Posted on 01/18/2017 11:11:20 AM PST by onyx
Anyone who believes Democrats own exclusive opposition to Donald Trump are completely ignoring the deliberate construct of the 2015/2016 republican primary. There are just as many -if not more- natural enemies within the Republican apparatus as there are within the Democrat group. “America-First” is antithetical to the UniParty.
Again, prior to Donald Trump there was one party in Washington DC, “The UniParty”. President Donald Trump represented a second party, an independent approach toward legislative and economic priority. He was not a third choice, he was the second option.
Within the ‘right-side’ of the UniParty you have Republicans. Within the republican party there are two groups; both intentionally established to present the fallacy of false choice.
“Small government CONservatives”, just like their “big government” GOPe colleagues, begin remarkable advocacy for the consolidation of self-serving power when they are threatened by sunlight. It is critical for the U.S. electorate to understand this dynamic.
Whenever CTH reveals this political construct, we come under fire from the hidden elements within the UniParty; most generally from the crony-constitutionalist group represented by the advocacy of old talk-radio yellers.
A few days ago we highlighted a maneuver being attempted by the Crony-Constitutionalist group within the DC UniParty. A specific agenda being put forth by heavily financed operative, Senator Mike Lee. – * READ IN FULL BELOW * – Today we highlight the economic efforts of the second group which synergizes with Lee’s efforts from the other half of the republican wing of the UniParty.
♦ Senator Mike Lee works to block taxation on imports by removing the tariff authority of President Donald Trump. This aids his multinational sponsors on Wall Street. Senator Lee trying to stop Trump from leveling taxes on imports, under the false auspices of constitutional authority. [Made irrelevant by the 1913 passage of the 17th amendment]
♦ Speaker Paul Ryan works to block taxation on imports by manipulating import taxation into a larger “comprehensive corporate tax bill“, and establishing the loopholes, constructed by the same multinational sponsors. Wall Street then utilizes these constructs to avoid the payment of import taxes. Watch closely:
(Via Wall Street Journal) The measure, known as border adjustment, would tax imports and exempt exports as part of a broader plan to encourage companies to locate jobs and production in the U.S. But Mr. Trump, in his first comments on the subject, called it “too complicated.” –link–
Mike Lee represents the Senate approach. Speaker Ryan represents the House approach.
However, both approaches are geared toward the same benefactors. Those benefactors are the lobbyists who pay Republicans for legislative priorities. Who is that…. Tom Donohue.
For those who don’t know, it is special interest groups, lawyers as lobbyists like the U.S. CoC, who actually write the legislation. Politicians vote on legislation, they don’t actually put pen to paper and write it – that’s what the congressional lobbyists do.
In both taxation constructs above Mike Lee and Paul Ryan are opposing Donald Trump. Does this example help to better understand the fallacy of false choice? It’s the same concept as the GOPe splitter strategy to ensure a specific, controlled and approved ideological candidate wins the primary.
There’s no difference between John Cornyn and Kevin McCarthy; they are beholden to the same group. There’s also no difference between Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan, they too are beholden to the same corporate interests. That’s why Cruz and Ryan created Trade Promotion Authority together, the vehicle to pass Donohue’s TPP trade deal.
However, the good news is President Donald Trump is keenly aware of this political alignment. Heck, he should be… in many ways his understanding of the ‘fallacy of false choice’ is the entire reason Donald Trump finally ran for President:
[…] “Anytime I hear border adjustment, I don’t love it,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Friday. “Because usually it means we’re going to get adjusted into a bad deal. That’s what happens.”
Independent analyses of the Republican tax plan say it would lead the dollar to appreciate further—which would lower the cost of imported goods, offsetting the effects of the tax on retailers and others.
In his interview with the Journal on Friday, Mr. Trump said the U.S. dollar was already “too strong” in part because China holds down its currency, the yuan. “Our companies can’t compete with them now because our currency is too strong. And it’s killing us.”
The yuan is “dropping like a rock,” Mr. Trump said, dismissing recent Chinese actions to support it as done simply “because they don’t want us to get angry.”
Mr. Trump appears to be breaking with a recent tradition of presidents refraining from comments on the dollar’s level. The dollar is up 4% against a broad basket of currencies since he was elected, and roughly 25% since mid-2014.
The dollar and border adjustment tax are both central issues as Mr. Trump moves to strengthen U.S. standing in the global economy. (more)
President Trump knows these multi-thousand-page legislative constructs are filled with loop holes allowing Wall Street’s multinationals to skirt around direct import taxation. Delayed cargo diversion, via geographic third party delivery broker, is one method they use to avoid them.
A direct tariff is specific, direct and generally unavoidable. Wall Street doesn’t like tariffs and crony-constitutionalists lie about them vociferously.
The opposition groups (Wall Street Multinationals) who are funding the UniParty endeavors of Mike Lee and Paul Ryan etc., have a specific desire to keep the U.S. dollar inflated. All of these multinationals and large economic nations hold trade dollars in their depositories – it is against their interests to see the dollar drop in value.
Wall Street benefits from a higher dollar – Main Street benefits from a lower dollar.
A secondary reason Trump wants to see lower dollar evaluation is because, debt becomes less burdensome when the value of the U.S. dollar drops. Trump knows how to manage and leverage debt. Lowering the U.S. debt is critical to economic growth.
