Trump Voters: One Year in, and he’s Broken 20 Big Promises He Made to You
1. He told you he’d cut your taxes, and that the super-rich like him would pay more. You bought it. But his new tax law does the opposite. By 2027, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, the richest 1 percent will have got 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.”
2. 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 keeps the “carried interest” loophole.
3. He told you he’d repeal Obamacare and replace it with something “beautiful.” You bought it. But he didn’t repeal and he didn’t replace. (Just as well: His plan would have knocked at least 23 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. The new tax law will result in 13 million people losing health coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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 (one of them hired and fired in a little more than a week) that people there barely know who’s in charge of what.
7. He told you he’d “bring down drug prices” by making deals with drug companies. You bought it. But now the White House says that promise is “inoperative.”
8. 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.
9. He told you “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.” You bought it. But he and House Speaker Paul Ryan are already planning such cuts in order to deal with the ballooning deficit created, in part, by the new tax law for corporations and the rich.
10. 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.
11. He said that on Day One he’d label China a “currency manipulator.” You bought it. But then he met with China’s president Xi Jinping and declared “China is not a currency manipulator.” Ever since then, Trump has been cozying up to Xi.
12. He said he “won’t bomb Syria.” You bought it. Then he bombed Syria.
13. He said he’d build a “wall” across the southern border. You believed him. But chief of staff John Kelly says it is “unlikely that we will build a wall, a physical barrier, from sea to shining sea.”
14. 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.
15. He said he would not be a president who took vacations, and he called Barack Obama “the vacationer-in-Chief.” You bought it. But since becoming President he has spent nearly 25 percent of his days at one of his golf properties for some portion of the day, according to Golf News Network, at a cost to taxpayers of over $77 million. That’s already more taxpayer money on vacations than Obama cost in the first 3 years of his presidency. Not to mention all the money taxpayers are spending protecting his family, including his two sons who travel all over the world on Trump business.
16. He said he’d force companies to keep jobs in America, and that there would be “consequences” for companies that shipped jobs abroad. You believed him. But despite their promises, Carrier, Ford, GM, and the rest have continued to ship jobs to Mexico and China. Carrier (a division of United Technologies) has moved ahead with plans to send 1,000 jobs at its Indiana plant to Mexico. Notwithstanding, the federal government has rewarded United Technologies with 15 new contracts since Trump’s inauguration. GE is sending jobs to Canada. IBM is sending them to Costa Rica, Egypt, Argentina, and Brazil. There have been no “consequences” for sending all these jobs overseas.
17. He promised to revive the struggling coal industry and “bring back thousands” of lost mining jobs. You bought it. But coal jobs continue to disappear. Since Trump’s victory, at least 6 plants that relied on coal have closed or announced they will close. Another 40 are projected to close during the president’s four-year term. Utilities continue to switch to natural gas instead of coal, and renewable energy is cheaper than ever.
18. He promised to protect steel workers.But according to the American Iron and Steel Institute, which tracks shipments, steel imports were 19.4 percent higher in the first 10 months of 2017 than in the same period last year. That import surge has hurt American steel workers, who were already struggling against a glut of cheap Chinese steel.
19. He said he’d make America safer. You believed him. But according to Mass Shooting Tracker, there have been 377 mass shootings so far in the Trump administration, including 58 people killed and hundreds injured at a concert in Las Vegas, and 26 churchgoers killed and 20 injured at a church in Texas. Trump refuses to consider any gun control legislation.
20. 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. He hasn’t released his taxes.
You got any links for this stuff ?
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FALSE! Trump's new tax law does NOT do the opposite of
"cut your taxes" You are just posting jibberish. Here are the tax cuts and obviously, you are also wrong, by saying >>
"more than half of all Americans — 53 percent — will pay more in taxes." That is ludicrous. Look at the chart. In order for your crazy claim to be true, Americans with incomes between $200/yr and $500/yr would have to constitute 53% of the population. (and not even all of them)
Income Tax Rate Income Levels for Those Filing As:
2017 2018-2025 Single Married-Joint
10% 10% $0-$9,525 $0-$19,050
15% 12% $9,525-$38,700 $19,050-$77,400
25% 22% $38,700-$82,500 $77,400-$165K
28% 24% $82,500-$157,500 $165K-$315K
33% 32% $157,500-$200K $315K-$400K
33%-35% 35% $200K-$500K $400K-$600K
39.6% 37% $500K+ $600K+
How Trump's Tax Reform Plan Affects You
And I don't remember him saying the rich would pay more. Got a video ?
