I had the privilege to attend last night’s event with speaker Ann Coulter hosted by the Young Conservatives of Texas at the University of Houston. As always, Ms. Coulter was unafraid to tell the captive audience how she truly felt. I thought I’d heard it all, but here are a few things I was surprised to hear:
1. Pence Before Trump
It’s no secret how Ann feels about #45. She loved him, hated him, and continues to hate him. Sure, we would love to see a reconciliation via both of them giving each other what they want with Trump giving more than her. But no one listens to me. But Ann felt confident that had something grave happened to Trump, Pence would have done a better job of sticking to campaign promises than Trump did. It would make a great episode of “What if…”
2. Remittance Tax
You may remember Trump promising that Mexico would pay for the wall via remittances, ie taxes on money sent abroad. With Ann quoting an approximate $20 billion per year being earned in the United States but being spent in other countries, even a 10% tax on this could pay for a wall in no time. It was personally delightful to hear of a tax that I wouldn’t ultimately end up paying, which is thought to be the unicorn of taxes.
3. Anchor Baby Legislation
Another of Trump’s promises was to end anchor babies, ie the practice of women coming across the border in various stages of legality, having a baby, having U.S. citizenship bestowed upon the baby, and having the parents remain in the country forever due to the hesitancy of family separation, because apparently children and parents can’t be deported simultaneously. While I thought this could be accomplished via a simple executive order, Ann believes legislation is necessary to cement the end of this practice. It never came up under Trump’s term.
4. Fancy Private School No Longer Leads to Fancy Private Universities
Ann mentioned that college acceptance rates among whites have plummeted and that even some prestigious private high schools saw none of their white males entering the arena of private universities. I spent a few minutes searching the web and Ann’s Twitter feed but couldn’t find it. However, that doesn’t mean those items don’t exist. Indeed, there are reports of white students facing horrors when applying for college.
5. IQ Tests Are Illegal for Employers
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to apply for a job you really want, take a quick 10 minute test, and get it or be passed over for it? It isn’t the worst case scenario when thinking the alternative is to go to a four year school, miss those four years of work experience, and be saddled with a six-figure student loan debt just to reach the same conclusion? Unfortunately, it seems employers can no longer give these sort of tests, even for in demand jobs. What to do instead of the latter? Ann recommends showing employers your SAT and/or ACT scores rather than spending the time and money on university. Given the above, that doesn’t sound like a terrible idea.
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The speech was full of fun and facts, Q &A, and tons of great people. The only downside was that she did not stay to sign any of her wonderful books of which I highly recommend:
Adios America – The book most relevant to our times.
Godless – The first book of hers I ever read that also turned me on to non-fiction books.
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