Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Trump has divulged too much information...on his tax returns

So you resort to name calling because you cannot dispute any of the FACTS I posted? How sad!

1) I didn't say I couldn't remember my salaries. I remember all of them. I said it would not benefit me to tell you as you clearly didn't know what kind of salaries the jobs in question made -- you've already shown that ignorance.

2) Of course I remember my rent and car payment from 1989...my first for both. Why wouldn't I remember those?

3) Dude, you are crazy. I was a technical writer in the late 90s, and technical writers then made decent money actually. Lots of demand due in part to Y2K. The company I worked for at the time hired technical writing contractors for $75 an hour. There are technical writer jobs in my Ohio city right now for up to over $100,000. I suppose perhaps that's not good enough for you, but as I have already shown, you only need to invest $15,000 a year from early on to end up a multi-millionaire. And, this is a job I left a long time ago. I was a manager of a group of writers after that for several years and left that job in July 2006 to strike out on my own. Professional managers have always made decent money, brother.

4) Finally, I have never said I make a ton of money. I have only said that I have become wealthy due to being frugal and engaging in solid uninterrupted investing for 30 years. I could retire today and take 4% of my investments and have a bigger salary than my wife and I both make today (yeah I know, my job at the Piggly Wiggly doesn't make that much, so that's not really saying anything).

5) I've already shown how you can easily become a multimillionaire on a modest income...live frugally and invest as much as you possibly can, especially early on. 7%, 8% 10% annual return will make you wealthy over time.

6) I have no stories that haven't been kept straight. There is nothing I have said in the past that has come back to bite me. What are you even talking about?

7) You just said I invested 50% of 0. Sure...that's the way to win a debate brother...suggest that I made ZERO (0). Why would I make $0? My wife and I went to college after all, brother. I worked 30 hours a week as a reporter for The Columbus Dispatch during my senior year of college and banked almost all of it. The Lovely Mrs. Flagpole married a hard worker with a bankroll.

8) Apparently you feel bad about not investing enough. Perhaps you SHOULD feel bad. I hope you are young enough to decide your way is faulty and that you have time to turn it around.

Jealousy will eat you alive, brother. Don't be jealous of me...just be inspired by me. It will turn your life around.

Make America Great Again wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

You realize you are arguing for Congress NOT to see the full report and arguing for no testifying by major players. Why? Because you know any of that is just bad for Trump. He's a criminal, and you know it.

Shame on you for supporting him.

So you resort to name calling because you cannot dispute any of the FACTS I posted? How sad!

I didn't call you any names. There's no law I have to be nice to my mother either, but I do.

Again, shame upon you for supporting him. Also again, he is a criminal, and you know it. You would have said otherwise if you didn't know it.

Fishy Fishy wrote:

See, where your story falls apart is that 50%, 20%, 35%, etc. of "not a lot" is not very much. In order to save and invest money, you have to make a reasonable amount of money. Your (and your wife's) work history demonstrates that you have never made much money. Even living without much expenses, there would not be much to invest. As the other poster said, you've been "busted" by your own words. Sorry. It's not up for debate.

Flagpole is right. It really doesn't take that much money if you invest early and continue a high rate of investment. I have no doubt that he is telling the truth because I have done the same thing and I'm astounded at what our family is worth after 25 years of investing.

This stuff is not hard. The rules of the game favor the wealthy and the large corporations. So, put your money where the rules are in your favor. Just stick lots and lots of cash in an index fund every month and watch it grow. Compounding is very powerful.

Juicy story comes out about trump’s evangelical supporter, Falwell jr; Cohen helped suppress intimate photos from being published.

Cohen always said he had lots of dirt!

The rules of the game don't favor the wealthy and the large corporations, Fat Hurts. You should know better. If you are youngish (25 or 35) and you start investing a decent amount in index funds, your investment will double every 7 years at the historical return of 10% (11% if dividends reinvested). Over 40 years just that single investment will grow incredibly and if you are adding in a small amount each year, you will be well off beyond what you will ever need. Fat Hurts, why would you say it favors the wealthy? Everyone can invest. Just a shame to bring up the liberal mantra.

