Growling and snarling as usual...
Sen. "Uncle Tim" Scott, dodging a question about the UAW strike:
Biden "should be on the southern border, working to close our southern border."
Shameless or ignorant? You be the judge.
Meanwhile Ford just halted construction of the joint venture battery plant Biden's been bragging about as they no longer believe they can competitively produce batteries in the US.
Trump’s 40 Biggest Broken Promises
1. Dumpster said coronavirus would “go away without a vaccine.”
But it didn’t. While other countries got the pandemic under control
and avoided large numbers of fatalities, the virus has killed more
than 170,000 Americans, and that number is still climbing.
2. Dumpster said he won’t have time to play golf if elected president.
But he has made more than 250 visits to his golf clubs since he took office—a record for any president—including more trips during the
pandemic than meetings with Dr. Fauci. The total financial cost to America? More than $136 million.
3. Dumpster said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act, and
replace it with something “beautiful.” It didn’t happen. Instead, seven million Americans have lost their health insurance since he took
office. Dumpster has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the law in the middle of a global pandemic with no plan to replace it.
4. Dumpster said he’d cut your taxes, and that the super-rich like him
would pay more. Dumpster did the opposite. By 2027, the richest 1
percent will have received 83 percent of the Trump tax cut and the
richest 0.1 percent, 60 percent of it. But more than half of all
Americans will pay more in taxes.
5. Dumpster said corporations would use their tax cuts to invest in
American workers. They didn’t. Corporations spent more of their tax
savings buying back shares of their own stock than increasing
workers’ wages.
6. Dumpster said he would boost economic growth by 4 percent a
year. Nope. The economy stalled, and unemployment has soared to
the highest levels since the Great Depression. Just over half of
working-age Americans are employed—the worst ratio in 70 years.
7. Dumpster said he wouldn’t “cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.” His
latest budget includes billions in cuts to Social Security, Medicare,
and Medicaid.
8. Dumpster promised to be “the voice” of American workers.
Dumpster hasn’t. His administration has stripped workers of their
rights, repealed overtime protections, rolled back workplace safety
rules, and turned a blind eye to employers who steal their workers’ wages.
9. Dumpster promised that the average American family would see a
$4,000 pay raise because of his tax cuts for the wealthy and
corporations. But nothing trickled down. Wages for most Americans
have barely kept up with inflation.
10. Dumpster promised that anyone who wants a test for COVID will
get one. But countless Americans still can’t get a test.
11. Dumpster said hydroxychloroquine protects against coronavirus.
No way. The FDA revoked its emergency authorization due to the
drug’s potentially lethal side effects.
12. Dumpster promised to eliminate the federal deficit. Dumpster has
increased the federal deficit by more than 60 percent.
13. Dumpster said he would hire “only the best people.” He has fired
a record number of his own Cabinet and White House picks, and then
called them “whackos,” “dumb as a rock,” and “not mentally qualified.” Six of them have been charged with crimes.
14. Dumpster promised to bring down the price of prescription drugs
and said drug companies are “getting away with murder.” They still
are. Drug prices have soared, and a company that got federal funds to
develop a drug to treat coronavirus is charging $3,000 a pop.
15. Dumpster promised to revive the struggling coal industry and
bring back lost coal mining jobs. The coal industry has continued to
lose jobs as clean energy becomes cheaper.
16. Dumpster promised to help American workers during the
pandemic. But 80 percent of the tax benefits in the coronavirus
stimulus package have gone to millionaires and billionaires. And at
least 21 million Americans have lost extra unemployment benefits,
with no new stimulus check to fall back on.
17. Dumpster said he’d drain the swamp. Instead, he’s brought into
his administration more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls
than in any administration in history, and he’s filled departments and agencies with former lobbyists, lawyers, and consultants who are
crafting new policies for the same industries they used to work for.
18. Dumpster promised to protect Americans with pre-existing
conditions. His Justice Department is trying to repeal the entire
Affordable Care Act, including protections for people with pre-
existing conditions.
19. Dumpster said Mexico would pay for his border wall. The wall
will cost American taxpayers an estimated $11 billion.
20. Dumpster promised to bring peace to the Middle East. Instead,
tensions have increased and his so-called “peace plan” was dead on arrival.
21. Dumpster promised to lock up Hillary Clinton for using a private
email server. Dumpster didn’t. Funny enough, Trump uses his
personal cellphone for official business, and several members of his
own administration, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka, have used
private email in the White House.
22. Dumpster promised to use his business experience to whip the
federal government into shape. Dumpster hasn’t. His White House is
in permanent chaos. Dumpster caused the longest government
shutdown in our nation’s history when he didn’t get funding for his wall.
23. Dumpster promised to end DACA. The Supreme Court ruled that
his plan to deport 700,000 young immigrants was unconstitutional,
and DACA still stands.
24. Dumpster promised “six weeks of paid maternity leave to any
mother with a newborn child whose employer does not provide the
benefit.” He hasn’t delivered.
25. Dumpster promised to bring an end to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear
program. Kim is expanding North Korea’s nuclear program.
26. Dumpster said he would distance himself from his businesses
while in office. Dumpster continues to make money from his
properties and maintain his grip on his real estate empire.
27. Dumpster said he’d force companies to keep jobs in America, and
that there would be consequences for companies that shipped jobs
abroad. Since he took office, companies like GE, Carrier, Ford, and
Harley Davidson have continued to outsource thousands of jobs while
still receiving massive tax breaks. And offshoring by federal
contractors has increased.
28. Dumpster promised to end the opioid crisis. Americans are now
more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car accident.
29. Dumpster said he’d release his tax returns. It’s been nearly four years. Dumpster hasn’t released his tax returns.
30. Dumpster promised to tear up the Iran nuclear deal and
renegotiate a better deal. Negotiations have gone nowhere, and he
brought us to the brink of war.
31. Dumpster promised to enact term limits for all members of
Congress. Dumpster has not even tried to enact term limits.
32. Dumpster promised that China would pay for tariffs on imported
goods. His trade war has cost U.S. consumers $34 billion a year,
eliminated 300,000 American jobs, and cost American taxpayers $22
billion in subsidies for farmers hurt by the tariffs.
33. Dumpster promised to “push colleges to cut the skyrocketing cost
of tuition.” Instead, he’s made it easier for for-profit colleges to defraud students, and tuition is still rising.
34. Dumpster promised to protect American steel jobs. The steel
industry continues to lose jobs.
35. Dumpster promised tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations
would spur economic growth and pay for themselves. His tax cuts
will add $2 trillion to the federal deficit.
36. After pulling out of the Paris climate accord, he said he’d
negotiate a better deal on the environment. Dumpster hasn’t attempted
to negotiate any deal.
37. Dumpster promised that the many women who accused him of
sexual misconduct “will be sued after the election is over.” He hasn’t sued them, presumably because he doesn’t want the truth to come out.
38. Dumpster promised to bring back all troops from Afghanistan.
Dumpster now says: “We’ll always have somebody there.”
39. Dumpster pledged to put America first. Instead, he’s deferred to dictators and authoritarians at America’s expense, and ostracized our allies—who now laugh at us behind our back.
40. Dumpster promised to be the voice of the common people.
Dumpster’s made his rich friends richer, increased the political power
of big corporations and the wealthy, and harmed working Americans.
https://prospect.org/politics/trumps-40-biggest-broken-promises/
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