I had every expectation to go to Nam after High School.  When the time came first I got a pass with a draft lottery number of 260 and we were pulling out of Viet Nam and things changed where many young men that I looked up to went to Canada.  It was a confusing time.

I'm guessing that that naked link is going to point out that the word I made up also has a different meaning.

Dunno what its going to point out, I didn't read it.

The money has been misspent. There has been great reluctance to change strategy in how to aid and spend that money for sure. In all fairness though, that money has bought our nation's poor people a pretty high standard of living when compared with the rest of the world. That in turn has bought us stability and apathy among the poor. You should be grateful because an angry poor population has been known to bring about chaos, anarchy and revolution. It also creates even more voting Democrats than it already does.

The misspent money goes far beyond the current debt.  I am not the least bit grateful, a small government results in opportunity.  The poor are far better off with economic opportunity than a lifetime of handouts.  Either way won't result in a 'french' revolution.

... we've fallen significantly behind as the Land of Opportunity. And it's not just because all those poverty-stricken babies are making poor choices.

Maybe it has to do with our refusal to enforce borders or immigration laws? 

Bad trade deals that permit the Chinese to steal our intellectual property with impunity could be part of the reason too?

I know you think Trump can make a yuuuge deal and convince the electorate to all vote for him, because, you know, he makes beautiful deals, but someday you're going to have to learn that the tooth fairy isn't real, the Easter Bunny doesn't really bring candy, and as much as he thinks he can, Trump can't force people to do what they don't want to do.

I'm sorry if I shattered your image of any of those fables. Now go get a juice box, you'll feel better.

I say Trump can negotiate with China. He intends to level the playing field created by their currency manipulation and closed markets.  What is China going to do?  Say sorry take it or leave it?  I say let them, we can make stuff here if there is no benefit to the status quo and fairness in the trade relationship.

If a brokered convention installs an establishment pick there will be repercussions.

The Man with a Plan: Donald Trump’s 5-Part Strategy to Make America Great Again

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/17/the-man-with-a-plan-donald-trumps-5-part-strategy-to-make-america-great-again/

1.Foreign Interventions Must Require Cost-Sharing Plans to Reduce U.S. Costs and Guarantee Veterans and Their Families Are Protected

2. Pass NOPEC Legislation to Break OPEC’s Grip on Energy Prices

3. Crack Down on China’s Currency Manipulation by Calculating Taxes on Imports Based on How Much a Manufacturing Country’s Currency is Undervalued

4. Spur Job and Wealth Creation through a 5-Point Tax Plan

5. Finish the Border Fence, Boot Out Criminal Illegals, and Reform America’s Legal Immigration System

Free trade at least provides us all with less-expensive goods.Cutting corporate taxes and expensive federal regulation compliance cost is key to repatriating business and domestic production. Trade tariffs can be raised on all sides, accomplishing nothing for American workers.