re: Will: Trump's Carrier deal is the opposite of conservatism

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frick GW and his political purism

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Oh this is rich.

The political establishment has been lambasted by Trump supporters as being weak and compromising their values.

Now that Trump is actually taking over, the political purism talk goes out the window.


That said, what Trump is doing is neither prudent nor conservative (I repeat myself) in the long term BUT I am OK with it for now. Getting some short term wins to inspire confidence and show workers that you care about them and businesses that you want to work with them is a great move and I applaud it.

I just love the irony. I can point out how amateur/purists were wrong and get economic wins at the same time. It's like having my cake and eating it too!

No one should be surprised. Trump's a blue dog democrat who is most closely aligned ideologically with midwest and northeast labor unions. He loves big pensions because he sells condo's in Florida and owns golf courses. It's important for these workers to be able to retire young so that they are still alive to play golf in Florida. To hell with the fact that the rest of us subsidize these ridiculous pensions in the form of higher prices for goods.