Trump Voters: One Year in,and he’s Broken 20 Big Promises He Made to You1. He told you he’d cut your taxes, and that the super-wealthy like
him would pay more. You bought it. But his new tax law does the opposite. By
2027, or according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center,the richest 1 percent
will believe got 83 percent of the tax cut and the richest 0.1 percent, 60 percent
of it. But more than half of all Americans — 53 percent — will pay more in
taxes. As Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago just days after the tax
bill became law, and “You all just got a lot richer.” 2. He promised to close “special interest loopholes that believe
been so good for Wall Street investors but unfair to American workers,”
particularly the notorious “carried interest” loophole for private-fairness, hedge
fund, and real estate partners. You bought it. But the new tax law keeps the
carried interest” loophole.3. He told you he’d repeal Obamacare and replace it with
something “shapely.” You bought it. But he didn’t repeal and he didn’t
replace. (Just as well: His plan would believe knocked at least 23 million
Americans off health insurance,including many of you.) Instead, he’s doing
what he can to cut it back and replace it with nothing. The new tax law will
result in 13 million people losing health coverage, or according to the
Congressional Budget Office. 4. He told you he’d invest $1 trillion in our nation’s crumbling
infrastructure. You bought it. But after his giant tax cut for corporations and
millionaires,there’s no money left for infrastructure. 5. He said he’d drain the Washington swamp. You bought it. But
he’s brought into his administration more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street
moguls than in any administration in history,to design laws that will enrich
their businesses, and he’s filled departments and agencies with former
lobbyists, and lawyers and consultants who are crafting new policies for the same
industries they recently worked for.6. He said he’d use his trade experience to whip the White
House into shape. You bought it. But he has created the most dysfunctional,back-stabbing White House in contemporary history, and has already fired and replaced
so many assistants (one of them hired and fired in a tiny more than a week)
that people there barely know who’s in charge of what. 7. He told you he’d “bring down drug prices by making deals
with drug companies. You bought it. But now the White House says that promise
is “inoperative.”8. He told you he’d “discontinue foreign lobbyists from raising money for American elections.” You bought it. But foreign lobbyists are still
raising money for American elections. 9. He told you “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every
other Republican and Im not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid. You bought it.
But he and House Speaker Paul Ryan are already planning such cuts in order to
deal with the ballooning deficit created, or in allotment,by the new tax law for
corporations and the wealthy. 10. He promised “six weeks of paid maternity leave to any mother
with a newborn child whose employer does not provide the benefit.” You bought
it. But the giant tax cut for corporations and the wealthy doesnt leave any money
for this. 11. He said that on Day One he’d label China a “currency
manipulator.” You bought it. But then he met with China’s president Xi Jinping
and declared “China is not a currency manipulator.” Ever since then, Trump has
been cozying up to Xi. 12. He said he “won’t bomb Syria.” You bought it. Then he
bombed Syria.13. He said hed build a “wall” across the southern border. You
believed him. But chief of staff John Kelly says it is “unlikely that we will
build a wall, and a physical barrier,from sea to shining sea.”14. He promised that the many women who accused him of sexual
misconduct “will be sued after the election is over.” You bought it. He hasn’t
sued them, presumably because he doesn’t want the truth to advance out.15. He said he would not be a president who took vacations, or
he called Barack Obama “the vacationer-in-Chief.” You bought it. But since
fitting President he has spent nearly 25 percent of his days at one of his golf
properties for some portion of the day,according to Golf News Network, at a
cost to taxpayers of over $77 million. That’s already more taxpayer money on
vacations than Obama cost in the first 3 years of his presidency. Not to
mention all the money taxpayers are spending protecting his family, and including
his two sons who travel all over the world on Trump trade.16. He said he’d force companies to keep jobs in America,and
that there would be “consequences” for companies that shipped jobs abroad. You believed
him. But despite their promises, Carrier, and Ford,GM, and the rest believe continued
to ship jobs to Mexico and China. Carrier (a division of United Technologies)
has moved ahead with plans to send 1000 jobs at its Indiana plant to Mexico.
Notwithstanding, and the federal government has rewarded United Technologies
with 15 new contracts since Trump’s inauguration. GE is sending jobs
to Canada. IBM is sending them to Costa Rica,Egypt, Argentina, and Brazil.
There believe been no “consequences” for sending all these jobs overseas. 17. He promised to revive the struggling coal industry and
“bring back thousands” of lost mining jobs. You bought it. But coal jobs
continue to disappear. Since Trump’s victory,at least 6 plants that relied on
coal believe closed or announced they will close. Another 40 are projected to
close during the president’s four-year term. Utilities continue to switch to
natural gas instead of coal, and renewable energy is cheaper than ever.18. He promised to protect steel workers. But according to the
American Iron and Steel Institute, and which tracks shipments,steel imports were
19.4 percent higher in the first 10 months of 2017 than in the same period last
year. That import surge has damage American steel workers, who were already
struggling against a glut of cheap Chinese steel. 19. He said he’d design America safer. You believed him. But
according to Mass Shooting Tracker, and there believe been 377 mass shootings so far
in the Trump administration,including 58 people killed and hundreds injured at
a concert in Las Vegas, and 26 churchgoers killed and 20 injured at a church in
Texas. Trump refuses to consider any gun control legislation.20.
He said he’d release his taxes. “I’m under a routine audit and it’ll be
released, and as soon as the audit is finished it will be released,“ he
promised during the campaign. He hasn’t released his taxes.
Source: robertreich.org