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

[Toddsterpatriot]

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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

 

[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. ...

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

Donald Trump cut taxes for the wealthy. The 'JFK tax cuts' were actually LBJs tax cuts.

Please invest some of your disposable income into your human capital.

 

[Denizen]

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.
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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.

Reducing wasteful spending on Trump and his family would be a good start.

 

[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. ...

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.

Trump family entitlements?

 

[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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

 

[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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

 

[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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

You have the right to be wrong. Obama only dragged out the recovery, in the worst recovery in US history.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

 

[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.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Not as dramatically as they did under Obama.

 

[Brain357]

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Not as dramatically as they did under Obama.

Yeah Obama was handed a disaster and trump a strong economy. Did you elect trump to be like Obama??

 

[Denizen]

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Donald Trump has bloated the Trump bogus economy by running on debt. The bill will have to be paid eventually.

Trump will get the check on November 3 and his cabinet of stooges, cronies, and criminals will be jailed or run outta town.

 

[Denizen]

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Not as dramatically as they did under Obama.

It just exemplifies how good Obama was at controlling the US economy. The Bush 2 bust was turned into a growing economy until Bush 3, Donald 'W' Trump, has turned to debt.

 

[Brain357]

Obama turned around the Bush GFC and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Donald Trump has turned farmers into welfare recipients with a bailout greater than the car industry bailout during the GFC.

Get a life instead of being a Trump propagandist.

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Donald Trump has bloated the Trump bogus economy by running on debt. The bill will have to be paid eventually.

Trump will get the check on November 3 and his cabinet of stooges, cronies, and criminals will be jailed or run outta town.

It is a credit card economy for sure. And he's proving republicans don't know the economy. He's done everything in their playbook with trillion dollar deficits and historically low fed rate and can't hit 3%.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Not as dramatically as they did under Obama.

Yeah Obama was handed a disaster and trump a strong economy. Did you elect trump to be like Obama??

Yeah Obama was handed a disaster

Recession ended in June. His actions turned the recovery into a disaster.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Obama turned around the Bush GFC

The recession ended in June 2009.
Do you imagine we'd have gone into a depression if Obama hadn't done stuff from Jan-June 2009?

and handed Trump a healthy growing economy.

Real GDP growth in 2016 was 1.6%.

Get a life instead of being a Obama propagandist.

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Not as dramatically as they did under Obama.

It just exemplifies how good Obama was at controlling the US economy. The Bush 2 bust was turned into a growing economy until Bush 3, Donald 'W' Trump, has turned to debt.

It just exemplifies how good Obama was at controlling the US economy.

Weakest recovery since WWII. That's some great control.

 

[DustyInfinity]

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. ...

Explain to me again how trickle UP economics works? Crippling businesses and putting people on welfare doesn't lead anyone to the light. For once, it would be nice if the lefties would let people be successful.

 

[Denizen]

Trump is boosting the economy with deficit spending of $ 1 trillion a year since his inauguration.

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

How does that compare to Obama's debt growth?

You never answered...…..weird.

Deficits increased drastically when trump took over.

Not as dramatically as they did under Obama.

It just exemplifies how good Obama was at controlling the US economy. The Bush 2 bust was turned into a growing economy until Bush 3, Donald 'W' Trump, has turned to debt.

It just exemplifies how good Obama was at controlling the US economy.

Weakest recovery since WWII. That's some great control.

Trump s the weakest economy. The GDP growth trajectory was better under Obama.

Trump has flatlined the US economy and bloated it with debt.

 

[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. ...

Explain to me again how trickle UP economics works? Crippling businesses and putting people on welfare doesn't lead anyone to the light. For once, it would be nice if the lefties would let people be successful.

Are you Donald Trump junior?

You need to wean yourself off taxpayer welfare. Get a real job and ditch the Orange man.