Remember the tax cuts as the Republicans savior to the American people?
Yea Right….
Few American’s have ‘felt’ the good form the cuts…..
Donald Trump is jumping into a trade ‘war’ with China….
Almost EVEWRTHING me and wife by in the stores are’made in China’…..
There are a LOt of piece’s of real estate in this country that Chinese money is behind….
Farmers in the Midwest who thought Donald Trump had their backs are now losing sleep because of the guy telling them they will have to suffer some ‘pain’ while he tries to game China on trade….
But Donald Trump goes with his ‘gut’ (Which ain’t so small)
So he’s all over the media scaring people with his trade ‘war’….
Not something his adopted party lawmakers are at ALL happy with….
The cost of Trump’s gut feeling could be their jobs….
And these guys are scared to confront their fearless clueless leader…
Republicans want President Donald Trump to stick to a simple message ahead of the 2018 midterm elections: cutting taxes and slashing regulations.
But the president, who regards himself as a master communicator, seems to have a different plan. After repeatedly deriding the marketing of the landmark tax reform passed in December — which he wanted to call the “Cut Cut Cut Act” — Trump has shifted gears, instead launching into a tit-for-tat war on trade with China.
Trump announced plans Thursday for $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, on top of $50 billion outlined last month, after the Chinese proposed their own $50 billion countermeasures.
The back and forth threats, none of which have been implemented, have nevertheless triggered dramatic fluctuations in the stock market and produced anxiety for American companies, consumers and farmers in red states, who are facing targeted duties on valuable soybean exports.
“If the tariffs raise prices on American consumers, then that will negate part of the positive impact of the tax cut. It’s the government giving the tax cut with the right hand and taking it away with the tariff with the left one,” said Stephen Moore, a distinguished visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation and one of the architects of the Trump campaign’s tax plan.
Conservatives and business groups, which were central to the political push for tax reform bill, now worry that the potential tariffs and threats to pull out of trade agreements will overshadow their efforts to convince Americans of the benefits of the tax bill
“The evidence of the tax cut working is getting yanked away. Conservatives and business groups aren’t sure what to do about it because no one wants to be the target of a Trump tweet,” said one conservative tax lobbyist…..
jamesb says
Trade tariff’s ARE kicking in against countries Trump has leveled them against….