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Tax Cuts turn sour for Republicans….

April 16, 2018 By jamesb

Donald Trump and his Republican lawmaking cohorts swore that Americans would rejoice at the tax cuts they where gonna get!.... It would be the Republican selling point!.... NOT! The tax cut law that they have rammed thru in the waining hours of last year isn't a tax cut … [Read more...] about Tax Cuts turn sour for Republicans….

Filed Under: Government, Law, Politics, Polling, the Economy Tagged With: 2018 budget increases, corporate/rich tax cuts, Politics, Republicans, tax cuts

Gas prices climb….

April 13, 2018 By jamesb

Reasons given.... Trump is rattling the markets.... The change from Winter gas to Summer gas..... The Middle East instability... Gasoline prices have steadily crept up to a nearly three-year high nationwide, fueled by increasingly expensive oil. Fuel prices averaged … [Read more...] about Gas prices climb….

Filed Under: Other Things, the Economy Tagged With: gas, Gas Prices, Higher gas prices, Midldle East, The economy, Trump

Trump changes his mind on the TPP trade pact….

April 12, 2018 By jamesb

Anyone surprised on this? Not this dog.... And don't tell about Hillary Clinton being against the Trans Pacific Trade Pac either.... She would NOT have walked away from an agreement... If you haven't been listening? The countries in the Pac have gonna ahead and … [Read more...] about Trump changes his mind on the TPP trade pact….

Filed Under: Government, Law, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: Foreign Trade, Free Trade, HILLARY CLINTON, TPP/Trans Pacific Trade Pac, Trump, US imports/exports

Sen Bob Corker is sorry he voted for the overweight spending bill…

April 11, 2018 By jamesb

Yea...But? He DID vote for it..... Watching retiring Republican politicians as they tentatively dip their toes into a puddle of Actual Reality after spending their careers vowing that the pipes were holding up just fine, thank you very much, can be an interesting sight. … [Read more...] about Sen Bob Corker is sorry he voted for the overweight spending bill…

Filed Under: Government, Law, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: 2018 spending bill, Budget debt/deficit, Sen Bob Corker

House Republicans floating a cut in the spending budget get a cold shoulder…

April 10, 2018 By jamesb

The just passed and signed into law spending budget will produce the largest debt for America since WWII.... After spending time home during the Easter Holiday break several House Republicans are trying to save face on their votes by talking about making cuts to the newly … [Read more...] about House Republicans floating a cut in the spending budget get a cold shoulder…

Filed Under: Government, Law, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: 2018 Spending Budget, Balanced Budget amendment, Cuts to 2018 spending budget, Republicans

Trump Admin will have MASSIVE deficits and debt by the end of the year….

April 9, 2018 By jamesb

The Congressional Budget Office predicts what most of us KNOW.... A tax cut and a spending budget that breaks the sequester limits  is gonna equal a national debt as $16 trillion.... That's a LOT of RED ink....(The MOST since WWII) Trump has alsways sid he loves … [Read more...] about Trump Admin will have MASSIVE deficits and debt by the end of the year….

Filed Under: Government, Law, Military, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: CBO /Congressional Budget Offic, Congress, Debt/Deficits, The economy, Trump, US 2018 Budget

Trump staff go on media shows to talk down a possible China tariff war…..

April 8, 2018 By jamesb

Their  job is to calm people's nerves .... And to counter their bosses negotiating in public that worries people and countries  .... After threatening to slap China with new tariffs, Trump administration officials on Sunday softened some of the rhetoric, noting that the … [Read more...] about Trump staff go on media shows to talk down a possible China tariff war…..

Filed Under: Government, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: China, Imports, Media talk shows, Tariffs/fees/ taxes, Trump, Trump staff

Tax Cut’s vs Tariff’s?…Trump goes his OWN way….

April 7, 2018 By jamesb

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 … [Read more...] about Tax Cut’s vs Tariff’s?…Trump goes his OWN way….

Filed Under: Government, Law, Other Things, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: 2018 Midterm elections, Politics, Republicans, Tariff's, tax cuts, Trump

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