(05-05-2019 07:18 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  On a completely different note... Trump's tariff talk looks likely to completely tank the market this week.

Things I wish Trump would do:
1) Drop the tariffs talk and go for a consumption tax that would have the effect of leveling a lot of global trade playing fields, while balancing the budget and letting us lower and flatten income tax rates; we could balance our budget with consumption taxes, personal income taxes, and corporate taxes all well below world rates, and that would make us a magnet for investment and growth throughout the foreseeable future;
2) Come out for legalization or decriminalization of drug usage; the "War on Drugs" is over and we lost
3) Put together a comprehensive immigration plan that a) makes legal immigration much easier and more common, on a merit basis, while it b) provides all the tools needed to shut down illegal immigration, and c) solves the problem of those illegals already here with permanent guest worker status but no path to citizenship.

I don't think he will do any of those. If not, would I still prefer him over any democrat in the field? Yes, by leaps and bounds.