The following article was posted on the TrumpAccountable.org website March 1, 2017:
On Tuesday evening President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress and promised. It’s notoriously difficult to hold elected officials to promises made on the campaign trail: rhetoric is heated, they fight for news coverage, and traditionally candidates over-promise to get elected. But these are promises from a sitting president who now is beginning to understand the complexities of the issues facing the country. Among his most aggressive promises were:
- a “big, big, [tax] cut” for business along with “massive tax relief for the middle class”
- a “better healthcare system” that will include coverage for pre-existing conditions and reduced costs for prescription drugs
- a one trillion dollar investment in infrastructure financed through public and private sources
- a budget that includes “one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history”