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Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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Whatever you think about Trump or the policies in that document, it's clearer and more concise than anything I've seen from an elected official.

Whilst the concision is nice, it's pretty hand-wavy and without definition.

like the US Constitution and amendments?

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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Does anyone have an idea about the expected global response to the Secretary of the Treasury labeling China a currency manipulator?

Secretary of the Treasury is a member of the President's cabinet, so I'm sure Trump will appoint a willing implement.

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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> FIRST propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress. If he does this alone, then he's made a huge impact. I'm really concerned he might be assassinated.

A president's power to propose a constitutional amendment is only greater than a presidential candidate's power to propose a constitutional amendment because of his symbolic authority. The states need to vote on it.

There's other stuff he can do on his own authority (e.g., a hiring freeze), or that requires the power of the presidency (e.g., nominating a justice).

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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> FIRST propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress. If he does this alone, then he's made a huge impact. I'm really concerned he might be assassinated.

A proposal alone doesn't do anything. What is that chance that it gets a two-thirds vote of approval in Congress?

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whilst the concision is nice, it's pretty hand-wavy and without definition.

Hand-wavy? It has explicit action steps.

lets just take his first step- what kind of term limits? he could propose a term limit of 50 years, have achieved what he said he'd do, but make no meaningful change.

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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Whatever you think about Trump or the policies in that document, it's clearer and more concise than anything I've seen from an elected official.

"I will light our capital city on fire" is even more clear and concise. Perhaps you're optimizing for the wrong metric.

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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this is laid out like an actual memorandum of understanding as used in business.

many contracts start out this way then turn into actual contracts full of legalese. in government context that would be legislation.

this isn't a bad start at all if a reasonable amount of it actually happens.

Re: Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]

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> FIRST propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress. If he does this alone, then he's made a huge impact. I'm really concerned he might be assassinated.

Constitutional amendments need a 2/3 majority in the House and Senate to officially be proposed (except when proposed through a constitutional convention, which hasn't happened since the original constitution was written), and must be ratified by 3/4 of states to take effect. So, this won't happen unless there's suddenly a bi-partisan consensus that term limits are needed. (Also, congresspeople are unlikely to be willing to vote themselves out of a job.)
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