Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

TenuredVulture wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

I'm convinced.

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

Wolfgang622 wrote:Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

JFLNYC wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

Tbf, there are 1 or 2 non-Trumpeters around here who respond in the same fashion.

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

Werthless raised some really valid points, and this is your response?

Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

Brantt wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

Werthless raised some really valid points, and this is your response?

Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

To me they are not valid. I literally LOL'ed when I read his post because he's lecturing me on something he clearly has no understanding of. He and I obviously have completely different philosophical views on economics and more specifically the national debt and budget deficits.

Government deficits are not a bad thing. They are the complete opposite. A deficit increases private sector wealth. Surpluses do the exact opposite. Spending to a deficit level is simply the government putting their assets (t-bills) into the private sector. This action creates more wealth for citizens in a country. There is a less than zero chance the US could ever default on it's debt.

Deficits and debt are good things at a government level. That's why nobody from either part gives one iota of a fuck about that national debt. Those who incessantly complain (like the Joe Scarboroughs of the world) are suckers who are trying to pick off low hanging fruit voters who compare the government to their personal finances.

jerseyhoya wrote:Overreacting to polls with under 300 respondents is never a good idea, but could be the start of a trend. Or could not.

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

Werthless raised some really valid points, and this is your response?

Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

Brantt wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

Werthless raised some really valid points, and this is your response?

Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

To me they are not valid. I literally LOL'ed when I read his post because he's lecturing me on something he clearly has no understanding of. He and I obviously have completely different philosophical views on economics and more specifically the national debt and budget deficits.

Government deficits are not a bad thing. They are the complete opposite. A deficit increases private sector wealth. Surpluses do the exact opposite. Spending to a deficit level is simply the government putting their assets (t-bills) into the private sector. This action creates more wealth for citizens in a country. There is a less than zero chance the US could ever default on it's debt.

Deficits and debt are good things at a government level. That's why nobody from either part gives one iota of a fuck about that national debt. Those who incessantly complain (like the Joe Scarboroughs of the world) are suckers who are trying to pick off low hanging fruit voters who compare the government to their personal finances.

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Werthless wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Brannt, just out of curiosity, have you posted here about the Trump presidency thus far versus what you expected/wanted?

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with Trump. I think he's done a good job stimulating the economy through tax cuts and more specifically deregulation that at least attempts to get back to leveling the playing field in the manufacturing sector. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were solid picks for the Supreme Court. I give him a ton of credit for taking on China head on when the easy thing to do would be just continue on with business as usual and ride the strong economic wave to re-election. We'll see how that turns out, but I'd do the same if I were him and hope the short term pain leads to a much better deal for the US long-term. Like that he's ready to bring our troops home from the endless wars in the middle east. Like that he's engaged Kim Jong-Un directly in an attempt to denuclearize the peninsula.

The two main big misses are healthcare and immigration. In both cases though, I would say they are a bigger indictment of the Republican party and their complete lack of solutions rather than Trump himself. Trump gave them a golden opportunity to reform both issues and they were completely clueless.

Could do without some of the theatrics, but a lot is warranted given how he is treated by the media.

It's actually amazing what he has accomplished and that he is still standing given who he has gone head to head with (basically by himself) in the last 4 years.

Why on Earth would a govt want to increase a yearly budget deficit by cutting taxes in the middle of an economic expansion?? "Good job stimulating" the economy??? It's non logical. He's been pushing for low interest rates from the Fed since he's been in office. It's almost as if he wants us to have a worse recession. And now he's pushing for a return to Smooth Hawley and a collapse of global trade.

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. How one can consider his economic actions, what he can control, as smart is an opinion that is distressingly common from people who just want to be considered neutral. "You have to give him credit, the economy is doing well." No, you don't. He'd be better off going against his instincts on every economic policy.

LOL

Werthless raised some really valid points, and this is your response?

Lots of Trumpeters respond in this type of fashion and from this you can maybe understand why the reputation of the average Trump-acolyte isn't super great.

To me they are not valid. I literally LOL'ed when I read his post because he's lecturing me on something he clearly has no understanding of. He and I obviously have completely different philosophical views on economics and more specifically the national debt and budget deficits.

Government deficits are not a bad thing. They are the complete opposite. A deficit increases private sector wealth. Surpluses do the exact opposite. Spending to a deficit level is simply the government putting their assets (t-bills) into the private sector. This action creates more wealth for citizens in a country. There is a less than zero chance the US could ever default on it's debt.

Deficits and debt are good things at a government level. That's why nobody from either part gives one iota of a #$!&@ about that national debt. Those who incessantly complain (like the Joe Scarboroughs of the world) are suckers who are trying to pick off low hanging fruit voters who compare the government to their personal finances.

I would be fine to hold up my education, both credited and otherwise, against someone with the opinion that deficits and political commitments to fiscal responsibility do not matter. And that it's a difference of "philosophy." Perhaps you'd feel less comfortable with your "philosophy" by visiting Argentina, where they are learning hard lessons about fiscal and monetary commitments.