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| Jpcc86 said: I feel people are overreacting. We dont really know how a Trump presidency will be like. He bullshited his way to the position. 70% of the shit he said was completely false, to begin with. And several campaign promises - like Mexico paying for a border wall - are not plausible. So yeah, we don't know. We don't even knoooow. We have no idea. |
Yeah, let's see what he actually does, first. I think he's a terrible human being but that might not translate to a terrible President.
Though, granted, anyone who doesn't think he's a "politician" is fooling themselves. He's played the game for decades and has shown zero regard for anyone not himself. I have no illusions that he suddenly gives a rat's ass about the poor or middle-class. If he does end up helping the people who actually need help, it will either be through a desire to improve the economy so he has the potential to make more money or because he wants to feed his ego as the savior of the United States--both of which are totally fine with me, as long as he delivers.

Soundwave said:
His cabinet is shaping up already. Oh and look a 17-year-veteran at Goldman Sachs has the inside track for the Treasury. https://boingboing.net/2016/11/10/trump-administration-a-climat.html lol. |
In Italy two Goldman-Sachs advisors, Mario Monti and Romano Prodi, are eminent left wing figures, the former was chief of a large coalition government when the left wing managed to make Berlusconi resign, and previously he served as European Union Commissioner, the latter was chief of the whole left wing coalition for a long time, and he became chief of a left wing government twice and president of the European Union Commission once. Both managed to damage both Italy and the whole Europe during their terms of office. So, while it's not a good thing if the right wing goes to bed with Goldman-Sachs, the left wing isn't a defence against that, either.
| spurgeonryan said: Every one knows that currently stock prices are higher than ever right? Or isthat going to be attributed to Obama still? |
Why wouildn't stock prices be high when all policies under Trump will only benefit the rich? If I was a trader or banker in the US I would be thrilled.
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Soundwave said:
It's not a secret, he campaigned openly on deregulation, there should be nothing surprising about this at all. "Financial Times" is like 130 years old, it's not some small paper rag too, lol. |
Two things.
Firstly, campaigning on a platform that would make support for a policy believable is not equivalent to showing that a candidate supports said policy. For instance, Hillary Clinton supports increased US intervention in Syria, but does not support putting American troops in Syria. I'm not saying that him supporting the policy would be surprising, just that I want more evidence of it before I believe that this is, in fact, the case.
Secondly, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for multiple sources, especially in an election season when we have had so many reports turn out to be false (such as when ABC incorrectly reported that members of the Obama staff had edited out key portions of Benghazi related emails in order to make them look better for Clinton). I find it somewhat striking that a United Kingdom based publication would have picked up on this story while, from what I can tell, literally no American source has.



vivster said:
Why wouildn't stock prices be high when all policies under Trump will only benefit the rich? If I was a trader or banker in the US I would be thrilled. |
Traders actively stand to lose money if policies begin to immensely favor the rich; as the first place people will look to pull money out of if necessary is their investments. This becomes doubly problematic when the middle class stops investing in the stock market entirely, leaving traders without people to trade for. The stock market is largely based around how large investors and traders believe the middle class will react to various events.

I don't agree with the rule. It's just another example of a regulation that literally backfires on the very people it is supposed to help. It just makes it even harder for the middle class to get funds with low fees or even find brokers that will accept people that have smaller amounts of money. It's a feel good rule that doesn't actually help anybody.
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Maybe this will stop China from "raping America " whatever that meant, was there something in this rule about country's having to give consent?
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spurgeonryan said:
Most Americans do not care and think nothing will come of it. |
it doesnt change the facts.
| Ganoncrotch said: Maybe this will stop China from "raping America " whatever that meant, was there something in this rule about country's having to give consent? |
lol China won't even look at the US after Trump is done with it. Even Russia will be ashamed to admit they wanted this.