2. Evidence ?
3. He repealed the mandate of it, and it all would have gone if not for RINO McCain. Trump did his part.
4. Infrastructure repair can still be done. Most of Trump's 1st term is still ahead of him. You have evidence that there's no money for it ? That sounds ridiculous, He could always divert funds from some other program (which is not beneficial to the American people)
5. Accusations without a single specific name. Nothing concrete.
6. Would you prefer keeping traitors like Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, James Comey, Gary Cohn ? Others like Scott Pruitt and Hope Hicks felt the pressures from the anti-Trump left were more than what the job was worth. Those cases are caused by the left, not the White House.
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8. If he were to not stop foreign lobbyists from raising (AND CONTRIBUTING) money for US elections, Democrats are the ones who would benefit the most from that. According to leftist PolitiFact,
"several countries with harsh rules for women and that kill gays have contributed to the Clinton Foundation both before and after her tenure at the State Department." Some of these were Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Oman, and Morocco. Saudi Arabia alone contributed a whopping $42.4 Million (20% of Clinton's campaign chest)
The Petra News Agency in Jordan published what it described as exclusive comments from Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which included a claim that Riyadh has provided 20 percent of the total funding to Hillary's campaign.
“Saudi Arabia always has sponsored both Republican and Democratic Party of America and in America current election also provide with full enthusiasm 20 percent of the cost of Hillary Clinton’s election even though some events in the country don’t have a positive look to support the king of a woman (sic) for presidency,” the report quoted Prince Mohammed as having said.
Saudi Arabia Has Funded 20% Of Hillary's Presidential Campaign, Saudi Crown Prince Claims
What Donald Trump said about Saudi Arabia in 2016
9. I have not heard of ANY report of Trump PLANNING to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, and I doubt that is happening. Again, you make bold and wild statements, without presenting a shred of evidence.
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11. HA HA. Oh yeah ? By stopping the unrestricted access to our US market, by placing large tariffs of Chinese imports ? You call that "cozying" I'll the Chinese don't.
12. When did he say he would not bomb Syria ?
13. Yeah, I know what John Kelly said. I know exactly what he said. He's wrong.
14. Rhetoric. No source. No link. Nothing. Besides, if he sues women accusers, that's his business, not the American peoples'
15. How does spending time at a golf property, cost taxpayers over $77 million, that wouldn't have been a cost if he were somewhere else ?.. and can you show that he didn't carry on presidential work while at these places ?
16. So having lowered the unemployment rate to 3.7%, you're going to complain about Americans being out of work ? and your post about Carrier isn't quite accurate. 3 weeks after taking office, Trump did a tax incentive deal with Carrier who had proposed to send 1400 jobs to Mexico. from Trump's deal they only sent 550, saving the remainder to remain in Indianapolis.
Right now. Trump is threatening to cut off federal subsides to GM, if it were to close 5 plants and cut 14,000 jobs in North America.
17. As usual, you present nothing to back up your assertions. "promised to revive the struggling coal industry and “bring back thousands” of lost mining jobs", you said. No source. No link. Nothing. During the Obama years 35,200 jobs were lost. Technology (esp fracking for natural gas) is what's killing the coal industry, not politics.
18. The first 10 months of 2017, was before the Trump tariffs on steel imports (June 2018), So Trump HAS kept his promise to protect steel workers.
19. If Trump went along with liberal gun control proposals, there would be many more mass shootings than there are. When will liberals ever get it that passing gun LAWS has no effect on criminals who don't obey laws. And when will they get it that gun-free zones are a primary reason for mass shootings (invitations to mass shooters)
I'm not sure of the politics of this, but I know Trump has called for nationwide CCW and abolition of gun-free zones, but presidents don't have total power.
20 I don't give a rat's ass about Trump's taxes. HERE is what I care about >>
1. Brought GDP growth up > from 1.8% to 4.2%
2. Lowered unemployment from 4.8% to 3.7%
3. Lowest black unemployment EVER (5.7%)
4. Lowest Hispanic unemployment EVER (4.6%)
5. Highest Median income EVER ($61,372/year)
6. US homebuilding permits soar to highest level since 2007.
7. US manufacturing having best year since 2004
8. Welfare participation at 17 year low.
9. More Americans working than EVER before.
10. ISIS chased out of Raqqa and Mosul - much weakened
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