Thread: President Donald Trump

Originally Posted by Farangrakthai

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It has nothing to do with Bernie or the Federal Reserve, although obviously the Fed will once again be beneficiaries of the next bust caused by unfettered money grubbing.

my point was that bernie would probably have been more dangerous for the economy.

btw, dodds-frank hasn't been repealed and likely won't be.

You see folks, I told you all this SCROTUS travel ban shit was just a smokescreen to cover up the big stuff.

ON FEBRUARY 13th, Donald Trump signed his first major piece of legislation—“a big signing” as he put it. The law repealed a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation that oil and mining companies should disclose their payments to foreign governments.

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The original law that mandated the regulation—the Dodd-Frank Act—had ignited global transparency reforms including in Europe and Canada. By 2014, 38 of the world͛’s 100 largest oil and gas companies were subject to public disclosure mandates. Had America's regulation stood, it would have been 84 of the top 100. The major beneficiaries of the rollback—Mr Spicer’s "small businesses"—include Chevron and Exxon Mobil. The reversal puts them behind Russian firms Rosneft and Gazprom, which must file disclosures.

Rolling back this part of Dodd-Frank was probably suggested to President Bannon by Tillerson, to help out his Exxon buddies (and probably top up his retirement account).

There are 24,000-odd pages in Dodd-Frank, so I would imagine they'll start with the big wins first.

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asking firms to disclose bribes is really silly, because that's how business is done, sadly

probably one of the few things in the act that needed to be stopped,

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

asking firms to disclose bribes is really silly, because that's how business is done, sadly

You're right, who'd want that level of honesty in business.

business is dirty, ethics in business is a complete illusion

put 100% ethics into business and see how it crash,

it's like good cooking by keeping a sterile and clean kitchen, can't happen

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

asking firms to disclose bribes is really silly, because that's how business is done, sadly

probably one of the few things in the act that needed to be stopped,

And ultimately who pays for it?

If you read the link you'll see that most European countries are moving away from it.

Hence the recent RR shenanigens (on which the Thais appear to have gone all quiet).

It's the way business is done with fucking crooks, you lemon.

Think about you making that post circa late 2007. It's always all good until it isn't.

Originally Posted by Humbert

You do realize it's about Wall Street don't you? It has nothing to do with constraints on business at large. It has to do with regulations that make it less likely that phony credit default swaps and other phony schemes are less likely to bring the economy crashing down again. Or did that not happen?

I realize what it's about and don't give a fuck Humbert. And it's about a whole hell of a lot more than your extremely paraphrased synopsis.

Deregulate away no problem for me.

Originally Posted by redhaze

Think about you making that post circa late 2007. It's always all good until it isn't.

Um, yeah I was employed in the same game for several years before 07' and continued on through your economy crash. That only negatively effected me in that US based employers had a hard time keeping up overseas and I had to change to foreign employers paid in foreign currency.

I thrived when you guys suffered as I can easily jump ship & work for foreign employers and get paid in foreign currency and live anywhere so I'm not scared in the least and deregulation is good & profitable for the oil & gas industry - and that's good for me.

Haters gonna hate but in all honesty it's good for everyone and the economy to deregulate and get things moving again. Bring the money, bring the multinationals, lower corporate tax and intice companies to operate in the USA. Free it all up including "Wall Street".

Originally Posted by Slick

I realize what it's about and don't give a fuck

Originally Posted by Slick

Um, yeah I was employed in the same game for several years before 07' and continued on through your economy crash. That only negatively effected me in that US based employers had a hard time keeping up overseas and I had to change to foreign employers paid in foreign currency.

So it's all about you. Typical rethug mentality.

All regulation bad. Fox News told me so.

Fuker just can't stop lying can he? Now he's claimed that a big terrorist event occured recently in Sweden. No wonder his supporters love him.

Originally Posted by Humbert

So it's all about you. Typical rethug mentality.

Well yeah Humbert, I thought that was clear. This shit isn't a charity & im gonna take care of #1 because you can bet your last US Dollar nobody else will.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

And ultimately who pays for it?

poor women and children in africa as the men try to migrate to the west

The Bowling Green Massacre, Atlanta, and now the Sweden Incident!
Ya know, for a guy that constantly complains about fake news, he sure makes up a lot of fake news.

Originally Posted by Humbert

All regulation bad. Fox News told me so.

Um, so, if my life and work becomes more profitable and advancement opportunities come more often then this is somehow stupid?

Originally Posted by bsnub

Ya know, for a guy that constantly complains about fake news, he sure makes up a lot of fake news.

He sure does have you & Humbert wound up tight as fuck. Daily.

I'd say that's a massive success.

Originally Posted by Slick

wound up tight as fuck. Daily.

You think it's a good thing to have a president who constantly makes up lies then? Just a wind up? What a low bar you set for presidential behavior.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Just as likely that you will be bilked by credit card companies, phony investment schemes, victimized by false advertising or made sick by food, water or medicine without regulatory oversight. But go on believe the fantasy that all regulation serves no purpose other than to tie the hands of businessment.

I don't think regulation serves no purpose other than to tie the hands of business. That might not be the intention but it sure as fuck happens that way more often than not.

And none of the shit you listed will ever happen to me because I'm not a retard & don't need nanny government stepping to show me what's best for me.

A lot of the issues come down to consumers doing stupid shit that the KNOW they shouldn't be doing. Taking credit they can't pay back, home loans they can't pay back, buying shit they can't afford etc... so there is fucking plenty of fault to go around.

Originally Posted by Humbert

What a low bar you set for presidential behavior.

only this president - proabably because he is a dumb fat white fcuk

imagine if he had been a smart, black and fit/healthy president ?

Originally Posted by Humbert

What a low bar you set for presidential behavior.

The bar was set when the DNC pushed HRC.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Fuker just can't stop lying can he? Now he's claimed that a big terrorist event occured recently in Sweden. No wonder his supporters love him.

Apparently this is what he actually said: His remarks were an off the cuff reference to some news item on the FOX channel....used to make a point.

"When you look at what's happening in Germany, when you look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!" he said during the rally. "Who would believe this? Sweden! They took in large numbers, they're having problems like they never thought possible."

There is no mention of a "big terrorist event".....but there are many 'events" taking place in Sweden on a regular basis. ..almost daily in some places. And that's not from FOX news. It's from a neighbor of mine who actually lives in Malmo after moving there from Thailand with his wife, in order to manage a family run business. The hate the place now, it's changed so much but they are stuck there for a few years.

The fiercely socialist political mouth-pieces don't want to admit any of it but Sweden is having all kinds of problems with it's "migrants" A lot of Swedes are pissed off about the situation. but they are faced with the customary denial mentality of their ultra PC government. As usual the migrant welcoming political folks don't ever have to actually live in the settlement areas.
Sound familiar??

Once you have given up your country it can be quite difficult getting it back.

Originally Posted by Slick

I'm not a retard

^^He was clearly talking about terrorism you idiot. That part of the speech was all about getting tough on terror. He's a fuking liar and you and your ilk are apologists.

"You look at what's happening last night in Sweden," Trump said. "Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible."

What happened last night?