Posted on 03/29/2016 4:08:42 PM PDT by KansasGirl
Donald Trump attacked Wisconsin governor Scott Walker for failing to raise taxes in order to properly fund schools and roads on Tuesday, in a startling new break from rightwing orthodoxy from the Republican frontrunner.
The comments came after Walker endorsed Trump’s rival, Texas senator, Ted Cruz, in the GOP race.
Walker became a conservative hero for his efforts to crush public sector unions and cut government spending in the Democratic-leaning state in Wisconsin, something that led to an attempted recall of the Wisconsin governor in 2012 and became a national cause célèbre. But, in a radio interview with talkshow host Michael Koolidge on Tuesday, Trump bashed walker's administration.
“There’s a $2.2bn deficit and the schools were going begging and everything was going begging because he didn’t want to raise taxes ’cause he was going to run for president,” said Trump. “So instead of raising taxes, he cut back on schools, he cut back on highways, he cut back on a lot of things.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
“He’s a nationalist.”
I guess I don’t know what a nationalist is.
Anyone who pours money into the Clinton family to fund their agenda is not putting the nation first.
Trump contributed to politicians of every persuasion because he did not have the courage to stand up to them. Trump says he was buying them and he was in charge; it looks more like he caved.
I've outlined the points on why I support Trump. "Conservatives" have failed us. It's time to take a different approach.
Anyone who pours money into the Clinton family to fund their agenda is not putting the nation first.
Don't care. He was a businessman, and everyone thought the Clinton Foundation was simply a benign organization supporting Haiti.
Trump contributed to politicians of every persuasion because he did not have the courage to stand up to them. Trump says he was buying them and he was in charge; it looks more like he caved.
I don't agree.
WRONG! Walker cut taxes and refused to increase spending. Trump has a problem with that.
http://edberry.com/blog/polymontana/player/donald-trump/an-open-letter-to-mark-levin-trump-vs-cruz/
An Open Letter To Mark Levin: Trump vs. Cruz
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A little background:
“I lived in Wisconsin during the Reince Priebus reign of terror when he was the State GOP Chairman. I’ll bet not a lot of people know about his former life. Ask Former Congressman Mark Neumann, or any of the other Gubernatorial candidates, what happened when they dared to run against “The Chosen One”, Scott Walker, for Governor in 2010. Ask Michael Steele what happened when Reince Priebus decided he wanted Steele’s RNC Chairmanship. You can also ask Mark Willis the same thing, from 2013....”
[He is committed to that policy.]
Sure, he is. Someone told me up thread that Trump is just lying about Walker’s record in order to pull in Wisconsin Democrats and left-leaning independents. How do you know he is not lying to you? Chances are that he is considering that he has supported big government, and tax increases to pay for it, in the past.
Yes Walker made some mistakes in the Presidential run, but he is young and has a chance for round 2.
The changes in Wisconsin are working, yet there is a constant fight with Liberal progressives and even the national Republican big spenders. Former Gov Thompson was a big spender. Ryan and other seem satisfied with status quo, but it is difficult to overrule a sitting progressive president who will not work with Republicans. We need more like Walker who truly believes in the best conservative values and not trying to increase his wealth and power.
I truly feel that Trump is not a true conservative (more a liberal) and does not have a realistic approach of limited government so that people are not burdened and can grow the country and the economy. We are a great country with many different ethnic backgrounds , but are all Americans. Trump’s bombastic approach to demean people that don’t agree with him is un-American. We can do better than Trump.
Trump is more establishment both in Republican and Democratic circles. Trump can get 35%, but not the 50% he needs. He benefited from a large group that stayed in the race too long.
Cruz stands for conservative values and not for GOPe values. Cruz will beat Trump in a 2 man race - Kasich is like the third party that allowed the Bill Clinton win.
Really take a hard look at Trump and see the real person. He has a charming persona, but a wicked uninformed way to deal with issues.
[Quit cutting down good reform conservatives, for the love of God.]
Trump attacks conservatives with liberal talking points, and FReepers defend him. It’s an alternate universe.
“He was a businessman, and everyone thought the Clinton Foundation was simply a benign organization supporting Haiti.”
Everyone? Name the conservatives - other than your conservative Trump - that contributed to the Clinton agenda.
We’re a good community here.
We could become Greater by steeling ourselves, getting full of poss n vinegar for what’s been done to our country and children’s future, and Stand Up & March against corrupt compromised authority!
We are going to bitterly regret the day this country topples and lament we did nothing.
We used to light up the switchboards, opinion polls and official’s offices.
