Trump Just Attacked Scott Walker For Being Too Conservative

The Daily Wire ^ | March 31, 2016 | Aaron Bandler

[DrewsDad]

Real estate mogul Donald Trump continues to reveal his true leftist colors, smearing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) for being too conservative.

After Walker endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Trump unleashed a barrage of leftist talking points against Walker.

"There’s a $2.2 billion deficit and the schools were going begging and everything was going begging because he didn’t want to raise taxes ’cause he was going to run for president," Trump said. "So instead of raising taxes, he cut back on schools, he cut back on highways, he cut back on a lot of things."

Townhall's Guy Benson points out that Trump had previously leveled this smear towards Walker in September, even though The Washington Post, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org – all of which are leftist fact-checkers – all discredited the attack. Wisconsin had a projected $2.2 billion deficit at one point in 2014, but there was never an actual deficit since state law requires the budget to be balanced, which is what Walker did. Radio host Charlie Sykes confronted Trump on his lie, and Trump put the onus on Time Magazine, even though the magazine got the number from Trump himself.

But what's even more disturbing is that Trump's criticism of Walker suggests that Trump's first instinct is to raise taxes to balance the budget rather than conservative spending, which used to be a cardinal sin in Republican primaries. It's also bad economics, as economist Thomas Sowell explains:

In 1920, when the top tax rate was 73 percent, for people making over $100,000 a year, the federal government collected just over $700 million in income taxes-- and 30 percent of that was paid by people making over $100,000. After a series of tax cuts brought the top rate down to 24 percent, the federal government collected more than a billion dollars in income tax revenue-- and people making over $100,000 a year now paid 65 percent of the taxes.

How could that be? The answer is simple: People behave differently when tax rates are high as compared to when they are low. With low tax rates, they take their money out of tax shelters and put it to work in the economy, benefitting themselves, the economy and government, which collects more money in taxes because incomes rise.

High tax rates which very few people are actually paying, because of tax shelters, do not bring in as much revenue as lower tax rates that people are paying. It was much the same story after tax cuts during the Kennedy administration, the Reagan administration and the Bush Administration.

With conservatives growing increasingly distrustful of Trump, this smear against Walker will only continue to drive a wedge between Trump and conservatives going forward.

[dsc]

“Yes, you are so right. I used the word Turd. I am sorry if you are offended.”

I am offended by the accusations against Trump supporters by *some* Cruz supporters, when easily 99% of the bad behavior I have seen has come from Cruz supporters.

That was my point. If you had behaved badly without accusing others who behave so much more civilly than you do, I wouldn’t have had anything to say.

As for your claim of name-calling by Trump supporters, firstly I would not take your word for it, but if some part of it were true, I’m sure you both provoked and deserved it.

[Williams]

Why was Cruz passing out teddy bears to illegals on the border?

[DoughtyOne]

Well Fatez, if someone would have told me I’d be feeling sorry for you by the end of the day, I would have disagreed.

Good luck to you. This certainly isn’t panning out for you.

[fatez]

I get that and I enjoy his taking apart the media.

But I think his media jihad will end up being a suicide bombing that detonates conservatives. The media hates us and they will tie us in knots with "The Donald" and I personally think that is a bad thing in the long run.

I hope I am wrong, dead wrong.

[Nifster]

You and I have been hearing different things then

No doubt you prefer the self avowed conservatives like Mitch McConnell and Paul ryan

[dsc]

“Just don’t know that I trust him.”

I agree, but I do know that the others are irredeemable scoundrels.

I think Trump has a love of country that the others do not, and he *might* not stab us in the back. That’s a better deal than we get from any of the others.

[fatez]

I cannot defend that...

But do you concede he was the only one beside Lee to take on Obama in the Senate with the budget and immigration???

[T. P. Pole]

I went and checked Wisconsin's numbers with my expertise, but I can't tell you if either Trump or Walker has the right of it.

