Moiraine Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: He’s confusing annual GDP with quarterly, but he probably knows it and also knows his dad’s base is full of morons. Link to comment
commando Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 jr isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 29 minutes ago, commando said: jr isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer Jr is functionally equivalent to a broken spork. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Ooof. Kind of sucks some (hot) air out of the balloon, doesn't it? Tonight I listened to this Intelligence Squared debate about the state of the economy. They had an interesting mix of voices. Anyway, I found myself rolling my eyes every time the Trump economic advisor took his turn. Granted, he had a major hand in writing the tax cut bill, as a bigwig at the Heritage Foundation, so he's quite impartial on the subject. But to me it just seemed like he was spitting out talking point after talking point trying to make conservatives feel good about what they've done with really no basis in economic reality. The consensus was pretty clear: The tax cuts aren't going to do anything for long-term growth. They're not going to raise wages. They're not going to lead to long-term job gains. It's going to be a good short-term burst and stock buybacks are great for people who own stock but we're going to have a hell of a hangover once the jolt is over as interest rates continue to rise and the debt mounts. At some point reality is going to topple GOP rhetoric on the economy and it's going to be a very tough morning in America. 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, Clifford Franklin said: Ooof. Kind of sucks some (hot) air out of the balloon, doesn't it? Tonight I listened to this Intelligence Squared debate about the state of the economy. They had an interesting mix of voices. Anyway, I found myself rolling my eyes every time the Trump economic advisor took his turn. Granted, he had a major hand in writing the tax cut bill, as a bigwig at the Heritage Foundation, so he's quite impartial on the subject. But to me it just seemed like he was spitting out talking point after talking point trying to make conservatives feel good about what they've done with really no basis in economic reality. The consensus was pretty clear: The tax cuts aren't going to do anything for long-term growth. They're not going to raise wages. They're not going to lead to long-term job gains. It's going to be a good short-term burst and stock buybacks are great for people who own stock but we're going to have a hell of a hangover once the jolt is over as interest rates continue to rise and the debt mounts. At some point reality is going to topple GOP rhetoric on the economy and it's going to be a very tough morning in America. Do you really believe the bolded? They fairly successfully blamed the Democrats for what happened in 2008. Successfully enough that enough people thought Trump and tax cuts would be good for the economy. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Moiraine said: Do you really believe the bolded? They fairly successfully blamed the Democrats for what happened in 2008. Successfully enough that enough people thought Trump and tax cuts would be good for the economy. My point was that at some point reality is going to smack all of us upside the head and the joyride is going to be over. The economy is going to do what it's going to do; no amount of Republicans good feelings and spin is going to change that. They're predictably going to blame everyone else. They'll probably say we weren't conservative enough. That's what Brownback did when Kansas fell apart. But that's not really that important. The segment of the country that's predisposed to buying their crap on the matter will continue to do so. I don't know that they convinced anybody else 2008 was the Dems' fault. It's going to be up to the rest of us to find constructive economic solutions at that point. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Just what the hell is actually going on here? Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Fiscal conservative. Link to comment
commando Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Fiscal conservative. well...they did, for the most part, support trump. so they will get paid. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 YAAAAAAA!!!!!! I got in the mail today my notice to sign up for "Market Facilitation Program" (MFP). You gotta love fiscal conservatism...don't ya? Just a reminder.....this President still has not proven he can renegotiate ANYTHING in foreign policy or trade. Doing a great job Donnie..... Link to comment
Moiraine Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Time for Trump voters to boycott Ford for embarrassing Dear Leader. 1 Link to comment
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