Go figure that. Ignorance knows no bounds

@t1nick I have trouble responding to people who credit him for the 'great economy' and 'stock market highs' and 'financial recovery'. I need some good comebacks.....people who support him on these issues and completely ignore the 25 other areas of concern worry me, too.

@mojo5501

The stock market has little to do with the majority of the US citizens. Most individuals do not own stocks and do not get an individual advantage from the stock market.

@mojo5501 our economy has been on an improving trajectory ever since Barack fixed W's mess. Drumpf has removed hundreds of environmental protections and that has given industry free reign to wreck the land for profit. We will all pay later.

Sad but true that there are so many living brain dead.

@mojo5501
The tax cut passed by the Republicans is the equivalent of handing a brand new, trillion dollar credit card the obscenely rich. The deficit has increased by 1.5 trillion due to this, and tax revenues aren’t increasing anywhere near enough to pay for it.
The increase in stock market value comes mostly from corporations using their tax savings to buy up their own stock (wich increases it’s value, since there are fewer shares on the market to purchase), the increase in stock value translates to higher CEO earnings, since they can receive compensation in the form of company stock.
It’s a pyramid scheme which will crash in due time.

@Haemish1 I never thought of it this way, thank you. The rich keep enriching themselves in the stock market while those of us whose only stock ownership is within our 401K plans hope for the best with our fingers crossed...with retirement plans uncertain and hoping things don't suddenly go the other direction to wipe out what modest gains we've made.

@Haemish1, @CallMeDave Trump the Deregulator. So true...his administration has turned back the clock on environmental protections...land, water, air, wildlife...the consequences will be felt by future generations. His attempt to privatize all sorts of public places and public resources also worries me.

@mojo5501
That’s been the Republican model for years - privatize any public function that can turn a profit, and and abandon anything back to the public that has external costs that don’t pay for themselves.

I will help pay for it!