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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
I think it's become pretty clear that the Trump presidency is going to be one of spouting your mouth off at home and being on your best behaviour when abroad.
It's looking more and more as if he'll be as impotent as Obama was in terms of jobs trade and moving the economy forward.
It's looking more and more as if he'll be as impotent as Obama was in terms of jobs trade and moving the economy forward.
Ynotisay · M
@Picklebobble2: Uh...remember that recession? Remember the unemployment figures when Obama took office? Where the auto industry was? Come on man. Have an opinion but at least pretend to base it in fact, huh?
Ooops. Just noticed the "u" in behaviour. Have to guess you aren't an American. Then you get a pass for not knowing what you're talking about.
Ooops. Just noticed the "u" in behaviour. Have to guess you aren't an American. Then you get a pass for not knowing what you're talking about.
bijouxbroussard · F
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@Ynotisay: '08 when the recession hit and it took both America and Europe two years to declare it as one !
Obama's Presidency was about trying to steady the ship through difficult waters, which he did reasonably well, considering.
Trump's saving grace (if he has one) is that he is not a politician.
That means he'll appeal to business people IF he can get a budget and keep his party in line behind him.
But so far all we've heard is 'we hate these countries so here's a travel ban'.
No foreign policy. No economic policy. Just a re-hash of somebody else's idea for a healthcare plan which has already been rejected by low income earners.
Obama's Presidency was about trying to steady the ship through difficult waters, which he did reasonably well, considering.
Trump's saving grace (if he has one) is that he is not a politician.
That means he'll appeal to business people IF he can get a budget and keep his party in line behind him.
But so far all we've heard is 'we hate these countries so here's a travel ban'.
No foreign policy. No economic policy. Just a re-hash of somebody else's idea for a healthcare plan which has already been rejected by low income earners.
Ynotisay · M
@Picklebobble2: OK. But I think you're holding up the problem as the solution. Big business, as in corporations and banks, are RESPONSIBLE for the economic hardships. And pretty much ALL Trump has done to date is rescind executive orders intended to level the playing field. He's working FOR the very people out for themselves in lieu of the best interests of the citizens? The GOP Congress? Things like pushing through legislation to cripple Dodd-Frank, which was a protective shield for "regular Americans" isn't intended to help anyone but the banks. Their healthcare reform? It's about ONE thing and that's providing tax cuts to the very people who have been gaming the system and increasing the disparity in wealth.
So sorry man but I don't see inmates running the asylum as being a 'saving grace.'
So sorry man but I don't see inmates running the asylum as being a 'saving grace.'
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
It's the banks that need a short leash i agree.
As for the healthcare thing. Until they take the insurance companies out of it they'll never get it to work.
They know what they need to do and that's set it up at government level. Get everybody to contribute (yes. That's a tax ! Deal with it !) and regulate it as such.
Otherwise you go round and round and you have non-elected lunatics running the asylum, NOT those elected ! where the voters can do something about it
As for the healthcare thing. Until they take the insurance companies out of it they'll never get it to work.
They know what they need to do and that's set it up at government level. Get everybody to contribute (yes. That's a tax ! Deal with it !) and regulate it as such.
Otherwise you go round and round and you have non-elected lunatics running the asylum, NOT those elected ! where the voters can do something about it