Thread: U.S. Labor Sec.: Donald Trump’s Policies Are ‘Everything that Is Not America; I’m Tho

Originally Posted by MW

Judy wrote:



Geez, you may really want to have that failure to comprehend reading thingy checked out (or maybe it's just selective reading). Trump very clearly stated he was critical of the food stamp program. Those words came directly through his teeth and out his lips (direct quote). He said it and I can't believe you're denying it when the words are right there in print for you to see. True, he mocked the guys weight, but he was not joking.

Here's some more for you:

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http://www.ibtimes.com/thanksgiving-...eality-2198788

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http://news.yahoo.com/thanksgiving-f...132052273.html

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https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump...campaign,_2016

Why he's critical of the program is not the issue, it's the actual fact that he has been critical (for whatever reason) that your failing to see. Personally, I have absolutely no problem with him or anyone else being critical of a program that is full of fraud. IMO, the program needs more regulations and stricter requirements. For example, I firmly believe anyone that collects food stamps should be tested periodically for drug usage.

Just curious, why would anyone follow Donald Trump for 35 years? I understand your interest now, but why would anyone care what Donald Trump had to say 35 years ago?

What is wrong with you?

Your first excerpt is not a quote by Trump, but a statement by someone else about Trump. The actual quote by Trump is the same quote as you first posted that's the joke he made at the rally about the overweight protester who started hollering when Trump was talking about 93 million Americans out of work ..... and 43 million people on food stamps without any criticism of food stamps or any other program the 93 million Americans depend on who are out of work.

Your second excerpt is also not a quote by Trump, but a grotesque generalization of Republican candidates by someone else. The actual quote by Trump is the same joke quote he made at the rally towards the overweight protester that you've now posted 3 times.

Your third excerpt is from his 2011 book as he talks about fraud in all government programs.

Here's the whole quote from his book from your link:

In his 2011 book, Time to Get Tough, Trump discussed his position on several federal assistance and entitlement programs.

Defending Social Security, Trump wrote, "It's not unreasonable for people who paid into a system for decades to expect to get their money's worth–that's not an 'entitlement,' that's honoring a deal. We as a society must also make an ironclad commitment to providing a safety net for those who can't make one for themselves. Social Security is here to stay. To be sure, we must reform it, root out the fraud, make it more efficient, and ensure that the program is solvent. Same goes for Medicare. Again, people have lived up to their end of the bargain and paid into the program in good faith. Of course they believe they're 'entitled' to receive the benefits they paid for–they are!"[71]

Trump criticized Medicare and disability insurance benefits for being rampant with fraud.[72]

Trump wrote, "The food stamp program was originally created as temporary assistance for families with momentary times of need. And it shouldn't be needed often. Thankfully, 96 percent of America's poor parents say their children never suffer even a day of hunger. But when half of food stamp recipients have been on the dole for nearly a decade, something is clearly wrong, and some of it has to do with fraud."[73]

Trump also praised the 1996 Welfare Reform Act's welfare to work measure in this book. Trump wrote, "To get your check, you had to prove that you were enrolled in job-training or trying to find work. But here's the rub: the 1996 Welfare Reform Act only dealt with one program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), not the other seventy-six welfare programs which, today, cost taxpayers more than $900 billion annually. We need to take a page from the 1996 reform and do the same for other welfare programs. Benefits should have strings attached to them. After all, if it's our money recipients are getting, we the people should have a say in how it's spent. The way forward is to do what we did with AFDC and attach welfare benefits to work. The Welfare Reform Act of 2011–proposed by Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio, Tim Scott of South Carolina, and Scott Garrett of New Jersey–does just that."[74]

In his book, he's commenting on fraud, fraud in Medicare, fraud in Social Security Disability, fraud in food stamps. The issue is fraud. He supports Social Security and Medicare and Disability Insurance and Food Stamps and welfare programs. He likes the welfare to work idea of 1996 but only applied to AFDC, not the other 76 welfare programs, and was using this line of writing to support a bill, the Welfare Reform Act of 2011 in Congress.

Trump like any normal person opposes fraud wherever it exists, but that is not a criticism of the food stamp program or any other program that's beset with fraud. It's a criticism of fraud and abuse in government. He supports our safety nets and always has.

Why have I followed Donald Trump for 35 years? The same reason most Americans have, the first time the question was popped to him in an interview on NBC in 1980 by Rona Barrett.

VIDEO:

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/12/5018...980-president/

It’s Taken 35 Years, But What Trump Said in 1980 About Being President is Finally Coming True

By Maegan Vazquez (1 day ago) | Elections

Donald Trump hasn’t always wanted to run for president, but this 1980 clip shows he’s had the same attitudes about the country for quite some time.

In an interview from inside the Trump Parc building overlooking the southern edge of Central Park, Donald Trump told gossip reporter Rona Barrett that he wouldn’t like to be president, also saying:

“But I would like to see somebody, as the president, who could do the job. And there are very capable people in this country.”

Trump didn’t shy away from the idea of a candidate running on “unpopular” views:

“Somebody with strong views, and somebody with the kind of views that are maybe a little bit unpopular, which may be right but may be unpopular, wouldn’t necessarily have a chance of getting elected than somebody with no great brain but a big smile.”

The New York Times reported that Trump’s appearance was a part of NBC’s “‘Rona Barrett Looks at Today’s Super Rich,’ in which the small but formidable gossip reporter confronts six self-made millionaires.”

A lot of people have seen the qualities in Donald Trump that would make a great President and fix our country. Rona Barrett took that public in 1980. Oprah Winfrey took it public again in 1988.

VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPs17_AkTI