WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s stunning presidential election was, first and foremost, a devastating rebuke of Barack Obama’s presidency, especially his economic record.
Many issues, no doubt, influenced the voters’ decisions to put the Republicans back in charge of the White House and the executive branch of government. But none was more intense than the anger and angst over the economy.
After eight long, painful years of a weak, slow-growth, underperforming economy, the American people said they had enough, voting to end the Democrats’ wasteful, big-spending, scandal-ridden, high-tax reign of mediocrity.
Donald Trump ran on many issues, but the core of his pro-growth agenda was across-the-board tax reforms that would cut the rates for businesses and individuals to get America investing and growing again. – READ MORE
