail are there, but you don't want to look at them. On his tax plan (from his website):

Too few Americans are working, too many jobs have been shipped overseas, and too many middle class families cannot make ends meet. This tax plan directly meets these challenges with four simple goals:

1) Tax relief for middle class Americans: In order to achieve the American dream, let people keep more money in their pockets and increase after-tax wages.
2) Simplify the tax code to reduce the headaches Americans face in preparing their taxes and let everyone keep more of their money.
3) Grow the American economy by discouraging corporate inversions, adding a huge number of new jobs, and making America globally competitive again.
4) Doesn’t add to our debt and deficit, which are already too large.

He then goes into great detail about how he will achieve this. Also just want to ask, do his point sound liberal or conservative?

There is more about veterans, trade, 2nd amendment and immigration. Maybe you should check it out.

I trust my elders who have been around much longer than I have. They are educated, smart people with a lot of life experience. They have liked Trump since the beginning. So that makes me take notice.

No, I guess I cannot convince you. I do think it's a matter of trust. Which person do I trust will do what he says?

Trump is number one on the list.
Carson is number two.
Cruz is third.

I would like a very successful businessman and expert negotiator to take a crack at Washington. We need a full shake-up of the political machine. Trump has proven that is what he can and will do.