Trump Administration Predictions (8 Viewers)

[RogerCooper]

He was fighting the deep state, the Democrats, the Courts, and even the Republications all the way. And yet managed to still lower taxes and close the border. If all you ever hear is MAGA, then you are not listing to Trump. You are listing to the TDS people telling you what they think Trump is saying. He is still fighting the same cast of characters this term. The difference though is he brought some big guns to help with the deep state. Nothing he can do about the other enemies. The Republicans working against his agenda are simply disgusting though. They should at least be honest and change their party allegiance to Democrat since that is who they vote with on most issues.

Funny though. I'm pretty sure you didn't get a single vote in the last election. It is always easy to report that your "solution" would have worked after the fact How's your stock portfolio doing these days? Or are you still sitting out because you know Trump will fail in fixing the tariff issue?

Taxes went up under Trump. Payroll tax rates were increased every year and Trump also increased tariffs. The top income tax rate was reduced temporarily to 37%, but the permanent rate remains at 39.6%, the same rate that Bill Clinton obtained back in 2003.

With Trump suspending most of the trade war, I am starting to move back into stocks. I hoping that courts strike down the illegal IEEPA tariffs soon.

 

[Pat Hartman]

Taxes went up under Trump.

Guess I'm not sure what planet you live on. The Trump tax cuts are still in force but about to expire.

 

[Thales750]

Trump has already stated that all problems with the economy are Biden's fault and everything good is because of him. His supply of excuses is limitless. When will you stop accepting the endless excuses?

Not possible without a revelation. They have believed so strongly for so long their reality is warped. Now they cling to their beliefs because anything less than complete and total commitment will bring the house of cards tumbling down.
It's a known phenomena.
In addiction recovery, it's know as rock bottom. Sadly, for many, rock bottom sometimes comes after destruction, or even death. If you look at it in that context it becomes easier to accept their unwavering attitudes and beliefs. You can actually feel empathy for them.
Or, you can write something like I just did and lose even more influence with them

 

[RogerCooper]

Guess I'm not sure what planet you live on. The Trump tax cuts are still in force but about to expire.

Trump signed a law that set tax increases for 2026. That is what "to expire" means.

Here is one of the illegal tax billings my company received from Trump's government. Too bad we didn't elect a Republican in 2024.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Trump has already stated that all problems with the economy are Biden's fault and everything good is because of him. His supply of excuses is limitless. When will you stop accepting the endless excuses?

Like the excuses made for Sleepy Joe when he was clearly suffering from early- to mid-stage dementia while still (nominally) running the country?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Not possible without a revelation. They have believed so strongly for so long their reality is warped. Now they cling to their beliefs because anything less than complete and total commitment will bring the house of cards tumbling down.
It's a known phenomena.
In addiction recovery, it's know as rock bottom. Sadly, for many, rock bottom sometimes comes after destruction, or even death. If you look at it in that context it becomes easier to accept their unwavering attitudes and beliefs. You can actually feel empathy for them.
Or, you can write something like I just did and lose even more influence with them

We have sparred back and forth a bit about the consequences of a particular set of economic choices. Here is a little bit from someone whose credentials are at least quite decent. All of your talk ignores a discussion of the consequences of your exhortations. Take a good look at this video to understand that it isn't enough to have good intentions. If you want something to happen, you HAVE to consider how to motivate and incentivize people to do the right thing. And a lot of your previous comments lack in that particular factor.

 

[moke123]

Here is a little bit from someone whose credentials are at least quite decent.

But is it him?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

How was Biden's signature on the final torrent of pardons made? Was it autopen or was it him?

 

[Thales750]

We have sparred back and forth a bit about the consequences of a particular set of economic choices. Here is a little bit from someone whose credentials are at least quite decent. All of your talk ignores a discussion of the consequences of your exhortations. Take a good look at this video to understand that it isn't enough to have good intentions. If you want something to happen, you HAVE to consider how to motivate and incentivize people to do the right thing. And a lot of your previous comments lack in that particular factor.

That video is old news, and only average in presentation.
I'm still amazed that you continue to hear my words with such a strong presumption. As far as credentials, do you have any US Patents? Well, I have 4. It is at least equivalent to a PHD. Yeah, all of us here are above average brain power.

You continue to assert that I don't understand the value of reward and incentive. I've owned small businesses since I was 23 years old. in that time I have been employed by something else for a total about 10 years or so.
Try to crawl out of the box here Doc. I know you have spent years reinforcing it. Just because I see the problems with trickle down, doesn't mean I advocate for communism.

