Donald Trump had recently finished a familiar riff about banning gender transition surgery for children when the former president, speaking to an audience of Evangelical voters, moved on to something new: a policy that would affect transgender adults.
“I will ban all taxpayer funding for sex or gender transitions at any age,” said Trump, receiving thunderous applause at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington last month. The Republican leader, who moments earlier had also pledged to reinstate a ban on transgender men and women serving in the military, paused for several seconds to soak in the crowd’s adulation.
It’s the kind of moment — and the type of policy — increasingly common on the GOP presidential campaign trail this year.
clearly you haven’t actually looked at the numbers then. It’s cheaper for the country, and all Americans, to have nationalized healthcare. It’s cheaper to handle infrastructure as a nation rather than leaving it to private companies. It’s cheaper to have public transit. It’s cheaper to make housing that doesn’t seek profits. Public transit will actually bring in revenue vs roads, which make $0 in revenue and cost cities/states/the country money to maintain. It costs money to fix the natural disasters caused by companies like PG&E from failing to maintain their electrical infrastructure. It increases GDP and makes people happier when they aren’t dependent on cars. Facts disagree with your feelings.