We Support President Trump; Why All Americans Should Too!

By Phillip Wells

Have you wondered why over sixty million Americans voted for President Trump? You've heard from the politicians and media. Take a journey with a Trump supporter. Phillip Wells is not a politician, but he is astute in simplifying issues. His honest and unique insight on issues facing our country makes him the perfect voice for these proud Americans. Whether you're a Trump supporter or not, this thought-provoking book will inform, empower, and entertain. Phillip connects the dots on issues like socialism, immigration, health care, guns, climate change, and taxes, and has a fascinating take on President Trump's personality! Phillip Wells-from working at a gas station to pay his way through college in rural Arkansas, to a Walmart assistant manager, to a business owner and millionaire-Phillip is living his American Dream!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781644683569

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We Support 

President Trump

Why All Americans Should Too!

Phillip Wells

ISBN 978-1-64468-354-5 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64468-355-2 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-64468-356-9 (Digital)

Copyright © 2020 Phillip Wells

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Who Are President Trump’s Supporters?

Chapter 2 - The New Democratic Party

Chapter 3 - The Path of Least Resistance

Chapter 4 - The American Wagon

Chapter 5 - Taxes!

Chapter 6 - Government Waste, Fraud, Favors, and Corruption

Chapter 7 - America’s National Debt

Chapter 8 - Capitalism vs. Socialism

Chapter 9 - A Strong America

Chapter 10 - Health Care

Chapter 11 - Immigration

Chapter 12 - Student Loans

Chapter 13 - $15 an Hour Minimum Wage

Chapter 14 - Gun Ownership

Chapter 15 - Late-Term Abortions

Chapter 16 - School Choice and Indoctrination in our Education System

Chapter 17 - Climate Change: The Huge Democrat Money Grab!

Chapter 18 - The Billionaires Will Pay for It

Chapter 19 - Don’t Mistake Spending Money with Results

Chapter 20 - The Ripple Effect

Chapter 21 - Typical Politicians vs. Candidate Trump

Chapter 22 - The Fear and Smear Campaign

Chapter 23 - Identity Politics

Chapter 24 - The Mainstream Media

Chapter 25 - Russian Collusion

Chapter 26 - The Setup, Frame-Up, and Witch Hunt

Chapter 27 - Obstruction of Justice: The Double Standard

Chapter 28 - Democrats’ Distract and Misdirect Strategy

Chapter 29 - Corruption in Ukraine

Chapter 30 - America First

Chapter 31 - Big Money in Big Government

Chapter 32 - President Trump’s Successes

Chapter 33 - Proud to be an American

Chapter 34 - Negative Effects of the Resistance Movement

Chapter 35 - The Squad and the Progressive Socialist Agenda

Chapter 36 - The Democratic Playbook

Chapter 37 - President Trump’s Personality

Chapter 38 - President Trump’s Supporters

Chapter 39 - What’s Next? & Endnotes

Chapter 1

Who Are President Trump’s Supporters?

You’ve heard from the politicians and mainstream media. Now it’s time for everyone to hear from President Trump’s supporters! President Trump’s supporters are hardworking Americans that love our family and country. We’re men and women of all races, religions, backgrounds, and incomes. We’re Republicans, Independents, Democrats, Libertarians, Conservatives, and Liberals. We are very patriotic and believe in standing for the American flag and the national anthem. We believe in supporting our military, veterans, firefighters, first responders, police officers, and all of our law enforcement.

We believe as President Trump said in his speech that launched his 2020 campaign:

As one America, we believe in the American Constitution and the rule of law. We believe in the dignity of work and the sanctity of life. We believe that faith and families, not government and bureaucracy, are the true American way. We believe that children should be taught to love our country, honor our history, and always respect our great American flag, and we will live by the words of our national motto: In God we Trust.¹ (Pres. Trump)

Chapter 2

The New Democratic Party

There are good Democrats in our country, but the Democratic Party is not the same party of 20 or more years ago. In the past, Democrats were liberals, moderates, and conservatives. Today, I know of no conservative Democrat lawmakers and less moderate Democrat lawmakers in congress. Most liberal Democrat lawmakers now call themselves Progressives. I believe the reason for this change is because part of the definition of liberal is to be open to new opinions, and most Democrat Progressives today don’t want to be open to new opinions. The Democrat Progressives in our country have made it very clear that they don’t want to hear from anyone who doesn’t agree with their views and isn’t willing to have a discussion or debate on the issues. Most show no tolerance to anyone that goes against their beliefs and they will do almost anything to silence opposing views.

The few moderate Democrat lawmakers remain silent for the most part, while the Progressives are led by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and others, most who have been in Washington, DC for 40 plus years. They are also led by four new congresswomen called "The Squad." These and other Progressives live in and represent states and districts that have huge populations of Progressives, so they can attempt to push their progressive ideas and agenda on the entire country without any consequences to their political careers.

There are so many terms in politics today that it can be very confusing, so I want to define who I’m speaking of in this book. I have heard people in the Democratic Party referred to as Liberals, Progressives, the Left, leftists, the far left, the extreme left, radical left, and socialists. Whatever they’re called, they seem to be the ones that Democrat lawmakers hear from the most. The old saying The squeaky wheel gets the grease holds true in Washington. Most Democrats, Republicans, and Independents have jobs, pay taxes, and try to keep up with what happens in our country, but don’t have the time to contact congress. On the other hand, the Progressives are relentless in pushing their agendas. They contact congress and organize protests, thus, getting the most attention.

