Hmm Trump sounds like he is LEFT of Sanders in this area...

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by GregW

I have some unemployed programmers as my friends. They were fired after their companies imported cheap labor from India. I think we should close ALL H1b immigration even if it would cost some tech companies money.

Exactly. They are bringing in workers who can work for less money, and NOT dealing with an actual shortage of labor. I am no fan of Trump, but I agree with him on this one.

[dechatelet]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

I thought Republicans were all about free markets, small government, allowing businesses to run themselves, getting out of the nanny state?

What happened to all that?

I still agree with what most of Trump says, but this area is nanny government getting in the way of businesses. Why the double standards? When a Democrat has proposed protectionism type policies in the past, Republicans call them a communist getting in the way of businesses, when a GOP candidate does it, it's applauded?!

I'm not a Republican, I'm a conservative.

That means I believe in "America first."

Not capitalism first. Not religion first. Not communism or socialism first. Not the liberal impulse to take care of the rest of the world first.

Those are all internationalist movements that do not put nationalism (America as a country, and Americans as a people) first.

I believe that my house is my castle, and I extend that belief to my country.

If it benefits Americans, then cross-borders free-trade capitalism is fine.

But it is obviously not benefiting Americans, so it is not fine.

[katzpaw]

Trump versus Sanders campaigns:

"... both have hit on the same populist sentiment — that a spineless elite has left the rest of the country at the mercy of global economic anarchy — and then put on events that embody such incompatible solutions.

Trump’s rallies magnify the cult of personality of a would-be leader who promises to save the country through personal talent and integrity so great that they transcend any issue or ideology.

Sanders’ serve as rallying points for a mass movement that promises to save the country through specific reforms and to which Sanders, as leader, is almost incidental.

Even where their policies overlap — their mutual opposition to trade deals and the corrupting of super PAC money — their stances seem wildly different when spilling out of their mouths.

Read more: 2016 elections: My summer with Bernie and Trump - POLITICO Magazine