Yes he was. And our trade deficit is now worse than ever.
“He (Cruz) was domestic policy adviser for George W.”
Yes he was. And our trade deficit is now worse than ever.
True.
There are lots of advisors in these, not one man. Otherwise we’d have heard his name (Cruz) before. Who heard of this before now? They bring this up to associate Cruz with Bush. Bush made some bad decisions, yes, but after the demo took the Senate in 2006, nothing Bush wanted was ever approved. Surely you remember that they REFUSED to vote on MOST of his judicial nominees, leaving large holes on the bench, which Obama quickly filled, with a complicit Congress. Also remember that when Bush took over, the economy was in a free-fall at the end of Clinton’s two terms. Bush had to deal with that and 9/11 within months of each other, and less than a year into his first term. I’m no Bush fan, but think what it would’ve been had Al Gore won. We’d be in much deeper than we are. Bush started well, but ended poorly. Too bad. Let’s keep a proper perspective about things. These commentators have a short memory, or they think WE do. I’d never heard Cruz’s name while Bush was in office, so he could NOT have been a major policy player.
I am not positive, but I believe there was another president in office at the White House. For the past eight years, I think. Surely, he had some impact on taxes, regulations, rules, domestic and foreign affairs, etc. Oh, and trade.
Primarily because of a ‘70s law that does not allow us to export our own domestic oil. No biggie, we can keep it here. It may hurt the “trade deficit” but since that means we get to keep our own oil here, it’s not exactly “hurting” us.
Trump has been whining about the same trade deal issues since at least 1988 on the Letterman show. It’s the only policy he’s been consistent on. But if it was so important, the economy would’ve been steadily going down since then. It hasn’t. It’s been up and down like it always has been. Trump’s precious trade deals are a miniscule factor to the economy.
The reason our country’s fiscal picture is in trouble is because of out-of-control entitlement spending, plain and simple. And that’s something Trump doesn’t seem to want to touch. He insists there will be no reforms to Medicare or Social Security. And he apparently wants to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare including more spending on ‘women’s health.’ Add on more military spending while you’re at it. How he’s going to pay for it, no one seems to know. Will tariffs on Mexico cover all that?
Trump’s a severe big government “conservative.”