tinydancer
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People tend to think in linear terms, so because Trump is a businessman, they assume he'd be proficient at running a nation's economy.In all my years as an economist… I have never seen such nonsense as we just heard from Mr. Trump and it breaks my heart, it makes me want to cry,” economist and comedian Ben Stein said on television. LOL
Juan Williams: Trump, false promises and the economy
And the scary thing is he's out polling Hillary on the economy.
Well, to begin with, his overall business performance during his lifetime isn't really all that fantastic, given the fact that he started off with a fortune. And secondly, he's already tossed out two ideas that terrify markets: Essentially starting a trade war with China over tariffs, and inflating our way out of debt. These are not the musings of someone who considers the ramifications of their ideas.
We can only hope that, if he indeed wins the election, he'll have someone around him with considerable macroeconomic experience and success. Someone who can carefully talk him out of his shallow, naive economic ideas.
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200 MILLION turned into 4.5 Billion is fucking a business failure? Not fantastic? He's shallow and naive?
Give your head a shake Mac. Look at what happened with the Seagram family or many others that have pissed away the family fortunes. For crying out loud he's a success.
Oh fuck it. Go vote for Hillary. Why bother talking any more?