Let’s roll!
RE: “Okay. You seem passionate in that post. But what do you mean?”
It would help if you actually looked at the WI budget before opining false comments to Gov Walker. You can attribute it to past Democratic administrations for the problems and credit Gov Walker and the Republican legislature to solving them.
Here is the whole budget for your perusal:
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/Documents/DEBF/Budget/Biennial%20Budget/2015-17%20Executive%20Budget/bib1517.pdf
2015-17 BUDGET
A.
Four years ago, Wisconsin faced a $3.6 billion budget deficit, property taxes had risen 27 percent over
the previous decade, increasing every year, and the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent. Years of
budgetary mismanagement and unchecked spending meant the State had bills it could not pay. The
Budget Stabilization Fund (Rainy Day Fund) was nearly empty.
The shortfall in fiscal year 2010-11 was representative of the longer-term problem
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Wisconsin had a corrosive deficit because of a very simple math problem: state spending continually exceeded its
revenue. State government was consistently in a reactive mode, subject to spending drivers, such as
Medicaid and public employee personnel costs, which consumed resources without restraint.
In prior biennia, one-time fixes and
delayed payments damaged our State’s fiscal foundation. The federal stimulus cash bought us little, except more time for further budgetary negligence. Predictably, this left even bigger holes, as budgeting for the moment and out of convenience was consciously chosen over planning for the future.
This problem plagued our state for well over a decade, regardless of the performance of our economy.
Such fiscal malpractice left the State ill-prepared for economic challenges and the drastically rising costs
of various programs and benefits.
It also hampered economic growth, as the short-sighted budgeting practices prohibited a clear, coherent path to public policies driven towards economic growth and
individual freedom and achievement.
The Governor and Legislature addressed these problems in the last two biennial budgets and other key
pieces of legislation. Together, these initiatives paid outstanding bills, settled our debts and provided key
components of our Blueprint for Prosperity
.
The contrasts could not be clearer. Today, Wisconsin has a balanced budget, property taxes on a median-valued home have decreased in each of the last four years, the unemployment rate is down to 5.2 percent, and Wisconsin is 12th in the nation in growth in per capita personal income growth.
New business ventures are up nearly 11 percent, while in November 2014 Wisconsin experienced its greatest
month of private sector job growth since 1990. We have also been able to invest in educational
opportunities that improve the skills of our workforce and match employees with the highly-skilled jobs
being created by manufacturing and other strong industries.
This sounds xactly like an attack any Democrat running would make:
TRUMP: But you had a $2.2 billion budget deficit and the schools were going begging and everything and everything was going begging because he didn’t want to raise taxes because he was going to run for president. So instead of raising taxes he cut back on schools, he cut back on highways, cut back on a lot of things. And that’s why. Wisconsin has a problem and you’re losing jobs all over the place.
Btw, Trump was lying about Wisconsin losing jobs as well.
I loved Walker standing against government unions. However, upon finding out how tight he is with Rebius and Ryan, Walker exposed himself as just another GOPe political hack. He is the biggest disappoint for me as I liked him first...
The only way you can credibly claim Trump is part of any establishment is if packed donors were funding his campaign. Because he is funding his own campaign he does not need speechwriters and handlers to tell him audience appropriate words. Trump is a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of these bought and paid for political hacks. This nation cannot survive another Harvard Law Schooled, ineligible, 'natural born' Canadian, junior senator lawyer, who is owned lock stock and barrel by open borders slavers.
Some possible solutions are just beyond the default process. They want to swill from big spending and robberies against the real problem solvers and makers, then shove the funny money to them. They’re making their bed. Let them lay in it.
Give way like a willow. Then, when the time is right, lash back.
Avoid buying anything that you don’t really need, and treat frugality as an ongoing, personal science. Learn continuously to be more self-sufficient and follow through. Learn to manufacture something as a hobby for now.
Trump supporters don't deal in facts. They deal in Trump - because Trump and because winning.
Yep, and Cruz supporters deal in throwing themselves to the ground and having epic tantrums in which they scream loathing for everyone who doesn’t hate Trump as much as they do.
See? I can fling mud too.
Again - I already acknowledge that Trump is not a conservative. In the traditional, ACU sense. So you’re repeating it doesn’t validate your point.
Yes, he did donate to Clinton’s PAC and to both NYC and NY Dems, but that was more about helping his businesses than support of liberalism itself.
Scott Walker supports amnesty and the GOPE status quo. He is not popular as he was in 2011.
So the thousands of people who attend Trump’s rallies are nothing but Sanders wannabes?
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