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The economy and stock market tanked after obumble took office. No one is saying it was his fault but to say things are a million times better is not only hyperbole but untrue in that things are not actually better now.
They shifted the unemployed into part time jobs along with many of those who formerly had full time jobs. Pay is less and people are hurting. This is 1m times better? Better than being tortured to death maybe. Housing is less affordable and loans are harder to get.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Stonehenge]
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Stonehenge said: The economy and stock market tanked after obumble took office. No one is saying it was his fault but to say things are a million times better is not only hyperbole but untrue in that things are not actually better now.
They shifted the unemployed into part time jobs along with many of those who formerly had full time jobs. Pay is less and people are hurting. This is 1m times better? Better than being tortured to death maybe. Housing is less affordable and loans are harder to get.
"things" are never better for everyone. During every good economic expansion, there were people that didn't do so well. As usual, you see things in black and white.
When Obama took office, we were having job LOSSES of 600,000 a month. Bernanke, a Bush appointee, said we came within 2 weeks of total banking insolvency. Business in most companies had ground to a halt. Real estate foreclosures were soaring and new sales were non existent.
Things are MUCH better than that now but not as good as anyone wants. There are many businesses that are MUCH more healthy than they were at the end of GWB's term and a lot of real estate has regained its value and the job losses have turned to job gains.
And it's still a very slow recovery. Lots of boomers retiring, technology replacing humans and globalization are all BIG structural obstacles. And yet, comparatively, the US is doing better than most of the other developed nations economies.
We have a demand problem in the US and globally. This problem is fueled by more and more compacting of wealth and profits into fewer hands which is a long term trend that obama did not turn around.
These problems are complex. Your motivation is simply to bash obama. As such, your view is skewed.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: You're caught up in the R vs D nonsense and trying to correlate it to economic performance, you're wasting your time.
I'm not a "right winger" or a Republican supporter, I despise them just as much as the D's and their hypocrisy.
I study economics and markets, I don't give a fuck who's in office, I'm just telling you the deal.
Here's question, has Obama even governed as a liberal Democrat? The answer is clearly NO, so why are you suggesting there's some type of difference?
All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
I'm not for democrat vs republican politics because as I said before, things are not black or white...
But the rights economic plans threaten to destroy this country...
You study economy, did you read Paul Ryan's "path to prosperity"?
The right want to eliminate all social programs, privatize everything, while freeing big business from corporate regulations., it doesn't matter what you believe, this is a terrible idea.
I was simply pointing out that life is better for everybody now than it was under W. Bush, under W. Bush I saw nearly everybody loose all their money and their homes, and it was only getting worse, today, these same people are doing fine, I don't study economy, but I have my ear to the streets, and can tell most people are far better of now than they were under W. Bush.
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Things are MUCH better than that now but not as good as anyone wants
This WAS my point
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: You're caught up in the R vs D nonsense and trying to correlate it to economic performance, you're wasting your time.
How so?
If the republicans want to give the wealthy tax cuts, eliminate all social programs, privatize everything, and free corporations from any regulation, it's going to effect economic preformance...
None of that matters any way, All i did was compare the quality of living today VS. The 8 years of W. Bush, put your politics and economic data aside and just look at the people you know and how they are living, then ask yourself, are these people doing better than under W. Bush?
I think they are...
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>All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
You have not established that at all. Just saying it does not make it so. Things are worse now.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Stonehenge]
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Stonehenge said: >All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
You have not established that at all. Just saying it does not make it so. Things are worse now.
When Bush left office we were HEMORRHAGING jobs. His economic policy played a serious role in that. Reaganomics broke America.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Stonehenge]
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Stonehenge said: >All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
You have not established that at all. Just saying it does not make it so. Things are worse now.
I'm not quoting facts, I'm stating my personal experience.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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Stonehenge said: >All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
You have not established that at all. Just saying it does not make it so. Things are worse now.
When Bush left office we were HEMORRHAGING jobs. His economic policy played a serious role in that. Reaganomics broke America.
Slow down there cowboy.
Reaganomics shot America to the top of the world.
What happened is that nothing ever works forever and America failed to adapt in time.
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Things are MUCH better than that now but not as good as anyone wants
This WAS my point
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YOu do know the market lost 1000-- ONE THOUSAND! Points last week and is tanking badly? The reason, the shitty monetary and fiscal policy put in place by the FED--the overspending and borrowing without a sound growing economy is one main reason--the shit policy that was done to make this fool in the white house look good.
The chickens are coming home to roost--I just hope the full collapse happens on Obama's term. Oh, but its all bushes fault, right?
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Patlal]
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Stonehenge said: >All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
You have not established that at all. Just saying it does not make it so. Things are worse now.
When Bush left office we were HEMORRHAGING jobs. His economic policy played a serious role in that. Reaganomics broke America.
Slow down there cowboy.
Reaganomics shot America to the top of the world.
What happened is that nothing ever works forever and America failed to adapt in time.
America was the top of the world because the USSR collapsed and China was still 1 billion farmers.
Not because of Reaganomics.
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qman said: You're caught up in the R vs D nonsense and trying to correlate it to economic performance, you're wasting your time.
How so?
