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TreeStarsForever

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Mon Jan 29, 2018, 11:02 PM Jan 2018

Trump's State of the Union will have one major theme: Stock Market! Stock Market! Stock Market!

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Trump will give his first State of the Union address. It will have one major theme: “Stock Market! Stock Market! Stock Market!”

Donald is a compelling con-artist (charlatan) and is going to attempt to use Obama’s economy as his #1 selling point for re-election. Obviously, we shouldn’t judge the economy by how well rich people do. Sadly, it’s no surprise that a man born with a silver-spoon in his mouth (given millions by his Father to start his 6-times bankrupt career of fraud) thinks the Stock Market is the only number that matters.

We must never forget that Barack Obama saved our economy from collapse. Obama inherited a Republican mess. Trump inherited a country well on its way to recovery.

Unfortunately, with Trump’s billionaire first tax-plan, future economic gains will only go to those at the top. This is trickle-down “Reaganomics” on steroids. And as we all know from history, this “top-down” approach eventually led to a massive recession (and will probably do so again).

Thankfully, Democratic President Bill Clinton turned a Republican recession and deficit into a booming economy and surplus. By providing tax-credits to poor families working 40-hour weeks, raising minimum wage up 20%, creating 22 million new jobs, and investing in programs such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, our economy boomed from a “middle-out” approach. Everyone did well during the 1990s — the “Clinton Economy.”

When low-income Americans have more money in their pockets, they are able to spend more in the economy. It’s a win-win for everyone, as evidenced by the 1990s when wages and living expenses were more proportional. Poor children had health insurance, and regular wages were up 20%. Incomes rose at all income levels and the 40-hour work week tax credit for low-income families was an example of looking at numbers other than the Stock Market.

So never forget that this is Obama’s economy. Obama saved us after George Bush. Trump is benefiting from Obama’s economy.

The “top-down” approach of trickle-down economics leads to gains for the wealthy and no one else. That is exactly what the Trump tax-plan does. Eventually, however, trickle-down economics leads to huge deficits and wage stagnation. It is not a question of “if” but “when” Trump’s “top-down” economy will implode.

Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are the only two Presidents that have reduced the federal deficit in 40+ years. Clinton left us a surplus that Bush instantly destroyed. Then, Obama had to dig us out of Bush’s ditch. Never forget history or the fact that the economy does better (for everyone) under a Democrat. The Stock Market is not the only number that matters (though that did well during the 1990s, too).

Now that Trump is President, it’s time for him to put up or shut up.

Donald thought running businesses on fraud and bankruptcy was good experience for running a nation. He said how much more “effective” he would be than Obama and Hillary — the greatest “dealmaker.”

Well, now he is President. He is in an entirely different league. He is now being compared to what past Presidents have done. And if his numbers are anything to go by, Trump is a highly ineffective leader.

Job growth has slowed (even if only slightly) and Donald has passed fewer bill’s than other modern Presidents:

Clinton: 208
Bush: 102
Obama: 121
Trump: 96

Hillary was right (as usual). Trump is totally unfit and unqualified. We were rightly warned by the immensely overqualified woman. If only more of us had listened to HER.

What our country needs right now is a great compromiser. Someone like Bill Clinton who would go into a meeting with people who hated
him, only to have them leave the meeting saying, “Ya know… I think I kind of like that guy from Arkansas!”

Bill Clinton was the real “dealmaker.” 208 first-year bills passed. Obama placed a distant second with 121 bills. Trump only passed 96 — less than half of what Bill Clinton passed.

Most of what progressives hate about Bill Clinton is that he caved on certain issues to make progress (we had 6-years of a GOP dominated Congress). To make progress for the American people, Bill Clinton never viewed “compromise” as a dirty word (which is why the 1990s was a mixed but by far a net-positive result for the American people).

Hyper-partisanship on both the right and the left leads to zero progress. Sacrificing political purity for progress is not an admirable quality in a leader, who only has a limited amount of time to make a difference, sometimes even facing a hostile Congress led by the opposition party. How effective would Bernie be as President if he always stuck to his purity standards?

Given Hillary’s well-known effectiveness when in office, her progressive platform (that she worked on with Bernie) would have already begun making real differences for low-income Americans. Trump’s plans have only helped billionaires like himself — the Stock Market. Donald is a propaganda artist fraud. Blue collar Americans have been manipulated by prejudice and scapegoating (the “Deplorables” — Hillary was right, again!)

Strategically, it was brilliant for Hillary to appear at the Grammys. She made waves less than 48 hours before Trump’s very first State of the Union address. We are reminded of the woman who should be President according to the will of the people — the popular vote — the “People’s President” by 3 million votes.

Trump wasn’t a good candidate. He won because of James Comey’s unprecedented last minute interference, Russian meddling (Putin was yet another man that feared Hillary), and the Electoral College. Outside forces won the Electoral College for Trump. He is an illegitimate President.

So never forget when watching the State of the Union that the majority of Americans don’t support Trump. He lost the popular vote by 3 million. The people wanted Hillary to be giving the 2018 State of the Union.

Trump is an ineffective leader. At this point in his Presidency, he has the least amount of bills passed when compared to other modern American Presidents. You can’t run the U.S. government like a shady business deal. You can’t default to Daddy’s money and bankruptcy. Hopefully, more Americans will begin to see Trump for the con-man propaganda artist that he is. Trump is only for wealthy people like himself. He has never been for the average American.

Don’t buy into the snake-oil-salesman when he says that the Stock Market is the only number that matters. A number that was created because of Barack Obama saving us after Bush.

The economy always does better under a Democrat — especially for the lower and middle-class. If only we could have had another “Clinton Economy” — growing with a “middle-out” approach.

Bottom line: Trump — you lost by 3 million votes. We didn’t want you. You suck as President. You are ineffective and corrupt. You committed treason to “win.” So I hope it was worth it. Because hopefully now —as President— you will finally face accountability for the first-time in your life. You just may finally be punished for being a lifelong crook. Never able to win a fair fight. Even the Presidency.

Hope Don Jr. doesn’t end up behind bars because you had to win the Electoral College at all costs.

Committing treason isn’t winning. And money-laundering is un-American.

Happy 1st year in office!

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.“ ~President Lyndon B. Johnson

Never Normalize Trump.

















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Trump's State of the Union will have one major theme: Stock Market! Stock Market! Stock Market! (Original Post) TreeStarsForever Jan 2018 OP
The market closed down today. underthematrix Jan 2018 #1
Purrrfect!! TreeStarsForever Jan 2018 #2
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