Can Trumps economic plan work?

[Mike M (the other one)]

(01-25-2017, 12:56 PM)hollodero Wrote: I get it. What can I say. I love the things you mentioned (although it's mostly 5 weeks vacation). I'd like to add universal insurance (health, unemployment, retirement), also a fine thing to have.
Be aware though, we do pay higher taxes to get all this. We get more out of it than the additional taxes we pay, but still. Americans, even the more knowledgeable ones, would rather stay uninsured and have no vacation than to even imagine to agree to a one cent tax raise. That's just how most of you roll.
(Plus, we have another advantage in financing the welfare states, we don't need that much federal money to keep a multi-billion military death machine rolling. You provide that protection for us completely cost-free, which really is very nice and thanks for that.)
And 20 Dollars minimum wage... I don't know if you talk gross or net wage (that's more complicated in the US), but either way we don't get that much here. Times get tougher in Europe too, especially for employees where social benefits are softened. 

Even though I am a Right leaner, I would gladly have Universal Healthcare for all USC's and would give up 1% of my income if it insured that kids would be able to go to college for free.