You have to ask yourself which is worse/better:
1) a guy who isn't worried about political correctness and politics but who doesn’t seem to have an ardent understanding of how the free-market economy works to create wealth and how the federal government creates poverty, OR
2) a politico up to his ears in bribes and lobbyist commitments and/or who doesn’t say what needs to be said regardless of political ramifications who also may or may not understand the free market vs. big government.
The difference is Trump spews it out, the good the bad, and the ugly, whereas your politicos are so careful not to say anything offense even though they think it and will later act accordingly.
Even though I think Trump doesn’t get who the REAL economic & jobs culprit is – THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY A LANDSLIDE – he’d do less damage than Hillary and is at least close to as good as any and better than most.
Cue Yoda...
“In it he steps.”
They sure as hell helped.
This is such a myth. He's plenty politically correct. Even the un-P.C. stuff he says he walks back in the fine print. He certainly doesn't say anything to offend gays.
Jim 0216, Trump has to deal with government regulations every day.
He understands their nature and harm to our economy better than you and I ever will.
Hire this unqualified person here. Build that ramp over there. Pay this city fee to do that. If you want that permit, talk to my campaign people...
He knows...
The crisis was caused by the socialist democrats and the laws and regulations imposed to force banks to loan money to people who could not pay it back. Bush didn’t help matters, though, with his “ownership society.”
Bush and McCain lost the election, though. Especially McCain.
agreed- never mind the fact the spineless GOPe did nothing when they had control from 2000-2006 about devastating legislation such as the CRA or demoKrat campaign funding vessels like FANNIE Mae because they were afraid of being branded racist...
hence yes- the GOPe for the 2000’s does shoulder a large portion of the blame...
I don’t think this harms Trump in any way.
Both the Bushes deserve considerable criticism for economic mismanagement. This doesn’t say anything good about the Democrats economic mismanagement, just that the Bushes were also wrong.
In either case, it might take a century for America to recover from all the economic mismanagement, and we cannot even begin to do that until we can look at *both* the Democrats and Republicans and say, “You screwed up, royally. We have to reverse your bad ideas so that our economy can recover.”
He was critiquing the housing bubble specifically in that interview.
What did the republicans do to stop the failing? Oh, maybe Bush offering “immigrants” $200,000,000 dollars for down payments on houses helped?
He said this on MSNBC. He was targeting the democrat audience who believe it to be true and associating it with the Bush name which would include Jeb.
Who was in the White House? “The Buck Stops Here.”
“Trump doesn’t get the economic thing too well.”
lol. that’s like a 5 year old kid telling Michael Jordan he doesn’t get basketball too well.
btw. i’m no supporter of trump.
Democrat policies caused the housing bubble and the resulting financial crisis. The GOP deserves blame for failing to reverse those policies while they held the White House and the Congress.
W did spend good bit of time bragging about his “ownership society” and about the increasing percentage of minority home ownership. The seeds of that financial crisis has been sown over twenty or more years and neither party did anything to prevent it, though some individuals tried at a few points.
No, this want hurt Trump because it was a pretty mild criticism.
We could stop this thread at post one because you said it all.
” ... and bring this whole thing to a screeching halt.”
OK, for those of us who see The Donald as at least useful ... “This whole thing”.
What’s that? This whole `putting the illegal invasion of America on the front burner and holding the feet of every Democrat (and a few Republicans) who support amnesty to the fire,’ that thing?
Making Republicans and young conservatives squirm?
How does the aphorism go? Anyone who isn’t a liberal as a youth is hardhearted, and if s/he didn’t eventually become a conservative—soft-headed.
And this awkward fact again (just because it drives some here crazy): young Ronald Reagan, Democrat.
Wishin’ and hopin’ and prayin’ for Trumpasaurus Rex to die ... it sounds like wishful thinking on young Master Cantrell’s part, doesn’t it?
“Young conservatives”. Is there really such a thing?
Other than Young Republican Hillary Rodham, that is.
And that YC web site is a real throbbing, fruit salad hot mess, isn’t it, with ads jumping out, photos of fat ladies, dogs dating cats ....
Thank G_d for Free Republic. Free expression, no BS.
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Any serious follower of Trump understands that the GOP is beyond saving.
[and this may have been the gaffe that shoots down his presidential aspirations]
Well, we certainly appreciate you bringing this to our attention, Michael.
Trump is going to win the Reagan democrats.