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Title: Ben Stein: 'I don't think Trump knows a g**damn thing about economics' (but he's voting for him)
Source: The Guardian
URL Source: https://www.theguardian.com/busines ... terview-donald-trump-economics
Published: Jun 7, 2016
Author: Jana Kasperkevic
Post Date: 2016-06-07 15:20:46 by Hondo68
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Keywords: Hillary Clinton, better grasp, do a fine job
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The Republican economist talks about the 2016 election and why he’ll still vote for Donald Trump despite this ‘preposterous’ ideas about the economy

Stein: Trump is a “nice guy” but “not a great business man”.
Ben Stein: ‘I think [Trump] does personify a kind of national pride which has been lacking in the Obama days.’
Photograph: Hyungwon Kang/Reuters

Ben Stein, writer, economist, actor and Republican, has seen a lot of elections but none like this. “It has been an extremely strange year,” says the 71-year-old who got his start as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Stein has never voted for a Democrat, but he is appalled by Trump’s anti-free trade rhetoric that he says could lead to a trade war. Hillary Clinton probably has a better grasp of things, Stein thinks. Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, is “willfully ignorant”.

“I have seen a lot of elections and I have never seen anything like this. It seems to me it is a testament to the complete collapse of education that people can have such preposterous policies as an end to free trade and think that’s going to help America. It’s just startling that: a) the candidates know so little and; b) that the voters have not been better informed about this. The American education system is in a state of freefall collapse so that certainly explains a lot,” he says. Donald TrumpFile - In this May 6, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Omaha, Neb. Trump touts his presidential campaign as a mass movement, yet the billionaire’s Oval Office ambitions are likely to hinge on marginal shifts in an American electorate that twice gave Barack Obama comfortable victories. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
‘Mr Trump says he can both reduce taxes and reduce the deficit. That’s complete nonsense.’ Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

What do you think the economy would look like two years into the presidency of all three remaining presidential candidates?

All the candidates are against free trade – that’s a disastrous mistake. Free trade is one of the main sources of economic growth. Any interference with free trade in the long run produces negative results for the country that imposes the restrictions. One of the great breakthroughs in all of human history has been free trade.

When I hear Mr Trump or Mrs Clinton or Mr Sanders talk about how they are going to stop free trade and in some way block America from being part of the world trading system, it makes my blood run cold. That’s a terrible, terrible prospect.

Second, it is very clear, extremely clear, that additional regulation on the economy at this point would be a burden on growth and whichever candidate imposes the most regulation is going to get the least growth. I give credit to Mr Trump, who says he is going to reduce regulation. If Mr Sanders were president, it would be an absolute, total catastrophe. He would regulate the American economy to death. Mrs Clinton, I think, would do a fine job. I don’t worry about her in terms of regulation at all. Except that her taxes on the fossil fuel industry are unwarranted and unwise.

In terms of tax policy, all of them say they are going to cut taxes on the poor, but that’s a fake because the American poor already pay no taxes. Approximately 50% of American wage earners don’t pay any tax already, so that’s a fake.

In terms of raising tax on the rich, frankly, I think that’s a good idea. The rich in this country are really, really rich. And they can pay more tax. Whether that’s going to be enough to substantially affect the deficit is very, very questionable. I applaud Mr Sanders for wanting to seriously raise rates on the rich. That is something that should happen. If he did it, there would be a lot of yelling and screaming but I don’t think the deficit would be affected very much.

Mrs Clinton, I think, has a more balanced approach. I think probably a good approach. Mr Trump says he can both reduce taxes and reduce the deficit. That’s complete nonsense.

Bernie SandersDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives at a campaign rally at Ventura College in Ventura, Calif., Thursday, May 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
‘I applaud Mr Sanders for wanting to seriously raise [tax] rates on the rich. That is something that should happen.’ Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

What do you think of Trump as a businessman?

He is not a great businessman. He inherited a great deal of money. He did some successful real estate deals. Hardly anyone could miss doing successful real estate deals in New York considering the incredible boom that has taken place and the very low base point when he started out. He is not a great businessman at all – in no way.

Let me back up and say, everyone I know says he is an incredibly nice guy. That’s got to count for something. I don’t think he is a great businessman and even if he were a great businessman, that doesn’t mean he would be a great steward of the US economy. The two have nothing to do with each other.

Imagine Trump is elected president and he starts enforcing some of the policies he has mentioned. Would the economy improve, stay the same or get worse?

It would get much worse. In terms, it would be a disaster. Trade is very important. The US economy is roughly 15% trade dependent – very roughly 15%.

