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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

January 3, 2019 12:54 PM Forum: Politics

Apple Computer

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Russ Carroll
just took a total dump on Wall Street. Welcome to the tariff and economic chaos economy - in other words the Trump economy.
Yeah, but maybe we'll have money for the wall!

January 4, 2019 11:27 AM Forum: Politics

Apple Computer

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Speaking of money:
"The US national debt stood at $21.974 trillion at the end of 2018, more than $2 trillion higher than when President Donald Trump took office, according to numbers released Thursday by the Treasury Department."
"The debt began to level off at the beginning of Trump's term, but bounced up again last year as the tax cuts passed at the end of 2017 took effect and the dramatically lower corporate tax rate lowered Treasury revenues."
"As a candidate, Trump promised to "get rid of" the national debt, telling the Washington Post in 2016 that he could make the US debt-free "over a period of eight years."
zhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/trump-us-national-debt/index.html

January 4, 2019 02:38 PM Forum: Politics

Apple Computer

Posted By Rod Kaufman
"Donald Trump: As projected in the FY 2019 budget, Trump plans to add $4.775 trillion, a 29-percent increase from the $20.245 trillion debt at the end of Obama's last budget for FY 2017."
https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296
And don't blame Obama:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/01/15/obamas-federal-debt-grew-at-a-slower-rate-than-reagan-h-w-bush-or-w-bush/#49756c7f1917

January 6, 2019 05:51 PM Forum: Politics

Pentagon Chief of Staff Forced Out

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Trump's whacko behavior continues to takes its toll...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/06/politics/kevin-sweeney-resigns/index.html

January 11, 2019 02:34 AM Forum: Politics

WH Releases Mueller Report

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Don't worry, the WH just hired 17 lawyers to suppress it...

January 12, 2019 02:39 AM Forum: Politics

WH Releases Mueller Report

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Don't worry, the WH just hired 17 lawyers to suppress it...
Go team, go!

January 12, 2019 08:04 PM Forum: Politics

WH Releases Mueller Report

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Lacey


“Anyone being investigated by the FBI is not qualified to be the president of the United States.” ~ @realDonaldTrump

Said on:

8/3/16

9/7/16

10/15/16

10/20/16

10/21/16

10/25/16

10/30/16
He hasn't been investigated by the FBI. He's been investigated by "the deep state"...

January 12, 2019 08:26 PM Forum: Politics

WH Releases Mueller Report

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Lacey


Right. This is just old news. Everyone knows that the POTUS being the subject of a counter-intelligence investigation by the FBI is entirely normal, or the only reason for it is because the deep-state is out to get him. It boggles the mind to think that *anyone* could still be supporting this incompetent fraud who does little more than spout nonsense and lies.
You obviously haven't listened to Fox News in awhile...

January 13, 2019 05:00 AM Forum: Politics

$5 billion for a wall

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
You know its nothing but politics when the Dimcrats voted for $25 billion previously that was never used.

But for 5 billion? Why don't we just buy Mexico, fix it up and flip it?
The secure fence act of 2006 which would have provided 700 miles of fencing, which Trump  previously called a "nothing wall" and which he now includes in his current descriptions of a wall which morph daily, and for which Democrats voted for at the time, was estimated at 2.2 billion by it's principal backer, Republican Duncan Hunter.

January 13, 2019 06:47 PM Forum: Politics

$5 billion for a wall

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by David Cotterell
I don't understand why Trump didn't push through his $5B during the first two years of his term when the Republicans had majorities in the Senate and the House.  He had the votes, why not then?

Instead he waits until after the mid-terms give the House to the Dems and then he gets around to pushing for it and finds, not surprisingly, that the Dems don't want to give him the $5B..

Why did he wait?

Dave
Dave,
That's already been answered by one of our resident "experts" who dismissed it as a "Democratic talking point". Of course it's a valid point and the Republicans on the hill could have pushed it through just like they did with justice Brett. Trump waited because there wasn't any crisis perceived by the conservative talk show hosts like Coulter, Rush and thew wingnuts at Fox. The caravan came up and even though none of them entered illegally with our existing resources, it's a now "crisis"!

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