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CousinIT

(9,225 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 12:51 AM Feb 2017

Trump's $5 Trillion Attack On Americas Values And Reputation

Even if Trump doesn’t go through with the trade wars that Steve Bannon — his Rasputin with a splash of Goebbels — seemed to promise again last week at CPAC, the damage inflicted by their war on American values will be immediate and then possibly permanent.

Experts across the travel industry are warning that masses of tourists are being scared away from visiting the United States, and the loss of tourism jobs could be devastating,” Arthur Frommer reported this week.

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In the short term the decimation of the Sunshine State’s farming industry could result in higher produce prices to go along with the damage to its crucial tourist industry and the long-term curse of unchecked climate change — plus an ACA replacement plan that promises “for individuals ages 55 to 64, total weighted average costs would more than double, rising from $4,078 to $10,167 per year,” while the rich get a “gigantic tax cut.


http://www.nationalmemo.com/trumps-5-trillion-attack-on-americas-values-and-reputation/
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Trump's $5 Trillion Attack On Americas Values And Reputation (Original Post) CousinIT Feb 2017 OP
Where do we go to get our reputation back? dalton99a Feb 2017 #1
I remember going to Universal Studios in Los Angeles a couple of years ago in August kimbutgar Feb 2017 #2

kimbutgar

(21,060 posts)
2. I remember going to Universal Studios in Los Angeles a couple of years ago in August
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 01:15 AM
Feb 2017

There were many Middle Easterners there. I talked to a lady who lived in Dubai and she told me July, and August are therir hottest months. They come to the US to cool off. The park that month was at Least 75% foreigners from all over the world. If this travel ban stays it will hurt the travel industry. Even chump's hotels could be affected by the tourism downturn.

The stupidity of him hurts my brain.

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