5 most difficult promises for Trump to keep

[LordBrownTrout]

Invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

Mr. Trump will find bipartisan support in Congress for his proposal to create jobs and stimulate the economy by building and repairing highways, bridges, water systems and other public works. But many Republicans may balk at a big spending program that adds to the federal budget deficit.

Some Democrats will resist Mr. Trump’s proposal to offer tax breaks to private companies in return for infrastructure investments, notably because the federal government is able to borrow money at exceptionally low rates. Democrats are also likely to resist efforts to waive environmental rules or prevailing-wage protections for construction projects.

This one is going to be critical to the 2018 midterms and the 2020 re-election.

For crying out loud Republicans....Do something!

Invest in infrastructure........interest rates are low, labor is cheap...we need the jobs and our infrastructure is crumbling

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

 

[rightwinger]

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep

Prevent American companies from moving jobs to other countries.

Companies move to other countries to pursue higher profits, and Mr. Trump cannot force them to stay. The question is whether he can make it profitable to do so. It is difficult because labor is much cheaper in other countries. Carrier pays workers at its Indiana factory an average hourly wage of $23 — roughly four times what it plans to pay workers with the same jobs in Mexico.

Mr. Trump has promised tax cuts and regulatory relief, but those are minor expenses for most companies, particularly in comparison to their payrolls. Mr. Trump also has threatened to impose new taxes on imports, but he cannot target particular companies. Any such tariffs would have to be broad — and therefore broadly painful.



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So you're against keeping jobs in america?

Not my quote....it is sourced

I would love to keep jobs in America, cure cancer, buy $1 a gallon gas, end poverty

But you don't always get what you want and Trump shouldn't promise what he can't deliver

 

[rightwinger]

Invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

Mr. Trump will find bipartisan support in Congress for his proposal to create jobs and stimulate the economy by building and repairing highways, bridges, water systems and other public works. But many Republicans may balk at a big spending program that adds to the federal budget deficit.

Some Democrats will resist Mr. Trump’s proposal to offer tax breaks to private companies in return for infrastructure investments, notably because the federal government is able to borrow money at exceptionally low rates. Democrats are also likely to resist efforts to waive environmental rules or prevailing-wage protections for construction projects.

This one is going to be critical to the 2018 midterms and the 2020 re-election.

For crying out loud Republicans....Do something!

Invest in infrastructure........interest rates are low, labor is cheap...we need the jobs and our infrastructure is crumbling

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

He did not invest a trillion in stimulus. It was $800 billion total with half going to tax cuts and the rest split between shovel ready infrastructure, saving jobs for teachers and cops and whatever state projects qualified

Building new bridges did not meet the criteria of shovel ready

 

[LordBrownTrout]

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep

Prevent American companies from moving jobs to other countries.

Companies move to other countries to pursue higher profits, and Mr. Trump cannot force them to stay. The question is whether he can make it profitable to do so. It is difficult because labor is much cheaper in other countries. Carrier pays workers at its Indiana factory an average hourly wage of $23 — roughly four times what it plans to pay workers with the same jobs in Mexico.

Mr. Trump has promised tax cuts and regulatory relief, but those are minor expenses for most companies, particularly in comparison to their payrolls. Mr. Trump also has threatened to impose new taxes on imports, but he cannot target particular companies. Any such tariffs would have to be broad — and therefore broadly painful.



.

So you're against keeping jobs in america?

Not my quote....it is sourced

I would love to keep jobs in America, cure cancer, buy $1 a gallon gas, end poverty

But you don't always get what you want and Trump shouldn't promise what he can't deliver

That cure cancer that you threw in there alluded to pie in the sky dreams. O didn't deliver. I don't expect trump will either. Why does this surprise you?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

Mr. Trump will find bipartisan support in Congress for his proposal to create jobs and stimulate the economy by building and repairing highways, bridges, water systems and other public works. But many Republicans may balk at a big spending program that adds to the federal budget deficit.

Some Democrats will resist Mr. Trump’s proposal to offer tax breaks to private companies in return for infrastructure investments, notably because the federal government is able to borrow money at exceptionally low rates. Democrats are also likely to resist efforts to waive environmental rules or prevailing-wage protections for construction projects.

This one is going to be critical to the 2018 midterms and the 2020 re-election.

For crying out loud Republicans....Do something!

Invest in infrastructure........interest rates are low, labor is cheap...we need the jobs and our infrastructure is crumbling

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

He did not invest a trillion in stimulus. It was $800 billion total with half going to tax cuts and the rest split between shovel ready infrastructure, saving jobs for teachers and cops and whatever state projects qualified

Building new bridges did not meet the criteria of shovel ready

535 million went to solyndra which failed, along with the payoffs to his donors, the whole stimulus was a scheme. But, we got some road signs for the interstates telling us how great this plan was, lol.

