{"id":133456,"date":"2017-05-11T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T21:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/11\/on-the-blissful-incoherence-of-trumponomics.html"},"modified":"2017-05-11T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T21:21:59","slug":"on-the-blissful-incoherence-of-trumponomics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/11\/on-the-blissful-incoherence-of-trumponomics.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Blissful Incoherence of Trumponomics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The actual original interview in the Economist<\/i> is here: http:\/\/www.economist.com\/Trumptranscript<\/a> <\/p>\n

And, hokey smoke, it's an amazing ramble of sound bites and asides and SQUIRREL and incorrect information and distractions, and I have to say just two other things that aren't covered much more entertainingly and clearly in the article below:<\/p>\n

1. The word is "reciprocity," not "reciprocality." If we're "going to see a lot of" that word, please get it right, Donald.<\/p>\n

2. Have you even looked at the AHCA? Your description of what you<\/i> want \/ intend for health insurance in this nation, and what the House actually passed, is yugely<\/i> different. And the idea the $8 billion "high risk" fund will suffice for the folk who will lose their insurance due to pre-existing conditions remains utterly laughable. I don't know who is feeding you this information, or if you are just being disingenuous, but … stop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe latest Trump interview once again reveals appalling ignorance and dishonesty<\/a><\/span>
\nHe has no idea what he’s talking about.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The actual original interview in the Economist is here: http:\/\/www.economist.com\/Trumptranscript And, hokey smoke, it's an amazing ramble of sound bites and asides and SQUIRREL and incorrect information and distractions, and I have to say just two other things that aren't covered much more entertainingly and clearly in the article below: 1. The word is "reciprocity," … Continue reading “On the Blissful Incoherence of Trumponomics”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135101,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/death-panels-always-real.html","url_meta":{"origin":133456,"position":0},"title":"“Death Panels” have always been real","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Oct-17 7:57am","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the great calumnies of the original debate over the ACA -- and one still heard today -- is that it would set up \"death panels\" that would make life-or-death decisions over the people they considered worthy or unworthy of spending health care money on. \"Your child \/ grandmother\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/unnamed-5.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":138418,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/26\/trump-finds-a-new-avenue-of-attack-on-the-aca.html","url_meta":{"origin":133456,"position":1},"title":"Trump finds a new avenue of attack on the ACA","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 26-Mar-19 12:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"He couldn't do it through Congress, and hasn't quite managed it by Executive Order, so ...","rel":"","context":"In "Economic Justice"","block_context":{"text":"Economic Justice","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/economic-justice"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Donald-Trump-in-front-of-a-flag.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28877,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/progressive-insurance-demonstrates-that-insurance-companies-suck.html","url_meta":{"origin":133456,"position":2},"title":"Progressive Insurance demonstrates that insurance companies suck","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Aug-12 4:06pm","format":false,"excerpt":"That may be an unfair blanket statement, and when I've dealt with my insurance company (Farmers), they've generally been pretty reasonable.But, then, I never had a car insurance company screw over my dead sister, either.Progressive auto insurance has (or had) a reputation for very reasonable prices due to their vetting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29107,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/protecting-the-health-insurance-companies.html","url_meta":{"origin":133456,"position":3},"title":"Protecting the Health Insurance Companies","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 2-Aug-12 10:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Two observations on Rep. 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