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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4667016" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>Before donald, no shutdown had occurred when one party controlled the House, Senate and White House since the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heres-what-shuts-down-in-a-government-shutdown/" target="_blank">1970s</a>. The stock </p><p></p><p>market fell 6.2 percent in 2018 to notch its biggest one-year decline since the financial crisis. The US Manufacturing Index fell at the end </p><p></p><p>of 2018 the most in a decade.</p><p></p><p> donald also eliminated protections for <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/04/12/devos-withdraws-consumer-protections-servicing-contract-process" target="_blank">student borrowers</a>, gutted enforcement of <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cfpb-payday-exclusive/exclusive-trump-official-quietly-drops-payday-loan-case-mulls-others-sources-idUSKBN1GZ1A9" target="_blank">payday lenders</a>, and let <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/trump-sec-doj-corporate-penalties.html" target="_blank">corporate wrongdoers</a> off </p><p> </p><p>the hook. But Kushner’s family business did fine, buying <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-06/kushners-new-jersey-buying-spree-eligible-for-trump-tax-perks" target="_blank">$13 million</a> in additional properties after they were designated part of an </p><p></p><p>“opportunity zone” by Trump’s tax law. </p><p></p><p> donald and his family also <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/trump-real-estate-investors-get-last-minute-perk-in-tax-bill" target="_blank">benefited substantially</a> from massive tax cuts given to the richest Americans, and from <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/?err=404&err_url=https%3a%2f%2ffinance.yahoo.com%2fnews%2flook-winners-losers-under-gop-205042006.html" target="_blank">tax breaks</a> given to</p><p></p><p> “pass-through” entities like the Trump Organization.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> On his great tax cut, corporate profit growth hit a <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economy-grew-35-in-third-quarter-pushes-corporate-profits-to-6-year-high-gdp-shows-2018-11-28" target="_blank">6-year high</a>, and they used their massive tax breaks for a record-high <a href="https://t.co/iZc92v8pqv" target="_blank">$1 trillion</a> of </p><p></p><p>stock buybacks.</p><p></p><p> Workers did not benefit. <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2018/12/17/amid-unpopular-tax-overhaul-gop-banking-on-2019-tax-returns/" target="_blank">60 percent </a>of voters said they had not seen an increase in their paychecks as a result of the Trump tax law.</p><p></p><p> The Trump tax law has not created jobs. In fact, the 1,000 largest public companies actually <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/business/economy/trumps-tax-cut-was-supposed-to-change-corporate-behavior-heres-what-happened.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjim-tankersley&action=click&contentCollection=undefined&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection" target="_blank">eliminated nearly 140,000 jobs</a> since it was </p><p>passed. </p><p></p><p> The federal deficit swelled by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/politics/budget-deficit-trillion.html" target="_blank">more than 40 percent</a> largely because of a sharp decline in corporate tax revenues, and the CBO said the</p><p></p><p> Trump tax law would add <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/finance/382319-gop-tax-law-will-add-19-trillion-to-debt-cbo" target="_blank">$1.9 trillion</a> to the debt over the next decade. </p><p> </p><p> The biggest drug companies announced more than <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/drug-companies-draw-fire-for-not-using-tax-savings-to-lower-drug-prices-1544101200" target="_blank">$50 billion</a> in stock buybacks after the Trump tax law, but made no plans to lower</p><p></p><p> drug prices. </p><p> </p><p> donald <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1073763695807877120" target="_blank">celebrated</a> the court ruling in favor of a lawsuit he backed to overturn the ACA. What he was really celebrating was </p><p></p><p>potentially taking health care coverage away from around<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/14/judge-rules-obamacare-unconstitutional-1066640" target="_blank"> 20 million</a> Americans and risking as many as<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-judges-ruling-means-for-people-covered-under-obamacare/" target="_blank"> 130 million</a> Americans with pre-</p><p></p><p>existing conditions at risk of losing key protections.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> donald sought a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/02/13/daily-202-trump-budget-highlights-disconnect-between-populist-rhetoric-and-plutocrat-reality/5a8261a530fb041c3c7d7838/?utm_term=.3aeae288559b" target="_blank">$554 billion cut</a> to Medicare and a <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/6/16735966/social-security-disability-insurance" target="_blank">$72.5 billion cut</a> to Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security </p><p></p><p>income.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> Global approval of the U.S. <a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/trumps-international-ratings-remain-low-especially-among-key-allies/" target="_blank">hit a new low</a> under donald <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/us/politics/global-survey-trump.html" target="_blank">damaging relationships</a> with key allies. </p><p></p><p> He praised dictators like North Korean Leader <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/donald-trump-meet-north-korea-kim-jong-un/" target="_blank">Kim Jong Un</a> and he extended a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/politics/trump-invites-rodrigo-duterte-to-the-white-house.html" target="_blank">warm invitation</a> to Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, </p><p></p><p>who has openly <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/trump-duterte-dictators-white-house-237848" target="_blank">defended</a> the murder of journalists and extrajudicial killings.