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B.See

(3,057 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 12:21 AM Yesterday

THE MAGA/GOP ECONOMY CON: Greatest con in American history.

Trump and his MAGA sycophants rail on the Biden - Harris economy, falsely claiming it's the worse ever. It's all LIES and they know it, but they LIE because it covers for their own failures, and their own grift, on behalf of Trump and his filthy rich ACCOMPLICES:

The Economy Is Outperforming in Swing States — It’s Good News for Harris –Bloomberg

Six of the seven battleground states expected to decide this year’s US presidential election saw faster growth than the US economy as a whole in the second quarter, adding to recent tailwinds for Vice President Kamala Harris close to a month out from the vote.

Particularly notable was a bounceback in the key “blue wall” legacy industrial states.

Biden's grade on the economy jumps to an A - Yahoo Finance Our Bidenomics Report Card tracks six metrics using data provided by Moody’s Analytics

Biden-Harris Economy Added 254,000 Jobs in September, Wages Up 4% Year-Over-Year, Tell Us, Is That Bad? - Wonkette We will never understand the voters who think Republicans are good for 'economy.'

During Antitrust Trial, Exec Admits Kroger Jacked Up Milk and Egg Prices Above Inflation - Common Dreams "The thing is, execs all over the economy were saying this stuff on their earning calls back in 2021," said one progressive economist. "This was not a secret."


AND WHAT OF TRUMP'S ECONOMIC PLAN? MORE TRUMP / MAGA GRIFT:

Expert Finds Trump's Tax Proposal Drains Money From 95% Of Households And Funnels It To The Top 5%, Widening Wealth Gap - Benzinga A new analysis shows that it could provide substantial tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest while burdening the rest with tax increases by 2026.

Study Shows Trump Plan Would Slash Taxes for Richest 5%, Hike Them for Everyone Else - Common Dreams "Trump's tax proposals would substantially raise taxes on regular Americans while delivering more tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy."

Analysis shows Trump tax plan would make rich people richer — and working people poorer - Raw Story Donald Trump's proposal to further reduce the U.S. corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% would make the bottom half of the nation's income distribution poorer while boosting the fortunes of those at the very top

Watch: Trump Throws a Fit When Reminded His Plans Will Wreck Economy - Yahoo

Trump Falls Flat on His Face When Told His Plans Will Wreck Economy - The New Republic

Broken promise: Fact-checker confirms Trump/s failure to lower Medicare drug prices - Raw Story

During the 2016 campaign, Trump repeatedly promised, if elected, to take steps to allow the government to negotiate drug prices. He never enacted such a policy in office.


TRUMP'S CHINA PALS:

Trump got $7.8M from China, others during residency - Axios The 156-page report titled “White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off Trump” draws on documents from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars

China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show - CNN Politics
The Chinese government and its state-controlled entities spent over $5.5 million at properties owned by Donald Trump while he was in office, the largest total of payments made by any single foreign country known to date, according to financial documents cited in a report from House Democrats released.


OH, AND ABOUT THOSE "GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS":

Republican Voters Survive More On Government Handouts: Study - 2 Paragraphs

As the Wall Street Journal affirms: “That support is especially critical in economically stressed communities throughout the U.S., many of which lean Republican and are concentrated in swing states crucial in deciding the presidential election.”

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THE MAGA/GOP ECONOMY CON: Greatest con in American history. (Original Post) B.See Yesterday OP
they know it, the 'claimers,' that is, but public at large DOESN'T REMEMBER, elleng Yesterday #1
That's because the Nazi adage that B.See Yesterday #2

elleng

(135,248 posts)
1. they know it, the 'claimers,' that is, but public at large DOESN'T REMEMBER,
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 12:27 AM
Yesterday

and that I suspect is NORMAL!

B.See

(3,057 posts)
2. That's because the Nazi adage that
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:58 AM
Yesterday

a big lie repeated often, sticks, is all too true - especially for those of a willfully deluded CULT motivated by resentment and enmity.

For them, facts and truth count for far less than what they WANT to believe.

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