Merry Christmas from Donald Trump

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Well compare no deal to the last " Infrastructure" Legislation to come from the Democrats when they had the House and Obama. One trillion dollars, admitted as not shovel ready , the money distributed to Unions, cronies, and basically just a looting of the Treasury. Regardless of his crassness and style, Trump was elected to effect the type of changes to the exact circumstance here. Where do you think the $ 7-$ trillion in debt that Obama ran up went ? It certainly didn't get into the hands of the American people, by purpose or substance.

... but we do know where the trillions in debt that tRUMP is presently running up is going...
to the few, already rich cronies...

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Not true,
The statistics by companies like Hand R Block are out.Now that most all the Tax Returns are in Over 60 % of Americans paid less in taxes. Less. Across various income levels. Look it up.

Additionally, wages have increased , especially for blue color positions. On and on. If you are trying to downplay the improvement in the economy since the tax cut, you are going to strike out.

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Well compare no deal to the last " Infrastructure" Legislation to come from the Democrats when they had the House and Obama. One trillion dollars, admitted as not shovel ready , the money distributed to Unions, cronies, and basically just a looting of the Treasury. Regardless of his crassness and style, Trump was elected to effect the type of changes to the exact circumstance here. Where do you think the $ 7-$ trillion in debt that Obama ran up went ? It certainly didn't get into the hands of the American people, by purpose or substance.

Obama only had Dem control of Congress his first two years, when the economy was in the absolute crapper thanks to Bush. Debt was run up to salvage the US economy and prevent a depression. Much of it spent on infrastructure projects, the rest things like bank bailouts which one can argue either way were needed or not. The debt was on a rapid turn downward because the economy had finally started it's 8+ year turnaround under Obama - until Trump passed his tax bill. He has doubled it in two years. Facts.

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Not true,
The statistics by companies like Hand R Block are out.Now that most all the Tax Returns are in Over 60 % of Americans paid less in taxes. Less. Across various income levels. Look it up.

Additionally, wages have increased , especially for blue color positions. On and on. If you are trying to downplay the improvement in the economy since the tax cut, you are going to strike out.

Real wage growth has not grown. the minor increases in the last few months under Trump aren't nearly enough to wipe out years of stagnant wages while costs kept rising.

"In January, private sector workers (excluding farmworkers) got an average 3-cent hourly raise, adding up to an average hourly pay of $27.56. In the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have only increased 85 cents, or 3.2 percent, and that doesn’t even take inflation into account. January’s 3-cent average hourly wage hike suggests that the trend has not really shifted.

It’s true that wages are rising faster than they have in a decade, but that’s only because the US economy collapsed 10 years ago. Comparing current wage growth to recession-era wage growth sets a pretty low standard.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...-wages-economy

Corporate tax breaks did not go to employees but shareholders (10% of the population own 80% of all US stocks). Also, the economy is showing multiple points of slowing down (same link)

"Instead, US companies have spent a record amount of money this year buying back shares of company stock, an effort to inflate their value for shareholders. US corporations have announced spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks so far this year. That’s a 64 percent increase from 2017, according to CNN Business. So it’s no mystery why the savings from the GOP tax bill didn’t trickle down to workers. Only a handful of companies (34 from the Fortune 500) said they are using the tax savings to invest in US operations.

Economists do believe the tax bill helped boost overall economic growth — for a little while, at least. The economy was growing at about 2.2 percent a year since the end of the recession in 2009, and then hit 2.9 percent last year. Economists expect growth to slow more in 2019, then fall even further in 2020"

Yes a good number of Americans paid less taxes last year, but for most the difference was very small on a weekly basis. http://fortune.com/2019/04/15/trump-tax-day-2019-cut/

"That’s despite an analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that two out of three taxpayers would see their taxes go down. The biggest benefits, though, go to the top 1 percent, who are projected to receive an average tax break of $62,000 in 2018, while the middle one-fifth of income earners got an average tax cut of $1,090 — about $20 per week."

