(12-22-2018 09:17 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-20-2018 07:05 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Whoa even Pete Olson went on the record today agreeing with the military who feels it's not a good move to withdraw from Syria. This is probably the first time he's spoken publicly against Trump.

Mattis resigning seems to have most reasonable Republicans looking around wondering if Trump has jumped the shark. With the government shutdown being driven by numerous tweets and conservative media (people like Limbaugh have apparently influenced Trump’s decision making), I think even more will agree the shark has been jumped. Heck, even Fox News hosts are criticizing him now!
And this doesn’t even touch on how Trump’s behavior and policies have resulted in a horrible December for the stock market. Down something like 10% for the month. Nor how all evidence keeps pointing towards how the corporate tax cut didn’t result in the reinvestment that were touted and resulted more in stock buybacks than anything else. Just hoping that someone fixes things before we spiral into a recession...

The corporate tax cuts were not designed to stimulate any immediate reinvestment. What they will accomplish is that in looking at long-term decisions, the tax deterrent against coming to the US is largely removed or reduced. The decision where to build the next factory in, say, 2023, will be impacted more favorably toward the US. Of course, clamor to roll back those taxes will cause many of those decisions to be reversed or at least reconsidered.

I agree with getting out of Syria, but the Mattis and Hailey and other resignations are troubling.

What we are seeing is why I did not vote for Trump. I hope the chaos stops, because there are zero democrats that I like.