Trump lays out plan to bankrupt the USA

[Leyl]

I don't think anyone can say that fiscally draining the US economy of money and funding the military is a wise move; more over draining environmental/science/social programs is a smart move either. Trump is doing all of that and then some, and meanwhile going to porkbarrel infrastructure to loyal constituencies more than likely. He states he's going to lower taxes as well; so I don't see how this will lower our debt - something the GOP was stringent on.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39108194

But, hey, lets blow all the cash, and pour it down the drain on bombs, walls, and bridges to nowhere. I'm sure we'll be fine after all is said and done, right?

[sarahtasher]

No, no, no, it's a good idea to spend billions more on jets that don't fly, destroyers that don't work, all of this for the sole purpose of bombing third world countries (because, even more than before with God-POTUS Trump, the whole concept of the US Army picking a fight with a country that have a military that might fire back is completely bonkers)

[The5thVegetable]

Who knows? Maybe he IS trying to bankrupt the US. If he is, I'd be curious to know what his motives are- besides shits and giggles, of course.

[Marcellus1986]

No, no, no, it's a good idea to spend billions more on jets that don't fly, destroyers that don't work, all of this for the sole purpose of bombing third world countries (because, even more than before with God-POTUS Trump, the whole concept of the US Army picking a fight with a country that have a military that might fire back is completely bonkers)

Except the F-35 and Zumwalt work.

[Deleted]

He's Putin's man. Isn't it obvious?

[Deleted]

Who knows? Maybe he IS trying to bankrupt the US. If he is, I'd be curious to know what his motives are- besides shits and giggles, of course.

Its ok he can just declare bankruptcy again and start a new USA.

[sarahtasher]

TLDR : bombing terrorists (read, usually speaking bombing a country that is next to the country of the terrorists, when you are lucky...) does not require billions dollars bombers firing million dollars missiles that still hits weddings. If you absolutely want to ''fight terrorists'' (hint : with the way USA fight, you will recruit 3 terrorists for each 1 killed) you don't need death machines that don't work

[Kathandira]

Its ok he can just declare bankruptcy again and start a new USA.

He will walk on camera, and say...

[sarahtasher]

Except the F-35 and Zumwalt work.

Neither the F-35 or the Zumwalt are actually perational, isn'it ?

Besides, why build jets that cost much more than the Rafale (hint : France is really not known for low cost equipment) when the only thing they will likely ever do is to fire missiles at people that don't even have radars ?

[alexw]

I don't think anyone can say that fiscally draining the US economy of money and funding the military is a wise move; more over draining environmental/science/social programs is a smart move either. Trump is doing all of that and then some, and meanwhile going to porkbarrel infrastructure to loyal constituencies more than likely. He states he's going to lower taxes as well; so I don't see how this will lower our debt - something the GOP was stringent on.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39108194

But, hey, lets blow all the cash, and pour it down the drain on bombs, walls, and bridges to nowhere. I'm sure we'll be fine after all is said and done, right?

Well given the state of bridges, roads, etc, a lot of infrastructure does need rebuilding but it needs to be properly funded and spent in the right way. I doubt that will happen under Trump, it'll be borrow money to hand out as private sector bribes.

As for the bits he's cutting spending on its all the stuff that has high fiscal multipliers (it's a heck of a lot cheaper to prevent environmental pollution, than to have to pay for clean up + health consequences), to spend on utterly useless stuff with basically zero positive payback (tax cuts for the rich which will do absolutely nothing for the economy, and war toys that will be used to destroy economically useful stuff in other countries). But then republicans have a track record of extremely poor economic management - that's what happens when you base your politics on feels and outrage rather than science and facts.

[JohnBrown1917]

For what reason does the US need a bigger military? Is it not supposed to be 'America first'?

[sarahtasher]

For what reason does the US need a bigger military?

To fight Mexico, of course.

[Kujako]

For what reason does the US need a bigger military?

So we can go to war with, well... everyone.

[Raven]

For what reason does the US need a bigger military? Is it not supposed to be 'America first'?

Becouse Trump needs the most big league military.

[Deleted]

i love clickbait trump threads that source a news site which is openly opposed to Trump and the republican party.

just to clarify though, it is a great plan and i would vote for him again in 4 years if he does this.

[ringpriest]

I don't think anyone can say that fiscally draining the US economy of money and funding the military is a wise move; more over draining environmental/science/social programs is a smart move either. Trump is doing all of that and then some, and meanwhile going to porkbarrel infrastructure to loyal constituencies more than likely. He states he's going to lower taxes as well; so I don't see how this will lower our debt - something the GOP was stringent on.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39108194

But, hey, lets blow all the cash, and pour it down the drain on bombs, walls, and bridges to nowhere. I'm sure we'll be fine after all is said and done, right?

Perhaps it is all an innocent mistake - after all, since he was too stupid to grok the idea that healthcare could be complicated, and has demonstrated an inability to master 5th-grade spoken English, it's entirely believable that he's somewhere between pre-K and grade school on math, too.

[Swizzington]

i love clickbait trump threads that source a news site which is openly opposed to Trump and the republican party.

just to clarify though, it is a great plan and i would vote for him again in 4 years if he does this.

Does it matter what the bias of the news provider is if the story is true?

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Perhaps it is all an innocent mistake - after all, since he was too stupid to grok the idea that healthcare could be complicated, and has demonstrated an inability to master 5th-grade spoken English, it's entirely believable that he's somewhere between pre-K and grade school on math, too.

This is the guy that says America has a negative GDP, so...yeah...

[Queen of Hamsters]

So we can go to war with, well... everyone.

"'Murica first!!!... But let's send our boys out to die in obscure wars cos 'Murica!!"...

For real though, wasn't the idea to reduce military funding and cut back on the army...?

[sarahtasher]

So we can go to war with, well... everyone.

Except any county that have a remotely competent military. You know, those people could get ideas, like firing back

Because, I hate to tell that to our American friends, but since 1945, the strategy of bombing everything that move have not worked that well against ennemies that were minimally organized.

No, the matter is not that the USA does not ''win'' the wars. The issue is that the deluge of costly hardware is not working as well as advertised against people using way cheaper stuff.

[Calfredd]

i love clickbait trump threads that source a news site which is openly opposed to Trump ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶u̶b̶l̶i̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶y̶.

Unless you think all conservatives who don't like Trump aren't real conservatives or RINOs.