Think of it this way. If you owe $200,000 on your mortgage and earn $40k per year, that debt is scary. However, if you owe $200k and earn $60k that debt is less worrying. When the value of the dollar drops, the weight of our debt burden drops with it because expanding economic growth generates more income to treasury via tax inflows. This is how dangerous debt can be neutralized and paid down.
Remember, there are trillions of globalist dollars at stake – and the DC UniParty, all of it, will fight tooth and nail on behalf of their benefactors.
Patriots will need to respond when we go to the mattresses.
Steel your resolve.
Just like the GOPe “Splitter Strategy” – teach your friends, family and neighbors.
I hope President Trump tells Congress that, hencefoth, no bill will be signed by him if it exceeds ten pages in total, and is worded in plain English, easily understood by the citizens whom they represent.
Furthermore, all bills passed by both houses of Congress should be published and set aside for public comment for a period of ten business days, prior to going to the President’s desk for signing.
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These changes would constitute an enormous improvement.
The answer to our economic difficulties is the FairTax!
By ELIMINATING corporate income taxes, FairTax is a “border adjustable tax” which would allow US manufacturers to export their products without the added burden of Federal taxes (estimated to comprise as much as 25% of the final retail price!).
Manufactured goods imported into America arrive at our shores tax FRee — our trading “partners” utilize a border adjustable tax called the Value Added Tax (an EVIL tax, IMHO!) which is rebated to exporting companies, thus arriving here TAX FREE!
FairTax would impose a retail sales tax on ALL goods and services sold in the USA, and therefore, would level the playing field between domestic and imported goods sold in the USA.
AND by untaxing our exported goods, we would compete on a level playing field overseas.
Ergo, FairTax is THE answer!
I have been an advocate of the FairTax for a long time.
Maybe someday!
Perhaps it should be a matter of prayer. Hadn’t ever really thought of it that way. After all, it is FAIR.
I LOVE THE FAIR TAX ... But it is a Hard Sell to even folks on this venue.
I would implement it today if I were King and it will take almost that much arm twisting to make it happen.
It takes away a LOT of Power from those that want to Social Engineer, Control or in any way Shape the actions of Constituents (which is the Part I LOVE the most) and a big reason folks get into Politics or Journalism.
It’s design is the antithesis of the design of OBAMACARE.
The Fair Tax is EXACTLY “CHOICE” if you like your Doctor etc etc
A good start towards getting the Fair Tax would be to Change “TAX DAY” from April 15th to the day before Elections and you would see the Elites scrambling to try and keep up.
GOPe fighting us tooth and nail. They are crawling out of their holes.
Hope our new PRESIDENT buries them back in.
Thanks, Onyx. Hope you are well.
TC
*** “He’s not the person that I once thought he was” ***
Nor I and I was one of his biggest Fans, I caught much flack from my Family but I was able to land safely without being a hypocrite by pointing out the Fact that Cruz did it to himself... I didn’t change, Cruz did and he has changed again, should I now forget and support him again?
For Cruz the Stakes were high, he is/was relatively young and very ambitious and may have been too much too soon.
I hope he has matured if he has I will reconsider my opinion.
PS NO JOKE ... As I was typing the above I was listening to the stupid Sports Radio folks that have just announced that Johnny (Johnny Football) Manzell has been sober for 2 Weeks and his situation should be Re-considered since He is a “Changed Man”.
Sometimes I wonder about AM Radio and why they would hire such idiots no matter how many athletes that they know.
Just Damn, now I am depressed.
I assume Trump will veto any bill that limits the president’s power.
I saw Ryan tonight on Charlie Rose talking about how Mexico could be made to “pay” for the wall by simply making the trade deals bring in more than enough money to pay for it.
I don’t trust that snake one bit.
Well said! Taxman Bravo Zulu!
We just have to keep on pressing ahead with the FairTax — winning the hearts and minds of the American people one at a time!
FYI, when he was in Congress, VPEOTUS Pence was a FairTax co-sponsor. And economic advisor to the PEOTUS Steve Moore has long been a FRiend of the FairTax movement, as has another PEOTUS advisor, Governor Mike Huckabee.
Our progress is painfully slow, but I am reminded that it took FRom 1864 until 1913 to get the federal income tax into place.
I am well aware of and profoundly grateful for your support, xzins! Thank you for hanging in there!
And, yes, prayer just might help! It certainly won’t hurt!
Trump is going to use confiscated drug money.
LOL.
Hi Taxman,
Most if not all of what Trump talks about re trade is actually do-able via the NRST. so much so that I kind of thought that his plan was to pass the Fairtax.
Border-adjustability, repatriating dollars, lowering the corporate income tax, encouraging manufacturing.....
Would that be a kick!
AGREEEEEEEEEED!
Mike Lee chipmunk faced duplicitous choir boy. What I have learned in the past couple of years—there are three kinds of people in the world; the good guys, the bad guys and the bad guys who pretend they are the good guys. Mike Lee and the other Judas “conservatives” are the third type. This is how we were slowly, gradually denied our freedom by these false flag politicians.
The Uniparty has used the Hegelian Dialectic to divide Americans into Democrat and Republican, Liberals vs. Conservative, the tactic of divide and conquer.
Agree 100%!
Thank you!
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