The Trump Files

Discussion in 'Politics' started by nitro, Jul 25, 2016.

  1. Arnie

    Arnie

    I can't believe your boy Bernie is actually going to stump for Hillary. What a fucking sellout. I knew he was full of shit when I read about his background.
     
    #341     Sep 16, 2016
  2. The lesser of two evils.
     
    #342     Sep 16, 2016
  3. nitro

    nitro

    #343     Sep 16, 2016
  4. nitro

    nitro

     
    #344     Sep 16, 2016
  5. #345     Sep 16, 2016
  6. nitro

    nitro

    Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has pitched a $10 million deal toRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump.


    In return for a four-hour interview, Cuban said he would cut a check to Trump's charity of choice. Cuban has publicly endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and has been a vocal critic of Trump.

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    .1) @realDonaldTrump $10mm to the charity of YOUR choice if you let ME interview you for 4 hrs on YOUR policies and their substance.

    11:19 AM - 16 Sep 2016




    Ground rules of the interview are that Trump would have to focus on "the details and facts" of his policies, Cuban tweeted.
     
    #346     Sep 16, 2016
  7. Oh man!!! These elections are becoming more and more funnier.
    Now people are throwing money at Trump for him to release his tax returns, when in the past from finding out about the history of the US elections, all candidates have to release their tax returns! When I think in some EU countries, one can not even present himself/herself for public office without releasing tax returns!
    And now, people are ready to throw money at Trump for him to talk about "details and facts"!!!!
     
    #347     Sep 16, 2016
  8. nitro

    nitro

     
    #348     Sep 16, 2016
  9. nitro

    nitro

    The W. Bush years were based on Trickle down economics. This lead ultimately to the greatest recession in modern history.

    TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS: FOUR REASONS WHY IT JUST DOESN'T WORK

    By Mehrun Etebari
    July 17, 2003

    We've all heard the claims that cutting tax rates for the richest Americans will improve the standard of living for the working class. Supposedly, top-bracket tax breaks will result in more jobs being created, higher wages for the average worker, and an overall upturn in our economy. It's at the heart of the infamous trickle-down theory.

    The past 40 years have seen a gradual decrease in the top bracket's income tax rate, from 91% in 1963 to 35% in 2003. It went as low as 28% in 1988 and 1989 due to legislation passed under Reagan, the trickle-down theory's most famous adherent. The Clinton years saw the top bracket hold steady at a higher rate of 39.6%, but under the younger Bush's tax-cut policies, the rich are once again paying less. The drastic change in tax policy that has taken place since the early 1960s gives us a great opportunity to study and evaluate the claims that lower taxes for the rich translate to more wealth for the average American.

    We can compare changes in the top tax rate with the real GDP growth rate (a measure of the growth of the entire U.S. economy), and three measures of how life is for the average working American: annual median income growth, annual average hourly wage growth, and job creation. If cuts for the rich were really the magic elixir for the economy and the middle class that the Republican consensus claims it is, we would see an increase in the four indicators whenever the tax rate dropped. However, this is not the case. Such a trend occurs sometimes, but the opposite happens at other times!

    Let's look one by one at comparisons of key economic indicators to the top tax rate.

    1. Cutting the top tax rate does not lead to economic growth.
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    http://www.faireconomy.org/trickle_down_economics_four_reasons
     
    #349     Sep 16, 2016
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    #350     Sep 16, 2016