Between that and refunds being smaller this year, only 17% of Americans think they got an actual tax cut (same link). Yes refunds are partly psychological but they matter. If an average Joe got an extra $150 every two weeks in his pay check, that's $1300 more for a year. It probably barely covers his rising healthcare, housing and car insurance, if even. Then he gets $800 less in the annual refund check which he was counting on to pay down a credit card or fix his car - do you think he feels better off?

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Obama only had Dem control of Congress his first two years, when the economy was in the absolute crapper thanks to Bush. Debt was run up to salvage the US economy and prevent a depression. Much of it spent on infrastructure projects, the rest things like bank bailouts which one can argue either way were needed or not. The debt was on a rapid turn downward because the economy had finally started it's 8+ year turnaround under Obama - until Trump passed his tax bill. He has doubled it in two years. Facts.

The Debt under Obama was between $ 7-9 Trillion over 8 years. Fact
Trump has added less than $ 2 trillion. Fact

The economy under Bush went downhill as consequences of the Policies enacted by the Clinton Administration like the Community Investment Act. Fact. Bush warned them all about Fannie ans Freddie and his advice was not heeded.

Debt was run by Obama up to finance the looting of the Treasury, a Trillion Dollar Stimulus Plan that didn't stimulate anything. Remember Joe Biden's " Summer of Recovery " ? There wasn't any recovery.
Do you remember the gimmicks like Cash for Clunkers and QE several times?
Do you remember the Billions of taxpayer dollars to the cronies running Green Bust companies like Solyndra?
Do you remember the $ 10 Billion taxpayers lost on the GM Bankruptcy ? Now GM is laying off workers here, closing plants, and building new plants in China. Their goal is to add 500 NEW dealerships in China over the next few decades.

The Tax Bill has been an influence on the economy in multiple ways. corporations are giving bonuses and wage increases. We didn't see that under Obama. Over 60 % of Americans paid less Tax under the Tax changes.

Obama said manufacturing wouldn't come back. It has. Slow, yes, but new plants are being built. US Steel investing billions in PA. None of it was happening under Obama. they were selling the " new normal" of flat wages, flat economy, rising exports and lower imports. That's being turned around.

Any argument that the Obama economy was better than the last two years doesn't hold water. Any argument that the present economic increase is due to Obama's policies doesn't hold water. It is simply not true. My goodness, he put 7 million on Medicaid , changed the rules. 10 million were added to SNAP, changed the rules.

Were we not told by Democrats and their water bearers that Trump would crash the economy ? Crash the stock market? Put us in a Depression ? He wouldn't last 100 days ? Him and his family would be led out of the WH in handcuffs ?
Do you need the links ?

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Real wage growth has not grown. the minor increases in the last few months under Trump aren't nearly enough to wipe out years of stagnant wages while costs kept rising.

"In January, private sector workers (excluding farmworkers) got an average 3-cent hourly raise, adding up to an average hourly pay of $27.56. In the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have only increased 85 cents, or 3.2 percent, and that doesn’t even take inflation into account. January’s 3-cent average hourly wage hike suggests that the trend has not really shifted.

It’s true that wages are rising faster than they have in a decade, but that’s only because the US economy collapsed 10 years ago. Comparing current wage growth to recession-era wage growth sets a pretty low standard.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...-wages-economy

Corporate tax breaks did not go to employees but shareholders (10% of the population own 80% of all US stocks). Also, the economy is showing multiple points of slowing down (same link)

"Instead, US companies have spent a record amount of money this year buying back shares of company stock, an effort to inflate their value for shareholders. US corporations have announced spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks so far this year. That’s a 64 percent increase from 2017, according to CNN Business. So it’s no mystery why the savings from the GOP tax bill didn’t trickle down to workers. Only a handful of companies (34 from the Fortune 500) said they are using the tax savings to invest in US operations.