The 2.2 billion number came from the individual budget request process. All the groups sent in their budget request, and someone added them all up and screamed "2.2 bill over budget." Only the final budget didn't give them what they asked for. How does the saying go? Ask for the sun, the moon, and the stars, and settle on the moon.

Let's say you give a $10 allowance to you kid. If he comes up and asks you for a $50 allowance, do you have a $40 deficit?

[neocon1984]

“Time magazine is Trump’s Brain.”

I think you are on to something. His criticisms of Republicans seem to come from leftist characterizations of Republicans, not well thought out points.

It makes sense because he is a Democrat who will happily vote for Hillary!

[fatez]

Believe it or not, I am resigned to losing, again...The only candidate that I really backed was Reagan (although I really backed Cruz until November or so when some of his crap came out). My side loses, better not pick mine if you want to win :)

[jospehm20]

I dislike conservatives like Jeb!, Romney, Ryan, McCain, Graham, Rubio, Kasich, Cornyn and many, many others. It has gotten to the point that I dislike so many people who take every opportunity to let everybody know they are conservative that I am not even sure what the word means anymore. Does that make me a lib?

[AndyTheBear]

Ok let me try to get this straight, Trump said:

"There’s a $2.2 billion deficit and the schools were going begging and everything was going begging because he didn’t want to raise taxes ’cause he was going to run for president," Trump said. "So instead of raising taxes, he cut back on schools, he cut back on highways, he cut back on a lot of things."

And this is a lie and a smear because...

Wisconsin had a projected $2.2 billion deficit at one point in 2014, but there was never an actual deficit since state law requires the budget to be balanced

Sorry, at the point that the deficit was projected, it would be reasonable to ask: How are we going to deal with this 2.2 billion dollar deficit? To be more precise one could say "How are we going to deal with the projected 2.2 billion dollar deficit."--I suppose that lack of precision is what makes Trump's statement a lie? Well, uhm, in the world of people that are not deranged...sorry no. It does not. As for smear, there is certainly a smear involved--namely the article itself.

But to add credibility to the article's little smear, they insult our intelligence by including an unrelated quote from Thomas Sowell giving an example of the laffer curve in action and making an argument for lowering taxes based on it. Apparently trying to make us leap to the conclusion that Trump must not understand the laffer curve and must be assuming that raising taxes gets more revenue in all cases. I suppose its easier than demonstrating that the case that Trump was addressing was such a case....better to just imply it and hope nobody notices that you haven't really made your case I suppose.

[fatez]

I meant between Trump and Hillary if it came down to that. I support Cruz, but luke-warmly...

[Williams]

Sure, but I’m guessing Sessions has been solid on those issues as well.

[kiryandil]

While fatez has presented a rough edge on this thread, I hadn't really noted him as one of the primary cruzer "offenders" who infest the threads, trolling Trumpkins or blowing Cruz sunshine up everyone's skirts.

I tried to pin fatez with the #NeverTrump question, but it was well-answered by him in post #66.

I'd have to assess a large bloc of fatez's posts before I'd level a charge of "provoking" or "deserving".

But that's me.

OTOH, I HAVE been known to shoot my mouth occasionally on the Trump/Cruz division... LOL! :)

[T. P. Pole]

You and I have been hearing different things then

What I have observed is that Trump's first comment or reaction to anything is the exact thing you would expect from someone who's entire life-model comes from being surrounded by liberals. It is only after his handlers get ahold of him that he rephrases in a more conservative (well, less liberal) manner. At least that is my observation.

[T. P. Pole]

I think Trump has a love of country that the others do not, and he *might* not stab us in the back.

I am in agreement there. He clearly loves the country. But I am keeping an eye out for knifes.

[fatez]

And if Cruz did cheat on his wife, I am done with him, no recovery...I hope he did not for his family and his sake.

[fatez]

Conceded and I agree...

[kiryandil]

I meant between Trump and Hillary if it came down to that. I support Cruz, but luke-warmly...

Sorry I wasn't clear. I don't consider voting for Cruz as a choice between being shot or stabbed, even though I'm a militant Trump supporter. Cruz is not Romney, I'll give him that much.