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Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:15 pm to VOLhalla
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Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is 'crony capitalism'
This makes me so happy for two reasons.
1.) No cabinet or cushy gov't job for her as we don't need her making this a circus.
2.) Someone on the right tells it like it is with carrier and Trump.
I don't deny that Trump's deal smacks of cronyism and favoritism and this deal was entirely spearheaded though Pence and Holcomb's muscle with Trump as the negotiator and it's not something conservatives should be a fan of. Targeted tax breaks are still a subsidy.
However, it's great politics on Trump's part because the casual follower of politics thinks Trump might as well have saved the jobs himself and he has the magic touch right now and democrats look bad.
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:18 pm to Jim Rockford
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Germany's economic miracle was a sham kept afloat by such artificial means as money looted from Jewish owned companies and individual Jews, and enforced low wages and mandatory "investments" by workers
Don't go giving goldennugget any ideas.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:20 pm to Caplewood
Someone wrote that for her! Lol
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:21 pm to Sentrius
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This makes me so happy for two reasons.
1.) No cabinet or cushy gov't job for her as we don't need her making this a circus.
2.) Someone on the right tells it like it is with carrier and Trump
my thoughts exactly.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:22 pm to MrCarton
Oh so the deal is not contingent on them keeping jobs in the United States? It's just a naked play to protect carrier profits? I mean, the tax breaks that carrier is getting don't even come close to the amount that they would save if they were going to Mexico.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:25 pm to VOLhalla
The Trump Administration is going to go beyond my wildest dreams in terms of sheer entertainment. Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:27 pm to cokebottleag
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It's just a naked play...?
Careful, you are getting dangerously close to misrepresenting my position.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:27 pm to cokebottleag
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Oh so the deal is not contingent on them keeping jobs in the United States? It's just a naked play to protect carrier profits? I mean, the tax breaks that carrier is getting don't even come close to the amount that they would save if they were going to Mexico.
It's political theatre...some are very susceptible to it.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:36 pm to VOLhalla
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And in an apparent jab at Trump, whom she famously endorsed in a rambling speech earlier this year,
This is why people hate the media
Why the need for this adjective in a news story. Its an opinion of the writer. Just detail that Palin had endorsed him. But . . . . when you can just add your own set of adjectives, it allows you to take potshots at 2 people you don't like, in the same story
News people are akin to used cars salesmen, at this point in our history
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:46 pm to VOLhalla
How in the actual frick is it "crony" when Trump and the Carrier people never met each other before the last few months?
Maybe she will go the route of the other professional "Republicans" are always the media go to sources for their "even some Republicans disagree" stories.
David Stockman made a career of that for over 30 years. Every time he'd say the same shite the media would ooh and ahh like it was fresh and new...for 30 fricking years.
Maybe she will go the route of the other professional "Republicans" are always the media go to sources for their "even some Republicans disagree" stories.
David Stockman made a career of that for over 30 years. Every time he'd say the same shite the media would ooh and ahh like it was fresh and new...for 30 fricking years.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:47 pm to gthog61
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How in the actual frick is it "crony" when Trump and the Carrier people never met each other before the last few months?
There's a time threshold?
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:53 pm to Sentrius
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I don't deny that Trump's deal smacks of cronyism and favoritism and this deal was entirely spearheaded though Pence and Holcomb's muscle with Trump as the negotiator and it's not something conservatives should be a fan of. Targeted tax breaks are still a subsidy.
However, it's great politics on Trump's part because the casual follower of politics thinks Trump might as well have saved the jobs himself and he has the magic touch right now and democrats look bad.
So the ends justify the means? Welcome to pragmatism. We've been waiting for you.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:59 pm to VOLhalla
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Republicans oppose this, remember? Instead, we support competition on a level playing field
Except we aren't on a level playing field with Mexico right now in terms of wages and regulations. The general premise that every company should get this type of treatment equally is the reason why trump wants to lower corporate rate to 15% and eliminate loopholes only the rich can take advantage of. If we had way lower taxes and less regulation that huge pay gap between here and Mexico would mean less and there would be no need for deals like this
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:21 pm to VOLhalla
There is nothing different in Trump's handling of this as we've seen in his campaign for president or his business and reality show activities.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:24 pm to VOLhalla
that monkey looks like a catcher's mit.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:32 pm to VOLhalla
People need to speak out when Trump strays. It doesn't mean that we don't support him. It just means that we aren't blindly cheering everything he does.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:32 pm to VOLhalla
And?
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:33 pm to JayDeerTay84
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How is a tax break a subsidy?
They got 7 million dollars that they didn't have to pay in taxes.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:36 pm to LSU Patrick
quote:Only if the company meets certain employment and infrastructure spending benchmarks over the next 10 years.
They got 7 million dollars that they didn't have to pay in taxes.
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