If the republicans want to give the wealthy tax cuts, eliminate all social programs, privatize everything, and free corporations from any regulation, it's going to effect economic preformance...
None of that matters any way, All i did was compare the quality of living today VS. The 8 years of W. Bush, put your politics and economic data aside and just look at the people you know and how they are living, then ask yourself, are these people doing better than under W. Bush?
I think they are...
-E. Borodin
Things are worse today, we have a lower labor participation rate, we have the same number of jobs as 2007 with a larger population, we have more people on food stamps and disability, we have lower real wages, people have more student and auto debt, home ownership is down significantly, rents are at all-time highs, should I go on?
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qman said: You're caught up in the R vs D nonsense and trying to correlate it to economic performance, you're wasting your time.
I'm not a "right winger" or a Republican supporter, I despise them just as much as the D's and their hypocrisy.
I study economics and markets, I don't give a fuck who's in office, I'm just telling you the deal.
Here's question, has Obama even governed as a liberal Democrat? The answer is clearly NO, so why are you suggesting there's some type of difference?
All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
I'm not for democrat vs republican politics because as I said before, things are not black or white...
But the rights economic plans threaten to destroy this country...
You study economy, did you read Paul Ryan's "path to prosperity"?
The right want to eliminate all social programs, privatize everything, while freeing big business from corporate regulations., it doesn't matter what you believe, this is a terrible idea.
I was simply pointing out that life is better for everybody now than it was under W. Bush, under W. Bush I saw nearly everybody loose all their money and their homes, and it was only getting worse, today, these same people are doing fine, I don't study economy, but I have my ear to the streets, and can tell most people are far better of now than they were under W. Bush.
-E. Borodin
I hate to burst your bubble, but the left and rights economic plans are the SAME behind the scenes.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Patlal]
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Stonehenge said: >All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
You have not established that at all. Just saying it does not make it so. Things are worse now.
When Bush left office we were HEMORRHAGING jobs. His economic policy played a serious role in that. Reaganomics broke America.
Slow down there cowboy.
Reaganomics shot America to the top of the world.
What happened is that nothing ever works forever and America failed to adapt in time.
Reagan started us down the path of massive debt in the name of corporate greed. Nothing ever works forever because wealthy interests rework the system. They widdled down banking regulation, and have half the country hypnotized to fight on their behalf. The fact that some poor farmer or fast food worker takes issue eith estate taxes is an example of that! They aren't even aware of things that apply to them, but estate taxes are #1 on their priority list lmao!
Reagans war on drugs and economic policies broke America, and you defend him. Thats fucking sick.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: You're caught up in the R vs D nonsense and trying to correlate it to economic performance, you're wasting your time.
I'm not a "right winger" or a Republican supporter, I despise them just as much as the D's and their hypocrisy.
I study economics and markets, I don't give a fuck who's in office, I'm just telling you the deal.
Here's question, has Obama even governed as a liberal Democrat? The answer is clearly NO, so why are you suggesting there's some type of difference?
All I was saying is, all politics set aside, people are living better now than they were under bush.
I'm not for democrat vs republican politics because as I said before, things are not black or white...
But the rights economic plans threaten to destroy this country...
You study economy, did you read Paul Ryan's "path to prosperity"?
The right want to eliminate all social programs, privatize everything, while freeing big business from corporate regulations., it doesn't matter what you believe, this is a terrible idea.
I was simply pointing out that life is better for everybody now than it was under W. Bush, under W. Bush I saw nearly everybody loose all their money and their homes, and it was only getting worse, today, these same people are doing fine, I don't study economy, but I have my ear to the streets, and can tell most people are far better of now than they were under W. Bush.
-E. Borodin
I hate to burst your bubble, but the left and rights economic plans are the SAME behind the scenes.
No, the status quo's economic plans are the same. Then you have guys like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ron and Rand Paul, who have radically different economic agendas.
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Obama had a economic agenda, what difference did it make? Why do so many fall in love with empty rhetoric?
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qman said: Obama had a economic agenda, what difference did it make? Why do so many fall in love with empty rhetoric?
because they are liberals and never learned any better. Look at woof for an example.
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When I think of the W. Bush years I think of 9/11, hurricane Katrina, a national recession and mortgage crisis, government bailouts, and there was a global recession:
The Great Recession was the general economic decline observed in world markets around the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The exact scale and timing of the recession is debated and varied from country to country.[1][2] In terms of overall impact, the IMF concluded that it was the worst global recession since World War II.[3][4] According to the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research (the official arbiter of U.S. recessions) the U.S. recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, and thus extended over 19 months.[5] The Great Recession was related to the U.S. financial crisis of 2007–08 and subprime mortgage crisis of 2007–09.-Wikipedia
Things are still a wreck, I'm not saying everything is perfect now, but are you guys really living worse now than under the W. Bush years? And not all of it was Bush's fault, he could not control things like the hurricane, but he really did not handle it as well as he could have...
I suppose I'll drop the topic now, because my opinions regarding it are fairly subjective.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Stonehenge]
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qman said: Obama had a economic agenda, what difference did it make? Why do so many fall in love with empty rhetoric?
because they are liberals and never learned any better. Look at woof for an example.
Durrrr de durrr librauls!
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