It's a miracle the economy has grown for 71 straight months.

[Pksimon2007]

Republicans are already smacking their lips in anticipation of getting hold of this economy. Never mind Bush's recession, now they wonder if they can they equal or even outdo their great depression.

ISM Manufacturing Remains Steady Hiring Slows

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the 28th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 71st consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

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I think it's a miracle. No matter how hard they've tried, Republicans haven't been able to derail all of the improvement. Sure, they've slowed it down, but they haven't been able to stop it completely.

Look at U-6 and then come back to apologize for your propaganda.

- You guys used to love that little stat, which you had never heard of until someone told you it existed after we elected a black man.

It's pretty hard to use that anymore.

 

[sealybobo]

ISM Manufacturing Remains Steady Hiring Slows

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the 28th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 71st consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

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I think it's a miracle. No matter how hard they've tried, Republicans haven't been able to derail all of the improvement. Sure, they've slowed it down, but they haven't been able to stop it completely.

But bush was good and Obama sucks why?

What's the diff between the GOP nominees now and bush?

 

[sealybobo]

Republicans are already smacking their lips in anticipation of getting hold of this economy. Never mind Bush's recession, now they wonder if they can they equal or even outdo their great depression.

Well, they for sure can probably do a lot better then your Democrat saint Obama has. you people on the left are hopeless

Just going by our history. The national debt has been paid off only once in our long history, and that by a Democratic president. What party gave us the Great Depression, and the Bush recession? What party has declared their goal, not to improve the economy, not to make America better, but rather to make Obama a one term president. And that Republican goal has screwed up the government, and the economy, For just once why can't the Republicans do what is good for our economy, our foreign policy, our government and the American people? Just once.

They only have to benefit the rich with their economic policies. They sucker middle class voters with socially conservativism. God gays guns and racism. Wedge issues.

 

[Mac1958]

It's "grown" because it was so deeply in the shitter and because the Fed has greased the skids with a preposterous amount of cash.

Bush was oblivious, simplistic and naive in his approach to regulation and the economy.

The Obama administration has made its negative opinion of American business clear, and as a result growth has not been what it should have been, not even close, as American businesses hold on to cash to protect themselves.

This is what two lousy presidencies in a row looks like.

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[ScienceRocks]

There's also a negative atmosphere against the public sector and investment into our own infrastructure...Cheap shit has destroyed most of American business ontop of the fact that our children can't compete against foreign workers.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Our problem is the reality that BIG business is forming super global monopolies that pretty much kill competition in this country. This allows them to take all the wealth, while paying their workers as low as possible...They know because of our goddamn laws that they can go to southern Asian and pay pennies for things to be made(production). Who needs a high living standard for our people??? Not that they give a damn.

So the super rich 1% gets 90% of the wealth and the little guy in our own country gets fucked. The sick ting about this is the reality that they get to PAY LESS PER CAPITAL then the middle class in taxes!!!! What we should do is make it hard to outsource to poor third world countries and favor our workers...But, hey the rich are more important to the conservatives. lol

We should go back to the 1950's in tax structure and labor laws. At this time we had the best infrastructure, science and ability to compete on the planet. What do we have now? Our middle class is dying, our ability to compete is in the crapper and the rich are running all the way to the bank.

Honestly, I don't oppose stores like Walmart but I do oppose them using the American people like they do. Their workers should be paid more and they should move more of their production and suppliers to America. Fuck Asia! Lastly, they should pay their taxes!

 

[rdean]

Republicans are already smacking their lips in anticipation of getting hold of this economy. Never mind Bush's recession, now they wonder if they can they equal or even outdo their great depression.

Well, they for sure can probably do a lot better then your Democrat saint Obama has. you people on the left are hopeless

Just going by our history. The national debt has been paid off only once in our long history, and that by a Democratic president. What party gave us the Great Depression, and the Bush recession? What party has declared their goal, not to improve the economy, not to make America better, but rather to make Obama a one term president. And that Republican goal has screwed up the government, and the economy, For just once why can't the Republicans do what is good for our economy, our foreign policy, our government and the American people? Just once.

Doing good is not part of their plan.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Republicans are already smacking their lips in anticipation of getting hold of this economy. Never mind Bush's recession, now they wonder if they can they equal or even outdo their great depression.

Well, they for sure can probably do a lot better then your Democrat saint Obama has. you people on the left are hopeless

Just going by our history. The national debt has been paid off only once in our long history, and that by a Democratic president. What party gave us the Great Depression, and the Bush recession? What party has declared their goal, not to improve the economy, not to make America better, but rather to make Obama a one term president. And that Republican goal has screwed up the government, and the economy, For just once why can't the Republicans do what is good for our economy, our foreign policy, our government and the American people? Just once.

Doing good is not part of their plan.

Their entire plan is to go back to the robber barons of the late 19th century. Get government out of everything and let the super rich do as they damn well please...Not like they haven't done 90% of what they damn well please anyway.

This will kill what is left of our middle class.

 

[rdean]

It's "grown" because it was so deeply in the shitter and because the Fed has greased the skids with a preposterous amount of cash.

Bush was oblivious, simplistic and naive in his approach to regulation and the economy.

The Obama administration has made its negative opinion of American business clear, and as a result growth has not been what it should have been, not even close, as American businesses hold on to cash to protect themselves.

This is what two lousy presidencies in a row looks like.

.

History will see Obama as a great president. The idea that Obama has a negative view of business is laughable considering how business has prospered under his administration. This is a view that Republicans have tried to foster but flies in the face of data and reality. How they get people to believe such stupid nonsense make it look like the people are stupid.

 

[gipper]

Republicans are already smacking their lips in anticipation of getting hold of this economy. Never mind Bush's recession, now they wonder if they can they equal or even outdo their great depression.

