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

[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.

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

 

[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.

That's just slanderous propaganda.

Please... I didn't say I wanted a wealth tax, which in France sent jobs outside the country. Warren did.
I didn't say I wanted Medicare for all, a program already with $122 Trillion in unfunded liabilities. Bernie did.

Your people have openly supported endless spending for a wide variety of things. Not me. I didn't say that. Your own people did.

So.... it's not slanderous... it's fact. Sorry.

 

[Brain357]

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

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

 

[Andylusion]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

Many of the Obama Care spending policies were intentionally delayed. In fact, many didn't even come into effect until 2014, which hid their true costs, which increased after he was out of office.

Obamacare Delay Will Cost $12 Billion ⋆ The Washington Sentinel

So, the delay itself will be costing taxpayers. Imagine how much it will cost once the delay is over. The CBO estimates that over the next 10 years as Obamacare is rolled out, it’ll cost $1.38 trillion (with a “t”). I’m sure even that’s low-balling it.
​

That was from 2013.

Pretty nice to increase costs over 10 years, and then leave office 2 years later. (this is from 2014 I believe).

Further, again, Obama couldn't be in office now anyway. It's not like could pick between Obama and Trump in 2016 or 2020. We have to pick between who is running now.

Everyone that is running against Trump TODAY... not Obama from 10 years ago.... all of them have proposed even more expensive and devastating policies than Trump has, by a wide margin.

 

[Rye Catcher]

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.

The House was controlled by the Republicans for the first two years of trump presidency. And since the D's have been in control they have passed hundreds of bills ignored by Moscow Mitch, including one to protect our democracy, hence allowing Russia and other nation's cyber attack on our election.

House Democrats have passed nearly 400 bills. Trump and Republicans are ignoring them.

 

[Brain357]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

Many of the Obama Care spending policies were intentionally delayed. In fact, many didn't even come into effect until 2014, which hid their true costs, which increased after he was out of office.

Obamacare Delay Will Cost $12 Billion ⋆ The Washington Sentinel

So, the delay itself will be costing taxpayers. Imagine how much it will cost once the delay is over. The CBO estimates that over the next 10 years as Obamacare is rolled out, it’ll cost $1.38 trillion (with a “t”). I’m sure even that’s low-balling it.
​

That was from 2013.

Pretty nice to increase costs over 10 years, and then leave office 2 years later. (this is from 2014 I believe).

Further, again, Obama couldn't be in office now anyway. It's not like could pick between Obama and Trump in 2016 or 2020. We have to pick between who is running now.

Everyone that is running against Trump TODAY... not Obama from 10 years ago.... all of them have proposed even more expensive and devastating policies than Trump has, by a wide margin.

Deficits increased drastically from trump policy. First the tax cuts flattened revenue. Then he increased military spending.

 

[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. ...

Please explain why JFK cut taxes to grow the economy?
You cant so you wont.

 

[Brain357]

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. ...

Please explain why JFK cut taxes to grow the economy?
You cant so you wont.

Did it work that time? Sure didn’t this time, just increased deficits.

 

[Andylusion]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

Many of the Obama Care spending policies were intentionally delayed. In fact, many didn't even come into effect until 2014, which hid their true costs, which increased after he was out of office.

Obamacare Delay Will Cost $12 Billion ⋆ The Washington Sentinel

So, the delay itself will be costing taxpayers. Imagine how much it will cost once the delay is over. The CBO estimates that over the next 10 years as Obamacare is rolled out, it’ll cost $1.38 trillion (with a “t”). I’m sure even that’s low-balling it.
​

That was from 2013.

Pretty nice to increase costs over 10 years, and then leave office 2 years later. (this is from 2014 I believe).

Further, again, Obama couldn't be in office now anyway. It's not like could pick between Obama and Trump in 2016 or 2020. We have to pick between who is running now.

Everyone that is running against Trump TODAY... not Obama from 10 years ago.... all of them have proposed even more expensive and devastating policies than Trump has, by a wide margin.

