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1 posted on 03/05/2016 5:05:44 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
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Irritable Bowel Disease?


2 posted on 03/05/2016 5:07:48 AM PST by patq (America Needs A Strong President, Not a Booger Eater)
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saying that an independent analysis found it would add $10 trillion to the nation’s debt in 10 years “even if the economy grows the way you say it will.”

Independent analysis = pulling a figure out of your rectum.

3 posted on 03/05/2016 5:10:15 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Sorry, not doing the click bait. What’s the point of this article?

Oh, I get it. Yet another attack on Trump by the entrenched media establishment who will lose bucks and influence if he wins.


6 posted on 03/05/2016 5:18:54 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Teddy: the Facepalm of God)
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I thought Trumps math was fine when he flipped Ted’s dumb point back against him at the debate. Ted tried to say that Trump at 35% meant 65% didn’t like him. So Trump said that Ted at 15% meant 85% didn’t like him!


7 posted on 03/05/2016 5:19:20 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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9 posted on 03/05/2016 5:22:07 AM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
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I looked at that “independent analysis” and it assumed current spending levels would be maintained. Might happen with Cruz or Rubio, but as Donald Trump says, “Ain’t gona happen!” with Donald Trump.


12 posted on 03/05/2016 5:24:41 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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This article brings up a serious issue. It is a little known fact that most billionaires lack basic math skills. This, more than anything else, is the secret to their success.


14 posted on 03/05/2016 5:26:35 AM PST by jimbo807
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I don’t see anybody analyzing the other candidates plans and asking them how the math adds up. Where are the breakdowns of Marco and Ted’s plans? Why is it only Trump?


16 posted on 03/05/2016 5:27:37 AM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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How about this basic math TRUMP IS ON HIS WAY TO 1440 delegates.


17 posted on 03/05/2016 5:28:37 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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>>> Billionaire Donald Trump Has A Big Problem With Basic Math <<<

It’s Common Core math and everybody gets a little plastic trophy for successful participation, so shut up.


19 posted on 03/05/2016 5:30:46 AM PST by JJ_Folderol
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I can’t say this for sure, but I think the $300 billion figure refers to better purchasing across all the departments of government. As much savings can be achieved by buying Eurofighters rather than the F-35. Also, by buying French frigates rather the Littoral Combat Ships. But, of course, we’d like American companies to produce the armored vehicles, warplanes and warships we acquire. And, if they were cost competitive, we’d be able to sell such things to allied countries, improving our balance of trade deficit. With regard to pharmaceutical drugs, if we re-visited our product liability laws, we could return their manufacture to the U.S. Again, this would mean jobs, improve our balance of trade, and improve our readiness to deal with response to disease. There all lots of movings parts to all of these considerations. Bottom line is that the government is so f-ed up, that we’re going bankrupt and our economy is screwed, our military and our health care are weak.


20 posted on 03/05/2016 5:31:04 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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Shameless clickbait. Go to hell, IBD.


23 posted on 03/05/2016 5:34:05 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-worse-than-you-think-trumps-business-disaster-2016-03-04


24 posted on 03/05/2016 5:40:19 AM PST by Undecided 2012
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Incredible businessmen do not go bankrupt four times.


26 posted on 03/05/2016 5:41:12 AM PST by wny
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Strange complaint in the time where no one in the feral government can count.


27 posted on 03/05/2016 5:42:06 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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29 posted on 03/05/2016 5:46:29 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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The Grace Commission Report[3] was presented to Congress in January 1984. The report claimed that if its recommendations were followed, $424 billion could be saved in three years, rising to $1.9 trillion per year by the year 2000. It estimated that the national debt, without these reforms, would rise to $13 trillion by the year 2000, while with the reforms they projected it would rise to only $2.5 trillion.[4] Congress ignored the commission’s report. The debt reached $5.8 trillion in the year 2000.[5][6] The national debt reached 13 trillion after the subprime mortgage-collateralized debt obligation crisis in 2008.

The report said that one-third of all income taxes are consumed by waste and inefficiency in the federal government, and another one-third escapes collection owing to the underground economy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grace_Commission


30 posted on 03/05/2016 5:47:03 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Dump Trump. He’s a fraud.

He defends Planned Parenthood and writes big checks to Hillary.

No Thanks. I’ll vote for the real conservative who has the best chance of beating Hillary: Ted Cruz.


35 posted on 03/05/2016 5:52:34 AM PST by proudpapa (Cruz or Lose!)
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But as Wallace pointed out, “Medicare only spends $78 billion a year on drugs.”

Lessee...

...there are 350,000,000 folks in the USA...

That's $222.85 per person

I wonder how many of those 350,000,000 do NOT pay taxes??

38 posted on 03/05/2016 5:57:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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Here is where Trump’s numbers are correct.

Obamacare is based on public utility model which guarantees that all authorized costs will be covered with revenues plus a rate of return on those costs.

So in San Bernardino, California, an Obamacare health organization is renting building space at $4 per sq. ft. in a market area where rent is $1 per sq. ft. They don’t care because Obamacare will pay the higher cost. This will lead to fraud as tenants will end up leasing from relatives who buy the buildings to get the 4 times higher rent.

Ever see an old Southern California Edison maintenance truck? No. Why? Because they get a higher rate base the higher they keep expenses. Same with Obamacare.

Here is another real world example. An “anger management counselor” (not licensed psychologist or social worker) applies to rent space in a business park. When the broker inquires who will pay the rent, the prospective tenant says Obamacare. So you can go into the business of being an “anger management counselor” with no training or credentials and Obamacare will pay for your rent. Of course, it helps if you also fall into a certain politically favored category.


45 posted on 03/05/2016 6:23:06 AM PST by WayneLusvardi (It's more complex than it might seem)
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