Monday, September 2, 2019

Trump--Slum Lord Millionaire

The Trumpty Dumpty Report

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act- George Orwell

No legacy is so rich as honesty-William Shakespeare

    Nicholas Kristof calls “Market Leninism” a combination of relatively free-market economics and authoritarian one-party rule.
    This system is full of corrupt cronyism with top down control. Big money investors send their capital into one-party state projects in order to enrich their returns. Market Leninists use the intrigue and enticement of government programs with sweet tax-free benefits that increase profits to invest in.
    What we have is a program called “Opportunity Zones”, a Market Leninist government program created to make wealthy investors even richer through tax-free incentives designed by Trump, Stephen Miller and others within this corrupt administration.
    The program is designed to improve poor cities by investing private capital to develop projects that bring jobs, while improving the communities. What actually happened was to make Trump’s family, friends, and supporters even richer by developing projects: hotels, restaurants, luxury condo/apartments, student housing, shops, distilleries, high end office configurations and projects that really don’t meet the needs of the community in distress. These projects cater to the upscale population that buys low and sells high.
    In return, the investors get tax benefits, such as tax-free capital gains and tax-free benefits if they hold onto their investment shares for 10 years before selling out.
    These projects are not improving the cities but take cheap properties to re-develop for huge capital gains.
    Kushner, Scaramucci, Chris Christie, Trump family members and others who have capital investment companies have gotten into this Market-Leninist scheme. Democrats have been drinking up this Kool-Aid scheme, such as, New Jersey’s presidential candidate—Cory Booker. No doubt, he must have thought this program would help improve Newark’s infrastructure, quality of life, and job prospects for those living in the city. Sadly, it hasn’t happened that way for many of these Opportunity Zones.
    The Cretin’s sole reason for running for president was to make those in his circle very, very rich and create a tax cut (2017) that added a provision allowing real estate and property developers to invest in tax-free projects and receive other tax benefits. This system uses a largely one-party rule to strengthen their power as a one-party system, since many who are poor and don’t benefit from these projects are kept from voting through one way or another---access to polling stations, voting registration card problems, voting intimidation tactics, etc.
    Trump was elected because he told his party Market-Leninists that he would appoint their loyalists to cabinet positions, give a fat-cat tax-cut with benefits, and sell off public assets to the private sector.
    Trump is following in Putin’s footsteps--the creation of an oligarchy in control of government.

On a final note, The Idiot-in-Chief said, “I’m not sure that I’ve even heard of a Category 5 [hurricane].” During his time in the White House, Hurricane Dorian will be the 4th one that had been classified as a Category 5 hurricane. “…but a Category 5 is something that I don’t know that I’ve ever even heard the term other than I know it’s there.” Last May, when a Category 5 hurricane was causing a path of destruction, the Idiot-in-Chief said the same thing! “It’s big stuff”, said The Cretin.

    Trump is totally incompetent to sit in the White House. His personal assistant was fired because she was tired of changing his diapers, picking up his toys, and feeding him his Fish Cracker snacks.

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