Economists do believe the tax bill helped boost overall economic growth — for a little while, at least. The economy was growing at about 2.2 percent a year since the end of the recession in 2009, and then hit 2.9 percent last year. Economists expect growth to slow more in 2019, then fall even further in 2020"

Yes a good number of Americans paid less taxes last year, but for most the difference was very small on a weekly basis. http://fortune.com/2019/04/15/trump-tax-day-2019-cut/

"That’s despite an analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that two out of three taxpayers would see their taxes go down. The biggest benefits, though, go to the top 1 percent, who are projected to receive an average tax break of $62,000 in 2018, while the middle one-fifth of income earners got an average tax cut of $1,090 — about $20 per week."

Between that and refunds being smaller this year, only 17% of Americans think they got an actual tax cut (same link). Yes refunds are partly psychological but they matter. If an average Joe got an extra $150 every two weeks in his pay check, that's $1300 more for a year. It probably barely covers his rising healthcare, housing and car insurance, if even. Then he gets $800 less in the annual refund check which he was counting on to pay down a credit card or fix his car - do you think he feels better off?

That is all well and good, statistics are helpful. Any money that the taxpayer receives is better than letting the Government have it. Any money that a Business, Corporation receives is better than letting the Government have it.

Bottom line is that LESS money given to the Government means a smaller Government. The Government does not GENERATE wealth , they just take it away. If you are for big Government , you are against the people's interests.

The generalizations of what people have, what it costs for items , is right in line with the way many people are educated and think these days .They think in verticals, Silos. No linkage . No crossover. Here , see this link, then it must be true.

Under the present economy, Americans have it better than ever. More opportunity for jobs, wage increases, value in the goods they buy, services that are provided. The list goes on. Less regulation stimulates growth. You CAN drive that SUV, you CAN put you thermostat on 72.

Really , some Democrats must think that the economy is so good, we can afford to house illegals in Public Housing , give them a free education and Medical Care , and let them walk in without being detained until due process is served.

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" Manufactured Crisis "

And what are House Democrats doing about it ? Issuing Subpoenas, Inestigationg the President , demanding his Tax Returns,

What is it costing American Taxpayers to support these illegals ? Democrats don't care. That's why they want higher taxes. That's why they would abolish any Tax Cuts for anyone.

They should start busing them into CT. Put then right on the streets so people here can see the problem. We have 100,000 in CT now, surely Blumenthal can find some people to take them in. Maybe he'll buy them Pizza.



SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA) – Hundreds of asylum seekers were being released in San Bernardino this week as U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it does not have the resources to handle the large number of people coming over the U.S.-Mexico border.

For several days now, U.S. Customs and Border Protection vans filled with Central American immigrant families have been driving from the El Centro Border Patrol Station in Imperial to a Greyhound bus station at West 6th and North G streets in San Bernardino.

Immigrant advocacy groups told CBS2 Tuesday that they have helped nearly 200 immigrants who have been dropped off at the bus station. Volunteer groups and the Catholic Church are paying to transport these immigrants to different locations.

“Yesterday we got three vans, 37 people in total, half of them are children,” immigrant activist Ericka Flores told CBS2 Tuesday.

All this comes after an unknown number of immigrants were flown into Murrieta over the weekend from Texas. On Monday, Murrieta police told CBS2 that they had been assured by the CBP that no immigrants would be released onto the streets of Murrieta after being processed.

In a statement, CBP said that since March 19, 40,000 illegal immigrants have been released from processing centers and ordered to appear in court for their asylum hearings.

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That is all well and good, statistics are helpful. Any money that the taxpayer receives is better than letting the Government have it. Any money that a Business, Corporation receives is better than letting the Government have it.

Bottom line is that LESS money given to the Government means a smaller Government. The Government does not GENERATE wealth , they just take it away. If you are for big Government , you are against the people's interests.

The generalizations of what people have, what it costs for items , is right in line with the way many people are educated and think these days .They think in verticals, Silos. No linkage . No crossover. Here , see this link, then it must be true.

Under the present economy, Americans have it better than ever. More opportunity for jobs, wage increases, value in the goods they buy, services that are provided. The list goes on. Less regulation stimulates growth. You CAN drive that SUV, you CAN put you thermostat on 72.

