Op-ed: Making Good Deals...I Don't Think So By: Diane Sori/ The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on http://americanpbn.com/
“I mean this is a guy that’s taken Trump airlines bankrupt, Trump
vodka, nobody wanted it, Trump mortgage, was a disaster, Trump
university was a fraud.”
- Former presidential candidate, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, on the truth about Donald Trump's business record
Well isn't this interesting...Donald Trump refuses to release his tax
returns before the November election...that is if he does in the end
secure the nomination.
"There's nothing to learn from them," Trump keeps claiming as he says
we voters have no interest in seeing them...which by the way is not
true as I and countless others would like to see all the information
pertaining to his bankruptcies and failed business ventures he is so
desperately trying to hide. Using the excuse that because he is
currently in the middle of an audit he has to withhold this information
for now, tax experts rightfully question what his logic is on this. So
now I ask what about previous returns prior to this current one if
that's the only one Trump is so concerned about...why can't we see
those...just saying.
And as he always does, Trump has again successfully 'played' the
low-information voter no matter the facts presented to them...as
witnessed by how fast they forget Trump's nationally televised promise
made last October to release his tax returns...going back quite a few
years in fact...once Hillary released her emails... which she has done
even though we don't like the as expected traitorous actions that they
showed. And to add to Trump's calculatingly deceptive action, Hillary
already has online 15 years of her tax returns for anyone who cares to
peruse them.
And know that candidates releasing their tax returns is not something
new just to target, trap, and deny Trump the nomination as his Trumpers
so love to claim...as presidential candidates from both parties have
been releasing said returns since 1976. In fact, in 2012, Trump urged a
hesitant Mitt Romney to release his tax returns before gaining his
endorsement...which he did. And now Trump's urging has come full-circle.
So the question remains why is Trump hemming-and-hawing over
releasing said returns...it really is quite simple as, I believe, Donald
J. Trump is not worth the $10+ billions he claims he is nor does he
want the public to know about his many business failures...failures
beyond the well-publicized and now well-known Trump University, Trump
Vodka, and Trump Airlines...failures like Trump Steaks, Trump Ice, Trump
Banquet and Catering, Trump Casinos, Trump the Game, Trump Magazine,
Trump Radio, Trump.com, Trump Broadcasting, Trump Mortgage, Trump Tower
Tampa, just to name a few...a few that failed within a mere year or two.
Remember, Trump has been bloviating for almost a year now about what
"good deals" he'll make for America...how he'll bring jobs back to
America... but how can Trump make "good deals" for our country when his
successes involve real estate deals...luxury real estate deals...deals
to pad his pockets alone and last time I checked America does not go
around buying up foreign real estate...like the Chinese and the Saudis
do.
Also know that the business of government is a vastly different
animal than Trump's private sector business ventures. And if truth be
told government should not be thought of as a business per se no matter what many
think for truly successful business people know that the government is
strictly an entity of control over 'We the People' and as such
manufactures nothing tangible. And they also know that the greatest obstacle to a truly
successful private business is the very political nature of government
itself.
And while many do think government should be run like a business an
equal number think not, but either way there remains major differences
between the two no matter one's line of thinking. First, the most
important difference is that private sector business...which is Trump's
'supposed' area of expertise...is based solely upon market-driven
competition with profit as its prime objective, while the so-called business
of government is most times what's referred to by many leading economists as a
'legislated monopoly'...meaning it's workings are boggled down in restrictions due to
laws, regulations, and set in stone policies that can prevent sometimes
necessary actions from being implemented in a timely manner.
Case in point, in private business increasing the revenue
bottom line requires selling more products and/or services...meaning
putting money into said business with the intention of yielding a profitable
return. However, in government, increasing revenue means increasing
taxes on 'We the People' and/or on businesses and corporations. In the
private business sector spending cuts means the obvious...cutting
spending as in cardinal rule of economics 101...do not spend more than you take in. In
government it seems to mean nothing is as it should be as spending cuts means freezing or
just marginally reducing the rate of increase in spending...spending
our taxpayer dollars that is...with no concern for 'value, return, or
improvement in productivity.'
