Glaucon

The president is about to "give us" a tax cut for Christmas . To pay for it, he has had to add ANOTHER one and a half TRILLION to our national credit card that some future generations will pay or America will go bankrupt faster than Trump University or one of Trump's hotels. At last, the wealthy are getting a break and some may trickle down to we common people, I think we should all send our president a thank you note and the liberals need to quit b***hing .

Raylan Wolfe Loc: earth

And to thank Trump for his gift, Americans reward him with his lowest approval rating yet! Only 35% approve, a historic low for a new president!

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/12/20/trumps-approval-rating-drops-republican-tax-cuts-pass-congress.html

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

A thank you note, I am quite certain, would be appreciated.

bylm1-Bernie

I agree. We should all send him a thank you note. Remind me again how that debt got from 9 Trillions to 20 Trillions. I believe that was in 8 years. Remember Solyndra, et al? ACA? Why don't we give this more than an hour to see if anything concrete happens? You know, like what happened in the 80's after the Reagan tax cuts. I sort of like the way the market is reacting with several national companies already stating they plan to hire more people. Quite an accomplishment considering Trump has had 90% of the media, Hollywood and academia pulling every stunt in the books to stop him.

Raylan Wolfe Loc: earth

Let's see Reagan double the national debt, GW Bush tripled it , and Obama took Reagans lead and only doubled it! Had Reagan and Bush followed Clintons and Obama lead our national debt would be much lower!

Republican break the economy, Democrats fix them!

JimMe

You do know Pres Obama's Administration increased the Debt by over $8.335 Trillion... That when it comes to increasing the Debt, the Democrats in Congress and the White House since 2008's Fiscal Year have increased the Debt by $11.237... More than doubled the Debt in the past 10 years... So, don't go blaming Pres Trump as being "the one" to bankrupt Our USA... Senator and Pres Obama and the Congressional Democrats led the decline a decade ago...

As for my source... My Debt figures are courtesy of the US Treasury Dept Daily Reporting of the National Debt...
My claims regarding the Democratic's leading the Debt Fiasco are supported by the facts that in 2006, the Democrats won control of both Houses of Congress and passed $2.902 Trillion in increased Debt in FY 2008 and FY 2009 combined, and Pres Obama's winning the Presidency in 2008 had him signing off on $8.335 Trillion from FY 2010 thru FY 2017...

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Do you recall the propaganda that the last administration put out on how poor are America's poor? According to that administration, the gap was narrowing and America's poor, when compared to the rest of the word, would be considered at minimum middle class. Now that the administration has changed, the American poor is back in the headlines.

Some things that people are forgetting... From the time obama took office, median household income in the US has not just stagnated, but has fallen by more than $1,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars through 2014 (most recent year available). And while the official jobless rate has fallen in the last year of that administration, that was largely because so many Americans left the labor force, which brought the labor force participation rate down to a near-40-year low in recent months. In reality, the jobless rate stayed at about 10 percent throughout obama's term.

In the most recent 2016 Index of Economic Freedom, the U.S. ranked No. 11.... a drop from 2008 (the end of Bush administration) America Index of Economic Freedom, the U.S. ranked sixth in the world on economic freedom with an index score of 80.7, ranking it in the category of economically “Free” countries (exceeding an index score of 80.0).

Mercatus Center at George Mason University estimated that obama's increase of over 144 new regulation created a considerable d**g on the U.S. economy, amounting to an annual reduction in U.S. real GDP of 0.8 percent. This accumulated regulatory burden negatively impacted U.S. GDP by $4 trillion in 2012 – about a quarter of the nation’s economy – and a loss in real income of approximately $13,000 for every American.

Now for some good news... our economy is growing under President Trump, The U.S. economy expanded at a 3 percent annualized rate between July and September 2017. Yes, it is true, President Trump wants to force people off of welfare to include food stamps, which as we know grew to almost 1 out of every 2 people were on during obama's administration. "SNAP was created to provide people with the help they need to feed themselves and their families, but it was not intended to be a permanent lifestyle," said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. "We want to provide the nutrition people need, but we also want to help them t***sition from government programs, back to work and into lives of independence."

My opinion.... yes, let us all send thank you notes to our President.... he is doing what he was hired to do!

Glaucon

I just can't afford any more of Trump's Christmas gifts.

I seem to recall a major recession from the Bush administration and some of our major industries requiring major infusion of capital to survive. I think you can recall that, but apparently you recall it very differently than I do.

I have been viewing the celebration of the Republicans for the biggest governmental s**m in history. The sucking sounds could almost be experienced from afar as they did many rounds of ass kissing exchanges. Mike Pence gave a speech that was a giant kissing of Trump's ass and I was embarrassed for him. I hope he doesn't wind up president when Trump goes to the slammer.

However, all is not lost: we now have an opportunity to experience cause and affect. I don't know how the Republicans will explain the failure of the cut tax cut for the rich, but it will include Pelosi, Obama, liberals, socialists, Marxists, Soros, and Clinton. And, as usual, the avoidance of the obvious will be excused and blamed on the poor.

Glaucon

I think there is some t***h in what you say and, in the next few years we will see how much of the money we are borrowing to pay for the massive tax cuts richest trickles down to us.

Glaucon

Your figures are fantastically wrong and you have confused the causes and effects, but I don't think facts are going to matter to you.

Glaucon

Would it be appropriate for me to add a request that he not lower our taxes any more as I just can't afford it?

Glaucon

I see you have your blinders on for your Savior. The Bible said he would come again and here he is. Isn't blind faith wonderful?

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Sure... that would be appropriate for you to ask. You might even suggest that he return the tax brackets to the 1943 standard where wealthy Americans (who actually reported their earnings) was 90 percent. But, do keep in mind... this overtaxing did give birth to off shore accounts.

Just a question of curiosity.... how much do you pay in taxes now? And how much will that go up under this reform?

Glaucon

If I had the right offs and tax dodges the wealthy have, the government would be sending me money.

Hogback

That's rich! Obama actually doubled our debt and gave the money away to make the US a third world country and now you are crying about 1 and a half trillion in debt. He sent billions strapped down to pallets to Iran to jump start their nuclear program and you f**e a concern over 1& 1/2 billion to prime the pump. Do you care that he corrupted the FBI, CIA, Justice Dept, IRS and Congress? He bad mouthed America all over the world. He lost the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and his Sec of State was selling favors from the State Department. That doesn't bother you at all? I'm glad he left before he finished destroying America and I'm sooo glad Hillary did not get elected because if she was in office we would never know all of the crooked illegal stuff Obama and Hillary did.