You routinely spout nonsense but even by your standards this is absurd.

econoboner wrote:

This trade war with China has been an abject disaster.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lighthizer-says-china-reneging-on-trade-talk-commitments-11557176867?emailToken=46cbe2e265a3469f1139f87fec7258093jMWaJ3u8cCJRvFATJcEY7ggt/3zBu1hXL8k4QCmtAGxu6l4ivg78qIa9OOOh2AquIV4hGy7fwW+Xg2ZRajtaRF8N4+dnPPSq130pUwt7KSLJT6H8xRB6ep33FUkFHpK&reflink=article_email_share

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Ciro wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

The rules of the game don't favor the wealthy and the large corporations, Fat Hurts. You should know better. If you are youngish (25 or 35) and you start investing a decent amount in index funds, your investment will double every 7 years at the historical return of 10% (11% if dividends reinvested). Over 40 years just that single investment will grow incredibly and if you are adding in a small amount each year, you will be well off beyond what you will ever need. Fat Hurts, why would you say it favors the wealthy? Everyone can invest. Just a shame to bring up the liberal mantra.

You routinely spout nonsense but even by your standards this is absurd.

I will amend my original statement to say that the rules of the game DO favor the wealthy and large corporations. My main point was that small individuals can benefit greatly by investing in the stock market especially over the long haul. You have a problem with that?

Oh, yeah, trump is all about playing fair & helping the little people!

jesseriley wrote:

Oh, yeah, trump is all about playing fair & helping the little people!

When will the Dems in Congress go back to doing what they were voted to do? Enact legislation. Make laws. When will they quit this witch hunt to bring back this very very very bad wolf who became the president. Dems - man up and do your job!

breit leit wrote:

econoboner wrote:

This trade war with China has been an abject disaster.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lighthizer-says-china-reneging-on-trade-talk-commitments-11557176867?emailToken=46cbe2e265a3469f1139f87fec7258093jMWaJ3u8cCJRvFATJcEY7ggt/3zBu1hXL8k4QCmtAGxu6l4ivg78qIa9OOOh2AquIV4hGy7fwW+Xg2ZRajtaRF8N4+dnPPSq130pUwt7KSLJT6H8xRB6ep33FUkFHpK&reflink=article_email_share

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Yeah Trump is on the wrong side of this...

Do you want to be a producer or consumer? Do you want to consume cheap goods and services or do you want to produce goods and services at a higher cost to your consumers?

Alan

It's not in my nature to go for "doomsday theories" either. I'm very much an optimist.

But I do know that science is science. I know enough physics to understand the power of nature and what happens when things are out of balance. Remember that what I've described is the scenario where we do nothing to fix it.

You see, some domosday theories are true.

Nuclear holocaust is another doomsday theory. It happens to be a theory that's true. At one time it was not clear if we could avoid it. But we don't worry about nuclear war that much any more because we had the political will to (mostly) solve the problem.

Because I'm an optimist, I subscribe to the idea that this stuff can be fixed. We have most of the technology we need already and we can invent the rest. The main stumbling block is the political will.

For our generation, the man-made threat is climate change. The actions we take now will determine if the human race continues to thrive.

Everyone can not invest. 40% of all Americans can't handle a an unexpected expense of $400.

The more you have, the easier it is to make more. That's how the rules of the game favor the wealthy.

Sally Vix wrote:

Ciro wrote:

You routinely spout nonsense but even by your standards this is absurd.

I will amend my original statement to say that the rules of the game DO favor the wealthy and large corporations. My main point was that small individuals can benefit greatly by investing in the stock market especially over the long haul. You have a problem with that?

No problem with that, except that for a huge number of Americans, investing is out of reach.

If you have a little money to invest, you can benefit a little.

If you are college educated and live with someone else who is also college educated, you can build a decent nest egg on two salaries if you are disciplined.

If you are born wealthy, it is extremely easy to become even more wealthy.

The more you have, the easier it is to get more. That's the way the game is rigged right now.

Sally Vix wrote:

The rules of the game don't favor the wealthy and the large corporations/quote]

[quote]Ciro wrote:

You routinely spout nonsense but even by your standards this is absurd.

Sally Vix wrote:

I will amend my original statement to say that the rules of the game DO favor the wealthy and large corporations. .

Sally is working hard to win the MOST ignorant poster on this forum. Her competition is Rigged, HardLoper and Jamin.

Let's call it a tie between these four ass-red-hats, and turn the IGNORE button on for them all.

Sally Vix wrote:

When will the Dems in Congress go back to doing what they were voted to do? Enact legislation. Make laws. When will they quit this witch hunt to bring back this very very very bad wolf who became the president. Dems - man up and do your job!

Ask McConnell. He as failed to pass any legislation for months. He only allows confirmation of judges under the nuclear option.