[TheRealThing]

Friedman would never have suggested imposing a 40 percent tariff across the board as Trump did during the campaign. Trump's own economic advisers did not believe he was serious when he made those threats. Tariffs are paid by consumers in the country that impose them and when countries subsidize the cost of production, then they either must borrow the money to pay for the subsidies or tax their own citizens to pay for them.

As for the theft of intellectual property, I join you in your condemnation of China. In fact, I don't think Trump has gone far enough to punish China. I would set the quota for Chinese immigration at zero and revoke the visas of all of their high tech workers already in this country.

China has been spying and engaging in intellectual property theft with our own federal government's apparent consent for far too long. To his credit, Trump is the first U.S. president since Nixon "opened the door" to China to actually confront them in any meaningful way.

If the statute of limitations has not expired for all of the illegal campaign cash that Bill Clinton and his crooked spouse took from China and Russia, I would also launch a criminal investigation while they are still able to comprehend prison life. I never expected Trump to pursue criminal charges against the Clintons, but it is a shame that they will most likely die with no criminal records.

Hard to argue any of your points here. Hence my down the drain analogy still applies. From the White House to the poor house, national lawlessness and godlessness, (which are essentially one in the same) along with the specter of our impossible indebtedness, loom large.

Keynesians be they Democrat or Republican, all think that the US' ability to print money essentially neuters the debt problem. So while they're talking themselves into borrowing money from other nations like there ain't no tomorrow, (about 1 million dollars per minute according to Rand Paul) the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing keeps the presses hot. But the two concepts of being able to print any amount of money and at the same time expecting to be able to borrow one's head off, are mutually exclusive notions which any reasonable economist with a basic understanding of credit and commerce would reject out of hand. If we do not keep the Dems at bay this November, especially considering their socialist bent, fiscal sanity in government is lost.

With regard to the Clintons. Trump must secure his own government before he can worry about going after anybody. Once that is finally in place as the result of successful midterms, he likely needs to go after Sessions and Rosenstein first, and the rest will fall into place. Here's hoping.