Well, there go by the wayside another set of Trump's campaign "promises....

[nat4900]

Hang in their

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[LordBrownTrout]

Hang in their

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Your dumb phone never makes autocorrect error? Lol. Oh...I forgot, you're the grammar queen.

 

[kyzr]

Again, as a reminder........A demagogue is one who makes FALSE promises either because one is too stupid to realize that they cannot be fulfilled....OR, because one is simply a LIAR.

Here are some excerpts of what Trump "promised" to his emerging cult during the 2016 campaign:

Trump: “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. ”

Trump: “Now, also at stake in tomorrow’s election are your Medicare benefits. That’s a big deal. Democrats want to raid Medicare to find socialism. It won’t last long. Republicans will protect Medicare for our great seniors who have earned it.”

Trump: “Republicans stand for protecting Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and strengthening the safety net for truly needy Americans.”

Sooooo, lets take a look at Trump's proposed budget (which, by the way, kind of impacts on his cult members too.)

• $845 billion dollars in cuts from Medicare
• $240 billion dollars in cuts from Medicaid
• $20 billion dollars in cuts from Social Security
• $220 billion dollars in cuts from SNAP nutrition programs (food stamps)

see 1-30 below

Trump’s 30 Broken Promises and Kyzr's responses in blue font
written by Robert Reich / AlterNet November 3, 2018
Two years in, here’s an updated list of Trump’s 30 biggest broken promises.

1. He told you he’d cut your taxes, and that the super-rich like him would pay more. You bought it. But his 2017 tax law has done the opposite. By 2027, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, the richest 1 percent will have received 83 percent of the tax cut and the richest 0.1 percent, 60 percent of it. But more than half of all Americans — 53 percent — will pay more in taxes. As Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago just days after the tax bill became law, “You all just got a lot richer.”
OK #1, I agree with this. The top rate should have been raised.

2. He promised that the average family would see a $4,000 pay raise because of the tax law. You bought it. But real wages for most Americans are lower today than they were before the tax law went into effect. This is a lie, real wages are increasing

3. He promised to close special interest loopholes that have been so good for Wall Street investors but unfair to American workers, especially the notorious “carried interest” loophole for private-equity, hedge fund, and real estate partners. You bought it. But the new tax law kept the “carried interest” loophole. A lie, Congress makes Laws

4. He promised to bring an end to Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear program. You bought it. Kim Jong-Un hasn’t denuclearized. Work in-progress, he's doing better than any prior admin

5. He told you he’d repeal Obamacare and replace it with something “beautiful,” including “insurance for everybody.” You bought it. But he didn’t repeal and he didn’t replace. (Just as well: His plan would have knocked at least 24 million Americans off health insurance, including many of you.) Instead, he’s doing what he can to cut it back and replace it with nothing. According to the Commonwealth Fund, about 4 million Americans have lost health insurance in the last two years. McCain did this not Trump

6. He told you he wouldn’t “cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.” You bought it. But now he’s planning such cuts in order to deal with the ballooning deficit created, in part, by the new tax law for corporations and the rich. The House and Senate create the Budget, not Trump

7. He promised to protect anyone with pre-existing conditions. You bought it. But in June, his Justice Department told a federal court it would no longer defend provisions of Obamacare that protect patients with pre-existing conditions. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the decision was made with Trump’s approval. Healthcare was what the dems ran on in 2018, so its their responsibility. Fix it.

8. He said he’d build a “wall” across the southern border.You believed him. But there’s no wall. Yes there is a wall, it is being built, I'd have Mexico pay for it by adding a fee on "remittances"

9. He told you he’d invest $1 trillion in our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. You bought it. But after his giant tax cut for corporations and millionaires, there’s no money left for infrastructure. OK #2, Agree, lets see if the dems Budget includes any infrastructure spending

10. He said he’d drain the Washington swamp. You bought it. But he’s brought into his administration more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls than in any administration in history, to make laws that will enrich their businesses, and he’s filled departments and agencies with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who are crafting new policies for the same industries they recently worked for. Disagree, Trump is creating jobs in the US, not getting bribed to move jobs overseas. Navarro and Lightheizer are doing an outstanding job of re-negotiating trade deals in favor of the US instead of China. Check out Hunter Biden's China and Ukraine deals before calling Trump's deals "swampy".

11. He promised to re-institute a five-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government for five years after they leave government.” You bought it. But the five-year ban he signed applies only to lobbying one’s former agency, not the government as a whole, and it doesn’t stop former officials from becoming lobbyists. Inside baseball, meh

12. He said he’d use his business experience to whip the White House into shape. You bought it. But he has created the most dysfunctional, back-stabbing White House in modern history, and has already fired and replaced so many assistants that people there barely know who’s in charge of what. The WH is fine, not thrilled about Jared's security clearance, but otherwise the WH is functioning well.

13. He told you he’d “bring down drug prices” by negotiating “like crazy” with drug companies. You bought it. But he hasn’t. OK, #3, drug prices are a tough nut, the US pays for most drug research, congress needs to step in and help too. Trump can't write an EO and fix drug prices. It needs to be Congress.

