I was out for a walk, so I’m only watching the second part of the debate.
What I like in the Republican debates and what was absent in the Democratic debate is a detailed discussion of tax plans. It doesn’t mean I like these plans (Cruz, for instance, hates the Department of Commerce so much that he proposed to eliminate it twice in one sentence), but I like the existence of a detailed discussion of taxes. I like concreteness, and I hate vagueness.
Somebody has got to ask Bernie Sanders to which extent his admiration of Sweden stretches to its extremely high taxation of the middle class. And instead of vague, populist pronouncements about taxing hedge fund managers, I’d like to hear something that includes actual numbers.
P.S. Rubio is kicking Rand Paul’s ass on the taxes issue. It’s enjoyable to watch.
Hmm. . . Trump is opposed to the TPP. TPP must be a good thing.
P.P.S. Watching Carson talk about foreign policy is painful. His stated goal is “to make jihadis look like losers.” That poor fellow.
And Trump just informed the world that there are countries surrounding Ukraine that should be protecting it instead of the US. Which, as we know, is not protecting it at all. Somebody, please give Trump a map.
Rubio, at least, knows how to pronounce “Ukraine” correctly. Other candidates are still doing the obnoxious “the Ukraine.”
P.P.P.S. Fiorina gave an embarrassingly stupid speech on “how socialism starts.” Somebody, please give Fiorina a history textbook for toddlers.
By the end of the debate, Rubio grew tired, started giggling, fidgeting, and behaving in an unhinged way. He doesn’t seem very emotionally stable. Even Trump looks like a model of stability next to him, and that’s not a good thing.
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