[TheRealThing]

Art Laffer is an optimist. He does not believe that Trump will impose stiff tariffs on China and Mexico. Laffer also does not believe that Trump will deport illegal aliens (which Laffer thinks would be a mistake). He does believe that Trump will sharply lower tax rates as he promised before Cruz suspended his campaign.

Trump has already begun to walk away from his own tax plan, which was intended to garner support from conservatives. (He recently said that it would not pass Congress anyway and that the plan is.) After Trump panders to Bernie supporters in a bidding war with Hillary for a few months, Laffer may not be quite as optimistic. Trump is counting on the support of Sanders' supporters and he is not going to hook many of them with promises to cut tax rates for the wealthy and for corporations.



So before Trump begins negotiating with opponents of his tax plan and before he begins pandering to Bernie Sanders' supporters, he is already conceding that some Americans will be paying higher taxes if he becomes president.

As for Huckabee, IMO, he is snake. I am not surprised that the Huckster endorsed Trump. I am just surprised it took so long. Endorsing Trump will probably earn the Huckster a new show on the Trump News Network.

I do think Huckabee did a good job with his previous TV show. I wish he would stick with his showbiz career and stay out of politics. Ditto for Trump, although I have never watched an episode of The Apprentice.

Right, Laffer and Huckabee are both unfit to quote, I don't know what I was thinking there.

And Steve Moore?; He spoke highly of Trump's plan today as well, and is another high ranking economist from the Reagan Administration. What's the rub with him?