Trannies for Trump

Do people understand why the stock market is doing so well these days? It is because the money all these companies are getting from Trump's tax policies is going into buying back stocks. That is right the companies are not investing into their own company and are not creating jobs they are instead trying to buy back the stocks that the public has. Which in turn causes the stock to increase in price which inflates the stock market. The CEO's are making millions and in some cases billions off if this, While at the same time are still laying people off and sending those jobs over seas

Why is unemployment so low? Trump on the economy is better than Obama.

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Originally Posted by BostonBad

Why is unemployment so low? Trump on the economy is better than Obama.

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Actually, Trump has close to the worst record of any president who came into office during an economic expansion. Better than Obama so far, but Obama came into office after the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgo...onomic-growth/

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Originally Posted by buttslinger

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. -Abraham Lincoln
"You can fool some of the people all the time. - Donald Trump

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I thought that quote was from P.T. Barnum

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Originally Posted by KelliBlueEyes

I thought that quote was from P.T. Barnum

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Barnum may have said it, there is no documentary evidence Lincoln did. The first possible use of the phrase may have been made in 1684 -
… ont pû tromper quelques hommes, ou les tromper tous dans certains lieux & en certains tems, mais non pas tous les hommes, dans tous les lieux & dans tous les siécles.

Americans had close relations with France before, during and after their Revolution, so it is possible an educated American picked this up and it filtered through various channels before becoming an English phrase, there are numerous examples of provenance in the links below for anyone who is interested-

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/12/11/cannot-fool/
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161924

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Originally Posted by KelliBlueEyes

I thought that quote was from P.T. Barnum

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I think you're thinking of Barnum's "There's a sucker born every minute." (And while that is associated with him, he may not have ever said it.)

Speaking of suckers: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/polit...ing/index.html

For those stating that the economy is doing well, I'm curious what policies that Trump has enacted that you feel has contributed to the economy doing well. Or is it just a residual effect from the Obama Administration?

Most people have a visceral and intellectual defense against admitting they've been conned.

Trump has made a living off talking big, delivering little and inspiring suckers.

Glad I live close enough to NYC to know Trump's track record before he was ever on The Apprentice.

I can't be too mad at the gullibles who voted for Trump. Those are the ones Donald preys upon and makes them believe in his horseshit.

It's always astounding to me how these folks have bought into Trump - hook, line and sinker. But it's not surprising b/c these are the same folks who believe Alex Jones of Infowars but think the New England Journal of Medicine is fake news. In the meantime, i'm just happy Trump is "MAGA" and inspiring companies across 'merica to "hire bigly" aka do stock buybacks because i'm making bank while these idiots are gleeful about whatever little crumb they've been tossed.