Trump will helm a government of, by and for corporate America

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Trump will helm a government of, by and for corporate America
By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer December 1 at 7:24 PM

Donald Trump promised to punish U.S. companies that ship manufacturing jobs out of the country. Instead, judging from the way he has handled the Carrier Corp. matter, he plans to reward them. Quite handsomely, in fact.

As should be standard practice with Trump, pay attention to the substance, not the theater.

United Technologies, the parent company of air-conditioner-maker Carrier, has been threatening to move more than 2,000 jobs from Indiana to Mexico. Trump addressed this specifically during his campaign, vowing to hit the company with a punitive tariff.

“If they’re going to fire all their people, move their plant to Mexico, build air conditioners, and think they’re going to sell those air conditioners to the United States — there’s going to be a tax,” Trump said on “Meet the Press” in the summer. “It could be 25 percent, it could be 35?percent, it could be 15 percent, I haven’t determined.”

As it turns out, how about zero percent?

In fact, how about giving United Technologies state tax breaks worth about $7?million over the next decade, in exchange for moving only 1,300 jobs to Mexico? That’s basically the deal offered by Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who happens to be governor of Indiana (and thus in a position to offer the tax relief).

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[Thinkingabout]

1. The Trojan Horse deal, how many more corporations will start demanding the same deals, lots.

Trump is good at bankruptcy, get ready, he will over extend the US also.

[workinclasszero]

3. All of them will do it of course

Corporate Amerika: Republicans in charge again!! Wee!!!!!!!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Otherwise known as Facism.

[HAB911]

4. Final stage of Corporatocracy now in position.......n/t

[beachbum bob]

5. 2018 will be here soon enough and if america goes the way many conservatives want...the

midterm election will have huge ramifications....little is going to move thru congress and trump except a few things like repeal of Beacon-Davis...as it destroys labor unions and both trump/conservatives share that idea. Other than that...the republicans in the Senate will not go along with most of what will be coming out of the house and it wont take long for trump to piss off Senate and House republicans as he learns he can't order them to do any thing....nothing like a bully who is tied up


so as bad as we will have it....there are a lot of obstacles for conservatives...democrats have to concentrate on state and local elections....and be ready for 2018 with guns blazing

[GeorgeGist]

6. Bankruptcy.

[Cha]

7. He'll strip the gov faster than bush2cheney and they

brought us a war.

[workinclasszero]

8. I think Dump will have us in a new war within a year

He's just itching to get into it with Iran and throw around some nukes too?

9 terrifying things Donald Trump has publicly said about nuclear weapons
https://thinkprogress.org/9-terrifying-things-donald-trump-has-publicly-said-about-nuclear-weapons-99f6290bc32a#.tv496khkj

I mean he has to distract the idiots that elected him as the republicans loot and burn the economy so a nice little war would do the trick.

USA! USA! USA! etc.

And anyone speaking badly about the Dear Leader in time of war will be excoriated by the Goebbels lapdog news media of course.

[Cha]

10. Oh I know it.. and the m$m will be cheerin' 'em on like they did

for the one on Iraq.

More and more people will miss President Obama and wish they had Hillary as POTUS when the drumpfucks send their kids to die and maraud their health care and savings.. and laugh in their faces.

[workinclasszero]

11. Remember when the right tore apart the Dixie Chicks

For speaking the truth about our great war leader Bush in time of war?

It will be tripled for Fuhrer Dump, I have no doubt!

[Cha]

12. You inadvertantly made me laugh..

"Fuhrer Dump" lol no laughing matter but still..

I may have to borrow that.. one gets tired of using the same epithets.. "trump" got tiresome so I went to drumpfuck.. that's getting old.

dump

[workinclasszero]

13. Yeah Cha, Dump is my new favorite name for our dear leader (PUKE)

[Cha]

14. There's always Sexual Predator Elect. He's not my president he's their dictator.

[workinclasszero]

16. Yep that works too

Dump will never ever ever be my President either Cha, that's for damn sure!

[uponit7771]

9. ... and for whites only... American's whites only president for the new century

[Cha]

15. He's not my president he's their dictator.. they can bow and scrape..

see how far it gets them.