And Trump's not understanding this major difference can be witnessed by
his wanting to place higher tariffs (in other words 'taxes') on foreign
goods entering our country...which in turn will start a trade war...a
very bad scenario for both the business of the government and for
the consumer as 'Made in America' goods will rise in price along with
their foreign counterparts. So much for 'free market' enterprise.
Also, Trump seems to forget that government budget constraints allow for
little flexibility, meaning he can and most likely will run out of budget designated
monies...as in our taxpayer dollars...long before he gets anything he
says he'll do done. And who gets punished from these
actions... predominately the struggling middle class who tax-wise have
already been monetarily bled dry by the government.
And why...because as the economy and business conditions change...as
they move forward two steps and then back one step...Trump has
forgotten that the best outcome as far as trade deals are concerned is
when both the buyer and the seller reach a mutually beneficial agreement
not when there is one clear winner and one clear loser. Again, why is
this...because in a national or in a global economy certain happenings
are impossible to control through any sort of deal...happenings like
inflation and unemployment rates.
For example, in the private sector you have more flexibility...as in
options and time...to respond to economic changes accordingly whether
that flexibility is for the betterment of said business or not...as in
you can transfer...paper shift actually...monies from one budget
line-item to another at the business owners whim. This is something
you cannot do when it comes to the 'so-called' business of
government...a business mired down in not only regulations and policies,
but in set-in-stone earmarks where monies must stay where they were
designated to go from the beginning...because if government laws are
broken those caught in transferring even one bloody dime of said earmark
can land one in jail.
And while you can try to fight 'big' government as Trump claims he is
doing but isn't, in the end the government not private sector business
always wins as said laws, regulations, and policies, become walls made
of differences that even Trump cannot cross when it comes to government
spending.
And almost as important as the prime difference cited above concerns the
actual management of monies in the private business sector vs. the
'so-called' business of government. Remember, the business of government
is not profit-driven like private businesses are, because the
government does not have a profit level to reach, maintain, or
increase...something that's critical in the private business sector if a
business is to survive its competition. In fact, according to an
article by Jerry Shenk for The National Review, "according to government
officials themselves, one can scarcely make a distinction between
government and business or between elected officials and business people.
But in the real world, little is shared by the two other than an
interest in special deals for special business interests and the return
of campaign contributions from business owners and executives to
incumbents."
And this description fits Donald J. Trump to a tee for in Trump's little
world of ego-driven narcissistic special deals that serve his private
business interests alone...special interests serving the Trump empire's
all-important bottom line...meaning nothing Trump does or attempts to do
as president will increase his personal business coffers. Therefore, he
must vacillate, flip-flop, and just plain lie if that's what it takes
to make him 'appear' to have won in regards to the business of
government.
Forgetting a reality check that no political leader,
not even the president, yields the kind of power or authority corporate
heads do...as in the ability to hire and fire people based upon
job performance whether good or bad, real or perceived; to pay bonuses to
give incentives to underlings; and to promote or even demote people at
their discretion alone...Trump would become not the consummate
negotiator he claims to be, but a man caught up in the very bureaucracy
and red tape he claims to hate. Remember, a sitting president would
have to convince others to do his bidding for commanding is the stuff of
dictators and kings...executive orders not withstanding.
The stuff of dictators and kings, but then again maybe that's what
Donald J. Trump sees himself as for in no way do I believe that Trump
will voluntarily downsize the powers or authority he yields in his
private business dealings to accept that his powers and his authority as
president...thanks to our system of checks and balances...would be
greatly limited. His ego coupled with his quest to be 'the boss' of
everything won't let him and that is something he has made clear time
and again in how he loves to pat himself on the back every chance he
gets...after all he always says he's smarter and richer than almost
anyone else.
Talk about the ultimate in arrogance...kind of makes Obama's actions as
the media anointed 'savior of us all' seem like deceit-lite.
So as Donald J. Trump's arrogance is in the forefront for all to see by
his refusal to make public his tax returns...something all other
candidates have done... one really has to wonder if what he's obviously
hiding would expose not only his many failed business ventures but his
lack of understanding the intricacies of government business as well,
allowing all to see that the man who claims he's the consummate
businessman who would make "good deals" for America is really as
incompetent to steward America's ship as is one Barack HUSSEIN
Obama....as is one Hillary Rodham Clinton or one Bernie Sanders.
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