Its Time to Move On from all the Russian Collusion Nonsense

First it was Comey's fault, then it was Voting Machine fraud, and now its this nonsense. Trump has caused such
emotional insanity that most people can't see it. I think they more need to understand the angst in much of the country
and open their eyes to more of what the US is facing.

This is not a Republican vs. Democrat issue but one about the system that doesn't like outsiders.
Anyone involved with prosecutorial overreach and power of the government versus an individual knows
what happens, they threaten to go after family, bankrupt you and such until you plead guilty to small
charges and then try to get you to turn.

This is as crazy as the Birther fools (of which Trump as one) or the Obama is a muslim nonsense.

If there was pre-election collusion with Trump and Russia i'll donate $100 to the tip jar.

If people can't see that the entire establishment of elites in Washington, Media and Agencies want Trump
destroyed than they are blind.

These guys had no idea they were going to win, had no plans or protocols in place if they did and probably made
mistakes after the election due to naivete. Now whether we're going to explode on mundane Logan act rules
when i'm sure most groups post election begin meeting with outside nations and such is just silly.

This is a terrible witch hunt and its bad for the country. It is any surprise the media continues to draw for straws here
as do most the people in this forum. Just let the guy enact the policies he said he would do when
he was elected. If people don't like them or him, he will get voted out.

Now the narrative will go to Obstruction of Justice over something that didn't happen. Laughable and ridiculous.

 

Maybe according to the media its been an embarrassment but in every administrative office in the country there is the largest
scale reduction of government power in commerce in our lifetime.

Elimination of agencies, shrinking of government and reduction of governmental overreach has been the greatest gift to the
real creators of wealth and opportunities in this nation. The tax bill will continue that.

I for one have been ecstatic with the changes made in the last year, the removal of burdensome and overbearing federal
rules run by bureaucrats.

Every move is a return of power to the people and the freedom to make decisions on their own as consumers and as business owners
and not under the dictatorial rules of federal agencies creeping into all facets of our lives in order to grow their employee and
power base.

This is why even most Republicans hate Trump. They argue for things but in the end want their pockets lined and their
special interests taken care of.

 

Honest question then. What issues do you think allows capital to move quickly from rich to poor?
I like a fast moving capital flowing system that is not based on where people were born or what they
inherited. The idea that teaching people not in these wealthy positions some nonsense liberal arts broad
education having them borrow 10 years of income to learn next to nothing is not a solution as University prices
have skyrocketed due to government (more genius ideas lol) guaranteeing terrible school loans.

I'm in complete agreement on this. But regulatory and administrative burden benefits those in business and keeps
the new person from escaping their circumstances to break that cycle of poverty.

Think of the little girl who has been braiding hair since she was 5 years old and at 18 wants to start a business and
do it for others. She has a skill she learned and a service she wants to provide. In most states she is required through
governmental licensing to take 50 hours of classes at a Beauty College, spend thousands of dollars she may not have
to pursue her dream because some governmental agency has licensing power over her field.

So instead she can't spend the few thousand so runs an illegal business or borrows thousands to do something she could
do just fine before it.

These silly rules combined with governmental overreach creates higher costs for people with marginal income. Some green carbon law forcing utilities to use green wind solar makes power higher to those the least able to withstand rises in prices.

That is the power of governmental and administrative power overreach in America and why I believe Trump is at least making
a dent in this area.

 

Hair braiding is an individual manual service industry. There are no barriers to entry, no technology to braid hair.
Texas actually limited the requirements but its an example of rules and licenses keeping people from starting businesses
to raise their own circumstances.

Someone is not allowed to open many small businesses due to the overbearing nature of occupational licensure
and regulatory burdens for 'safety'.

I'm actually not a fan of inherited wealth but barriers to entry for people to start competing businesses will
do more for upward mobility.

 

Much what Trump's appointees have done is to remove these burdensome regs in virtually
every industry from restaurants to real estate etc. An example that now its not required any
more for a small restaurant owner to list calorie counts which is a costly event.
Also the fiduciary rule expands liability to financial advisors from doing transactions and not
just money management and also increases compliance costs to startup firms.

Just gave two examples.

 

So If in 2010 i wanted to split my retirement Investment Account into 50% S&P 500 and the rest in shares of
Apple, Facebook, Google and Netflix and pay a one time commission I would've been unable to have that
IRA managed by many firms.

They instead based on the fiduciary rule would want to charge a fee of 1%-2% to manage my money and then
to justify their fee would require some activity, buying and selling.

One would be much better off in the first scenario as nearly 90% of investment funds (without the advisor fee of
1% or so) underperform a basic index let alone buying and holding securities.

So its a rule that sounds FANTASTIC, but in the end keeps people from choice.

Also as Investment firms cannot generate commissions they then must only take in larger accounts.
In response to this and other rules in place most major firms Morgan Stanley, UBS, Merrill Lynch were
not letting advisors take investment accounts (couldn't charge on them) under $500,000.

So in the case of the Fiduciary rule you've basically not allowed people with less than significant means to work
with a financial advisor and in other cases of shrewd investors they have to pay management fees annually even
though the financial benefit is not there?

Now you've started me on something that I can go pretty deep on but I think my point is made.
That these generic statements of safety aren't always the case.