tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7109961335878028032..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Predictions for Trump’s First YearRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88777312479066081342016-12-28T18:25:17.490-05:002016-12-28T18:25:17.490-05:00I feel like there's about a 75% chance that Tr...I feel like there's about a 75% chance that Trump is a smart enough businessman to know what an economic disaster his protectionist nonsense would cause, so he majorly dials back on it once in power and end up governing like a more conventional Republican.<br /><br />But the 25% chance that he doesn't know, or knows and will do it anyway, is far too high for comfort IMO. Imperiling the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88552258421244386652016-12-28T18:14:18.864-05:002016-12-28T18:14:18.864-05:00No one can pay off the over 20 trillion dollar deb...No one can pay off the over 20 trillion dollar debt and the debt will continue to accrue even if Trump doesn't spend. At least with Trump when the default or effective default happens there will be some infrastructure to show for it. Matt@Occidentalism.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395220402283030311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42660772847895456102016-12-28T15:36:41.863-05:002016-12-28T15:36:41.863-05:00"Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan sim..."Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan simply aren’t going to bend on this issue"<br /><br />The same Paul Ryan that has caved on borrow and spend up until now? That one?Thane Eichenauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848580360960232789noreply@blogger.com