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Five ways Trump will give Americans more opportunities
Market Watch ^ | December 22, 2016 | Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Posted on 12/22/2016 1:40:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Now that the Electoral College has voted for Donald Trump as the next president, it is time for America to develop a winning agenda for people who want to be upwardly mobile. Over the past eight years, President Barack Obama’s agenda focused on keeping Americans safe, with an emphasis on food stamps, government-provided health insurance, and retirement and disability benefits.

The Left’s policies are built around keeping people safe. In return for higher taxes, and higher health insurance premiums, government will look after us.

The extent of the safety net is under debate. Too broad, and people lose incentives to work. To narrow, and people slip through the cracks....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: economy; foodstamps; trump; welfare

1 posted on 12/22/2016 1:40:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here’s another one: any has-been, third-rate entertainer who hasn’t been relevant for ten or twenty years can tell the MSM “I refuse to perform at Donald Trump’s Inaugural” and they instantly become a headline news story.


2 posted on 12/22/2016 1:44:00 PM PST by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The extent of the safety net is under debate.

No it isn't.

Welfare fraud has cost this nation Trillions.

Not Billions ..... but Trillions of dollars.

Food Stamp fraud alone is a crime against the taxpayers.


3 posted on 12/22/2016 1:53:38 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

-—The Left’s policies are built around keeping people safe. In return for higher taxes, and higher health insurance premiums, government will look after us.-—

bullschtein! The left’s policies are designed to enslave the masses. Period.


4 posted on 12/22/2016 2:50:31 PM PST by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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