 

[rightwinger]

Invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

Mr. Trump will find bipartisan support in Congress for his proposal to create jobs and stimulate the economy by building and repairing highways, bridges, water systems and other public works. But many Republicans may balk at a big spending program that adds to the federal budget deficit.

Some Democrats will resist Mr. Trump’s proposal to offer tax breaks to private companies in return for infrastructure investments, notably because the federal government is able to borrow money at exceptionally low rates. Democrats are also likely to resist efforts to waive environmental rules or prevailing-wage protections for construction projects.

This one is going to be critical to the 2018 midterms and the 2020 re-election.

For crying out loud Republicans....Do something!

Invest in infrastructure........interest rates are low, labor is cheap...we need the jobs and our infrastructure is crumbling

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

He did not invest a trillion in stimulus. It was $800 billion total with half going to tax cuts and the rest split between shovel ready infrastructure, saving jobs for teachers and cops and whatever state projects qualified

Building new bridges did not meet the criteria of shovel ready

535 million went to solyndra which failed, along with the payoffs to his donors, the whole stimulus was a scheme. But, we got some road signs for the interstates telling us how great this plan was, lol.

Solyndra was a risk investment in alternative energy. Not all R&D is a success. We invested in rockets that blew up on the launch pad but still eventually made it to the moon

 

[Rustic]

The federal government cannot create jobs… Fact

I guess you think repeating a lie makes it truer the more you say it.

If the federal government cannot create jobs, why do you blame the government for the low Labor Force Participation Rate?

Positively schizophrenic.

Federal government is a fucked up all the way around

 

[rightwinger]

The federal government cannot create jobs… Fact

I guess you think repeating a lie makes it truer the more you say it.

If the federal government cannot create jobs, why do you blame the government for the low Labor Force Participation Rate?

Positively schizophrenic.

Federal government is a fucked up all the way around

State and local government is not?

 

[Weatherman2020]

All Trump must do is keep one campaign promise and he will exceed Obama's commitments.

Obama stopped a depression, passed universal healthcare, got combat troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, repealed the Bush tax cuts and saved the auto companies


Trump will not even come close

On what planet?
Economy is the worst in 50 years, wages are going negative, everyone hates Hopeycare (which he never promised but waited to get elected to pass it secretly at midnight against the will of the people), our troops are fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan this very moment, Gitmo is still occupied, and companies are pouring out of America left and right.

Just eight years ago the Dow had dropped 7000 points, 770,000 people a month were losing their jobs, banks and the auto industry were on the verge of collapse and GDP was negative for five quarters

How can you possibly say the economy TODAY is the worst in 50 years

Yes thanks to Dem's who took control of congress in 2007 and ran the country into the ditch.

Yet you can't point to a single piece of legislation that "ran us into a ditch"

You can point to Bush doing nothing as the economy crashed around him

Lax lending regulations thanks to Barney Frank.

 

[rightwinger]

Obama stopped a depression, passed universal healthcare, got combat troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, repealed the Bush tax cuts and saved the auto companies


Trump will not even come close

On what planet?
Economy is the worst in 50 years, wages are going negative, everyone hates Hopeycare (which he never promised but waited to get elected to pass it secretly at midnight against the will of the people), our troops are fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan this very moment, Gitmo is still occupied, and companies are pouring out of America left and right.

Just eight years ago the Dow had dropped 7000 points, 770,000 people a month were losing their jobs, banks and the auto industry were on the verge of collapse and GDP was negative for five quarters

How can you possibly say the economy TODAY is the worst in 50 years

Yes thanks to Dem's who took control of congress in 2007 and ran the country into the ditch.

Yet you can't point to a single piece of legislation that "ran us into a ditch"

You can point to Bush doing nothing as the economy crashed around him

Lax lending regulations thanks to Barney Frank.

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George Bush put Barney Frank in charge of lending regulations?

 

[frigidweirdo]

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep

Prevent American companies from moving jobs to other countries.

Companies move to other countries to pursue higher profits, and Mr. Trump cannot force them to stay. The question is whether he can make it profitable to do so. It is difficult because labor is much cheaper in other countries. Carrier pays workers at its Indiana factory an average hourly wage of $23 — roughly four times what it plans to pay workers with the same jobs in Mexico.

Mr. Trump has promised tax cuts and regulatory relief, but those are minor expenses for most companies, particularly in comparison to their payrolls. Mr. Trump also has threatened to impose new taxes on imports, but he cannot target particular companies. Any such tariffs would have to be broad — and therefore broadly painful.



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He'll essentially put US companies out of business, or those that operate already in the US, making only those who have left already to be competitive, or foreign companies. He really didn't think this one through much.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Build a border wall.