Really , some Democrats must think that the economy is so good, we can afford to house illegals in Public Housing , give them a free education and Medical Care , and let them walk in without being detained until due process is served.

yeah you cons say that, until a flood wipes out your town or wonder why contaminated meat made it int the food supply system. The bigger issue with government spending is waste and dirty deals. Read this article about military spending and you'll want to rip your hair out https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...ystery-807276/. When an administration fills its posts with industry insiders, pals and completely inept people (good gawd Ben Oreo Carson the other day) none of that waste and graft will improve. It only gets worse. Wasn't Jared going to fix the VA? How's that going?

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In a statement, CBP said that since March 19, 40,000 illegal immigrants have been released from processing centers and ordered to appear in court for their asylum hearings.

Good. Government statistics show over 90% of asylum seekers show up in court. The US government, not Donald Trump's lies. This was even written about in some right leaning media outlets, just never on State TV Fox. If they show up then their cases will be decided legally, one way or the other.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...nd-court-dates

"So, what do statistics published by the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review have to say on how many asylum seekers show up for trials?

In 2017, the vast majority, 89 percent, of those claiming asylum showed up for their trials, meaning that decisions were not made “in absentia.” In 2016, 91 percent showed up, and in 2015, 93 percent of asylum decisions were not made in absentia, meaning that the asylum seeker was, indeed, present.

Those numbers are clear. In the report there’s even a helpful chart showing that most of the people applying for asylum come to their court dates. Despite Trump's words, asylum seekers are most often seen again and they make it a priority to follow the laws and appear for their hearing."

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Good. Government statistics show over 90% of asylum seekers show up in court. The US government, not Donald Trump's lies. This was even written about in some right leaning media outlets, just never on State TV Fox. If they show up then their cases will be decided legally, one way or the other.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...nd-court-dates

"So, what do statistics published by the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review have to say on how many asylum seekers show up for trials?

In 2017, the vast majority, 89 percent, of those claiming asylum showed up for their trials, meaning that decisions were not made “in absentia.” In 2016, 91 percent showed up, and in 2015, 93 percent of asylum decisions were not made in absentia, meaning that the asylum seeker was, indeed, present.

Those numbers are clear. In the report there’s even a helpful chart showing that most of the people applying for asylum come to their court dates. Despite Trump's words, asylum seekers are most often seen again and they make it a priority to follow the laws and appear for their hearing."

Pay attention to the date below. Remember, this is a " manufactured crisis " That was repeated over and over again after the DNC handed out the script to the media.

Ronald Zermeno, a former Border Patrol agent at the Murrieta station, believes his former colleagues are overwhelmed by a broken system. Zermeno retired after whistleblowing to the media back in 2014 regarding the conditions staff and immigrants were facing at the Murrieta facility.

He questions CBP’s approach to the problem.

“Historically, over 80 percent don’t show up to court,” Zermeno told CBS2.

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yeah you cons say that, until a flood wipes out your town or wonder why contaminated meat made it int the food supply system. The bigger issue with government spending is waste and dirty deals. Read this article about military spending and you'll want to rip your hair out https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...ystery-807276/. When an administration fills its posts with industry insiders, pals and completely inept people (good gawd Ben Oreo Carson the other day) none of that waste and graft will improve. It only gets worse. Wasn't Jared going to fix the VA? How's that going?

Ben Carson inept?

I would ask that you line up every Democrat siting like a King and Queen on a Throne that were questioning the Doctor.

Ask them How many lives have YOU saved? What have you done in your life in relation to the SAVING of children's lives.

No respect for a man with his intellect his achievements , his contributions to humanity ?
You're as bad as your pompous heroes that haven't missed a meal in decades.

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Real wage growth has not grown. the minor increases in the last few months under Trump aren't nearly enough to wipe out years of stagnant wages while costs kept rising.

"In January, private sector workers (excluding farmworkers) got an average 3-cent hourly raise, adding up to an average hourly pay of $27.56. In the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have only increased 85 cents, or 3.2 percent, and that doesn’t even take inflation into account. January’s 3-cent average hourly wage hike suggests that the trend has not really shifted.