14. He told you he’d “stop foreign lobbyists from raising money for American elections.” You bought it. But foreign lobbyists are still raising money for American elections. You mean like Hunter Biden? This is a swamp issue

15. He promised “six weeks of paid maternity leave to any mother with a newborn child whose employer does not provide the benefit.” You bought it. But the giant tax cut for corporations and the rich doesn’t leave any money for this. The giant tax cut for Corporations should have provided money for this, pass a fucking Law.

16. He said he’d create tax-free dependent care savings accounts for younger and elderly dependents, and have the government match contributions low-income families put into their savings accounts. You bought it. He’s done neither. I don't remember this one, need a link

17. He said that on Day One he’d label China a “currency manipulator.” You bought it. But then he declared China is not a currency manipulator. Still negotiating with China, better than the prior admins

18. He said he “won’t bomb Syria.” You bought it. Then he bombed Syria. A lie, I remember him saying he'd bomb the shit out of Syria/ISIS.

19. After pulling out of the Paris accord, he said he’d negotiate a better deal on the environment. You bought it. There have been no negotiations. I don't recall Trump saying anything on the environment, but the Paris deal was stupid, why should the US pay $Trillions?

20. He promised that the many women who accused him of sexual misconduct “will be sued after the election is over.” You bought it. He hasn’t sued them, presumably because he doesn’t want the truth to come out. Dead issue.

21. He said he would not be a president who took vacations, and criticized Barack Obama for taking too many vacations. You bought it. But since becoming President, he has spent a quarter of his days at one of his golf properties. So what? He's doing more than any prior president

22. He vowed to “push colleges to cut the skyrocketing cost of tuition.” You believed him. But he hasn’t. Instead, he’s made it easier for for-profit college to defraud students. It takes Laws, congress needs to act. Colleges need to co-sign student loans.

23. He said he’d force companies to keep jobs in America, and that there would be consequences for companies that shipped jobs abroad, especially government contractors. You believed him. Never before in U.S. history have federal contractors sent so many jobs overseas. There have been no consequences. Trump is working hard to keep jobs in the US, more than Obama who said "those jobs are not coming back".

24. He promised to end DACA. Then in January 2018 promised that “DACA recipients should not to be concerned… We’re going to solve the problem,” then he reversed himself again and vowed to end the program by March, 2018. Currently, the federal courts have stayed any action on it. The democrats won't deal, so DACA kids are illegal, so what?

25. He promised to revive the struggling coal industry and bring back lost coal mining jobs. You bought it. But coal is still losing customers as utilities turn to natural gas and renewable power. Trump is selling coal overseas, at least some miners are working

26. He promised to protect American steel jobs. You bought it. His tariffs on steel have protected some steel jobs. But industries that use steel – like automakers and construction – now have to pay more for the steel they use, with the result that their jobs are threatened. The Trade Partnership projects that 400,000 jobs will be lost among steel and aluminum users. The US steel industry is thriving, after almost going away forever. Thanks Trump!

27. He said he’d make America safer. You believed him. But mass shootings keep rising, and Trump has failed to pass effective gun control legislation. After 17 died in Parkland, Florida, Trump promised “immediate action” on gun safety in schools, but has done nothing. Trump wants armed staff, so pass laws.

28. He promised to make two- and four-year colleges more affordable. You bought it. But Trump’s most recent budget contains deep cuts in aid for low-income and first-generation college students, reduces Federal Work Study, and eliminates the 50-year-old Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant program, which goes to more than a million poor college kids each year. Need to have colleges co-sign student loans and use their endowment funds

29. He promised to eliminate the federal deficit and bring down the debt. You bought it. Yet due to his massive tax cut mostly for corporations and the rich, and his military spending, the deficit is set to rise to $1 trillion, and the debt has ballooned to more than $21 trillion. OK #4, his tax cut did not grow the economy as Kudlow promised, Trump needs at least 3% GDP growth to get to no Deficit, it looks like 2% is the norm. Need Congress to raise the top tax rate. I'd also add a 3% Fed sales tax.

30. He said he’d release his taxes. “I’m under a routine audit and it’ll be released, and as soon as the audit is finished it will be released,” he promised during the campaign. You bought it. He still hasn’t released his taxes. Is he still being audited? Also heard that Congress can get them, so get them

 

[nat4900]

Again, as a reminder........A demagogue is one who makes FALSE promises either because one is too stupid to realize that they cannot be fulfilled....OR, because one is simply a LIAR.

Here are some excerpts of what Trump "promised" to his emerging cult during the 2016 campaign:

Trump: “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. ”

Trump: “Now, also at stake in tomorrow’s election are your Medicare benefits. That’s a big deal. Democrats want to raid Medicare to find socialism. It won’t last long. Republicans will protect Medicare for our great seniors who have earned it.”

Trump: “Republicans stand for protecting Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and strengthening the safety net for truly needy Americans.”

Sooooo, lets take a look at Trump's proposed budget (which, by the way, kind of impacts on his cult members too.)

• $845 billion dollars in cuts from Medicare
• $240 billion dollars in cuts from Medicaid
• $20 billion dollars in cuts from Social Security
• $220 billion dollars in cuts from SNAP nutrition programs (food stamps)

Well, I guess that Trump cultists "think" that Trump's proposed $1.4 TRILLION cuts to social services will NOT affect them............All I can say is that Trump was correct when he stated that he LOVES the poorly educated and that these cultists DESERVE to be kicked in the teeth....