Democrats would push tax hikes and environmental restrictions that stifle growth.
Undocumented immigrants would steal jobs and unleash a crime wave that would halt commerce.
Health insurance would devolve into a socialist program offering shoddy care at unsustainable cost.
If Democrats did win control of the House in next week's congressional elections, their legislative priorities would not alter this $20-T economy.
The Big A: President Trump would still able to block Democratic initiatives.
What instead would likely result is gridlock, and perhaps even more entrenched than what exists now in Washington.
Arrayed against a stout Republican majority in the Senate, a Democratic House majority could not do much to reorder the economy, which typically hinges more on the willingness of consumers and businesses to spend and on the state of the global economy than on government policy priorities.
Many polls and analyses (the same ones that assured Americans the Hillary Clinton would be elected President in Y 2016) suggest that the Democrats could regain a majority in the House if their voters turn out in sufficient numbers in Key races. If so, President Trump would have to contend with a divided government instead of 1 with Republicans in complete control.
Yet depending on voter turnout, it is also possible that the Republicans could maintain their hold on both the House and the Senate, even gaining strong majorities.