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Donald J. Trump
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Tax and Fiscal
Grade: C+
An analysis of Trump’s tax and fiscal record shows a below average commitment to limited government principles surrounding controlling spending and government growth. As President, Trump signed a number of fiscally irresponsible budgets and massive spending packages into law, in part contributing to a growth in the national debt of nearly $8 trillion (36%) during his time in office. However, Trump did sign a landmark tax reform bill which greatly spurred economic growth and took some executive actions to reduce waste within federal agencies.
Position
Weight
Action
-5
HR 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act (2020)
Signed a Crony $2.3 Trillion Spending Package Spanning 5,500 Pages with Handouts and Subsidies for Every Imaginable Special Interest.
-3
Exec Memorandum - Authorizing the Other Needs Assistance Program (2020)
Extended the $300 Enhanced Federal Unemployment Payments Maintaining High Unemployment and High Taxpayer Costs.
+3
Admin USCIS - Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Rule (2020)
Protected Taxpayers by Requiring Consideration of an Immigrant’s Self-Sufficiency and History of Welfare Usage when Issuing Green Cards.
-3
HR 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (2020)
Signed a Bill Containing Hundreds of Billions in COVID-19 Spending without Offsets or Critical Fiscal Restraints.
-4
HR 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (2019)
Signed a Bill Containing Hundreds of Billions in Irresponsible Spending and Special Interest Subsidies through an End-Of-Year Appropriation Package.
-2
HR 2157 Additional Supplemental Appropriations (2019)
Signed a Bill Appropriating Billions to Special Interests and Unnecessary Initiatives Under the Guise of “Emergency” Disaster Relief.
+3
Exec Order #13893 Administrative PAYGO (2019)
Increased Government Accountability by Requiring Executive Agencies to Propose Reductions in Mandatory Spending.
-1
Exec Order #13881 - Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials (2019)
Hiked Taxpayer Costs by Worsening Unnecessary Protectionist Procurement Mandates.
-5
HR 3877 Bipartisan Budget Act (2019)
Signed a Bill which Busted the Debt Limit and Budget Restraints Established under the Sequester to Advance $320 Billion in New Spending.
-2
S 3628 National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act (2018)
Signed a Bill Extending an Indebted and Costly Flood Insurance Program which Should be the Role of the Private Sector.
-3
HR 2 Agricultural Improvement Act (2018)
Signed a Farm Bill Worsening Cronyism and Government Dependency with Hundreds of Billions in Subsidies and Unnecessary Spending Programs.
+5
HR 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017)
Signed a Bill Spurring Economic Growth through Major Reductions in the Corporate and Small Business Tax Rates and Reducing the Death Tax.
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Energy and Environment
Grade: B+
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Law and Scope of Government
Grade: B+
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Workforce and Labor
Grade: A
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Regulations
Grade: A
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Individual Liberties
Grade: B+
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Education
Grade: A-
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Healthcare
Grade: A-
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Local and National Security
Grade: A-
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Free Speech and Elections
Grade: A
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