It’s true that wages are rising faster than they have in a decade, but that’s only because the US economy collapsed 10 years ago. Comparing current wage growth to recession-era wage growth sets a pretty low standard.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...-wages-economy

Corporate tax breaks did not go to employees but shareholders (10% of the population own 80% of all US stocks). Also, the economy is showing multiple points of slowing down (same link)

"Instead, US companies have spent a record amount of money this year buying back shares of company stock, an effort to inflate their value for shareholders. US corporations have announced spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks so far this year. That’s a 64 percent increase from 2017, according to CNN Business. So it’s no mystery why the savings from the GOP tax bill didn’t trickle down to workers. Only a handful of companies (34 from the Fortune 500) said they are using the tax savings to invest in US operations.

Economists do believe the tax bill helped boost overall economic growth — for a little while, at least. The economy was growing at about 2.2 percent a year since the end of the recession in 2009, and then hit 2.9 percent last year. Economists expect growth to slow more in 2019, then fall even further in 2020"

Yes a good number of Americans paid less taxes last year, but for most the difference was very small on a weekly basis. http://fortune.com/2019/04/15/trump-tax-day-2019-cut/

"That’s despite an analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that two out of three taxpayers would see their taxes go down. The biggest benefits, though, go to the top 1 percent, who are projected to receive an average tax break of $62,000 in 2018, while the middle one-fifth of income earners got an average tax cut of $1,090 — about $20 per week."

Between that and refunds being smaller this year, only 17% of Americans think they got an actual tax cut (same link). Yes refunds are partly psychological but they matter. If an average Joe got an extra $150 every two weeks in his pay check, that's $1300 more for a year. It probably barely covers his rising healthcare, housing and car insurance, if even. Then he gets $800 less in the annual refund check which he was counting on to pay down a credit card or fix his car - do you think he feels better off?

If you are having difficulties with Americans holding on to more of their money, instead of giving it to the Government, you have been hoodwinked to think Democrats like Joe Biden will be looking out for anyone but themselves.

I winder if CNN , MSNBC or the alphabet channels will remind Americans of some of Biden's handiwork in the Senate.

In 2014 , Biden was instrumental with the passing of the Multi Employer Pension Act of 2014, which allowed cuts in certain workers' pensions and those paid to retirees as part of a last minute budget bill .

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Ben Carson inept?

I would ask that you line up every Democrat siting like a King and Queen on a Throne that were questioning the Doctor.

Ask them How many lives have YOU saved? What have you done in your life in relation to the SAVING of children's lives.

No respect for a man with his intellect his achievements , his contributions to humanity ?
You're as bad as your pompous heroes that haven't missed a meal in decades.

You can't be serious. Perhaps if he was the Surgeon General what you say may have some merit. But he is the head of HUD. His medical skills are irrelevant for the critical job that he accepted. He is not qualified for this job. That is the point. He's not qualified or well informed. That's what his testimony demonstrated. Try to be just a little objective.

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You can't be serious. Perhaps if he was the Surgeon General what you say may have some merit. But he is the head of HUD. His medical skills are irrelevant for the critical job that he accepted. He is not qualified for this job. That is the point. He's not qualified or well informed. That's what his testimony demonstrated. Try to be just a little objective.

As qualified as Maxine Waters who didn't even know Banks haven't been lending money for Student Loans for almost a decade ?

Irrelevant? Mot qualified? Says who ? You ?

The man is brilliant. Answer my question, how many lives have Democrats saved because of him ?

Ask all the parents of children he saved, ask them if he is " irrelevant " .

No respect. Typical Progressive.

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As qualified as Maxine Waters who didn't even know Banks haven't been lending money for Student Loans for almost a decade ?

Irrelevant? Mot qualified? Says who ? You ?

The man is brilliant. Answer my question, how many lives have Democrats saved because of him ?

Ask all the parents of children he saved, ask them if he is " irrelevant " .

No respect. Typical Progressive.

Lives saved because of him