Trickle-down crime ... Donald Trump sells out to trickle-down economics

[Denizen]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

 

[kyzr]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

 

[Oddball]

Quit pretending that you GAf about the debt....Marxist shitburgers like you didn't utter a peep when your mulatto Messiah doubled the debt.

 

[Denizen]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Record debt? Thanks, Obama!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

You're confused; you meant to say "the Bidens"

 

[Denizen]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

You're confused; you meant to say "the Bidens"

Donald Trump and the Trumplings are stealing from the Bidens too?

 

[tyroneweaver]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

 

[Denizen]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

Donald Trump's favorite charity is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and family are costing Uncle Sam >12 x Obama family's costs.

Most of that money is going into Donald Trump's pockets. He bills the taxpayer when he stays at his own properties and golfs nearly every day using Airforce 1 jet as his golf buggy.

 

[theHawk]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

You might actually have a point about the debt under President Trump. The problem is every Dem candidate has promised to spend ten times as much.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

You're confused; you meant to say "the Bidens"

The Bidens, the Kerrys, the Pelosis and apparently the Romneys as well.

 

[Andylusion]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

Not true.

 

[Andylusion]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

Donald Trump's favorite charity is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and family are costing Uncle Sam >12 x Obama family's costs.

Most of that money is going into Donald Trump's pockets. He bills the taxpayer when he stays at his own properties and golfs nearly every day using Airforce 1 jet as his golf buggy.

Which is still pocket change compared to the massive government spending, and debt, and eventual bankruptcy of the country, that would happen under any of the Democrat alternatives.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

Donald Trump's favorite charity is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and family are costing Uncle Sam >12 x Obama family's costs.

Most of that money is going into Donald Trump's pockets. He bills the taxpayer when he stays at his own properties and golfs nearly every day using Airforce 1 jet as his golf buggy.

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

Donald Trump's favorite charity is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and family are costing Uncle Sam >12 x Obama family's costs.

Most of that money is going into Donald Trump's pockets. He bills the taxpayer when he stays at his own properties and golfs nearly every day using Airforce 1 jet as his golf buggy.

Bernie, is that you?

 

[kyzr]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

Got a link for that lie?

 

[Denizen]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

Donald Trump's favorite charity is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and family are costing Uncle Sam >12 x Obama family's costs.

Most of that money is going into Donald Trump's pockets. He bills the taxpayer when he stays at his own properties and golfs nearly every day using Airforce 1 jet as his golf buggy.

Which is still pocket change compared to the massive government spending, and debt, and eventual bankruptcy of the country, that would happen under any of the Democrat alternatives.

Donald Trump is leading the charge toward bankruptcy with debt growth > 2.5 x GDP growth.

The hole gets deeper and deeper every day of Donald Trump's tenure.

After Trump is run outta town the truth about his stealing from Uncle Sam will be exposed.

 

[Denizen]

The Trump doctrine is grifting and cheating. His tax plans are stealing from future Americans by building debt mountains.

The only thing trickling down from the Trump administration is criminality as Trump and his family profit from his presidency.

The only reaching out Donald Trump is doing is transferring the contents of much of America's pockets into the pockets of Trump associates and other wealthy people.

Acquiring debt to hide the parlous state of the US economy is a crime.

Acquiring debt with no evident intention to pay back the debt is theft.

Currently debt growth is > 2.5 x GDP growth. This is criminal and unsustainable.

Donald Trump Sells Out to Trickle-Down Economics

DONALD TRUMP SELLS OUT TO TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS

By John Cassidy

August 9, 2016

After Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic policy, the contradictions attending that part of the Republican Presidential nominee’s platform are more glaring than ever.

From the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign, there has been a nagging inconsistency in his approach to economic issues. On trade and immigration, he has broken with Republican dogma, arguing that the influx from abroad of cheap goods and low-wage workers has undermined the job prospects and living standards of ordinary Americans. On tax policy, however, Trump has stuck to the standard G.O.P. script, promising a slew of tax cuts skewed toward businesses and the rich. To be sure, until Monday, Trump hadn't talked much about his tax plan, but the broad outlines of it were there on his Web site, serving as a reminder of the limits of his populism.