Earlier I challenged you to a debate on some aspect of economics, your answers was to make an unequivocable statement about socialism failing in EVERY attempt. And then your ol' pal Pat told me to eliminate the Northern European countries from my rebuttal . We all know she doesn't even try to disguise her dogma.

I advocate for a strong working class, and a thriving small business class. I also think we should follow the rest of the 1st world and get insurance out of the medical business. So explain to me how I don't understand incentive once more please.

Trickle down does more harm to average Americans than regulations ever have. Your clinging to the notion that a country that would do what is right for it's average people, is removing incentives? Because that is what it sounds like. You really need to put some of those credentials to work and look for flaws in your thinking. I look for flaws in mine regularly. I'm an entrepreneurs, we have to.

There is a deep chasm between not wanting an Authoritarian country run by a madman, and Socialism.

 

[AccessBlaster]

 

[The_Doc_Man]

You really need to put some of those credentials to work and look for flaws in your thinking. I look for flaws in mine regularly.

Found the flaw in my thinking. It was the idea that you might one day stop insulting us.

You mentioned patents. Since I have always worked for private industry (my Navy job was that I worked for a staffing company that contracted with the Navy, so I was never a direct Navy employee), the "work for hire" clauses of the patent laws and for the copyright laws always applied. So I've never actually owned any rights to the things I made. My employer owned them. I knew when I took the job, that it would happen that way, so there is no boo-hooing over it.

Do you REALLY want to know why the middle class is eroding? Excessively liberal schools that push people into "socially relevant" classes that simply mean that the student enunciates more clearly when asking "Do you want fries with that?" Those highly educated people studied subjects that make them unemployable. Have you ever heard any of Mike Rowe's addresses before Congress on that subject?

We have eroded the brain trust of the USA by convincing them that certain sociological studies on the sex lives of isolated indigenous species is a really important bit of research. It isn't economic policies that did that. It was soft-science indoctrination that somehow diluted / blunted STEM schools. It was soft-headed politicians trying to win votes by offering incentives to not work but rather to go on the dole. And that is where the Sowell post is relevant, whether or not it was 100% his words.

 

[RogerCooper]

But is it him?

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Thomas Sowell has been talking like that for decades. I suppose you could create a Sowell-bot based upon his extensive works, but it seems unnecessary.

It is worthwhile checking out some of his books.

From today's NYT a good example of unintended consequences, Illinois's Crime-Free Housing Law. This law forces evictions of people who have committed crimes from public and private housing. The law is administered by the police.

The results are as you would expect. Evictions for reporting crimes. Evictions for acquitted defendants. Evictions for people whose address was used by people who did not live there. Evictions for minor offenses.

 

[Thales750]

Hey Donald, this policy worked pretty good until you and your Fascist buddies took over.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Hey Donald, this policy worked pretty good until you and your Fascist buddies took over.

Matter of opinion. But I'll agree there was a bit of cruelty involved... the previous policy gave false hope.

The big bugaboo is that pesky sub-clause "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof", which certainly wasn't there for window dressing. Based on other situations involving pesky little clauses like that, the founding fathers and subsequent Congresses usually didn't include clauses they didn't intend to be treated seriously.

 

[Thales750]

Matter of opinion. But I'll agree there was a bit of cruelty involved... the previous policy gave false hope.

The big bugaboo is that pesky sub-clause "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof", which certainly wasn't there for window dressing. Based on other situations involving pesky little clauses like that, the founding fathers and subsequent Congresses usually didn't include clauses they didn't intend to be treated seriously.

I've heard some of the debate about all that. Immigration is not one of my main interest. I see the whole thing as analogous to Jew hating in 1935. it's another Trump ploy to capitalize on Conservative Contempt. I will spare you having to say "OMG, don't forget the contempt spilling out from the Dem's ". Yeah, they have contempt too, and they march to a different contempt drummer as well.

 

[AccessBlaster]

It's about district courts interfering with the executive branch, and we will get the decision sooner than later....

 

[moke123]

and subject to the jurisdiction thereof",

That excludes people such as diplomats who are not subject to US jurisdiction. They can commit crimes and are immune to us jurisdiction.
Immigrants, legal or illegal, are subject to US jurisdiction. If they weren't you couldn't arrest or deport them.

 

[Thales750]

Like dominating the Global Economy and becoming the largest hegemony in human history wasn't enough. This is the 2nd Nazi style propaganda for the day. Nationalism run amuck.