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| Carl Icahn: "Extremely Important For Country To See Trump Win," |
| 2016-08-11 |
| [Real Clear Politics] In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC Wednesday afternoon investor Carl Icahn weighed in on the economy, Donald Trump's presidential campaign and his speech on the economy, the future of the dollar, why the American worker should vote for Trump and much more. Icahn said Trump's speech on the economy was "right on" and he should win "hands down." He also said Trump will appeal to the Archie Bunker's of the world. "I think it's extremely important for this country to see Trump win," he said. "I have nothing against Hillary Clinton. You know, I'm not going to get into personal thing about her. I said that several times about my PAC. I'm not getting into personalities." "I look at things simply and I made a lot of money just looking at simple truths," Icahn said Tuesday. "This is a simple truth. We have a massive problem and Donald is addressing it. The Democrats are not. Donald gave a speech that was to my mind right on about it. And if he sticks with that economic theme, he should definitely win hands down because I don't know why you wouldn't vote for him." Icahn poked fun at the use of the term "service economy" by pundits explaining job numbers and predicted the downfall of the dollar. "I still question the pundits that said, 'Oh, it's great, we're a service economy,'" Icahn said. "What does it do? What does that mean? We sit around and just text each other. What do we produce?" "And eventually who's going to take our paper?" he asked. "We're living off imports that everybody loves the dollar, but sooner or later that's just going to blow up in one week. I mean, it's going to happen. It's happened in history. I don't think it's debatable. I don't even think the economic gurus of the Democratic party are going to debate the fact that we must be able to compete." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 When McCain was making the case for arming once a future ISIS. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-08-11 19:18 |
| #5 It got buried by his stupidity going off script about the Second Amendment. Can somebody remind when was the last time what anything a R candidate for potus said what wasn't presented by MSM as stupid and/or evil? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-08-11 14:11 |
| #4 I know it sounds trite, dividing people into two groups, but my take is that the world divides into the makers, the takers, and the fakers. The makers are those who create useful stuff, or who help the makers make useful stuff. The takers are those who don't make stuff, but just take it. The Fakers are those who fake being useful without actually making anything, but act as middlemen to help the takers take from the makers without any consequences. (The takers and fakers wouldn't be able to take if the makers hadn't made the guns used to do the taking.) Granted, there are takers that are that way by necessity, such as the young and their mothers who consume resources and stuff in the process of becoming makers, and the old and elderly who can no longer make stuff. The education crisis is about the young and their educators who took and took and took, and wound up not being able to transition to making. Those who formerly made, and who now take (in their old age) from a store that they themselves "made" by storing for the future, are NOT the causes of the pension crisis: It IS a crisis for the retired fakers however, and who propose, as a solution to their problem, that the fakers take from the makers to give to the fakers. Ichan and Trump want to help the makers. Sounds good to me. |
| Posted by: ptah 2016-08-11 12:55 |
| #3 Trump's economic speech was good. It got buried by his stupidity going off script about the Second Amendment. Someone needs to keep that rambling idiot on the teleprompter. Now I know how Obama supporters felt. |
| Posted by: Unusons Oppressor of the Hatfields5392 2016-08-11 12:17 |
| #2 I'm not going to get into personal thing about her. And why not share? How can character demonstrated by behavior NOT be a critical decision factor for the American voter? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-08-11 06:54 |
| #1 "I still question the pundits that said, 'Oh, it's great, we're a service economy,'" Icahn said. "What does it do? What does that mean? We sit around and just text each other. What do we produce?" This guy gets it. Unfortunately, the fix for our problem requires the disruption of at least 50-75% of public sector rice bowls, plus a much higher level of volatility in financial markets. Those two sectors alone will fight and spend to get HRC elected with every ounce of energy and every penny they have. Some of the higher-ups in those groups know damn well that we are headed towards collapse because half or more of the people want more pay, health care, and government (especially regulations) than they are producing the wealth and value to justify. But they are hoping they can delay the inevitable, if only for a few years, or months or even weeks. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2016-08-11 05:59 |