{"id":2319,"date":"2016-02-29T07:58:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T12:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2016-03-19T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T14:58:59","slug":"the-new-three-stooges-trump-rubio-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2319","title":{"rendered":"The [new] Three Stooges…Trump, Rubio, & Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"

What the hell has gotten into the Republican party? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"2016.02.25<\/a>
Who tells the truth? Click the graphic to be taken to Politifact for some fact checking.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I broke my own rules and watched the debate in Texas last week (Thursday). \u00a0Boy was that a mistake. \u00a0I don’t like the way Trump performs during the debates, and yes, I believe it is a performance. \u00a0He interrupts and calls the other candidates names…very un-presidential, \u00a0Both Rubio and Trump had\u00a0tantrums reminiscent of my daughter when she was three.<\/p>\n

All three of the candidates failed to follow the time rules. \u00a0Once again, showing their complete lack of give a shit.<\/p>\n

Whatever respect I had for Rubio vanished in a series of interviews and clips from him the following day. \u00a0 I believe criticism is justified on the issues; but you know what, I really don’t like the personal attacks.<\/p>\n

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I’ll get off my soap box now, let’s do a little fact checking<\/a>. \u00a0Just a few little tidbits follow…I’m disgusted.<\/p>\n

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Trump claims<\/strong>: We [the USA, has] the highest taxes anywhere in the world. \u00a0We pay more business tax and personal tax.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: \u00a0Personal Tax [False<\/strong><\/span>]. \u00a0The USA ranked #17 of 34 countries for total tax revenue per capita in 2014. \u00a0When comparing tax revenue as a percentage of a country’s GDP, the use ranks 27 out of 34. \u00a0Business tax [True*<\/span><\/strong>]. \u00a0The USA does have the highest corporate tax rate of 35%. \u00a0However, in practice, the average tax rates for {profitable} companies comes in at 12.6%, and as a matter of GDP, the business tax rate is 2.6%, bringing the USA to #11 out of 34 countries. \u00a0The data comes from the\u00a0Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.<\/p>\n

Trump claims<\/strong>:He doesn’t have a potty mouth.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: \u00a0[False<\/strong><\/span>]. C’mon….his track record. \u00a0CNN goes into details, which I’m not going to. \u00a0I think we can all agree he’d make a sailor blush.<\/p>\n

Trump claims<\/strong>: He’ll build a wall and have Mexico pay for it.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: \u00a0[False<\/strong><\/span>]. \u00a0The USA has a trade deficit of $58 billion (yes, that’s a B) + all the illegal drug profits. \u00a0Trump puts the cost of the wall somewhere between $10 – 12 billion dollars. \u00a0A Washington firm has calculated “the wall” will cost roughly $25 billion, double Trumps guestimate. I honestly don’t see Mexico either reducing their trade surplus (which goes to their private businesses) to pay for the wall, nor do I see congress willing to come up with the dough. \u00a0So I’ll just put this in the same category as having Iraq pay for the Persian Gulf War (how’d that work out for us?).<\/p>\n

Trump claims<\/strong>: Trump attacked Kasich on Ohio jobs, stating the oil industry was responsible for the majority of the 400,000 jobs created.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: \u00a0[False<\/strong><\/span>].\u00a0Ohio has attracted nearly $22 billion in energy investments. \u00a0The improving economy in Ohio was due to the auto and plastic industries. \u00a0The BLS confirms that roughly only 15,000 jobs were created because of fracking.<\/p>\n

Cruz\u00a0claims<\/strong>:\u00a0He is consistent on\u00a0illegal immigration.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: \u00a0[True<\/strong><\/span>]. \u00a0He has campaigned to fight amnesty and build a wall on the border.<\/p>\n

Cruz\u00a0claims<\/strong>:\u00a0Trump is for socialized medicine.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: \u00a0[False<\/strong><\/span>]. \u00a0Trump is opposed to\u00a0socialized medicine (medicine and hospital services are paid for by taxpayers). \u00a0He favors universal health care (all citizens receive coverage). \u00a0Trump discusses universal health care in his book “The America We Deserve.”<\/p>\n

Rubio Claims<\/strong>: Obamacare is a certified job killer.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: [False<\/strong><\/span>]. \u00a0In a 2015 survey, only 4% of employers with >50 employees said they shifted some employees to part-time hours so they wouldn’t qualify for health care. \u00a0An additional 4% indicated they were reducing the number of full-time employees they planned to hire because of the cost of health benefits.<\/p>\n

Rubio Claims<\/strong>:\u00a0Trump hires undocumented workers.<\/p>\n

Fact checkers<\/strong>: [True*<\/strong><\/span>].\u00a0In 1983 Trump was sued and ended paying an undisclosed amount for hiring illegal workers. \u00a0But it wasn’t “Trump,” it was a polish contracting company that hired the undocumented workers.<\/p>\n

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Wanna see something scary? \u00a0This is my zip code polling results on a Republican page:<\/p>\n

\"2016.02.28<\/p>\n

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What the hell has gotten into the Republican party? \u00a0 I broke my own rules and watched the debate in Texas last week (Thursday). \u00a0Boy was that a mistake. \u00a0I don’t like the way Trump performs during the debates, and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[50,103,91],"class_list":["post-2319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-rants-raves","tag-america","tag-politics","tag-responsibilities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15068,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15068","url_meta":{"origin":2319,"position":0},"title":"Time to strap in and buckle up!","author":"DR D","date":"January 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is January 20th, 2025, Inauguration Day, which, by all accounts, should be a peaceful turnover of power from the current democratic president to a recycled republican president (yes, the lower cases are intentional). 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