No, he just supports ending the income tax & financing the government by tariffs only. We did that for the first 70 or so years of the country & then discovered it didn't work.
Plus the economists all say it would result in an income drop for the poor & middle class of a few thousand dollars a year.
No, he just supports ending the income tax & financing the government by tariffs only. We did that for the first 70 or so years of the country & then discovered it didn't work.
Plus the economists all say it would result in an income drop for the poor & middle class of a few thousand dollars a year.
What that traitorous bastard really wants is to make himself & his billionaire buddies even richer & more powerful to turn us into their slaves!
All true, and among the myriad reasons I would never vote for Trump. The student debt issue, however, is a rare instance in which Trump’s position is not only the saner one, it’s also exhibit “A” for anyone that might be wondering why so much of the blue collar voting base have abandoned the Democrats. I believe it was a discussion on this very issue that prompted Paul Begala to observe that the Democrats have gone from being the party of the factory floor to the party of the faculty lounge.
Thanks for the right wing caricature of people burdened with syudent debt as a bunch of undeserving avocado-toast-eating loafers. The facts are that the Democrats policy was aimed at low-income people owing $10,000 to be forgiven. Many of these people, especially veterans, who were duped by rapacious for-profit "universities" into going in to debt for worthless degrees or in many cases (Trump University, etc.) no degrees at all
Thanks for imagining that I wrote something that I didn’t. Who said anything about their diet, or being loafers? For all I know, most college graduates are simple bologna and cheese connoisseurs who work their asses off, but that isn’t the point. Having advanced degrees assures greater earning potential, breadth of opportunity, and is the surest ticket to upward mobility, so it isn’t like that burdensome debt doesn’t come accompanied with some considerable benefits. Cancelling that debt allows this privileged class to reap those benefits whilst putting the taxpayers (the majority of whom have not gone to college, and will not, on average, enjoy the same income potential and opportunities) on the hook to cover the cost of that privilege. That is a textbook definition of regressive taxation, and it is the last thing that Democrats should be jockeying for.
I’m not sure where you came up with this idea that the aim of student debt relief is merely to come to the rescue of low income people that have been bilked. For as long as I can remember, the demand for “free” college for everyone has been a hobbyhorse of the radical wing of the party, the Bernie Sanders types and such. Since they don’t think that anyone should have to pay for a higher education, they regard the very idea of student debt to be an unconscionable moral outrage, on par with denying a pregnant rape victim access to abortion, or leaving elderly people to die in sweltering heat, or demanding a Gen Z-er refrain from looking at their phone for two minutes.
“Thank you for imagining I wrote something that I didn’t.” Get used to it on this forum if you express any opinion that can remotely be considered conservative. 😉
No, he just supports ending the income tax & financing the government by tariffs only. We did that for the first 70 or so years of the country & then discovered it didn't work.
Plus the economists all say it would result in an income drop for the poor & middle class of a few thousand dollars a year.
What that traitorous bastard really wants is to make himself & his billionaire buddies even richer & more powerful to turn us into their slaves!
All true, and among the myriad reasons I would never vote for Trump. The student debt issue, however, is a rare instance in which Trump’s position is not only the saner one, it’s also exhibit “A” for anyone that might be wondering why so much of the blue collar voting base have abandoned the Democrats. I believe it was a discussion on this very issue that prompted Paul Begala to observe that the Democrats have gone from being the party of the factory floor to the party of the faculty lounge.
Thanks for the right wing caricature of people burdened with syudent debt as a bunch of undeserving avocado-toast-eating loafers. The facts are that the Democrats policy was aimed at low-income people owing $10,000 to be forgiven. Many of these people, especially veterans, who were duped by rapacious for-profit "universities" into going in to debt for worthless degrees or in many cases (Trump University, etc.) no degrees at all
Thanks for imagining that I wrote something that I didn’t. Who said anything about their diet, or being loafers? For all I know, most college graduates are simple bologna and cheese connoisseurs who work their asses off, but that isn’t the point. Having advanced degrees assures greater earning potential, breadth of opportunity, and is the surest ticket to upward mobility, so it isn’t like that burdensome debt doesn’t come accompanied with some considerable benefits. Cancelling that debt allows this privileged class to reap those benefits whilst putting the taxpayers (the majority of whom have not gone to college, and will not, on average, enjoy the same income potential and opportunities) on the hook to cover the cost of that privilege. That is a textbook definition of regressive taxation, and it is the last thing that Democrats should be jockeying for.
I’m not sure where you came up with this idea that the aim of student debt relief is merely to come to the rescue of low income people that have been bilked. For as long as I can remember, the demand for “free” college for everyone has been a hobbyhorse of the radical wing of the party, the Bernie Sanders types and such. Since they don’t think that anyone should have to pay for a higher education, they regard the very idea of student debt to be an unconscionable moral outrage, on par with denying a pregnant rape victim access to abortion, or leaving elderly people to die in sweltering heat, or demanding a Gen Z-er refrain from looking at their phone for two minutes.
Right wing caricature? Yeah, uh, no.
“Thank you for imagining I wrote something that I didn’t.” Get used to it on this forum if you express any opinion that can remotely be considered conservative. 😉