Deficits increased drastically from trump policy. First the tax cuts flattened revenue. Then he increased military spending.

I believe that the short term loss of corporate tax revenue will bounce back. As the US becomes more profitable to invest in, more companies will invest in the US. Short term pain, long term gain.

Besides that, the US government collected over $3.4 trillion in tax revenue. They don't need more money. They simply don't. We need to cut spending.

He did increase military spending. I agree. First, we should be cutting non-constitutional spending. 3/4ths the budget is non-constitutional spending. Then after we eliminate all non-consitutional spending, we'll re-evaluate military spending.

 

[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. ...

Please explain why JFK cut taxes to grow the economy?
You cant so you wont.

Did it work that time? Sure didn’t this time, just increased deficits.

Cut spending on entitlements.

 

[Brain357]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

Many of the Obama Care spending policies were intentionally delayed. In fact, many didn't even come into effect until 2014, which hid their true costs, which increased after he was out of office.

Obamacare Delay Will Cost $12 Billion ⋆ The Washington Sentinel

So, the delay itself will be costing taxpayers. Imagine how much it will cost once the delay is over. The CBO estimates that over the next 10 years as Obamacare is rolled out, it’ll cost $1.38 trillion (with a “t”). I’m sure even that’s low-balling it.
​

That was from 2013.

Pretty nice to increase costs over 10 years, and then leave office 2 years later. (this is from 2014 I believe).

Further, again, Obama couldn't be in office now anyway. It's not like could pick between Obama and Trump in 2016 or 2020. We have to pick between who is running now.

Everyone that is running against Trump TODAY... not Obama from 10 years ago.... all of them have proposed even more expensive and devastating policies than Trump has, by a wide margin.

Deficits increased drastically from trump policy. First the tax cuts flattened revenue. Then he increased military spending.

I believe that the short term loss of corporate tax revenue will bounce back. As the US becomes more profitable to invest in, more companies will invest in the US. Short term pain, long term gain.

Besides that, the US government collected over $3.4 trillion in tax revenue. They don't need more money. They simply don't. We need to cut spending.

He did increase military spending. I agree. First, we should be cutting non-constitutional spending. 3/4ths the budget is non-constitutional spending. Then after we eliminate all non-consitutional spending, we'll re-evaluate military spending.

Right so trump hurt revenue and increased spending. He drastically increased deficits in a strong economy. Completely irresponsible.

 

[Rye Catcher]

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. ...

Please explain why JFK cut taxes to grow the economy?
You cant so you wont.

I can, but it is easily explained in this link:

Revenue Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

"Kennedy proposed the bill on the advice of Keynesian economist Walter Heller, who believed that temporary deficit spending would boost economic growth. The act was initially blocked by conservatives like Senator Harry F. Byrd, but Lyndon Johnson was able to guide it through Congress after the assassination of Kennedy in November 1963. The act cut federal income taxes by approximately twenty percent across the board, and the top federal income tax rate fell from 91 percent to 70 percent. The act also reduced the corporate tax from 52 percent to 48 percent and created a minimum standard deduction.

"The stated goals of the tax cuts were to raise personal incomes, increase consumption, and increase capital investments. Evidence shows that these goals were exceeded by large degree with the combination of tax cuts and domestic spending programs President Johnson advocated, such as Medicare.[10] Unemployment fell from 5.2% in 1964 to 4.5% in 1965, and fell to 3.8% in 1966.[10] [11] Initial estimates predicted a loss of revenue as a result of the tax cuts, however, tax revenue increased in 1964 and 1965.[10][12]"

Consumer spending drives our economy, trickle down never worked, and that is what the Ryan Tax Fraud provides - lower taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

 

[miketx]

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. ...

More from the never ending fake news.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

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. ...

Nothing but a bunch of platitudes and horse shit.

.

 

[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. ...

Please explain why JFK cut taxes to grow the economy?
You cant so you wont.