The question of the day: would his gains in fossil fuel deregulation offset the losses in trade? I doubt it.

It’s very, very important that he get educated about the benefits of free trade.

What does his popularity with working-class Americans mean? What do the regular folks feel about the economy?

I don’t think the regular folks – of course, I don’t know that many regular folks – but I don’t think the regular folks know much about the economy or about how trade works. If the regular folks think that China came along in the middle of the night and stole all their jobs, then nothing could be further from the truth. It’s just nonsense. I think Trump is popular because he says: I am going to go to China and get those jobs back. But he is not going to be able to do that. And any attempt to try would be a disaster.


Donald Trump accuses China of ‘raping’ the US over trade

Could we educate people about why certain jobs have been lost? Anything to change their minds about this kind of rhetoric?

I don’t think so. I hate to say that. The only thing, I think, that would change their minds is if one of these anti-free trade candidates became president and they saw the terrible results. I think that might change their minds.

There are plenty of smart people out there saying: don’t stop free trade. Keep free trade alive and well.

I don’t think Mr Trump is listening. I don’t think Hillary is listening. I don’t think Mr Sanders is listening. I don’t think they are listening.

Are you surprised that Trump is basically the nominee of the Republican party?

I am absolutely … I am open-mouthed, gasping, unbelievable. But he has his charms. There must be something people like about him. I don’t get him but there must be something people like.

I’ll vote for him, by the way. I’ll vote for him because I think he does personify a kind of national pride which I think has been lacking in the Obama days and would be terribly lacking under Bernie Sanders and terribly lacking under Hillary Clinton. But I think his economics is way, way out of whack and he seriously needs some education about it.

Spence solicits volunteers to work for the Trump campaign as they stand in line before the start of his rally in AlbuquerqueMarcos Spence solicits volunteers to work for the campaign of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump as they stand in line before the start of his rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Marcos Spence solicits volunteers to work for Donald Trump as they stand in line before the start of his rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Do you think Congress would let Trump implement the type of policies he has suggested?

Yes, I do. If he had Republican Congress, I think they would let him attack free trade. But then when the trade war starts and businesses start closing, I think they would be singing a different tune.

You said the candidates know so little. Do you think it’s that they know so little or are they just saying what they think people want to hear?

I don’t think Trump knows a goddamn thing about economics. But I like him anyway, I might add. I think Mrs Clinton knows something about it. She is an intelligent woman, she went to Wellesley. She was a classmate of mine at Yale law school and I hope we learned something while we were there. And, as to Mr Sanders, I think he is purposely, willfully ignorant. I think he is a person who could be educated but he has some kind of personality defect that prevents him from being educated.


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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

I don't really like Trump, but I will vote for him. The Democrat nominee and the Republican nominee are the only two people that have a chance to win. Trump is vastly superior to Hillary, plain and simple.

jeremiad  posted on  2016-06-07   16:12:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: hondo68 (#0)

" against free trade – that’s a disastrous mistake. Free trade is one of the main sources of economic growth. Any interference with free trade in the long run produces negative results for the country that imposes the restrictions. One of the great breakthroughs in all of human history has been free trade. "

Oh really? China has only participated in it one way. They now have all the manufacturing, and the jobs. The USA prior to participating in free trade had most of the manufacturing, most of the jobs, and the worlds largest, strongest middle class, which was continuing to grow. Our middle class is now disappearing. When trying to pass "Free Trade" I heard all those arguments of how we needed to help foreign countries. To hell with them, it is time to put the USA First

I am not an economist, but since getting involved in free trade, it sure seems the USA has taken a huge hit. The only ones that seem to be profiting from it are the foreign countries that ended up with the jobs, and the egg heads that cheer lead it, and the politicians that voted for it.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood

"I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Stoner  posted on  2016-06-07   16:33:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#0)

When I hear Mr Trump or Mrs Clinton or Mr Sanders talk about how they are going to stop free trade and in some way block America from being part of the world trading system, it makes my blood run cold.

See a doctor if you're having blood temperature problems. I don't believe you know squat about economics. You're economic analysis consists of one-world flag waving, and glowing adjectives or adjective phrases.

rlk  posted on  2016-06-07   19:14:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: hondo68 (#0)

Ben Stein is a liberal. I like Neil Cavuto but wont watch his Saturday morning show partly because Stein is on it.

Recall 2009 when Stein on FNC promoted the Obama stimulus and said its needed because 'people are dying out there'.

Of course after it was executed Stein claimed he was against it, much like his hero Trump does.

TrappedInMd  posted on  2016-06-08   14:42:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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