What Real Successes Have the GOP had in the 21st Century??

[otto105]

Do you consider the moral decay of society over the past 60 years winning?

What moral decay?

 

[ThisIsMe]

Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower established our current interstate highway system. The Federal Aid-Highway Act of 1956 is regarded as one of the greatest post-World War II achievements.

Eisenhower was also responsible for establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Signed into law in 1958, this historic step allowed the U.S. to become a leader in the space age.

sending troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to impose racial desegregation in schools.

In 1972, he visited China and cultivated a harmonious relationship between the U.S. and the Asian nation.

We also have Nixon to thank for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. Much like Eisenhower, Nixon also made an effort to enforce desegregation of schools in the South.

Then there’s Ronald Reagan, who is responsible for ending the Cold War.

No Child Left Behind Act, which was signed into law by George W. Bush in 2002. Bush also promoted alternative fuels in an effort to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Major Republican Accomplishments in US Government - Civics Nation

Both parties have made the US the country it is. In the second of a two-part series, find out about Republican accomplishments over the centuries.

www.civicsnation.org

?

 

[MarcATL]

Start with an unbiased honest media.

Got a list?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Got a list?

Start with your browser history.

 

[MarcATL]

Start with your browser history.

I'll chalk that up as a "no." Thank you.

 

[Smokin' OP]

Simple Breakdown:

Democrats measure success by how many people they can get onto Governmnet programs to sustain themselves.

Republicans measure success by how many people that they can help be successful without Government sustenance.

It really is that simple.

It sure is, a simple lie, for the past 42 years, wash rinse, repeat.

December 24 2017
President Trump kicked off his holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago Friday night at a dinner where he told friends, "You all just got a lot richer," referencing the sweeping tax overhaul he signed into law hours earlier. Mr. Trump directed those comments to friends dining nearby at the exclusive club -- including to two friends at a table near the president's.

July 10 2018
The Republican tax cut created a windfall for Corporate America. The legislation slashed the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%. It also gave companies a tax break on foreign profits that they return to the United States.

The tax law and strong economy have combined to fuel record profits. CEOs are choosing to use a large chunk of that money to reward shareholders.

S&P 500 companies repurchased $189 billion worth of stock during the first quarter, topping the record set in 2007, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Apple (AAPL) alone bought back $22.8 billion of its stock, the most of any company in any quarter in US history.

April 11 2019
At least 60 companies reported that their 2018 federal tax rates amounted to effectively zero, or even less than zero, on income earned on U.S. operations, according to an analysis released today by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The number is more than twice as many as ITEP found roughly, per year, on average in an earlier, multi-year analysis before the new tax law went into effect.

The identified companies were “able to zero out their federal income taxes on $79 billion in U.S. pretax income.”

Among them are household names like technology giant Amazon.com Inc. and entertainment streaming service Netflix Inc., in addition to global oil giant Chevron Corp., pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co., and farming and commercial equipment manufacturer Deere & Co.

January 14 2021
One of President Donald Trump’s lesser known but profoundly damaging legacies will be the explosive rise in the national debt that occurred on his watch. The financial burden that he’s inflicted on our government will wreak havoc for decades, saddling our kids and grandkids with debt.

The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office. That’s nearly twice as much as what Americans owe on student loans, car loans, credit cards and every other type of debt other than mortgages, combined, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It amounts to about $23,500 in new federal debt for every person in the country.

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times.

Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and is the only president in modern times not to make them public, paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years.

 

[Billiejeens]

Start with an unbiased honest media.

There would be no Democrat Party if that actually happened.

 

[Billiejeens]

Poor smokin,

Your entire party is based on outright lies and misinformation that the Democrat Media Bubble sanitizes for you cult members.

Keeps you in the Cult.

Ignorant and uninformed, but there still.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

It sure is, a simple lie, for the past 42 years, wash rinse, repeat.

December 24 2017
President Trump kicked off his holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago Friday night at a dinner where he told friends, "You all just got a lot richer," referencing the sweeping tax overhaul he signed into law hours earlier. Mr. Trump directed those comments to friends dining nearby at the exclusive club -- including to two friends at a table near the president's.

July 10 2018
The Republican tax cut created a windfall for Corporate America. The legislation slashed the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%. It also gave companies a tax break on foreign profits that they return to the United States.

The tax law and strong economy have combined to fuel record profits. CEOs are choosing to use a large chunk of that money to reward shareholders.

S&P 500 companies repurchased $189 billion worth of stock during the first quarter, topping the record set in 2007, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Apple (AAPL) alone bought back $22.8 billion of its stock, the most of any company in any quarter in US history.

