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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
No, I hear all the pro-Trump rhetoric, I just don't buy into it.
So you refuse to acknowledge facts.
I've given up trying to explain stats to people who don't want to listen
I've given up on people who cling to polls that slightly favor their political narrative as if they're fact, when Trump has pretty much proved that polls don't apply to him.
Cherry-picking poll results is stats fail 101. The average poll result for Trump's approval rating was around 39% last time I checked. Let's say it's now 41%. In layperson's terms, he's not popular.
You could say the same thing about Obama after his first year. He was only a few points higher than Trump. Pointing to these polls as if they are heralding the demise of Republican leadership is really just wishful thinking.
The polls, I just told you.
You mean the same polls that said Hillary would skate to victory? Find a credible source!!
Did he? I thought that got shot down by the courts.
Yeah.....CNN doesn't report on Trump's successes all that much, so I'm not surprised you missed this one. It was big news when an activist judge in Hawaii did some legal somersaults to deny this executive order....but in the end, ACTUAL justice prevailed.
I will give him credit for [immigration plummeting].
Good.
In the short term, in the long term it benefits the wealthy disproportionately.
Any good tax policy encourages investment, growth, and hiring. You can't do that by beefing up people's welfare checks. If you wanna whine about how rich people have more money than you.....I suggest you take up your complaints with a doorknob. Because I promise you the doorknob cares more about your entitled griping more than any human being on earth.
I guess you could argue America doesn't have enough wealth disparity already if you want.
I thought we've been over this. Income inequality DOES NOT MEAN SHIT!!!! It's income MOBILITY that matters, and America fucking kicks ass at that.
Hard to believe that's happened a year before it even comes into effect. Most causal relationships go cause --> effect, this one you have going the other way.
No, we have 200 years of history from which to extrapolate expected results of economic policy. It was proven definitively 30 years ago during Reagan's administration that as the tax rate goes down...tax revenue goes up.
I agree it takes guts to alienate most of the world. Not sure that's a popular move with the majority of your countrymen though.
I would speculate that your speculation is entirely false.
And I hear he's going to replace it with 'something really really really...terrific' (his words). As I recall that plan's already failed a couple of times when his own party wouldn't support the bill.
I'm glad the Republican party didn't turn into an army of automatons marching in step with the president. That's how we GOT Obamacare. Why is it a bad thing if Trump is challenged by the legislative branch? Do you really think it's better if two parties declare their entire agenda, and then every member of that party rigidly stays the course?? Would that be an example of representative government?
Fixing Obamacare is a work in progress. They've already eliminated the individual mandate. That's something. Just because he didn't get everything he wanted on day 1, doesn't mean that Trump is a failure.
As if no president has ever managed to appoint a SCJ before, lol.
With judicial activism on the rise, appointing a strict conservative judge will have a profound impact on American policy for DECADES to come. Don't write this off as a trivial accomplishment.
... that reminds me of some judge he tried to appoint who came before the committee and couldn't answer the most basic questions like 'have you ever tried a case in court?' or some such. I'll have to go find that video.
So? That's your case cracker? that's the mistake that proves Trump's incompetence? Jesus man, he got one wrong, and the system of checks and balances provided by the constitution prevented that mistake from affecting the American judicial system. That's WHY these checks and balances exist. Because humans are fallible. If you're laser focused on a single sample of one incompetent judge....that's stats fail 101
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