
In a major upset for liberal queer ladies like myself nationwide, it looks like Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus is backing Donald Trumpâa man who my colleague Patrick Redford once told me looked like âenraged mortadella loafâ during a conversation on Slackâas his businessâ candidate.
In an essay published by RealClear Politics, Marcus illuminated the dozen or so people interested in his opinions as to why he chose to endorse Trump as a presidential candidate.
âI have never seen our government as hostile to free enterprise, especially small business, as it is today,â Marcus purported. âIt is driving over-regulation, over-taxation, over-litigation, and over-spending. These âoversâ are killing small businesses, which create the majority of new jobs in America.â
He continued, hypothesizing that Home Depot, which he began in 1978, would not be able to survive as a business if it was founded today:
We could not do this today, for the same reason why so many Americans have dropped out of the workforce, why their wages have been stagnant, why their health care is a mess, and why our economy has stalled. Itâs Obama/Clinton-style government thatâs getting in the way.
...never mind that the Obama administration, which Hillary Clinton was a part of, created almost 10 million new jobs throughout the course of our current POTUSâ presidency. (It should also be noted that Clinton plans to make her husband, former president Bill Clinton, in charge of ârevitalizing the economyââa man who during his own run as our nationâs leader created 21 million new jobs, the most within the past four decades.)
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While Marcusâ main argument for backing Trump, the orange fruit to Violet Beauregardâs blueberry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, might be based upon the idea of tax reform and supporting American businesses, itâs not entirely clear why he thinks Trump is more suited to lead this particular charge. As of May 2016, it seems that the presumptive GOP nomineeâs major plan is to default on U.S. debt if a recession were to occurâa proposal which many have called potentially disastrous.
Marcus, who supported Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential election, previously endorsed Jeb Bush as the GOP nominee.
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