Trump Just Attacked Scott Walker For Being Too Conservative

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.

“We also need to do a better job at calling out these groups for their hatred and intolerance.”

Absolutely. I think we should use terms like “would-be tyrants,” “enemies of the Constitution,” and “drooling morons.”

“Demanding tolerance is in fact intolerant.”

Yes. It is also logically incoherent and deceptive.

Both sides agree that there are some things that should not be tolerated—molesting children, for instance.

Having established that there *is* a line, it is revealed that we are only arguing about where the line is. When a leftard levels an accusation of intolerance, therefore, he is only saying that his foe refuses to tolerate things that he himself believes should be tolerated.

They do not currently accuse people of intolerance for condemning cannibalism, but they do accuse people for rejecting the proposition that slaying the preborn is wonderful. It’s all a matter of the party line.

These accusations are both invalid and deceptive. Invalid because they have no basis in anything but expediency, and deceptive because they purport to attribute moral deficiency on the basis of philosophical opposition.

They are, in fact, only a form of bullying, and should be rejected at every opportunity.

“They do get a bit pissy when you do that, though.”

We are at a point in history at which physical courage will be required if we are to remain a free people.

“Another favorite of mine with a lib in law is to point out the lack of diversity in same sex “marriage”.”

I like to call it “sodomite play-pretend marriage.”

“Having two moms or two dads is the opposite of diverse. True diversity is having one of each.”

True, but my take on diversity is that “diversity is where nations go to die.” Your example excepted, of course.

Olofaosh

And then there is always the write-in candidate which we are allowed to do here. I don’t envy those of you in swing states on this one, it will be a difficult decision for many.

If I had some sort of record to look at regarding Trump that helped to me to believe that he would act in a consistent many across time, that would be a different matter. But regardless of being a Cruz supporter (which I have not been from the beginning), I just don’t see any evidence that I can take Trump at his word. The biggest contributor to my decision has been Trump’s vulgar remarks and immature taunting of his fellow candidates. I find it hard to get past that kind of behavior.

In the beginning, I was glad to have Trump in the race because he put the spotlight on all of the candidates by being there. I thought that was a good thing for everyone. Now that the field is down to 3, he just seems to get more shrill and obnoxious. And reminds me more of Obama each and everyday. This abortion stuff over the last few days sealed my decision, those kinds of flip flops aren’t acceptable to me.

Try this.

State budget agency requests would create $2.2 billion deficit

MADISON, Wis. -

A first look at the state budget picture for the next two years shows the state could face a potential $2.2 billion shortfall if all state agency requests are granted.

The numbers released by the Walker administration as required by state law Thursday show that agency requests outpace expected revenue by $2.2 billion.

Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said it is a "flawed assumption" that all of those requests will be granted.

. . .

Republicans point out that the number is only based on a wish list by agency heads.

"The reality is that’s not going to happen," Assembly Speaker Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said in a statement. "We will continue to manage the state’s finances by making prudent decisions and doing what’s best for Wisconsin and its taxpayers."

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