cubsfan

^^^ That's a great point. Same feedback as my wife's family from France says. Unemployed Muslim gang members terrorizing France, not wanting to work.

@John Hjorth Now that is funny

Like Jimmy Carter, President Biden has done a tremendous amount of damage to the United States economy. Deregulation will go a long way to fuel economic growth. There is no good reason for 220 Federal agencies cranking out regulations, except for job protection. In addition, tariffs, are a fantastic tool for international negotiations. Historically, the US has had the lowest tariffs around, while we put up with other countries protecting and building their industries. Now we do the same for the benefit of the country.. I do agree, that tax cuts will be the trickiest part of the balancing act - given the gigantic deficit left to Trump as Biden's parting gift. Now you have a President that is planning for growth, as opposed to one that threw in the towel to fund his ridiculous social programs that inflicted so much damage.

Which best describes Reagan's beliefs about economic growth? removing rules and laws that govern businesses. Which best describes Reagan's beliefs about economic growth? He believed that making government smaller would lead to growth.

Wow - Reagan that pulled us out of the Jimmy Carter malaise, and gave us 8 great years in the 1980's with 3.5%/yr GDP - doesn't work?

FMC

Exactly. They threw everything in the arsenal against him for 8 years, and will continue to do so. TDS runs deep.

No doubt about it. Looks like it will be Trump's government (Executive, Senate, House, SCOTUS). No excuses. He likely gets all the credit or deserves all the blame. He definitely has his work cut out for him - the deficit is deep - and the bureaucrats will fight him every step of the way, in addition to the Commies like Newsome, Pritzker and Pelosi. But keep up the resistance, at least the country is behind him.

@TwoCitiesCapital Last I checked, Biden was still President, or pretending to be. You might have to wait until Jan 20th - but so far, the cabinet is looking pretty solid. You can tell by how much the deep state hates all his picks - they know big changes are coming.

Of course, what @Blake Hampton avoided was the real option #3 - grow the economy, unleash business confidence and animal spirits. When you restructure the regulatory environment and reinstate energy independence and bring back jobs to America - you're not throwing in the towel on the country, like the loser socialist Biden. Trump has promised big cuts - up to $2T out of $7T expenditure. Aggressive goals and promises are great, since there DC politicians have no stomach for cuts - ever. Why in the world is shooting for a balanced budget a bad thing? It might take his whole 4 years - but they should be goals.

@Blake Hampton Seriously Blake, if you can't tell, the Trump supporters are ecstatic these days. But don't you forget to take your Prozac tonight.

@TwoCitiesCapital Great diatribe!! Spoken like a true global elitist! OF COURSE the average American is as dumb as a sack of bricks! We know YOU know better. You would have done GREAT in the Obama administration - the distain for the working class was never more on display. Congrats.

You're right - I'm definitely missing your point. This country definitely has lots of problems, many of them introduced by the last administration, which was Obama's 3rd term (phoning it in). He's a Socialist - and this election was a full fledged rejection of socialism. We'll get it back on track. You would hate living here.

Probably a good thing. If you think the last 4 years was a success, I'd hate to see your idea of failure. The American election proved out the "reality" - the key issues ran 70% against the incumbent's record: economy, inflation, border, crime, foreign policy, divisive social issues (trans, woke, racism) You can't point to a single accomplishment in favor of these losers.

Give up the resistance Blake. Your Maxist-Socialist BS is on the way out, along with the anti-American woke agenda that did so much damage to the country. Americans are tired of it. There is over $1T in discretionary spending to comb through.