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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is not coming up with these ideas all on his own.
Whoever is providing it also need to be held accountable to the max.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)How can we prosecute putin?
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
eShirl
(18,515 posts)and Bannon
leftieNanner
(15,218 posts)So he's on that particular list of bad guys.
None of this crapola is Trump's idea. He has zero understanding about how the government works.
There need to be serious consequences for these people.
J_William_Ryan
(1,766 posts)this was one of my many valid arguments back in 2016 as to way Trump has no business being president: with Trump or any Republican, for that matter youre not just getting Trump, youre also getting all the rightwing retreads, political operatives, and GOP party bosses from past failed, wrongheaded Republican administrations.
CousinIT
(9,304 posts)influential fiscal hawks Stephen Moore and Phil Kerpen, have helped convince President Trump to announce that he will bypass Congress to direct the IRS to stop collecting payroll taxes which would rob Social Security and Medicare of much-needed revenue and likely open the door to harmful cuts, even privatization down the road.
procon
(15,805 posts)They stand to make big profits from a privatized Social Security system. Likewise the insurance industry whose billionaire investors have been fantasizing of getting control over Medicare $$, are eager to help any Republican get them off the govt rolls.
Me.
(35,454 posts)erronis
(15,530 posts)But who is coordinating this massive attack on the biggest democracy?
Did Ian Fleming have this right? SPECTRE?
(Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)
Seems to fit putine's profile.
katmondoo
(6,458 posts)He certainly is not knowledgeable enough to think of putting his evil agenda in place without help.
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