Litmus Test for America November, 2016:
Some Facts, Ideas and Thoughts to Ponder
By Charles Thomas Mort
In my opinion, perhaps half the people in America don’t understand what they think they want.
Current mainstream media election coverage is far too one-sided. Since there are many variables in choosing a president, use this litmus test to help bring some balance to your perspective on the 2016 presidential race. Only then can we hope to restore this once great nation back to its former self.
Economy
Clinton: Raise taxes by $1.4 Trillion
Trump: cut taxes by $6.2 Trillion
Clinton: capitulating on US economic sovereignty
Trump: America First!
Clinton: raise corporate income tax rates
Trump: reduce corporate income tax rates
Clinton: keep current estate tax rate
Trump: eliminate current estate tax rate
Clinton: says presidential candidates and presidents should not discuss Fed
Trump: calls for congressional audit on Federal Reserve
Trade
Clinton: flip-flopped on TPP, for it before Trump, now against, although her VP choice Tim Kaine has never seen a trade deal he didn’t support
Trump: totally against TPP
Clinton: called TPP ‘the gold standard’
Trump: called TPP ‘the rape of our country’
Domestic
Clinton: end the epidemic of gun violence with gun control restrictions
Trump: supports current gun control laws (btw, gun violence was way down until recent incitement by Obama and Black Lives Matter, promoted by George Soros)
Clinton: forget U.S. immigration law, for open borders, admit anyone who wants to come to America
Trump: enforce U.S. immigration law, enforce temporary ban on all Muslim immigrants
Clinton: supports total gun ban and elimination of second amendment
Trump: support of citizens right to bare arms and upholding the Second Amendment
Clinton: close ties to Wall Street, with support of Wall Street and banks
Trump: lives near Wall Street, with support of Main Street and the people
Clinton: supports the Muslim Brotherhood
Trump: Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization
Clinton: wants you poor, more Americans out of work than ever before (now Obama, later Hillary)
Trump: wants you prosperous, supposedly will put more Americans back to work
Clinton: foments racial radicalism
Trump: rejects racial radicalism
Clinton: white people need to do a better job of listening to black people
Trump: listen to me!
Clinton: give more power to the establishment
Trump: take power away from the establishment
Clinton: wants to bring foreign “cultural values” to America
Trump: wants to bring back good ole American values
Clinton: *against offshore oil drilling, provide more incentives for alternative energy production
Trump: for offshore oil drilling and development of alternative energy
Clinton: send jobs out, kill the free market
Trump: bring jobs home, enhance free market
Clinton: in favor of using seeds and products with “a proven track record”, Tom Vilsack (former Monsanto employee) was top contender for VP, obviously, a big bio-tech supporter
Trump: GMO foods should be labeled
Clinton: against renewal of Glass-Steagel Act
Trump: for renewal of Glass-Steagel Act
Clinton: proponent of New World Order
Trump: opposed to NWO
Clinton: for globalism, give up your liberty
Trump: for Americanism, protect our liberty
Clinton: what rule of law?
Trump: reassert the rule of law
Clinton: supports amended Affordable Care Act
Trump: eliminate Obamacare, open competitive insurance markets with health savings accounts, available across state lines
Clinton: *supports net neutrality
Trump: sites pay more for faster internet speeds
Clinton: defund NASA
Trump: fund NASA
Clinton: says she’s for women’s rights, though her closest aide and friend, Huma Abedin’s mother, promotes female genital mutilations
Trump: not perfect, loves some women, disses others
Immigration
Clinton: enforce current border policy
Trump: increase border restrictions
Clinton: increase Obama’s commitment to let in 110,000 Syrians in 2017 to 550,000 (five times more!)