Mr. Trump promised to “build a great, great wall on our southern border” and “have Mexico pay for that wall.” Fulfilling this promise would be difficult, though perhaps not impossible if Mr. Trump stretches the definition of “wall.”

Fences already exist along hundreds of miles of the border. Mexico has said it will not pay for a wall. And even if it did, Mr. Trump would probably need approval from Congress to spend money. Mr. Trump could do much to beef up border security on his own. Congress would support increased border security and the installation of more fencing, but construction of a wall would meet resistance from both parties.

Well, anyone doing a little bit of research would see that a wall would be too costly. But research isn't Trump's forte.

 

[rightwinger]

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep

Prevent American companies from moving jobs to other countries.

Companies move to other countries to pursue higher profits, and Mr. Trump cannot force them to stay. The question is whether he can make it profitable to do so. It is difficult because labor is much cheaper in other countries. Carrier pays workers at its Indiana factory an average hourly wage of $23 — roughly four times what it plans to pay workers with the same jobs in Mexico.

Mr. Trump has promised tax cuts and regulatory relief, but those are minor expenses for most companies, particularly in comparison to their payrolls. Mr. Trump also has threatened to impose new taxes on imports, but he cannot target particular companies. Any such tariffs would have to be broad — and therefore broadly painful.



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He'll essentially put US companies out of business, or those that operate already in the US, making only those who have left already to be competitive, or foreign companies. He really didn't think this one through much.

In practice, it looks like Trumps policies will only result in inflation as manufacturers pass on the cost of tariffs.

Even with a 35% tariff, it is still cheaper to manufacture abroad

 

[rightwinger]

Build a border wall.

Mr. Trump promised to “build a great, great wall on our southern border” and “have Mexico pay for that wall.” Fulfilling this promise would be difficult, though perhaps not impossible if Mr. Trump stretches the definition of “wall.”

Fences already exist along hundreds of miles of the border. Mexico has said it will not pay for a wall. And even if it did, Mr. Trump would probably need approval from Congress to spend money. Mr. Trump could do much to beef up border security on his own. Congress would support increased border security and the installation of more fencing, but construction of a wall would meet resistance from both parties.

Well, anyone doing a little bit of research would see that a wall would be too costly. But research isn't Trump's forte.

With our crumbling infrastructure, there is a lot more that can be done than building the Great Wall of Trump

Projects that actually help Americans

 

[Weatherman2020]

This one is going to be critical to the 2018 midterms and the 2020 re-election.

For crying out loud Republicans....Do something!

Invest in infrastructure........interest rates are low, labor is cheap...we need the jobs and our infrastructure is crumbling

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

He did not invest a trillion in stimulus. It was $800 billion total with half going to tax cuts and the rest split between shovel ready infrastructure, saving jobs for teachers and cops and whatever state projects qualified

Building new bridges did not meet the criteria of shovel ready

535 million went to solyndra which failed, along with the payoffs to his donors, the whole stimulus was a scheme. But, we got some road signs for the interstates telling us how great this plan was, lol.

Solyndra was a risk investment in alternative energy. Not all R&D is a success. We invested in rockets that blew up on the launch pad but still eventually made it to the moon

So by your own admission Obama took a ton of our money and invested in risky companies with no reward except for a few of his buddies getting hundreds of millions richer.

 

[easyt65]

Yet you can't point to a single piece of legislation that "ran us into a ditch"
You can point to Bush doing nothing as the economy crashed around him

The ACA, a minority-supported socialist agenda-driven piece of liberal legislation, destroyed US health care that previously existed, leaving nothing to fall back on WHEN the ACA collapses, which it is doing. The ACA has caused the massive spike in prices, many of those touted as getting insurance for the 1st time can not afford it and are being financially penalized on top of that by the government that rammed the legislation down their throats.

I would call that 'running us into a ditch'.

Liberals holding a near-super majority control of al of Congress - which meant they controlled the purse strings - spending / the budget / the economy - added $1.5 Trillion in debt during Bush's last 2 years in office and held that near super-majority for the 1st 2 years of Obama's Presidency.

Despite calling Bush 'Un-Patriotic' for adding (with Democrats' help) $4 trillion in new debt over an 8 year period that included 9/11/01 / the economic aftermath of 9/11/01 / 2 wars, Barry's 1st 4 year debt addition tab totally almost $7 trillion, an average of approx. $1.3 Trillion a year...and by refusing to agree to more budget cuts to show he was serious about reducing the nation's debt he secured the 1st ever US Credit rating downgrade - according to the bank that did so.

I would call THAT 'running us into a ditch'.

 

[rightwinger]

For crying out loud Republicans....Do something!

