22 Dec 16
Originally posted by whodeyExactly, and the Dems are no different.
The GOP has always been a big government party and are big spenders.
Now all they have to do is lower taxes a bit and the cycle will continue.
See where the Republicans are deciding to keep the obamacare taxes?
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by whodeyClinton's providing of access to the Clinton Foundation donors is no different from politicians providing access based on campaign donations, and in that sense is unremarkable by American standards (although I think that political donations should be heavily restricted). Clinton and the Democrats did propose restrictions to such donations, however, which Donald Trump unsurprisingly hasn't.
The US federal government thrives on conflict of interest, just like with Hillary's Foundation charity proves.
Nothing gets done in Washington unless people are getting filthy rich, which is why Obama had to even bribe members of his own party to pass Obamacare.
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22 Dec 16
Originally posted by KazetNagorra"Maybe they can cut funding for research in case academics still haven't gotten the message"
Trump's plan, though, isn't to invest in infrastructure but to funnel tax money to his buddies under the guise of government investment. We'll see what his handlers and Congress come up with, though. Maybe they can cut funding for research in case academics still haven't gotten the message.
Do you mean like how Obama slashed NASA's budget a few years ago.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by KazetNagorraSleazy conman, so you are saying he is just like Obama.
I'm saying that with Trump you get what you voted for - a sleazy con-man who's going to get his greedy small hands inside your pockets and drain them as much as you let him get away with.
22 Dec 16
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Originally posted by KazetNagorraAll that Americans care about are jobs.
You still don't get it, do you? Trump's outrageous conflicts of interest make the Carlyle Group and Halliburton look like child's play. Obama took bribes (which I think should be banned) but has no significant business interests that competed with his duty as president.
Look at the corruption in Washington over the years, no one cares.
Trump won because Middle America was going down the tubes with more and more jobs leaving, in addition to immigrants coming in unobstructed taking what jobs were left.
You kids still don't get it.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by EladarThat's some real Christian tolerance, there. Running down school teachers and lesbians in the same post.
You mean Trump has plans for shovel ready jobs?
Maybe this time the money wii go towards roads and such instead of university research grants and funding for school teachers.
I think one of those grants went to a project designed to try to figure out why lesbians are so fat.
Everything's gotta be privatized by you conservatards, doesn't it? Let's see how tolerant you get when you have to take a toll road to get across town.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by SuzianneI am a school teacher.
That's some real Christian tolerance, there. Running down school teachers and lesbians in the same post.
Everything's gotta be privatized by you conservatards, doesn't it? Let's see how tolerant you get when you have to take a toll road to get across town.
I wasn't the one running down lesbians, the ones doing the study were.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by whodeyUh-huh. That must be why 25% of American voters voted against continuing policies that had brought down unemployment significantly. And of course those Midwest voters were super worried about all those immigrants coming to California taking jobs there.
All that Americans care about are jobs.
Look at the corruption in Washington over the years, no one cares.
Trump won because Middle America was going down the tubes with more and more jobs leaving, in addition to immigrants coming in unobstructed taking what jobs were left.
You kids still don't get it.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by KazetNagorraYou think illegals are limited to California and the South West?
Uh-huh. That must be why 25% of American voters voted against continuing policies that had brought down unemployment significantly. And of course those Midwest voters were super worried about all those immigrants coming to California taking jobs there.
Lol
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by whodeyI'm a deficit hawk. But given that we're going to run up big deficits, infrastructure is as good an idea on what to spend it as anything else.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-plan-congress/
That's right conservatives, Trump wants to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure. Funny, when Obama wanted to do the same thing the GOP resisted, but now it agrees?
I've read overall that Trump plans to spend more taxpayer money than Hillary would have, so I'm beginn ...[text shortened]... , the honeymoon is over. It was fun for a month or so but now it's time to face the hard facts.
Better that than tax cuts for the rich.