As you read this book, I will refer to Democrat lawmakers many times, which I define as the Progressives and Socialist lawmakers who voice their opinions in congress that seem to be in the majority. I don’t consider the few moderate or open-minded liberal Democrats in this group.

Chapter 3

The Path of Least Resistance

After working with tens of thousands of people in business, I’m certain that people take the path of least resistance. Think about this: If someone has a choice of two jobs that pay the exact same, but one job is stress free and enjoyable, and the other job is taxing and not enjoyable, most would take the stress-free enjoyable job. Here’s another example: If someone has a choice between two jobs, and both jobs are exactly the same in every way, but one job pays $10,000 more per year, the choice is obvious. Even when one chooses to take a more difficult path to start a business, they look for the most efficient and effective way to make the business profitable. No one says, Oh no, I want to work harder and make less money. Our brains are programmed to take the path of least resistance. Even the person on the side of the street with a sign asking for help has learned that it’s easier to stand there for a few hours than to get a job. I have seen this play out on a massive scale with one company I worked with in the 1990’s. Once people find the easiest way to accomplish something, they will take that path every time.

Chapter 4

The American Wagon

Congress often pass laws which enables some to take the path of least resistance. Think of this: If 100 people need to go 100 miles by wagon, and 80 people agreed to pull the wagon and allow the other 20 people to ride in the wagon, then they will reach their destination. Also, if 60 people agreed to pull the wagon, and the other 40 people ride in the wagon, then they will still get there. But if many that were pulling the wagon decide to join the others and ride in the wagon, then the job of pulling become very difficult for the rest. After a while, many would give up and join the others riding in the wagon. Then one day, the ones pulling the wagon say, Forget this. I’m not pulling anymore. I’ll just walk from here, and the wagon stops. This may be a simple analogy, but the fact is that we’re all in the American wagon together.

From MarketWatch, published on April 16, 2016, an estimated 45.3% of American households paid no federal individual income taxes for the 2015 tax year. Almost half of those don’t have enough taxable income, and the other half are the elderly who have paid in over the years.² This means that 54.7% will be paying the brunt of federal income taxes or pulling the American wagon, and 45.3% are riding in the wagon.

Trump supporters have big hearts and believe in helping people in need, military veterans, the disabled, our elderly, among others. Most Americans should help in pulling the American wagon. We believe that certain laws passed by congress have given many an easier way to take the path of least resistance. These are not people who can’t work but people who have chosen not to work, and ride the wagon of government programs. These 54.7% of Americans work hard, and many also give back to their community in other ways. Many get angry when our lawmakers make it easy for people to work the system which makes it more difficult for law-abiding taxpayers. Many people are moving from high-tax states to low-tax states because of the tax-and-spend policies that are embraced by the Democratic Party.³ We want our congress to be better stewards of the taxpayers’ money. Lawmakers are currently out of control with the spending and give-away programs. We’re not looking to ride the American wagon. We’re fine helping to pull the wagon and paying our fair share of taxes, but we want a fair system for all.

Chapter 5

Taxes!

"What will you pay the most for in your lifetime?" Most people would probably say their house. In most cases, they would be wrong. Most of us will pay more in taxes than anything else in our lifetime, and it’s not even close. I believe that most agree that we should pay taxes, but let’s look at all the taxes we pay. The recently lowered 2018–2019 income tax rates ranges from 10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and 37%, depending on your income level.⁴

Motley Fool, What’s the Average American’s Tax Rate? (March 4, 2017), reveals that in most states, we also pay state and local income tax. This varies by state, but the US Census Bureau has estimated that Americans pay an average rate of 9.9% in state and local income taxes annually.⁵

Most Americans pay a Social Security tax rate of 6.2% on employees and employers. If you are self-employed, then you are considered to be both employee and employer; therefore, you pay both sides of this tax.⁶

Medicare tax is assessed at a 1.45% rate for both employees and employers on all earned income. High earners pay an additional Medicare tax.⁷

If you add up the four income-based categories of taxation (federal, state/local, Social Security and Medicare), the average American’s effective tax rate is 29.8%.⁸ (Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool)

The 54.7% who pay federal taxes, pay almost 30% of their income to taxes. With the money left over after paying federal, state/local, Social Security, and Medicare, you are taxed again on everything you spend. You pay sales tax every time you pay your electric bill, water bill, gas bill, cable bill, phone bill, grocery bill, and buy household goods. The overall average sales tax rate in the US was 8.45% in mid-2015, according to a report from Thomson Reuters.⁹

You also pay 18.4% federal excise tax on the gasoline for your automobile, and then all states more than double this by adding a state gas tax averaging a whopping 49.5¢ per gallon!¹⁰

The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon (cpg) and 24.4 cents per gallon (cpg) for diesel fuel. On average, as of April 2012, state and local taxes add 31.1 cents to gasoline and 30.2 cents to diesel for a total US average fuel tax of 49.5 cents (cpg) per gallon for gas and 54.6 cents per gallon (cpg) for diesel.¹¹ (www.gaspricewatch.com)

Most people pay sales tax when buying a house and automobile and then pay personal property taxes every year on that same house and automobile. When you travel, you pay taxes on car rental and hotels. I believe I make a very safe assumption that you pay at least an average of 10% on all the money you spend. But it doesn’t stop there. If you actually save any money to invest, that’s taxed too.

To recap, the average taxpayer pays 30% when they earn the money and about 10% when they spend the money. That’s a total of 40% or 40 cents on every dollar. Another way you can view it is that 40% of your time at work each year is spent just paying taxes. That’s five months each year you work to pay taxes. People in higher tax brackets work half the year just