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tommyjo

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Any idea how many executive actions President Trump has signed since taking office in January? Hint: A reasonable guess will probably be low.

Trump has signed at least 37 significant actions on matters such as immigration, deregulation and trade policy. If you count wishy-washy stuff such as declaring April “National Financial Capability Month,” the number approaches 70.

There’s nothing wrong with Trump giving his pen a workout, but there is something wrong with sending an understaffed federal bureaucracy in a million different directions when there’s actually important work to get done. And that important work mainly involves legislation on a few key matters that’s able to pass Congress, become law and make the US economy more productive.

Trump made a lot of campaign promises while running for president, but his big-picture economic priorities were relatively few: Repeal and replace Obamacare, fix a sclerotic tax code that harms productivity, cut regulations to make businesses more competitive, and get some new roads and bridges built. That’s it, really.

Trump whiffed on repealing Obamacare, and that’s for the better, because there is no Republican plan that would improve the current system without forcing millions off insurance. That leaves three other economic priorities, and of those, it’s easy to see which is most important: tax reform that would, among other things, lower the corporate rate so it’s more comparable to the rates in other countries, and close hundreds of loopholes businesses have lobbied for over the years. There are genuine problems with the US tax code that curtail job creation and depress living standards for millions of Americans.

Fixing that should be Trump’s singular goal for the rest of 2017, and 2018, if that’s how long it takes. Yeah, it will take a long time. Yes, it’s tedious and probably infuriating to deal with all the competing fiefdoms on Capitol Hill. Sure, the government can do more than one thing at once. But no president is remembered for executive orders—just ask Barack Obama. Presidents succeed or fail based on their ability to accomplish hard things, and these days that means getting a do-nothing Congress to do something
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-mired-mission-creep-190045314.html

The important items to consider...which almost none of you do...is that Trump has spent all his time penning EO that undo EOs from Obama. The next President will just undo Trumps EOs. It's not that difficult to figure out...unless you are blind partisan hack. Mr. Trump has accomplished almost nothing. And why would that be? That is also very easy for anyone who isn't a blind partisan hack to see. For one, Mr. Trump simply does not work well with others. His idea of negotiating is "My way or the highway"...and if it isn't His way...then he takes his marbles and goes home with his tail between his legs while blaming everyone else around him. And the other problem with Mr. Trump is that he has surrounded himself with a crowd of people who are as unqualified for their jobs as he is for the Presidency.

There are still 473 (out of roughly 550) positions requiring Senate confirmation that have yet to have a person nominated (that's not even one per day average). Of the 550, only 22 have actually been filled (that's 1 every 4 days)...at this rate the nominations will not be complete until sometime mid 2018 and the confirmations may never be complete. That's your great business leader for you...failing to fill the positions needed to run the company!
 
Hijinx

Hijinx

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Not much meat in this sandwich of BS.
Just TJ whining and moaning and saying the same thing she has said ten times before.


BOOOOOOORING.
 
Gilligan

Gilligan

#*! boat!
PREMO Member
Hijinx said:
Gonna be a long 8 years for the rest of us reading her really stupid posts.
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But I still warm to the mental picture of her spittle-flecked computer monitor and her mad pecking at the keyboard..Gollum unleashed...
 
Dupontster

Dupontster

Would THIS face lie?
Maybe his first 4 years are going to be devoted to cleaning up the trash Obama left behind and the next 4 will be "Making America Great Again" Probably will take 4 years to fix the mess the King left.
 
SamSpade

SamSpade

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tommyjo said:
The important items to consider...which almost none of you do...is that Trump has spent all his time penning EO that undo EOs from Obama. The next President will just undo Trumps EOs.
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ANYONE can figure that out. It's the weakness of EOs. It's the reason why promising to undo the EOs was a selling point in a campaign. They're easily undone.

It was also one of the weaknesses of Obama's (" I have a pen and a phone" ) administration - unwilling to work with Congress, and fairly sure he could secure a Democratic successor, he didn't care.

I applaud undoing Obama's EOs. It's one of the reasons I voted for him. He just can't rely on them for everything.
 
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