... Instead of saying he'd slash business taxes and bring the top rate of income tax down to twenty-five per cent, Trump could have promised tax cuts and tax credits targeted specifically at middle-class Americans, citing the fact that wealthy Americans were doing fine and didn't need another handout. For instance, he could have suggested raising the upper-income cut-off on Social Security contributions and using the cash this generated to pay for higher benefits for everybody. Or he could have eschewed tax cuts aimed at the wealthy in favor of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, which boosts the take-home pay of low-income working families.
...
In the speech that Trump delivered at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, all three of these giveaways to the rich featured prominently, as did deregulation—another issue that is of interest primarily to the donor class. "My campaign is about reaching out to everyone as Americans," Trump said. But the details of his speech confirmed that he had caved in to the regressive, anti-tax G.O.P. orthodoxy that is defined and policed by groups such as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Club for Growth.

Consequently, the contradictions attending Trump's economic platform are more glaring than ever. He goes into the last months of the election campaign as a political schizophrenic. On immigration and trade, he is a pitchfork-wielding Pat Buchanan Republican; on taxes and regulation, he is a dark-suited Paul Ryan Republican. Perhaps the old saying is right and consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Purely from a political perspective, though, it seems to me that Trump has missed a big opportunity.

As he delivered his speech in Detroit, the tensions between the populist Trump and the trickle-down Trump were quickly evident. For the first half hour or so, he barely mentioned trade, one of his signature economic issues. Instead, he talked about his revised tax plan, which is very similar to the one Ryan has proposed, the latest version of which was released in June. Last September, Trump said he would replace the current income-tax system, which has seven brackets, to one with three: ten per cent, twenty per cent, and twenty-five per cent. Now Trump has brought the three rates up to match those in Ryan's plan: twelve per cent, twenty-five per cent, and thirty-three per cent. ...

Whadda crock man
The Bidens and clintons have been the ones getting rich of off government

Donald Trump's favorite charity is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and family are costing Uncle Sam >12 x Obama family's costs.

Most of that money is going into Donald Trump's pockets. He bills the taxpayer when he stays at his own properties and golfs nearly every day using Airforce 1 jet as his golf buggy.

Which is still pocket change compared to the massive government spending, and debt, and eventual bankruptcy of the country, that would happen under any of the Democrat alternatives.

That's just slanderous propaganda.

 

[imawhosure]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

Notice what the response is when you ask a question, for which they have no answer for, lol. Instantly, Trump is a crook!

Now you know why you can NOT have a viable conversation with these people. They are not posing questions to discuss reasons or solutions, they are doing it so they can fill 1/2 their thread with insults of Trump, and his supporters.

 

[Denizen]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

Notice what the response is when you ask a question, for which they have no answer for, lol. Instantly, Trump is a crook!

Now you know why you can NOT have a viable conversation with these people. They are not posing questions to discuss reasons or solutions, they are doing it so they can fill 1/2 their thread with insults of Trump, and his supporters.

You have just done the same as you are criticizing others for. You are hypocrite of the year.

You are USMB MVP, most venal player of 2020.

 

[imawhosure]

Any solution to the budget deficit and Debt needs to be bi-partisan or its DOA.
Nancy didn't propose any responsible solution did she?
The House controls the purse strings, and they didn't act responsibly either.

Does that include the mountains of cash Donald Trump and family are stealing from Uncle Sam?

Notice what the response is when you ask a question, for which they have no answer for, lol. Instantly, Trump is a crook!

Now you know why you can NOT have a viable conversation with these people. They are not posing questions to discuss reasons or solutions, they are doing it so they can fill 1/2 their thread with insults of Trump, and his supporters.

You have just done the same as you are criticizing others for. You are hypocrite of the year.

You are USMB MVP, most venal player of 2020.

No, I am the person who just calls out the obvious, lol. Even in my response, I did not call you anything! I just pointed out how you call Trump and his supporters names.

And in your response to me?

Instantly, hypocrite! You just can NOT respond to a Trump supporter without calling them something negative, now can you!

I rest my case-)