Paul Krugman says Trump exposes GOP dirty secret: The Republican Party ‘has been faking it for years

[Crabtownboy]

The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman asserted on Monday that Donald Trump’s presidency has shown that the Republican Party is completely unprepared and unable to enact the policies it has promised voters for years.

In his Monday column, Krugman notes that the Republican Party’s failure to pass legislation like the repeal and replacement of President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law has little to do with the temper tantrums and antics of President Donald Trump.

“But the broader Republican quagmire — the party’s failure so far to make significant progress toward any of its policy promises — isn’t just about Mr. Trump’s inadequacies,” Krugman writes. “The whole party, it turns out, has been faking it for years. Its leaders’ rhetoric was empty; they have no idea how to turn their slogans into actual legislation, because they’ve never bothered to understand how anything important works.”

According to the Times columnist, Republicans who promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act and reform the tax code “seem utterly shocked to find themselves facing reality.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/pau...epublican-party-has-been-faking-it-for-years/

 

[Yeshua1]

The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman asserted on Monday that Donald Trump’s presidency has shown that the Republican Party is completely unprepared and unable to enact the policies it has promised voters for years.

In his Monday column, Krugman notes that the Republican Party’s failure to pass legislation like the repeal and replacement of President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law has little to do with the temper tantrums and antics of President Donald Trump.

“But the broader Republican quagmire — the party’s failure so far to make significant progress toward any of its policy promises — isn’t just about Mr. Trump’s inadequacies,” Krugman writes. “The whole party, it turns out, has been faking it for years. Its leaders’ rhetoric was empty; they have no idea how to turn their slogans into actual legislation, because they’ve never bothered to understand how anything important works.”

According to the Times columnist, Republicans who promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act and reform the tax code “seem utterly shocked to find themselves facing reality.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/pau...epublican-party-has-been-faking-it-for-years/

The main reason why the agenda has not going forward quickly is that the Dem are willing to die to stop Trump actions, and trump is allowing debate within his ranks, unlike Obama!

 

[Crabtownboy]

The main reason why the agenda has not going forward quickly is that the Dem are willing to die to stop Trump actions, and trump is allowing debate within his ranks, unlike Obama!

Poor assumption as the GOP controls both houses and the executive department. It should be a cake walk, but the GOP cannot agree on anything. It has been and is obvious they have no ideas on how to govern. They have no idea on how to fulfill their promises.

Interestingly this is the same thing that plagued the Democrats under Carter. They held a super majority in the Senate, a large majority in the House and the White House and they had the same problems the GOP is having now.

 

[Yeshua1]

Poor assumption as the GOP controls both houses and the executive department. It should be a cake walk, but the GOP cannot agree on anything. It has been and is obvious they have no ideas on how to govern. They have no idea on how to fulfill their promises.

Interestingly this is the same thing that plagued the Democrats under Carter. They held a super majority in the Senate, a large majority in the House and the White House and they had the same problems the GOP is having now.

Again it is due to them trying to actually do good policy, as Dems just focus on one thing, stop trump

 

[Crabtownboy]

Again it is due to them trying to actually do good policy, as Dems just focus on one thing, stop trump

And what did the GOP focus on under Obama.

Still, with majorities in both houses of Congress and control of the Executive Dept. they should be able to do anything if they were united. However, they are not united. They are divided and do not have any rational ideas on achieving what they have been promising for years.

 

[Happy]

The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman asserted on Monday that Donald Trump’s presidency has shown that the Republican Party is completely unprepared and unable to enact the policies it has promised voters for years.

In his Monday column, Krugman notes that the Republican Party’s failure to pass legislation like the repeal and replacement of President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law has little to do with the temper tantrums and antics of President Donald Trump.

“But the broader Republican quagmire — the party’s failure so far to make significant progress toward any of its policy promises — isn’t just about Mr. Trump’s inadequacies,” Krugman writes. “The whole party, it turns out, has been faking it for years. Its leaders’ rhetoric was empty; they have no idea how to turn their slogans into actual legislation, because they’ve never bothered to understand how anything important works.”

According to the Times columnist, Republicans who promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act and reform the tax code “seem utterly shocked to find themselves facing reality.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/pau...epublican-party-has-been-faking-it-for-years/

Hilarious! How long did the Dems spend assembling those 2,000 + pages of that quagmire they called an affordable healthcare act? And as Pelosi said, and should have been booted out of Congress for saying, vote for it, and read it later. And a columnist is plunking his typewriter with outrageous claims the mess is not being cleaned up quick enough. Good grief!

And IFY ~ statutes are enacted. Policies are implemented.

 

[Happy]

Poor assumption as the GOP controls both houses and the executive department. It should be a cake walk, but the GOP cannot agree on anything. It has been and is obvious they have no ideas on how to govern. They have no idea on how to fulfill their promises.

Interestingly this is the same thing that plagued the Democrats under Carter. They held a super majority in the Senate, a large majority in the House and the White House and they had the same problems the GOP is having now.

Cake walk? Government? LOL I give the Republicans kudos for actually following checks and balances instead of open wide and choke on it.

 

[just-want-peace]

Cake walk? Government? LOL I give the Republicans kudos for actually following checks and balances instead of open wide and choke on it.

Quite a contrast from the past administration, is it not?