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jmowreader

(53,026 posts)
11. Help me out here
Sat May 11, 2019, 11:27 PM
May 2019

If a Democrat was president and proposed expanding the money supply in order to lower the national debt (which is what Trump really meant by "print money" ), Trump would be on his phone in a second tweeting that the president was incompetent at best and traitorous at worst for doing this. He would suggest impeachment first, then trial and imprisonment, and possibly execution, deportation, keelhauling or some other brutal penalty.

But Trump gets into office and wants the numbers to look better than they are? "Start printing money."

In the dictionary next to the word "hypocrite" is a picture of Trump.

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Gary Cohn said the same on a Wellstone ruled May 2019 #1
Monetizing (some of) the debt is probably a good idea Recursion May 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Doodley May 2019 #3
"You don't get to do it that way," and "former director" go hand-in-hand BeyondGeography May 2019 #4
Who is stopping him from doing it now? HipChick May 2019 #5
The Federal Reserve can "print money" but is an independent agency and would refuse Trump's demands. riverine May 2019 #10
The reason the US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank are seperate is not "arcane" A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #15
Nope, you're dead wrong. When people like Trump use the term "print money" they are referring to riverine May 2019 #17
Okie Dokie. A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #19
MMT doesn't propose "printing money". Voltaire2 May 2019 #20
Trump then asked why stores wouldn't accept Monopoly money. tanyev May 2019 #6
How can someone this stupid be president? D_Master81 May 2019 #7
Stupid voters. smirkymonkey May 2019 #13
YEP Cosmocat May 2019 #18
Idi Amin had the same theory of printing money. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #8
Reminds me of the old one liner ... lpbk2713 May 2019 #9
Help me out here jmowreader May 2019 #11
K&R UTUSN May 2019 #12
I remember asking if that could be a solution in elementary school. nt Flaleftist May 2019 #14
He's so dumb it's mind bending. And he refuses to learn a thing. Vinca May 2019 #16
I'm as far as a business major as you'd ever find one. Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 #21
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