April 11 2019
At least 60 companies reported that their 2018 federal tax rates amounted to effectively zero, or even less than zero, on income earned on U.S. operations, according to an analysis released today by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The number is more than twice as many as ITEP found roughly, per year, on average in an earlier, multi-year analysis before the new tax law went into effect.

The identified companies were “able to zero out their federal income taxes on $79 billion in U.S. pretax income.”

Among them are household names like technology giant Amazon.com Inc. and entertainment streaming service Netflix Inc., in addition to global oil giant Chevron Corp., pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co., and farming and commercial equipment manufacturer Deere & Co.

January 14 2021
One of President Donald Trump’s lesser known but profoundly damaging legacies will be the explosive rise in the national debt that occurred on his watch. The financial burden that he’s inflicted on our government will wreak havoc for decades, saddling our kids and grandkids with debt.

The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office. That’s nearly twice as much as what Americans owe on student loans, car loans, credit cards and every other type of debt other than mortgages, combined, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It amounts to about $23,500 in new federal debt for every person in the country.

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times.

Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and is the only president in modern times not to make them public, paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years.

It was a win for everybody. What are you whining about?

 

[Smokin' OP]

When Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, the Nazis controlled less than three percent of Germany’s 4,700 papers.

The elimination of the German multi-party political system brought about the demise of hundreds of newspapers produced by outlawed political parties. It also allowed the state to seize the printing plants and equipment of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties, which were often turned over directly to the Nazi Party. In the following months, the Nazis established control or exerted influence over independent press organs.

During the first weeks of 1933, the Nazi regime deployed the radio, press, and newsreels to stoke fears of a pending “Communist uprising,” then channeled popular anxieties into political measures that eradicated civil liberties and democracy. SA (Storm Troopers) and members of the Nazi elite paramilitary formation, the SS, took to the streets to brutalize or arrest political opponents and incarcerate them in hastily established detention centers and concentration camps. Nazi thugs broke into opposing political party offices, destroying printing presses and newspapers.

Since returning to power in 2010, Orbán has unceasingly attacked media pluralism and independence. After public broadcasting was turned into a propaganda organ, many private media were taken over or silenced. The ruling party, Fidesz, has seized de facto control of 80% of the country’s media through political-economic manoeuvres and the purchase of news organisations by friendly oligarchs.

On March 28, Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s oldest independent newspapers, announced it was suspending operations until the conclusion of the war in Ukraine. It had just received a second warning for alleged violations of the country’s foreign agent law from Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal media censor, which could potentially result in a full shutdown. Since the start of the war, the Russian government has blocked or shut down all remaining independent sources of information in Russia, including the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, the television channel TV Rain, and the bilingual news website Meduza.

Republicans, following the authoritarian playbook.

 

[Smokin' OP]

It was a win for everybody. What are you whining about?

A 42 year old lie.
Winners for the top one percent.
Then, republicans whine about the debt.

 

[Billiejeens]

It was a win for everybody. What are you whining about?

That's simple.

We digitize money now, and even before that Leftists never understood how money was generated.

They understand sin taxes.
Taxes on alcohol, cigarettes etc.
They think that taxes are to punish sins - sins like being successful.
In their mind the main purpose of taxation is to punish success.
Therefore, a win for everyone is just plain awful.

 

[Smokin' OP]

Poor smokin,

Your entire party is based on outright lies and misinformation that the Democrat Media Bubble sanitizes for you cult members.

Keeps you in the Cult.

Ignorant and uninformed, but there still.

Sure, Trump and his cult are still waiting on the check from Mexico and waiting for JFK Jr, to come back from the dead, to be Trump's running mate.

 

[Billiejeens]

Sure, Trump and his cult are still waiting on the check from Mexico and waiting for JFK Jr, to come back from the dead, to be Trump's running mate.

There was never going to be a check.
That is just a strawman that really ignorant and or dishonest people thought made a good talking point.

JFK Jr. was a left-wing lunatic - dead or alive not a good running mate for President Trump.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

When Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, the Nazis controlled less than three percent of Germany’s 4,700 papers.

The elimination of the German multi-party political system brought about the demise of hundreds of newspapers produced by outlawed political parties. It also allowed the state to seize the printing plants and equipment of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties, which were often turned over directly to the Nazi Party. In the following months, the Nazis established control or exerted influence over independent press organs.

