Republicans screamed at the top of their lungs for eight years under President Obama about budget deficits and our national debt. They blamed him for bank bailouts initiated before his term. They shot down incredibly vital stimulus plans to bring our economy out of a total collapse and, you know, make America great again.
Candidate Trump had a populist tone to every campaign rally, banging the drum for jobs. Although all candidates and politicians say many empty statements, Trump's delivery worked. The focus on jobs caused millions to vote for him, thinking he was actually going to implement policies to help them. They did not realize that he had no intent to do so. They bought the lie and we all pay the price.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development exists to help ensure equal access to housing following generations of government-endorsed racial segregation. Ben Carson is leading HUD in a direction completely counter to its mission.
The Trump administration is attempting to scale back federal efforts to enforce fair housing laws, freezing enforcement actions against local governments and businesses....while sidelining officials who have aggressively pursued civil rights cases.
Federal banking regulators are proposing to water down financial regulations passed to prevent another 2008 financial crisis, known at the Dodd-Frank Act. Their efforts aim to weaken the "Volcker Rule" established under the Dodd Frank Act to protect consumers and investors.
Wall Street hates the Vocker Rule. They want it gone so they can be free to do as they wish with limited oversight. It's that simple.
When the very conservative Chamber of Commerce says Trump is an idiot, it's worth reporting on.
Congressional Republicans have fought unrelentingly for years to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, put into place under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The purpose of the CFPB is to promote fairness and transparency for mortgages, credit cards, and other consumer financial products and services. The CFPB was created to provide a single point of accountability for enforcing federal consumer financial laws and protecting consumers in the financial marketplace.
The GOP tax scam passed in December 2017 was a blatant give away by Republicans to their corporate overlords and obscenely wealthy donors.
Most of the extra cash from tax savings is going into the pockets of stock shareholders through dividend increases and companies buying back their own stock in hopes of boosting its price.
Screw citizens who work for our government, who work on our behalf to better our country and society. That's what Trump and Republican say.
....the Trump administration is considering changes that might make federal work less rewarding, including a $143.5 billion cut in federal retirement benefits that would affect current and future retirees.
....the administration wants to freeze salaries next year, and is considering a broader overhaul of civil service laws, all of which has public-employee groups nervous.
The Trump administration is considering restrictions on students and researchers from China over concerns that they could be sharing American technology and trade secrets with the Chinese. They would bar Chinese citizens from engaging in research at American universities and research institutions.
Ajit Pai, the FCC Chairman who is owned by the telecom and cable industry, is pushing closer to grant their wishes. Named by Trump in January 2017, Pai has been working every day since then to repeal rules that classify internet service as a utility. Under the Pai plan, high-speed internet service will no longer be treated like a public utility with strict rules, as it is now. Instead, he said, the industry "should largely be left to police itself.”
Democrats in the Senate are fighting back and have a shot to win.