</p><p></p><p> He <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-stands-by-saudi-crown-prince-in-khashoggi-killing/2018/11/27/30894d90-f281-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html?utm_term=.3068cf6af4ac" target="_blank">refused to accept</a> U.S. intelligence and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/20/trump-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-crown-prince" target="_blank">stood by Saudi Arabia</a> after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.</p><p></p><p> He stood on the global stage and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html" target="_blank">sided</a> with Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies.</p><p></p><p> He <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html" target="_blank">revealed</a> highly classified information to Russian officials in the Oval Office.</p><p></p><p></p><p> The lobbying industry has<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/26/draining-swamp-dc-lobbying-during-trump-administration-surges-highest-level-7-years/1068627001/" target="_blank"> boomed</a>, while donald <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-lobbying-ban-weakens-obama-ethics-rules-234318" target="_blank">watered down</a> lobbying restrictions and issue broad <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-trump-administration-may-be-skirting-its-own-ethics-rules" target="_blank">ethics exemptions</a> to </p><p></p><p>members of his administration. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/trump-administration-conflicts/" target="_blank">More than a dozen</a> of his top appointees have been forced out amid ethics scandals including three </p><p></p><p>Cabinet secretaries. His culture of corruption has permeated his administration with an endless string of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cabinet-members-accused-of-living-large-at-taxpayer-expense/2018/03/14/9f9476c4-27a7-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.0f1d797fe7e1" target="_blank">misuse of taxpayer </a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cabinet-members-accused-of-living-large-at-taxpayer-expense/2018/03/14/9f9476c4-27a7-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.0f1d797fe7e1" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cabinet-members-accused-of-living-large-at-taxpayer-expense/2018/03/14/9f9476c4-27a7-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.0f1d797fe7e1" target="_blank">dollars</a>, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pruitts-conflicts-of-interest-trace-back-to-before-the-epa-says-investigation" target="_blank">conflicts of interest</a>, and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/06/18/lies-china-and-putin-solving-the-mystery-of-wilbur-ross-missing-fortune-trump-commerce-secretary-cabinet-conflicts-of-interest/#6f6918487e87" target="_blank">concealing information</a>. donald has continued to <a href="https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-properties-taxpayer-campaigns-presidency-91e3755d-23cd-42d1-897d-c0c81ac509dd.html" target="_blank">profit off the presidency</a> through numerous conflicts</p><p></p><p> of interest. Meanwhile, despite his <a href="https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1420/not-take-vacations/" target="_blank">promises</a> not to take vacations as president, Trump has wasted <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/20/trump-visits-mar-lago-cost-coast-guard-nearly-20-million/715905002/" target="_blank">tens of millions of dollars</a> traveling to</p><p></p><p> his own <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/how-much-time-trump-spending-trump-properties-n753366" target="_blank">properties and golf courses</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Yeah, he accomplished a lot!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4667016, member: 54375"] Before donald, no shutdown had occurred when one party controlled the House, Senate and White House since the [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heres-what-shuts-down-in-a-government-shutdown/']1970s[/URL]. The stock market fell 6.2 percent in 2018 to notch its biggest one-year decline since the financial crisis. The US Manufacturing Index fell at the end of 2018 the most in a decade. donald also eliminated protections for [URL='https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/04/12/devos-withdraws-consumer-protections-servicing-contract-process']student borrowers[/URL], gutted enforcement of [URL='https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cfpb-payday-exclusive/exclusive-trump-official-quietly-drops-payday-loan-case-mulls-others-sources-idUSKBN1GZ1A9']payday lenders[/URL], and let [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/trump-sec-doj-corporate-penalties.html']corporate wrongdoers[/URL] off the hook. But Kushner’s family business did fine, buying [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-06/kushners-new-jersey-buying-spree-eligible-for-trump-tax-perks']$13 million[/URL] in additional properties after they were designated part of an “opportunity zone” by Trump’s tax law. donald and his family also [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/trump-real-estate-investors-get-last-minute-perk-in-tax-bill']benefited substantially[/URL] from massive tax cuts given to the richest Americans, and from [URL='https://www.yahoo.com/?err=404&err_url=https%3a%2f%2ffinance.yahoo.com%2fnews%2flook-winners-losers-under-gop-205042006.html']tax breaks[/URL] given to “pass-through” entities like the Trump Organization. On his great tax cut, corporate profit growth hit a [URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economy-grew-35-in-third-quarter-pushes-corporate-profits-to-6-year-high-gdp-shows-2018-11-28']6-year high[/URL], and they used their massive tax breaks for a record-high [URL='https://t.co/iZc92v8pqv']$1 trillion[/URL] of stock buybacks. Workers did not benefit. [URL='https://morningconsult.com/2018/12/17/amid-unpopular-tax-overhaul-gop-banking-on-2019-tax-returns/']60 percent [/URL]of voters said they had not seen an increase in their paychecks as a result of the Trump tax law. The Trump tax law has not created jobs. In fact, the 1,000 largest public companies actually [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/business/economy/trumps-tax-cut-was-supposed-to-change-corporate-behavior-heres-what-happened.