Invest in infrastructure........interest rates are low, labor is cheap...we need the jobs and our infrastructure is crumbling

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

He did not invest a trillion in stimulus. It was $800 billion total with half going to tax cuts and the rest split between shovel ready infrastructure, saving jobs for teachers and cops and whatever state projects qualified

Building new bridges did not meet the criteria of shovel ready

535 million went to solyndra which failed, along with the payoffs to his donors, the whole stimulus was a scheme. But, we got some road signs for the interstates telling us how great this plan was, lol.

Solyndra was a risk investment in alternative energy. Not all R&D is a success. We invested in rockets that blew up on the launch pad but still eventually made it to the moon

So by your own admission Obama took a ton of our money and invested in risky companies with no reward except for a few of his buddies getting hundreds of millions richer.

Doesn't mean solar energy is not a good investment. The government of China is investing heavily in solar research. Do you think all of their investments pay off?

 

[rightwinger]

Yet you can't point to a single piece of legislation that "ran us into a ditch"
You can point to Bush doing nothing as the economy crashed around him

The ACA, a minority-supported socialist agenda-driven piece of liberal legislation, destroyed US health care that previously existed, leaving nothing to fall back on WHEN the ACA collapses, which it is doing. The ACA has caused the massive spike in prices, many of those touted as getting insurance for the 1st time can not afford it and are being financially penalized on top of that by the government that rammed the legislation down their throats.

I would call that 'running us into a ditch'.

Liberals holding a near-super majority control of al of Congress - which meant they controlled the purse strings - spending / the budget / the economy - added $1.5 Trillion in debt during Bush's last 2 years in office and held that near super-majority for the 1st 2 years of Obama's Presidency.

Despite calling Bush 'Un-Patriotic' for adding (with Democrats' help) $4 trillion in new debt over an 8 year period that included 9/11/01 / the economic aftermath of 9/11/01 / 2 wars, Barry's 1st 4 year debt addition tab totally almost $7 trillion, an average of approx. $1.3 Trillion a year...and by refusing to agree to more budget cuts to show he was serious about reducing the nation's debt he secured the 1st ever US Credit rating downgrade - according to the bank that did so.

I would call THAT 'running us into a ditch'.

May I interest you in a calendar?

Economic collapse happened prior to Obama being President

 

[easyt65]

With our crumbling infrastructure, there is a lot more that can be done than building the Great Wall of Trump

Projects that actually help Americans

Yeah, like the nearly $1 trillion dollar failed Obama Stimulus bill that contained over 7,000 pieces of DNC-Only DNC-benefitting PORK, that included such 'needed' spending as Millionaire Diane Feinstein's husband getting a no-interest / no-pay-back loan from the tax payers to save his bankrupting business, a grant for a research project studying why the sex life of homosexual Argentinian men is better than heterosexual American men, training alcoholic Chinese prostitutes how to drink more responsible on duty (links to all have previously been posted), and let's not forget the NON-Existent shovel-ready projects that never existed, which Barry was embarrassingly forced to admit to the country. And according to the Congressional Budget office almost no serious 'infrastructure rebuilding projects' were accomplished and the cost of EACH job Barry claimed to have created / saved came to approx. $774,000.

Money DAMN-WELL spent in a bad economy / recession.




Now Trump and Pence are suggesting the same thing, promising that THEIR government spending would be more responsible and productive...because they are trying to convince us that the government can spend your money in a fiscally responsible way...says the guys who belong to the group that spent approx. $500 per hammer in the past.

I don't care who wants to do it, I don't care what politician believes they know how to spend your money better than you do, I am extremely pessimistic , and past performance says no matter who it is they are full of shit.

 

[Weatherman2020]

O invested a trillion and the bridges are still falling. Where are all those damn shovels he promised?

He did not invest a trillion in stimulus. It was $800 billion total with half going to tax cuts and the rest split between shovel ready infrastructure, saving jobs for teachers and cops and whatever state projects qualified

Building new bridges did not meet the criteria of shovel ready

535 million went to solyndra which failed, along with the payoffs to his donors, the whole stimulus was a scheme. But, we got some road signs for the interstates telling us how great this plan was, lol.

Solyndra was a risk investment in alternative energy. Not all R&D is a success. We invested in rockets that blew up on the launch pad but still eventually made it to the moon

So by your own admission Obama took a ton of our money and invested in risky companies with no reward except for a few of his buddies getting hundreds of millions richer.

Doesn't mean solar energy is not a good investment. The government of China is investing heavily in solar research. Do you think all of their investments pay off?

There is no reason Obama should give a failing company hundreds of millions of dollars a few days before they declared bankruptcy. It only line the pockets of rich millionaires. I thought you guys were against rich millionaires screwing the little people. Now you argue it is a great idea.