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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Trump Fans Say Hes Keeping His Promises, Show Them This List
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Without further ado, we give you Mr. Robert Reich:
So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?
1. He told you hed repeal Obamacare and replace it with something beautiful. You bought it. But he didnt repeal and he didnt replace. (Just as well: His plan would have knocked at least 22 million off health insurance, including many of you.)
2. He told you hed cut your taxes. You bought it. But tax reform is stalled. And if it ever moves, the only ones whose taxes will be cut are the wealthy.
3. He told you hed invest $1 billion in our nation crumbling infrastructure. You bought it. But his infrastructure plan, which was really a giveaway to rich investors, is also stalled.
4. He said hed clean the Washington swamp. You bought it. But hes brought into his administration more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls than in any administration in history, to make laws that will enrich their businesses, along with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who are crafting new policies for the same industries they recently worked for.
Without further ado, we give you Mr. Robert Reich:
So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?
1. He told you hed repeal Obamacare and replace it with something beautiful. You bought it. But he didnt repeal and he didnt replace. (Just as well: His plan would have knocked at least 22 million off health insurance, including many of you.)
2. He told you hed cut your taxes. You bought it. But tax reform is stalled. And if it ever moves, the only ones whose taxes will be cut are the wealthy.
3. He told you hed invest $1 billion in our nation crumbling infrastructure. You bought it. But his infrastructure plan, which was really a giveaway to rich investors, is also stalled.
4. He said hed clean the Washington swamp. You bought it. But hes brought into his administration more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls than in any administration in history, to make laws that will enrich their businesses, along with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who are crafting new policies for the same industries they recently worked for.
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http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/07/19/trump-fans-say-hes-keeping-promises-show-list/
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When Trump Fans Say Hes Keeping His Promises, Show Them This List (Original Post)
CousinIT
Jul 2017
OP
But it'll be somebody else's fault. Because the "personal responsibility" crowd
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2017
#3
Trump's fans just say he's kept promises, and that's all that matters to them
gratuitous
Jul 2017
#4
central scrutinizer
(11,652 posts)1. And defeat ISIS within 30 days
Put Hillary Clinton in jail
Build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it.
trueblue2007
(17,230 posts)2. WHAT CAN WE SAY .... HE IS A LIAR
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)3. But it'll be somebody else's fault. Because the "personal responsibility" crowd
wouldn't know personal responsibility if it were giving them a lap dance.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. Trump's fans just say he's kept promises, and that's all that matters to them
Reality doesn't matter, it's how they feel that counts, and they still feel like winners.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)5. Trump lies to his supporters
His supporters lie to themselves.