Posted on 11/27/2015 4:06:33 PM PST by Isara
Did everyone get all the turkey and mashed potatoes they could handle? Maybe a little more than they could handle? Super. Now, is everyone ready to vomit them back up? Never one to follow generally well-respected chestnuts like avoid talking about religion and politics over Thanksgiving, our tone deaf Commander in Chief steam rolled through that rule of thumb during his Thursday Thanksgiving radio address. What's even more insane is just how completely condescending and pretentious it sounds compared to Ted Cruz's. It's kind of a nicely wrapped contrast present between the Parties complete with a bow on top -to complete the holiday metaphor.
Sliding ever so smoothly into his real reason for Thanksgiving, President Obama transitioned from a Thanksgiving greeting into, "Nearly four centuries after the Mayflower set sail, the world is still full of pilgrims - men and women who want nothing more than the chance for a safer, better future for themselves and their families."
Contrast that with Senator Cruz directly connecting America's greatness and liberty with the source of our rights and eventually quoting George Washington in his acknowledgement of Thanksgiving,
"On this Thanksgiving, as we gather with family and loved ones, we celebrate the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon us and this great nation. Particularly this year, as we face many uncertainties - from the threats of terror to economic hardships - let us take time to thank God for all that He has given us and ask for His provision in our lives and our country."
So, let's see. On one hand you've got a leader using the Thanksgiving holiday to guilt people into falling in line with his policy by insisting that Muslim immigrants are just like the original Pilgrims. On the other hand you've got another leader encouraging people to be thankful, even in difficult times, that we have much to appreciate and enjoy. I wonder if the President even knows or cares that his nonstop shoehorning only servers to embolden the people who are sick of him and annoy all the others who are on the fence.
Let's make sure he doesn't find out.
Kelo, the 2009 Obama Stimulus, TARP and the 2008 Auto Bailout are all supported by Trump.
same here!
Can he launch a first strike?
So is Bill Gates, so what is your point ?
Both Trump and Cruz have Kelo, and Kelo-like positions that I strongly disagree with.
Trumps position, which was rejected by the court, enables developers to seize parcels of land for ‘the good of the community’. That is dangerous.
Cruz’s position is even worse, his is deadly. He is proposing giving the country to the illegals.
sure he could ...
Trump's Record on Free-market Issue: (from the Conservative Review)
Trump has a terrible record on free market issues. The only bright spot is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, but this glimmer is countermanded by his repeated support for bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, and increased stimulus spending. Of particular concern is Trump's belief that the government can use eminent domain powers to seize private property in the name of private economic development. This comes as no surprise, given his support for using eminent domain to profit his own company.
Trump supported the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of London, allowing public authorities to seize private land for economic development by private investors; Trump said, “I happen to agree with [the decision] 100 percent.” (National Review) This is no surprise given Trump’s attempt to use eminent domain in his own line of work. (Institute for Justice)
Trump supported President Obama’s 2009 stimulus, saying: “The word stimulus is probably not used in its fullest…you know, certain of the things that were given weren't really stimulus. They were pork, as we call it, or they were gifts to certain people. But overall, I think he's [President Obama] doing very well. You do need stimulus and you do have to keep the banks alive.” (CNN)
Trump supported TARP, saying, "You had to do something to shore up the banks, because ... you would have had a run on every bank." (CNN)
Trump supported the 2008 auto bailout, saying, “I think the government should stand behind them 100 percent. You cannot lose the auto companies. They’re great. They make wonderful products.” He also said that the federal government could “easily save the companies.” (Daily Caller)
Trump criticized the Federal Reserve’s intervention in the debt market, saying quantitative easing creates “phony numbers” that mislead the marketplace and “will not ultimately benefit the economy. The dollar will go down in value and inflation will start rearing its ugly head.” (CNBC)
Donald Trump has a history of using eminent domain to complete business deals. Multiple times Trump has supported the use of government agencies to take possession of homes and businesses for use in his private business plans. Eminent domain seizures are reserved only for public use of property rather than abuse by the government taking property from one individual and giving to another. (Washington Post)
Donald Trump has sought and received crony capitalist tax breaks for his commercial properties in New York. These tax breaks, and even an abatement, force the property taxes of other property owners to rise at the expense of the connected. Special treatment for one business or industry over another with the tax code conflicts with free market principles. (National Review)
In 2009, Trump supported Barack Obama's call for limits on the pay of executives. (CNN)
Obama is “No-Limits-Traitah”.
