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.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Is Trump purposely trying to lose the conservative vote?

He doesn't seem to have any coherent principles or philosophy.
Whatever pops into his head, comes out his mouth.

[kiryandil]

Red meat for never Trump fanatics.

Amazing how many of them posted before you.

Like flies drawn to 0bama...

[RIghtwardHo]

B I N G O

I’ve seen some say they’ll vote Dim under certain circumstances. I won’t cross that bridge ... ever. But I am definitely sitting this one out.

Trump near the nukes, wall street, anything is too terrifying to fathom.

[Big E]

I heard him say this in a radio interview. This is the major reason I do not support Trump. I think he’s a liberal. When he says things like this, it just confirms my opinion. Government is way too big, and I already pay way too much in taxes. Government always runs a deficit; it’s what government does. And Trump’s solution to fill the hole is to raise taxes even further? Hell no! The solution is to cut! Cut everywhere!

[goodwithagun]

I have no idea. They jumped first on wording and we were really slow on the draw. We need to get better at it; for example, calling homosexuality just that and not all the words that LGBTQ etc. stand for.

[DoughtyOne]

Fatez, I can see by your comments that you are really frustrated.

Backing Cruz, I can see why you would be.

Take it out on us, if it will help.

We can take it.

It’s going to be over for Ted soon, so we won’t have to take it much longer.

Have a good one. Good luck coming to term with being a big fat loser.

Trump was right. Losers lose.

[dsc]

“But there are some things the private sector cannot, or should not, administer or run.”

All of which together account for a fraction of our taxes.

What’s your point?

[HomerBohn]

What in the hell is wrong with Trump?

Has he gone bananas? It’s very possible since we’re living in a banana republic. Perhaps he has been a left-wing plant all along! I have been a Trump supporter from the get-go; however, this episode is over the top....or on the bottom with the other carp.

[kiryandil]

You have a nice four-year FR nap? :)

[fatez]

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

But just so you know, your fellow Trumpsters on this site have literally called me a "pussy", a "bastard", a "bitch" and have told me to GFM and a few other real nice things.

No, I take it back, I am not sorry. Go police your fellow Trumpsters, then we can talk.

[nickcarraway]

Well, we elected a whole fleet of “conservatives” in 2012

What country are you talking about?

[Signalman]

A fraction of our taxes?

Should the private sector control the Army, Navy and Air Force?

Should the private sector run the Interstate Highway System? Would you like to pay a 10 dollar toll every 50 miles? I wouldn’t.

[stockpirate]

Please explain if you will just what a true conservative is?

I’ve heard all the following people claim they are true conservatives, and some even Rush and Levin have called true conservatives. But I find none of them to be someone I would want to hold the same views on life with.

1. Jeb Bush
2. George Bush
3. Lindsey Graham
4. John McCain
5. Paul Ryan
6. Mitt Romney
7. John Boehner
8. Mitch McConnell
9. Most republican senate members.
10. Most republican house members.
11. Bush I
12. Karl Rove
13, Ted sCruz
14. Marco Rubio aka foam boy male dancer.
15. Kasich

the list goes on and on, my point is anyone who claims they are a “conservative” and is a public office holder is not telling the truth.

So if these people are conservatives then I must admit, I am not a conservative.

[goodwithagun]

I agree with you. We do need taxes for some things. The military is expressly justified and the other items you listed are easily justified using the elastic clause. I can’t stretch the elastic clause around continuing PP funding if they stop committing infanticide.

[kiryandil]

The offical Trump Turd Polisher for Free Republic. Man the last two days have been rough for you.

Well, even though you're against Trump now, we all know that you'll support and vote for Trump if he's the Republican nominee in the general election.

You WILL support and vote for Trump if he's the Republican nominee in the general election, won't you, fatez?

[don-o]

There is no such thing as “true conservative.” The word has lost all meaning,

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‘I don’t know what you mean by “glory”,’ Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. ‘Of course you don’t — till I tell you. I meant “there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!”’

‘But “glory” doesn’t mean “a nice knock-down argument”,’ Alice objected.

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’

‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.’

[fatez]

Trump the militant RINO:

Gives money to Al Sharpton, Hillary, Schumer and all of your other favorite Democrats..Praises Planned Parenthood, Pro TARP and pro bailout, 2 years ago was pro-amnesty

Keep polishing TPP...

[nickcarraway]

Basically, you are just saying you hear what you want to hear. Doesn’t matter if it’s a transparent lie. It’s Hope and Change Part 2.

[ADSUM]

“”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.”

Just another lie and democrat talking points.

Schools that are in trouble did not use the benefits of act 10 and continued to overpay the union contracts and union supplied health insurance. It was the big school districts run by liberal democrats in Milwaukee et al.

[dsc]

“calling homosexuality just that and not all the words that LGBTQ etc. stand for.”

“Same-sex attraction disorder” would be better, I think. Thos who suffer from SSAD would better be referred to as “sodomites.”

When some drooling moron tries to get away with using the neologism “homophobia,” someone should immediately chime in that “homophobia is a term coined by sodomy Nazis to prevent rational discussion of SSAD.”

Rather than “trans-gendered,” those who suffer from that particular mental disease should be referred to as “mutilatd men” and “mutilated women,” depending on their actual sex.