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Freedom Caucus Impact On CRE

 The difference between a politician at the extreme of either party, and a businessman, is the politician is driven by some extreme…

By Joel Ross | joelross | Updated on March 27, 2017
Joel Ross Joel Ross

 

The difference between a politician at the extreme of either party, and a businessman, is the politician is driven by some extreme ideology and will rather die than do a deal.  A businessman will try to get to close, and keeps his eye on the goal- close the deal knowing nobody gets the perfect deal and compromise is essential. What we witnessed this week with the Freedom Caucus is a small bunch of stupid politicians who foolishly think they rule, and the other 210 Representatives and 52 Senators need to do what these fools demand. They actually still think they won, just to show how stupid they are. By killing replacement they not only supported Obama and Pelosi, they did terrible harm to their own constituents, they made tax reform harder, and they did grave harm to their own party and the presidency. To quote one, “we dodged a bullet.” They think it is better to have the country live with a collapsed Obamacare and blame the Democrats, than to take the steps to fix it and modify it over time to improve it. I assume they thought that Trump, who tried everything possible to cut a deal, was going to fold in the end and they would get their way. They did not understand that good businessmen will call their bluff.

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