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mobeau69

(11,132 posts)
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:05 PM Nov 2016

370 top economists publish scathing letter against 'dangerous, destructive' Trump

Source: CNBC

"Donald Trump is a dangerous, destructive choice for the country. He misinforms the electorate, degrades trust in public institutions with conspiracy theories, and promotes willful delusion over engagement with reality," the economists write, according to a copy posted online by the Journal.

Complete letter in WSJ:http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/11/01/prominent-economists-including-eight-nobel-laureates-do-not-vote-for-donald-trump/

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/01/370-top-economists-publish-scathing-letter-against-dangerous-destructive-trump.html

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370 top economists publish scathing letter against 'dangerous, destructive' Trump (Original Post) mobeau69 Nov 2016 OP
Yeah?..Well, so what….. Hillary has emails! world wide wally Nov 2016 #1
Hello... Wake up America...Wake up M$M Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #2
That's really nice. Would be better IF elleng Nov 2016 #3
Huge IF :) n/t jaysunb Nov 2016 #4
The deplorables prefer bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #5
Sent this to Rachel of TRMS triron Nov 2016 #6
K&R K&R K&R ffr Nov 2016 #7
Kick fleabiscuit Nov 2016 #8
Brings to mind the 364 economists who signed a letter in protest against Thatcher's policies forest444 Nov 2016 #9
None Of This Matters DallasNE Nov 2016 #10
Those 370 have thousands of contacts And I hope they sent Divine Discontent Nov 2016 #11
That's Trump's appeal to his base. Turbineguy Nov 2016 #13

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
2. Hello... Wake up America...Wake up M$M
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:11 PM
Nov 2016

Do you really want this man anywhere near the White House???

I swear to god I feel like I'm in a really bad movie, Zombie Apocalypse.

bucolic_frolic

(43,048 posts)
5. The deplorables prefer
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:25 PM
Nov 2016

misogyny and hatred to reading or thinking

You can't have a conversation with them - just like Trump

It's like an emotional virus that blocks out everything they
don't want to hear

ffr

(22,665 posts)
7. K&R K&R K&R
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:48 PM
Nov 2016

Because, Hillary will be a popular president that will lead our country and Donald is an unpredictable divider that will most certainly lead to civil unrest.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
9. Brings to mind the 364 economists who signed a letter in protest against Thatcher's policies
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 07:12 PM
Nov 2016

Maggot famously described the missive as "a piece of bad advice for every day of the year - except for All Fools' Day."

She chose to ignore their wise counsel in her typically flippant way. But the results speak for themselves.



DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
10. None Of This Matters
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 08:07 PM
Nov 2016

Votes are cast on an emotional basis today so facts no longer matter. Sad, I know - tragic, really.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
11. Those 370 have thousands of contacts And I hope they sent
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 08:21 PM
Nov 2016

Every one of them this article and said I'd suggest you Vote against Trump and for Hillary if you value your country and the financial nest egg you're building.

Turbineguy

(37,291 posts)
13. That's Trump's appeal to his base.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:55 PM
Nov 2016

It's all about destruction. They somehow think it will only be visited on others and not them.

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