{"id":68555,"date":"2025-12-28T13:29:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68555"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:29:46","slug":"huh-trump-flunky-tells-fox-news-that-small-businesses-are-excited-to-pay-taxes-thanks-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68555","title":{"rendered":"HUH? Trump  Flunky Tells Fox News that Small Businesses Are &#8216;Excited&#8217; to Pay Taxes Thanks to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s high time that Trump gets credit where credit is deserved. And truth be told, no president in U.S. history has been as averse to the truth as the current occupant of the White House. His record of flagrantly lying about all matters, great or small, is unsurpassed. And while he isn&#8217;t particularly good at it, he is devoted to it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=HUH? Trump  Flunky Tells Fox News that Small Businesses Are 'Excited' to Pay Taxes Thanks to Trump%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68555\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=HUH? Trump  Flunky Tells Fox News that Small Businesses Are 'Excited' to Pay Taxes Thanks to Trump%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68555\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-stock-market-2.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Stock Market\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Trump, he doesn&#8217;t need much skill to pass off his lies to the cult followers he is lying to. They hungrily eat them up and beg for more. And they can&#8217;t be persuaded that Trump&#8217;s lies are completely removed from reality because cult followers are brainwashed to believe only their Dear Leader and assume that everyone else is lying to them. Which allows Trump to take credit for virtually anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68469\" target=\"_blank\">POOR BABY: Trump Whines that Polls Don\u2019t Give Him Credit for \u2018the Greatness of America\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the barrage of flagrant falsehoods that flow from Trump himself, the Confederacy of Trumpists that populate his regime are similarly trained to disseminate untruths to the loyal MAGA-tists. Case in point is Trump&#8217;s SBA Administrator, Kelly Loeffler. She was at her post on Fox News Sunday morning to unleash a litany of lies to the willing believers&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Small business optimism is really spiking under president Trump after four very difficult years under Joe Biden&#8230;.I don&#8217;t think small business owners have ever been so excited to pay their taxes thanks to President Trump.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mb2miu5jou2w\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiayi7uz2rh7atfvpk4he4r2p55r5p7qz66ota2h2j7j5eravw2rtu\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Kelly Loeffler: &#34;I don&#39;t think small business owners have ever been so excited to pay their taxes thanks to President Trump.&#34;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3mb2miu5jou2w?ref_src=embed\">2025-12-28T15:16:50.293Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Those comments are typical of the sort of gaslighting that Trump et al engage in. She expects people to accept the notion that business owners are actually <em>&#8220;excited&#8221;<\/em> to pay their taxes now that Trump has made it so much fun. Can&#8217;t you just imagine all of these taxpayers grinning ear to ear as they sign their tax returns and skip merrily down the street to deposit them in the mailbox?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one little problem. None of what Loeffler is saying is remotely true. To the contrary, small businesses are struggling to keep their heads above water in Trump&#8217;s collapsing economy. The Washington Post just published a detailed analysis entitled <em>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/12\/27\/corporate-bankruptcies-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> The article began&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At least 717 companies filed for bankruptcy through November, according to data from S&#038;P Global Market Intelligence. That\u2019s roughly 14 percent more than the same 11 months of 2024, and the highest tally since 2010.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the record, the 11 months of 2024 that saw far fewer bankruptcies were presided over by President Biden, who Loeffler falsely accused of leading through <em>&#8220;four very difficult years.&#8221;<\/em> While there were some challenges during Biden&#8217;s term, they were resolved before Trump was inaugurated. After which his policies just made things worse.<\/p>\n<p>Had Loeffler ever actually spoken to any small business owners, she would know that that are not <em>&#8220;excited&#8221;<\/em> about paying taxes. Nor are they thrilled with the present economic conditions. She would know that they are suffering through hard times that are the direct result of Trump&#8217;s ignorance, negligence, and even deliberate malfeasance.<\/p>\n<p>As for the business owners, they know that they are paying more for imported goods thanks to Trump&#8217;s tariffs. They know that it&#8217;s harder to hire and retain employees thanks to his short-sighted, xenophobic immigration policies. They know that there is anxiety inducing uncertainty caused by Trump frequently shifting his actions and rhetoric. And they are all to aware of the abysmal consumer sentiment ratings that are near historic lows. The University of Michigan&#8217;s <em>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sca.isr.umich.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Index of Consumer Sentiment<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/em> is down 28 points from the same time last year when Biden was finishing his term.<\/p>\n<p>Yet somehow Trump&#8217;s SBA chief has the gall to go on Fox News and tell their viewers that they are all <em>&#8220;excited&#8221;<\/em> to pay their taxes. You have to wonder how many of them just nodded their heads and said <em>&#8220;Yeah, it&#8217;s so exciting.&#8221;<\/em> But it&#8217;s more likely that most of them furrowed their brows and thought <em>&#8220;WTF is she talking about?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68529\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Declares the New York Times a \u2018Threat to National Security\u2019 that \u2018Must Be Stopped\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68516\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, Celebrates Trump\u2019s Approval Ratings \u2013 That SUCK!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68379\" target=\"_blank\">Dementia J. 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And truth be told, no president in U.S. history has been as averse to the truth as the current occupant of the White House. His record of flagrantly lying about all matters, great or small, is unsurpassed. And while he isn&#8217;t particularly good at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[219,1,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,1141,33,377,407],"class_list":["post-68555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-general","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-economy","tag-fox-news","tag-joe-biden","tag-taxes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-stock-market-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-hPJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68469,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68469","url_meta":{"origin":68555,"position":0},"title":"POOR BABY: Trump Whines that Polls Don&#8217;t Give Him Credit for &#8216;the Greatness of America&#8217;","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/11\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"There is one thing that virtually every neutral observer of Donald Trump agrees on. 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