I can, but it is easily explained in this link:

Revenue Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

"Kennedy proposed the bill on the advice of Keynesian economist Walter Heller, who believed that temporary deficit spending would boost economic growth. The act was initially blocked by conservatives like Senator Harry F. Byrd, but Lyndon Johnson was able to guide it through Congress after the assassination of Kennedy in November 1963. The act cut federal income taxes by approximately twenty percent across the board, and the top federal income tax rate fell from 91 percent to 70 percent. The act also reduced the corporate tax from 52 percent to 48 percent and created a minimum standard deduction.

"The stated goals of the tax cuts were to raise personal incomes, increase consumption, and increase capital investments. Evidence shows that these goals were exceeded by large degree with the combination of tax cuts and domestic spending programs President Johnson advocated, such as Medicare.[10] Unemployment fell from 5.2% in 1964 to 4.5% in 1965, and fell to 3.8% in 1966.[10] [11] Initial estimates predicted a loss of revenue as a result of the tax cuts, however, tax revenue increased in 1964 and 1965.[10][12]"

Consumer spending drives our economy, trickle down never worked, and that is what the Ryan Tax Fraud provides - lower taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

You sad misinformed leftist.

 

[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

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Trump has never paid tax in his life and he doesn't understand the principle that taxes fund government spending.

 

[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

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.

Please... I didn't say I wanted a wealth tax, which in France sent jobs outside the country. Warren did.
I didn't say I wanted Medicare for all, a program already with $122 Trillion in unfunded liabilities. Bernie did.

Your people have openly supported endless spending for a wide variety of things. Not me. I didn't say that. Your own people did.

So.... it's not slanderous... it's fact. Sorry.

The US has become very sick since the emergence of POTUS Trump.

 

[Denizen]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

Many of the Obama Care spending policies were intentionally delayed. In fact, many didn't even come into effect until 2014, which hid their true costs, which increased after he was out of office.

Obamacare Delay Will Cost $12 Billion ⋆ The Washington Sentinel

So, the delay itself will be costing taxpayers. Imagine how much it will cost once the delay is over. The CBO estimates that over the next 10 years as Obamacare is rolled out, it’ll cost $1.38 trillion (with a “t”). I’m sure even that’s low-balling it.
​

That was from 2013.

Pretty nice to increase costs over 10 years, and then leave office 2 years later. (this is from 2014 I believe).

Further, again, Obama couldn't be in office now anyway. It's not like could pick between Obama and Trump in 2016 or 2020. We have to pick between who is running now.

Everyone that is running against Trump TODAY... not Obama from 10 years ago.... all of them have proposed even more expensive and devastating policies than Trump has, by a wide margin.

It's devastating to heal the sick?

The over-charging of medical costs in the US is sick.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Trump has never paid tax in his life and he doesn't understand the principle that taxes fund government spending.

Rachel Maddow was unavailable for comment.

 

[Denizen]

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.

Still better than if any of the Democrats were in office. They all... all of them... openly propose even more spending.

So no matter how much you don't like Trump, he's still better than any alternative you have offered.

Unlikely. The guy drastically increased Obama deficits.

Many of the Obama Care spending policies were intentionally delayed. In fact, many didn't even come into effect until 2014, which hid their true costs, which increased after he was out of office.

Obamacare Delay Will Cost $12 Billion ⋆ The Washington Sentinel

So, the delay itself will be costing taxpayers. Imagine how much it will cost once the delay is over. The CBO estimates that over the next 10 years as Obamacare is rolled out, it’ll cost $1.38 trillion (with a “t”). I’m sure even that’s low-balling it.
​

That was from 2013.

Pretty nice to increase costs over 10 years, and then leave office 2 years later. (this is from 2014 I believe).

Further, again, Obama couldn't be in office now anyway. It's not like could pick between Obama and Trump in 2016 or 2020. We have to pick between who is running now.

Everyone that is running against Trump TODAY... not Obama from 10 years ago.... all of them have proposed even more expensive and devastating policies than Trump has, by a wide margin.

Deficits increased drastically from trump policy. First the tax cuts flattened revenue. Then he increased military spending.

Donald Trump has also diverted streams of money from Uncle Sam into his own pockets.