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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I attended a very conservative oriented business meeting this morning. [View all]Volaris
(10,374 posts)42. If we jack up the top tax rate like we need to, and leave it there for a decent while
They'll stop missing it. It will be the cost of doing business in the most stable market-economy workforce on the planet. The old guys might not like it, but the next generation of business majors will relearn that you make killings in a capitalist system by investing in RnD and the Next Big Thing.
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I attended a very conservative oriented business meeting this morning. [View all]
SouthernProgressive
Nov 2016
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Indeed-- I can't see any serious business or stock market person wanting Trump
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
#20
Exactly. Remember the mini recession when * ascended the throne through the SCOTUS. Markets tanked
Hestia
Nov 2016
#57
Businesses worldwide are watching. Trump could possible bring a collapse of every market.
tonyt53
Nov 2016
#3
I find in many groups Dems keep their thoughts to themselves. Trumpsters and Tea Baggers are
Fla Dem
Nov 2016
#38
yep, they're educated, no disputing their ability to learn and recite lessons. I just think there
Divine Discontent
Nov 2016
#49
yeah, I've been thinking about that, but haven't since a Trump win is still unlikely
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
#22
I for one will have sell orders in to convert everything to cash the next day if Trump wins
mnhtnbb
Nov 2016
#77
I am catching a distinct split between reality and what the news media is telling us.
world wide wally
Nov 2016
#13
Actually, they want to sell ads. That's why they want the eyeballs watching/listening.
SharonAnn
Nov 2016
#70
If we jack up the top tax rate like we need to, and leave it there for a decent while
Volaris
Nov 2016
#42
Yep. We know a multi-millionaire family who are Repubs through and through. They use those very
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2016
#33
I have heard this again and again through the years. Corporate America doesn't like uncertainty.
calimary
Nov 2016
#37
The status quo looks quite good compared to Trump's Fourth Reich./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2016
#39
I posted a couple days ago that gold will shoot up 15% if he's elected on Tuesday. He will terrify
Divine Discontent
Nov 2016
#50
If Trump really made good on clamping down on free trade it would hurt big businesses a lot.
hollowdweller
Nov 2016
#53
Interesting. Just spoke with my planner this AM about the same topic....
northoftheborder
Nov 2016
#56
7 straight days of stock market losses - investors fear a Trump election. However,
spooky3
Nov 2016
#62
Trump will do to the whirled economy what he did to Atlantic City gambling
ChairmanAgnostic
Nov 2016
#65