The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire

"Franklin D. Roosevelt (who had a unanimous mandate to deal radically with the Great Depression)."

FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculate
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409

Swamp-draining needs to be made Job #1, the sooner the better.

...President Trump has a Republican Congress in name only!

Taxes are a minor issue compared to over-regulation.
The EPA needs to be gone.

And to think I used to be a huge fan of Paul Ryan. Levin used to have him on all the time. Smart, supposedly conservative, allegedly a big fan Ayn Rand. The first hint he was just another squish was his performance against Biden in the VP debate. Then he became Speaker and that's when the full transition just another Washington lowlife was complete. Now he's just Boehner - sans tan and cigs. Sad.

Hey Hey, Ho Ho
Ryan Rino's
Gotta Go!
Tell Congress
Make It So

What a contrast with the Canadian system. Here the Prime Minister rules with a dictators iron fist. There are no checks or balances to stop anything. Our system goes so far as to have a party whip (complete with discipline) who makes sure votes go the way the boss wants.

The mid terms loom on the horizon. Many in the house will soon face the voters. They are thinking about their future. Trumps problem is the fact that he is not a beltway outsider. He has no friends in Congress or Senate to call in a favor from. Unless he solves this situation he will not pass a single piece of major legislation.

Ryan sees himself as president one day.

The RESIST Trump movement is alive and well ... on the "Republican" side of the aisle. We don't need more GOPes in Congress ... just more Conservatives who respect the people of this country who elected President Trump.

Conrad Black?? Wasn't he the guy that bankrupted Massey Ferguson, the world's largest manufacturer of farm equipment??

I'll pass on Conrad Black!!

So if this is the case ...all trump has to do is take it to the people point out who on therepublican side needs to be tossed out and in two years make it so. The demicans and republicrats may have each other ....but trump has the people of the usa.

How do you cut taxes and still balance your books? Global debt is such that the only way the politicos can make their unrealistic forecasts works is by increasing GDP. The fact that demographics work against such growth forecasts appears to be unimportant.

The only hope might be increased globalization and improving per capita incomes in less prosperous parts of the world. How that can be financed is another dream. Dreams do not seem to stop the process.

As any sea captain will tell you, the larger the ship, the more difficulties there are in slowing it, turning it, and in manuever with winds on the side of it. The U.S. government is a huge ship. It's going to take more than a little time to slow it and turn it to the right.

The political talking heads are saying all manner of things about the budget. Ignore them, ESPECIALLY if they write for the Washington Post.

Context matters. To me, there is real progress, all things considered. I look forward to even more in the future. The expectations bar was set at an unrealistic level to ever be reached.

And by the way, have I mentioned here how thankful I am that Hillary Clinton was not elected?? Every. Single. Day. !!!

Folks, Trump is going down. God bless Stephen Colbert! About time someone took a real shot at that supreme asshole in the WH. Please get rid of him and make Pense President.

Trump is a beltway outsider. Not as stated above.

A big tax cut in the US will completely derail bongo and the libranos. There wont be a dime of foreign money invested in Canada. Here in AB hardly a week goes by without another announcement that capital is leaving the province. Once Trump sets the table in the US bongo will be forced to make critical cuts that will be opposed by the librano base. He will be vilified by his backers.
The .73 cent dollar is on it's way to .70 cents.

Tough times ahead if Trump can pull it off.

Sure. Maybe.
And with every maybe, there's at least one maybe not.
You know, butterfly wings and all that stuff.

That can't happen soon enough. Up until a couple of weeks ago, I thought he's come back down to earth and the ''thud'' would wake him up. He's all over the place. Listen to this.

https://youtu.be/N3CFwkoqxIs

That last comment was for Hoppsing.