Pence: Trump Will Use Communist Model With Business

[octoberlib]

Gov. Mike Pence announced on ABC’s This Week that Donald Trump would adopt an approach to business more historically aligned with communism than traditional free markets.

Discussing Trump’s backing of a bribe financed by Indiana taxpayers to keep some jobs with Carrier in the United States (while others will still be offshored), Pence told host George Stephanopoulous that Trump would continue to intervene in private businesses with the force of the presidency.

The posture is very different from the traditional role that the Republican Party has embraced for over fifty years of “free markets.” It is also a 180-degree turn from what they have attacked Democrats like President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, and Secretary Hillary Clinton on for years with accusations of socialism.



http://oliverwillis.com/pence-trump-will-use-communist-model-business/

[Sanity Claws]

1. That is interesting

Do you think Pence is trying to undermine Trump by saying this? Do enough undermining, get him impeached, and then Pence becomes the Prez.

[joshcryer]

2. He didn't actually say those words.

That's what the writer suggests with the rhetoric.

[octoberlib]

3. I don't know. I feel like Trump/Pence are trolling the American public.

The rest of the interview he tried to gloss over or change the subject every time Stephanopolous challenged him about Trumps actions or policies.

[Wounded Bear]

4. China....

one meme I have used for many years about China is that they have managed to meld the worst abuses of Communism and Capitalism in the operation of their country. Sounds like Trump is working toward that model.

[octoberlib]

11. +1

[HAB911]

5. Pence abandons Reaganomics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028326225

[moondust]

6. Translation.

"Government picking winners and losers based on the size of their bribes."

[bdamomma]

7. well trumps friend has his back

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/putin-says-trump-is-clever-will-understand-new-responsibilities/


putin and trump will rot in hell together

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Genuinely scary, given Trump's

history of bankruptcies and failed businesses.

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Sounds more like fascism. n/t

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[Paladin]

12. +1

[roamer65]

16. Bingo.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. Why would he say such a thing?

I can't take four years of this.

Are the LOLcats up yet?

[JHB]

15. 1) Pence didn't use those words, the writer did because that's the language...

...Republicans use when Democrats "intervene";

2) Four word: bourbon. Lots of it.

3) Yes. Counts as one day's dosage of 2).

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Key to this whole idea is Wall Street.

If one thinks the Sovereign Wealth Funds are going to stand by and allow this model to go forward,FOR GET ABOUT It,not going to happen. Money is fungible and moves around the Globe in milliseconds,if these clowns think these Money Folks are going to rollover and take a hit with their investments in China or Mexico,we will be in one of the deepest recessions in World History.