I thought I was clear with my point, evidently not.
I’ll be much more through.
Ted Cruz is a very smart man, I’m sure he understands the Free Market theory as thoroughly as any other Senator, and arguably much better. At best, however, he has actually experienced it only on a limited scale.
Donald, on the other hand, has lived his whole life in ‘the free market’. Obviously, we now longer have true free markets, and to participate in what we do have, barriers erected by various governments have to be circumvented.
That takes money. Money to buy (bribe really) the politicians who have the power to doom even the most desirable project.
You mentioned Bill Gates. He built a very desirable project, and openly voiced his opposition to government interference. He refused to buy anyone, and Big Government not only resented that, they decided it was dangerous to their existence. The end result was a declaration of war on high tech by the Clinton administration. Janet Reno made that declaration in April of (1996 or 1997?). The result crippled or destroyed many a tech company, including crippling Gate’s Microsoft.
Donald, in a whole different industry, was able to avoid those crushing defeats by spreading money and favors around to his enemies in the political world, the world which could tie his company down like the Lilliputians did in Gulliver’s travels.
Gates eventually capitulated completely, and now parrots the far left meme that only socialism can save the world.
Trump, on the other hand continues to live the life of a free market capitalist as best he can.
Yes, the price for that privilege is still to have enough money, and knowledge, to buy the right politicians.
Apparently you're unaware of Cruz's work at the Federal Trade Commission (source)(emphasis mine):
You could have gotten at least ten posts out of that.
Didn’t read a word of it.
Every time I see it I am reminded that Cruz’s campaign is based on lies.
I am just glad that Bush is essentially out of the race. I promised I would never vote for a Bush again.
Not surprising. It’s information.
So is “War and Peace” but I wouldn’t post the whole thing.
Furthermore, if you didn't want to read them, that's fine. Please feel free to bypass letting me know every time you don't read a post I didn't send to you.
I’m not disagreeing that Cruz understands them, or that he doesn’t promote them. Of course he does, I would expect no less from him.
I’m saying, among other things, that his livelihood has never been directly dependent on them.
Trump’s whole life has been dependent on them, and he has mastered the art of free markets (see my above post for more detail about free markets as they exist today) in a way that very few have.
Trump has ‘the golden touch’, something a country on the verge of bankruptcy and racing towards it, desperately needs.
If you had read my lengthy post as thoroughly as I worked to put it together you would have realized that.
I did read it very carefully. Trump’s admitted he gave money to politicians on both sides of the aisle to get business done — that it was just the way to operate in New York, etc. That’s not my idea of free markets. Trump has succeeded because he started out with money and knew/learned how to play the game. He’s been successful. That’s not a knock against him, but it’s also not a argument in favor of his strong support of free enterprise.
Trump’s whole life has been dependent on them, and he has mastered the art of free markets (see my above post for more detail about free markets as they exist today) in a way that very few have.
“Mastered the art of free markets”
You know Trump and almost every supporter of Trump here on Free Republic proclaim that Trump had to donate money to democrats because he had to get things done in NYC.
Quotes from Trump...
72. “When you need zone changes, you’re political. ...You know, I’ll support the Democrats, the Republicans, whatever the hell I have to support.” (BuzzFeed, Feb. 13, 2014)
73. “ I will tell you that our system is broken. I gave to many people. Before this, before two months ago, I was a businessman. I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And do you know what? When I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them—they are there for me.” (Republican presidential debate, Aug. 6, 2015
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/the-absolute-trumpest-121328?o=1
In a country like the USA where words, deeds, laws, and actions are supposed to mean something....
It sounds like Trump has mastered the “art of bribery” also!!!!
Bribery is the act of giving money, goods or other forms of recompense to a recipient in exchange for an alteration of their behavior (to the benefit/interest of the giver) that the recipient would otherwise not alter. Bribery is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty.[1]
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