During the first weeks of 1933, the Nazi regime deployed the radio, press, and newsreels to stoke fears of a pending “Communist uprising,” then channeled popular anxieties into political measures that eradicated civil liberties and democracy. SA (Storm Troopers) and members of the Nazi elite paramilitary formation, the SS, took to the streets to brutalize or arrest political opponents and incarcerate them in hastily established detention centers and concentration camps. Nazi thugs broke into opposing political party offices, destroying printing presses and newspapers.

Since returning to power in 2010, Orbán has unceasingly attacked media pluralism and independence. After public broadcasting was turned into a propaganda organ, many private media were taken over or silenced. The ruling party, Fidesz, has seized de facto control of 80% of the country’s media through political-economic manoeuvres and the purchase of news organisations by friendly oligarchs.

On March 28, Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s oldest independent newspapers, announced it was suspending operations until the conclusion of the war in Ukraine. It had just received a second warning for alleged violations of the country’s foreign agent law from Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal media censor, which could potentially result in a full shutdown. Since the start of the war, the Russian government has blocked or shut down all remaining independent sources of information in Russia, including the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, the television channel TV Rain, and the bilingual news website Meduza.

Republicans, following the authoritarian playbook.

Your entire post illustrates what the leftists are doing in this country. Thanks!

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

A 42 year old lie.
Winners for the top one percent.
Then, republicans whine about the debt.

Pure fantasy! Enjoy your angry groomed life.

 

[Anathema]

So more insurrection because you didn’t get your way?

Disclaimers: I voted for Trump in 2016. I didn’t vote for him in 2020 & would not in 2024. I do not believe the 2020 election was “stolen”; but I do believe that BOTH sides have and continue to use voting law changes and political power to disadvantage their opponents across the country.

I also believe that there are Right and Wrong options when voting at every level, whether it’s for the local dog catcher, some state ballot question, or POTUS. Unfortunately, in the last century the number of Right options on our ballots countrywide have dropped precipitously. Last fall I found NO Right options for candidates on my local ballot, so I voted NO on all the ballot questions and left the rest of the ballot blank in protest.

What happened on 1/6/21 wasn’t an insurrection. It was a whiney baby festival. The difference - an actual insurrection would have required armed people willing to actually kill to make their demands a reality. Regardless of what any group might have had in their cars or hotel rooms, they didn’t have the nerve to use it. That makes them nothing more than cowardly children crying thst they didn’t get the cherry ice pop they wanted.

Now, I believe we may need a REAL insurrection in this country sooner than later. When there are no Right options on the ballot, eventually the system needs to be torn down and rebuilt. The only way to make that happen will be by violence. That’s an unfortunate truth.

 

[MarcATL]

There was never going to be a check.
That is just a strawman that really ignorant and or dishonest people thought made a good talking point.

JFK Jr. was a left-wing lunatic - dead or alive not a good running mate for President Trump.

So all you're fellow republican patriots were lying then, weren't they?

 

[Billiejeens]

Disclaimers: I voted for Trump in 2016. I didn’t vote for him in 2020 & would not in 2024. I do not believe the 2020 election was “stolen”; but I do believe that BOTH sides have and continue to use voting law changes and political power to disadvantage their opponents across the country.

I also believe that there are Right and Wrong options when voting at every level, whether it’s for the local dog catcher, some state ballot question, or POTUS. Unfortunately, in the last century the number of Right options on our ballots countrywide have dropped precipitously. Last fall I found NO Right options for candidates on my local ballot, so I voted NO on all the ballot questions and left the rest of the ballot blank in protest.

What happened on 1/6/21 wasn’t an insurrection. It was a whiney baby festival. The difference - an actual insurrection would have required armed people willing to actually kill to make their demands a reality. Regardless of what any group might have had in their cars or hotel rooms, they didn’t have the nerve to use it. That makes them nothing more than cowardly children crying thst they didn’t get the cherry ice pop they wanted.

Now, I believe we may need a REAL insurrection in this country sooner than later. When there are no Right options on the ballot, eventually the system needs to be torn down and rebuilt. The only way to make that happen will be by violence. That’s an unfortunate truth.

So - if 2020 wasn't stolen. how would you label it?
Given that multiple states changed the way that they counted ballots without legally changing the way that they counted ballots - definitely had an effect. An effect that no reasonable person should have felt comfortable with.

I don't think that it was a whiney baby festival - it really seemed more like a tailgate or a pep rally in a show of support that was commandeered by outside forces.
It is all in the timing, the timing is crucial.

I do agree that there is only a slim chance that The Republic can be restored through legal channels.
I don't know if we have the will though.

 

[Billiejeens]

So all you're fellow republican patriots were lying then, weren't they?

About what?