Donald Trump Credit: The Hill
Economists are dubious of Donald Trump’s claim that he could more than triple economic growth if elected president.
Trump has repeatedly blasted the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers under President Obama as pathetically low, promising he would change the trajectory by building a “tremendous economic machine.” He reiterated those claims during the third presidential debate Wednesday, after the government reported the economy grew 1.4 percent in the second quarter of the year.
“We’re bringing GDP from, really, 1 percent … and if she got in, it will be less than zero,” he said. “But we’re bringing it from 1 percent up to 4 percent. And I actually think we can go higher than 4 percent. I think you can go to 5 percent or 6 percent,” Trump said.
Such claims are not mere rhetoric from Trump, as many of his economic proposals, including his broad tax cuts, depend on robust growth to cover the costs. Without it, his plans would add trillions of dollars to the deficit and likely damage the […]
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“..Americans have been told a pack of lies by a psychopathic fraudster who has been gaming the system all his life.”
Flip a pronoun and this is a description of Hillary. The whole two (one) party system is a fraud. Voting for a politician makes you complicit in all of the crimes this person commits under the auspices of government. Stop electing these warmongering liars..