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjim-tankersley&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection']eliminated nearly 140,000 jobs[/URL] since it was passed. The federal deficit swelled by [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/politics/budget-deficit-trillion.html']more than 40 percent[/URL] largely because of a sharp decline in corporate tax revenues, and the CBO said the Trump tax law would add [URL='https://thehill.com/policy/finance/382319-gop-tax-law-will-add-19-trillion-to-debt-cbo']$1.9 trillion[/URL] to the debt over the next decade. The biggest drug companies announced more than [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/drug-companies-draw-fire-for-not-using-tax-savings-to-lower-drug-prices-1544101200']$50 billion[/URL] in stock buybacks after the Trump tax law, but made no plans to lower drug prices. donald [URL='https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1073763695807877120']celebrated[/URL] the court ruling in favor of a lawsuit he backed to overturn the ACA. What he was really celebrating was potentially taking health care coverage away from around[URL='https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/14/judge-rules-obamacare-unconstitutional-1066640'] 20 million[/URL] Americans and risking as many as[URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-judges-ruling-means-for-people-covered-under-obamacare/'] 130 million[/URL] Americans with pre- existing conditions at risk of losing key protections. donald sought a [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/02/13/daily-202-trump-budget-highlights-disconnect-between-populist-rhetoric-and-plutocrat-reality/5a8261a530fb041c3c7d7838/?utm_term=.3aeae288559b']$554 billion cut[/URL] to Medicare and a [URL='https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/6/16735966/social-security-disability-insurance']$72.5 billion cut[/URL] to Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security income. Global approval of the U.S. [URL='http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/trumps-international-ratings-remain-low-especially-among-key-allies/']hit a new low[/URL] under donald [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/us/politics/global-survey-trump.html']damaging relationships[/URL] with key allies. He praised dictators like North Korean Leader [URL='http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/donald-trump-meet-north-korea-kim-jong-un/']Kim Jong Un[/URL] and he extended a [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/politics/trump-invites-rodrigo-duterte-to-the-white-house.html']warm invitation[/URL] to Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, who has openly [URL='http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/trump-duterte-dictators-white-house-237848']defended[/URL] the murder of journalists and extrajudicial killings. He [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-stands-by-saudi-crown-prince-in-khashoggi-killing/2018/11/27/30894d90-f281-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html?utm_term=.3068cf6af4ac']refused to accept[/URL] U.S. intelligence and [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/20/trump-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-crown-prince']stood by Saudi Arabia[/URL] after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. He stood on the global stage and [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html']sided[/URL] with Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies. He [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html']revealed[/URL] highly classified information to Russian officials in the Oval Office. The lobbying industry has[URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/26/draining-swamp-dc-lobbying-during-trump-administration-surges-highest-level-7-years/1068627001/'] boomed[/URL], while donald [URL='https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-lobbying-ban-weakens-obama-ethics-rules-234318']watered down[/URL] lobbying restrictions and issue broad [URL='https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-trump-administration-may-be-skirting-its-own-ethics-rules']ethics exemptions[/URL] to members of his administration. [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/trump-administration-conflicts/']More than a dozen[/URL] of his top appointees have been forced out amid ethics scandals including three Cabinet secretaries. His culture of corruption has permeated his administration with an endless string of [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cabinet-members-accused-of-living-large-at-taxpayer-expense/2018/03/14/9f9476c4-27a7-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.0f1d797fe7e1']misuse of taxpayer dollars[/URL], [URL='https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pruitts-conflicts-of-interest-trace-back-to-before-the-epa-says-investigation']conflicts of interest[/URL], and [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/06/18/lies-china-and-putin-solving-the-mystery-of-wilbur-ross-missing-fortune-trump-commerce-secretary-cabinet-conflicts-of-interest/#6f6918487e87']concealing information[/URL]. donald has continued to [URL='https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-properties-taxpayer-campaigns-presidency-91e3755d-23cd-42d1-897d-c0c81ac509dd.html']profit off the presidency[/URL] through numerous conflicts of interest. Meanwhile, despite his [URL='https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1420/not-take-vacations/']promises[/URL] not to take vacations as president, Trump has wasted [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/20/trump-visits-mar-lago-cost-coast-guard-nearly-20-million/715905002/']tens of millions of dollars[/URL] traveling to his own [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/how-much-time-trump-spending-trump-properties-n753366']properties and golf courses[/URL]. Yeah, he accomplished a lot! [/QUOTE]
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