Trump: extreme vetting of people looking to immigrate
Education
Clinton: supports Common Core national school policy
Trump: end Common Core, supports education standards set at local and state level; parents’ right to send children to any chosen school, including homeschooling
Social
Clinton: pro-choice
Trump: pro-life (50+ million abortions since Roe v. Wade, 70+% of them black)
Clinton: government continue funding Planned Parenthood
Trump: defund Planned Parenthood
Crime
Clinton: convicted felons allowed to vote
Trump: convicted felons do not have the right to vote
Foreign Policy and Affairs
Clinton: mainstream media blames Putin and Trump for DNC hacked emails
Trump: we don’t know who hacked emails for certain
Clinton: blames Russia for WikiLeaks hacked emails
Trump: understands US intelligence (NSA) community is potentially releasing these emails because they know she can’t handle state secrets, i.e. they support Trump
Clinton: sold 20% of US uranium reserves to Russia via Uranium One for $35M (per WSJ and NYT)
Trump: no dealings or loans with Russia
Clinton: hawk moving towards WWWIII
Trump: dove for peace with Putin, China?; plus allegedly, neither Putin or Trump wants war
Clinton: *less torturous means
Trump: use enhanced interrogation techniques, to gain information from suspected terrorists
Clinton: remain in United Nations
Trump: leave United Nations
Clinton: increase foreign aid spending
Trump: decrease foreign aid spending
Campaign
Clinton: “I’m with Her” , “Stronger Together”, Make America Whole,” “Love and Kindness,” “Break Down Barriers,” “Build Ladders of Opportunity,” and “Love Trumps Hate”
Trump: “I’m with the American People” and “Make America Great Again”
Clinton: rallies attract dozens and hundreds (up to 2,000; average turnout 200)
Trump: rallies attract thousands (up to 200,000, average turnout 40,000)
Clinton: stole eleven states from Bernie Sanders in primaries, plans on stealing election
Trump: defeated sixteen stalwart candidates in primaries, plans on preventing stolen election
Clinton: endorsed by John Bachtell, national chair of the Communist Party USA
Trump: endorsed by David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard
Clinton: media with/for her, not held accountable for anything, including potential tremendous wrongdoings
Trump: “rigged media”, held accountable for every word and potential misdeed
Clinton: beholden to Big Pharma
Trump: zero money from Big Pharma
Clinton: party of bigotry, not minorities, foments racial division
Trump: party for the people, foments American pride and nationalism
Clinton: nowhere to be seen or fundraising
Trump: campaigning constantly, visited New Orleans and Mexico
Clinton: vehemently opposed Brexit (British exit from European Union)
Trump: says U.S. election result will be like ‘Brexit Times Five’
Clinton: smart enough to take Donald Trump at his word
Trump: if elected president, he’ll jail Hillary Clinton
Personal
Clinton: portrayed as having health challenges
Trump: portrayed in good health
Clinton: healthwise, possibly dead within months
Trump: possibly oldest, healthiest president ever?
Clinton: beholden to money and power
Trump: has own money and power
Clinton: terminates people seen as threats
Trump: tongue lashes threats
Clinton: owned by banks
Trump: could own banks
Clinton: member of Bush-Clinton crime family
Trump: member of his own golf courses?
Clinton: seemingly dislikes everyone, except possibly Huma Abedin, wife of disgraced former New York congressman, Anthony Weiner
Trump: portrayed as misogynous, homophobic, xenophobic and Islamophobic
Clinton: earpiece
Trump: no earpiece
Clinton: needs help getting up stairs and into vehicles
Trump: walks on his own
Clinton: history built on lies and deception
Trump: history built on business deals and family
Clinton: *Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine release tax returns
Trump: Donald Trump defies decades-old tradition of disclosure (thus far), Mike Pence releases his
Clinton: has coughing fits
Trump: has talking fits
Clinton: is a politician, too much experience for her own good
Trump: not a politician, no prior political experience
Clinton: prefers women
Trump: prefers women
Clinton: big time boozer, probably on prescription or experimental medications
Trump: doesn’t drink, smoke or take drugs
Clinton: Chicago mafia roots
Trump: New York blue collar roots
Clinton: $382,000 in donations from journalists
Trump: $14,000 in donations from journalists
