Posted on 08/29/2015 2:15:27 PM PDT by yongin
The fiscal conservative group Club for Growth put out a news release that reads, in part:
“Donald Trump’s threat to impose new taxes on U.S. car companies will hurt the American economy and cost more American jobs,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh. “It should thrill liberals and Democrats everywhere that Trump wants to create new taxes and start a trade war to force American companies to work where he demands.
“Instead of lowering corporate taxes, cutting unnecessary regulations, and fostering a more profitable environment in the U.S., as some Republican candidates have proposed, Trump wants to unilaterally threaten a major U.S. manufacturer with higher taxes.
“The strength of the U.S. economy has historically been our free markets. But, for the past seven years the Obama Administration has driven up costs for consumers by attacking free markets with costly regulations and executive orders. Now Donald Trump wants to one-up the Obama pen-and-phone method by threatening global companies like Ford with higher taxes to make cars for Americans. If Donald Trump gets his way, the heavy hand of government will get substantially heavier, and car buyers will be left holding the bag.”
Well, good for him, but why stop there? Trump advocates protectionist policies against Mexico and China, says NAFTA has been a disaster and advocates a huge scheme to round up illegal immigrants that would cost hundreds of billions in taxes (with no method for paying for it). None of this is remotely “conservative” or the sort of thing the CFG and other pro-market groups support.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
baldersah, drivelous antiquated balderdash
Another beltway mediot trying to us how to think and read.
Get lost Compost lackey!
Have natural laws changed since 1780?
Rubin should know by now that conservatives know she’s a shill for Big Government Republicans and Democrats. The Washington Post wouldn’t hire a real conservative.
The Club for Growth tried to shake down Trump, he refused, so they went whining to the press.
“(Unless the real plan is to end the Trump phenomena so that some Real conservative can get back in—Is that what this is?)”
And just who would that “real conservative” be that’s going to “get back in?”
Cruz is in, who else is there in the batting cage?
Jennifer, hard to believe you can be so stupid. There have been no real conservatives for years. Thus our current mess.
Trump has also stated a desire to tax the assets of individuals heavily.
I ain’t for Trump, even a little bit, but I ain’t for Club for Growth even more... Kinda the pot calling the kettle black.
LoL.
Jonah, Jay Cost, Jim Geraghty are the three main offenders. Each one seems to write at least one anti-Trump column a day. Note, not “pro-Bush” or “pro-Rubio” or pro-anyone. Just bash Trump. It’s really old and it has to be about more than just ideology, because theses guys didn’t like Cruz either.
“Now Rubin is demanding conservative purity test for Trump”
I hear that everywhere — people sniffing around and saying that Trump is not a conservative. Did people ask that about Romney four years ago? Romney was definitely not the most conservative. They accuse Trump of changing positions on issues. Is there a politician who has not changed positions on issues? And if Trump has changed positions, they want to run and find out when. They have already decreed that six years is not a sufficient length of time to cleanse a heart of heresy. I remember William F. Buckley commenting on George W. Bush. George W Bush, he explained was conservative, but not a conservative. He was partly right, George W was not even conservative.
” advocates a huge scheme to round up illegal immigrants that would cost hundreds of billions in taxes (with no method for paying for it)”
I hope Mr Trump answers he’ll pay for it with all the money we saved with Obamacare. That will shut up those lying bastards.
OK, so how have our ‘policies’ worked out so far for America lately? Business as usual is not going to make it.
I’ll listen to Jennifer Rubin about conservative values when I start listening to Hillary about ethics and Obama about transparency, and for the exact same reason. No adherence to such by any of them.
When I hear the words “global company” I reach for my revolver.
That is the modern definition of conservative for the governing class. Its all about making themselves richer, by making their crony donor class wealthier. They don't have a single care for the quality of life for American citizens. Like Planned Parenthood for politics, all we are good for is harvesting votes.
Rubin and a lot of other pundits are going to be shocked should Trump get the nomination.
This Fall, earlier than usual, you're going to see $100's of millions spent on attack ads against Trump.
They haven't even warmed up yet.
And it will damage him.
To what extent remains to be seen, as THEIR candidates seem far more vulnerable to me.
And, I suspect, Trump intends to spend.
A $50 a barrel tax on oil, for example, isn't a tax on American citizens?
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