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- Dark Overlord
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Re: What Happened to Trump the Populist?
"The Trump "fact" that blew me away when I heard it yesterday was the "roaring back" the auto industry would do under his presidency. This was spoken to a crowd of chamber of commerce-types in the auto state--Michigan! Surely they are aware of the return of the auto industry following the bail-outs from the Obama administration even if Trump has no clue. Do you think Trump needs more knowledgeable speech writers?"
I'm fairly certain he's aware of it as are his speech writers. The problem is the audience, eating up a lot of rhetoric and hyperbole with no real idea what's actually being said.
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- Just Fred
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Re: What Happened to Trump the Populist?
Wait, wait! There's more:
The more Trump spoke on Monday, the more he wound up on the other side of himself.
Some examples:
Trump boasted that he was going to “cut regulations massively,” promising to enact a temporary moratorium on new regulations upon taking office. Then he blasted China for having “no real environmental or labor protections” — measures that are, of course, regulations.
“I am proposing an across-the-board income tax reduction,” Trump said, “especially for middle-income Americans." Then he proposed a series of tax cuts that would primarily benefit corporations and wealthy individuals.
Trump proposed to double Hillary Clinton’s proposed spending to rebuild America’s infrastructure — an initiative that is urgently needed and could create many good jobs. Then he proposed a massive round of tax cuts that would deprive the government of the revenues needed to pay for it.
Last edited by Just Fred (8/09/2016 12:58 pm)