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Old 01-23-2017, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles (Native)
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That big businessman who's employed so many with his sprawling companies and properties all over the world is SO ignorant on business and the economy. Yeah..whatever. And I'm sure Michael Jordan is ignorant about basketball and Bill Gates is ignorant about computer software too.

Fake news.
I've seen posters on here saying it's very easy to accomplish what Trump has done .
Then why don't they do it ? I guess they "choose" not to become billionaires.
It's a joke .
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Old 01-23-2017, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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As a Trump supporter, I have to say that I don't believe one word coming out of his mouth in term of trade war.

I have zero reason to believe he'd start a trade war with China.

Right now both China and US look like they are jockeying for position. That's the art of the deal.
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Old 01-23-2017, 06:44 AM
 
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except you forgot the fact that the US was founded on isolationism and trade protection. It became a great economic power largey due to isolationism and trade protection. And its entire economic history never deviated long from isolationism and trade protection.
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Here's the real story.

The Real Story of How America Became an Economic Superpower - The Atlantic
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Old 01-23-2017, 06:52 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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if you think bankruptcy is worth mocking, then you don't know the first thing about business and economics.
Oh my bad, I didnt realize stiffing creditors and employees was actually a sign of superior business acumen.

Being responsible and honest are no longer important in Trump's America? Good to know.

I guess I should tell the other partners in our firm that we should start encouraging the start ups we incubate to aspire to cheating and negating obligations.

They'll get a kick out of that I'm sure.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Brackenwood
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except you forgot the fact that the US was founded on isolationism and trade protection. It became a great economic power largey due to isolationism and trade protection. And its entire economic history never deviated long from isolationism and trade protection.
Are you feckin' kidding me? Do you have any idea why the Articles of Confederation were ditched in favor of the current Constitution? Do you know why the Constitution gives the federal government supremacy over interstate commerce and forbids interstate tariffs? This country didn't become an economic power due to trade protection and certainly not due to economic isolation. It became an economic power via westward expansion across a huge, almost entirely empty continent with vast amounts of untapped resources of practically every variety.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Trump does have an undergraduate degree in Economics. Hopefully he will do nothing too rash. Protectionism is stupid.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:25 AM
 
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Only Globalists are worried because they can't give away ALL of America's jobs anymore. Globalists don't want any American's getting in on getting rich, they want that all for themselves.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:27 AM
 
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The world economy is stacked right now in favor of the super rich they will do whatever it takes to keep it that way including paying off shills like 18montclair to spread fake news. They have been taking advantage of Americans for decades now. That's why they don't like Nick Hanauer and they tried to censor him by banning his Ted Talk and so on.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:27 AM
 
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keep trying, 18Montclair! There are definitely plenty of negative news about Trump to post on this forum, doesn't change the fact that Obama is not coming back and Clinton is walking dogs!

Actually why not find a job at CNN?



Oh, but when you guys post your drivel, it is somehow ok ?
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The world economy is stacked right now in favor of the super rich they will do whatever it takes to keep it that way including paying off shills like 18montclair to spread fake news.
Uh what? Everything trump has proposed would increase inequality. explain to us how cutting the corporate tax rate helps the needy or unskilled? Oh it trickles down from the top? Heard that one before.

Right wing Propghanda has convinced the stupid that by making the rich richer they themselves will benefit. Pathetic.

Inequality in the US was starting to close so the Corporate 1% said "time for a tax break"
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