Lessons from Venezuela

Townhall.com ^ | October 27, 2021 | John Stossel

[tnt1554]

Stossel has reached peak a$$hole in my book. Today I cease reading him.

[wintertime]

Re: Trump selfish?

Huh?

[wintertime]

Calling someone “selfish” is a **personal** attack and has nothing to do with tactics or policies.

[old curmudgeon]

Selfish?

He blew several billion dollars of his personal money because he wanted to “Make America Great Again”.

Not one single accusation that he or any of his family profited because of his presidency has been found to be true, even though millions of dollars has been spent by thousands of people who tried.

Stossel started out as an interesting investigative reporter but has ;ate;y become a self important blow hard.

[Kaslin]

He blew several billion dollars of his personal money

Isn't that his business, as he obviously could afford it and not ours?

[old curmudgeon]

I don’t claim that it is any of our business. It is in response to Stossel’s charge that Trump is selfish.

How do you call a guy selfish who lost that kind of money in an effort to be of service to America?

[Oatka]

The idea that massive government spending and other progressive feel-good policies will help America, when these same ideas failed horribly elsewhere, is a dangerous myth.

The efficacy of Congress imposing a debt limit:

[cgbg]

Classic leftist tactic of move the goalposts.

They double down on every “temporary” measure—forever.

[Oatka]

Classic leftist tactic of move the goalposts.
They double down on every “temporary” measure—forever.

Indeed. First, Powell said inflation was "temporary", now Yellen is saying it will be "high until mid-2022". Betcha next it will be "end of 2022", then "some time in 2024,25,26, etc." By then, we'll be too busy running the wheelbarrow of dollars to the bakery for a loaf of bread to remember what they promised.