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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWere witnessing the wholesale looting of America
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/19/16786006/looting-of-americaOver the course of 2017, both in Congress and in the executive branch, we have watched the task of government devolve into the full-scale looting of America.
Politicians are making decisions to enrich their donors and at times themselves personally with a reckless disregard for any kind of objective policy analysis or consideration of public opinion.
A businessman president who promised repeatedly that he would not personally benefit from his own tax proposals is poised to sign into law a bill thats full of provisions that benefit him and his family. Congressional Republicans who spent years insisting that dynamic scoring would capture the deficit-reducing power of tax cuts are now plowing ahead with a bill so fast that they dont have time to get one done, because it turns out they cant be bothered to meet their own targets.
Meanwhile, in the background an incredible flurry of regulatory activity is happening out of public view much of it contrary to free market principles but all of it lucrative for big business and Trump cronies.
Throughout the 2016 campaign, the political class talked a lot about norms and how Donald Trump was violating them all. He brushed off fact-checkers, assailed the media, went on Twitter tirades against his critics, and dabbled in racism. Since taking office, his norm busting has spread. Members of Congress who under other circumstances might be constrained by shame, custom, or the will of their constituents have learned from Trumps election that you can get away with more than we used to think. . .
.Politicians are making decisions to enrich their donors and at times themselves personally with a reckless disregard for any kind of objective policy analysis or consideration of public opinion.
A businessman president who promised repeatedly that he would not personally benefit from his own tax proposals is poised to sign into law a bill thats full of provisions that benefit him and his family. Congressional Republicans who spent years insisting that dynamic scoring would capture the deficit-reducing power of tax cuts are now plowing ahead with a bill so fast that they dont have time to get one done, because it turns out they cant be bothered to meet their own targets.
Meanwhile, in the background an incredible flurry of regulatory activity is happening out of public view much of it contrary to free market principles but all of it lucrative for big business and Trump cronies.
Throughout the 2016 campaign, the political class talked a lot about norms and how Donald Trump was violating them all. He brushed off fact-checkers, assailed the media, went on Twitter tirades against his critics, and dabbled in racism. Since taking office, his norm busting has spread. Members of Congress who under other circumstances might be constrained by shame, custom, or the will of their constituents have learned from Trumps election that you can get away with more than we used to think. . .
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Were witnessing the wholesale looting of America (Original Post)
CousinIT
Dec 2017
OP
It's not only the looting of America, but the takeover of America by a foreign power
woodsprite
Dec 2017
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Javaman
(62,530 posts)1. America has always been wholesale looted...
only now, those who loot make no pretense about it.
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)2. It's not only the looting of America, but the takeover of America by a foreign power
no matter how they try to spin it.
shraby
(21,946 posts)3. Like I replied in another post, they should get a history book and read about
King Louie of France and see how that worked out for his minions.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)4. It is systematic looting and arson.
Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)5. The key sentence is ...
... Members of Congress ... have learned from Trumps election that you can get away with more than we use to think...
Thats it in a nutshell. Shame is no longer a moderating force.
KG
(28,751 posts)6. aided and abetted by the voters
Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)7. K&R! Yup, that's exactly what this is!
It's Trump's biggest money making scheme and the American people are his victims.