Well, they for sure can probably do a lot better then your Democrat saint Obama has. you people on the left are hopeless

Just going by our history. The national debt has been paid off only once in our long history, and that by a Democratic president. What party gave us the Great Depression, and the Bush recession? What party has declared their goal, not to improve the economy, not to make America better, but rather to make Obama a one term president. And that Republican goal has screwed up the government, and the economy, For just once why can't the Republicans do what is good for our economy, our foreign policy, our government and the American people? Just once.

Doing good is not part of their plan.

Their entire plan is to go back to the robber barons of the late 19th century. Get government out of everything and let the super rich do as they damn well please...Not like they haven't done 90% of what they damn well please anyway.

This will kill what is left of our middle class.

The problem is our government has colluded with large corporations, to fleece most Americans. More government control will only worsen matters.

This graphic explains it well....

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

ISM Manufacturing Remains Steady Hiring Slows

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the 28th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 71st consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

--------------------------------------

I think it's a miracle. No matter how hard they've tried, Republicans haven't been able to derail all of the improvement. Sure, they've slowed it down, but they haven't been able to stop it completely.

Look at U-6 and then come back to apologize for your propaganda.

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

That certainly is a problem, the underutilization of unskilled labor.

And these are GOP solutions from former Presidential front runners:



and



Clearly the Republicans plan is to create MORE unskilled labor. Obviously to fill all the minimum wage jobs without benefits. Not sure that's a good plan. What say you?

Min wage jobs are obamas biggest success. He's created a shitload of em.

That's one thing even a shithead can't blame on Obama.

republicans cut education - Google Search

Yeah...because the 18'000 bucks a student they spend in Bmore is paying such high dividends.

How about we get rid of all the crooked ass teachers?
Google

 

[Stephanie]

Republicans are already smacking their lips in anticipation of getting hold of this economy. Never mind Bush's recession, now they wonder if they can they equal or even outdo their great depression.

Well, they for sure can probably do a lot better then your Democrat saint Obama has. you people on the left are hopeless

Just going by our history. The national debt has been paid off only once in our long history, and that by a Democratic president. What party gave us the Great Depression, and the Bush recession? What party has declared their goal, not to improve the economy, not to make America better, but rather to make Obama a one term president. And that Republican goal has screwed up the government, and the economy, For just once why can't the Republicans do what is good for our economy, our foreign policy, our government and the American people? Just once.

with a Republican Congress. but lets just leave that little tidbit out. Now carry on misleading people for THE PARTY. all heil the Democrats right. Obama's Idea of helping us was to stick another MONSTER Government Entitlement (OscamCare) on our backs during what you all call, the worst recession since the GREAT DEPRESSION. Some people don't mind being tools

 

[Mac1958]

It's "grown" because it was so deeply in the shitter and because the Fed has greased the skids with a preposterous amount of cash.

Bush was oblivious, simplistic and naive in his approach to regulation and the economy.

The Obama administration has made its negative opinion of American business clear, and as a result growth has not been what it should have been, not even close, as American businesses hold on to cash to protect themselves.

This is what two lousy presidencies in a row looks like.

.

History will see Obama as a great president. The idea that Obama has a negative view of business is laughable considering how business has prospered under his administration. This is a view that Republicans have tried to foster but flies in the face of data and reality. How they get people to believe such stupid nonsense make it look like the people are stupid.

I know you have to spin for your "side".

Business "has prospered" because it is hoarding cash and not spending as it normally would.

But I suspect Rachel hasn't covered that.

.

 

[ScienceRocks]

It's "grown" because it was so deeply in the shitter and because the Fed has greased the skids with a preposterous amount of cash.

Bush was oblivious, simplistic and naive in his approach to regulation and the economy.

The Obama administration has made its negative opinion of American business clear, and as a result growth has not been what it should have been, not even close, as American businesses hold on to cash to protect themselves.

This is what two lousy presidencies in a row looks like.

.

History will see Obama as a great president. The idea that Obama has a negative view of business is laughable considering how business has prospered under his administration. This is a view that Republicans have tried to foster but flies in the face of data and reality. How they get people to believe such stupid nonsense make it look like the people are stupid.

I know you have to spin for your "side".

Business "has prospered" because it is hoarding cash and not spending as it normally would.

But I suspect Rachel hasn't covered that.

.

The larger businesses have never done better and they're setting up a system of monopolies. How can we have competition and business growth with this?

 

[Mac1958]

It's "grown" because it was so deeply in the shitter and because the Fed has greased the skids with a preposterous amount of cash.

Bush was oblivious, simplistic and naive in his approach to regulation and the economy.

The Obama administration has made its negative opinion of American business clear, and as a result growth has not been what it should have been, not even close, as American businesses hold on to cash to protect themselves.

This is what two lousy presidencies in a row looks like.

.

History will see Obama as a great president. The idea that Obama has a negative view of business is laughable considering how business has prospered under his administration. This is a view that Republicans have tried to foster but flies in the face of data and reality. How they get people to believe such stupid nonsense make it look like the people are stupid.

I know you have to spin for your "side".

Business "has prospered" because it is hoarding cash and not spending as it normally would.

But I suspect Rachel hasn't covered that.

.

The larger businesses have never done better and they're setting up a system of monopolies. How can we have competition and business growth with this?

Two different subjects. The larger corporations are hoarding cash because they're in a defensive posture. And they're not hiring as quickly as they would, doing more with less and increasing profits that way. That translates to their balance sheets and that translates to higher stock valuations.

Regarding monopolies, that's just a matter of better regulation. The worst examples are the big banks, which are not only still "too big to fail", but even bigger than before. Re-instituting Glass Steagall (or something like it) would put an end to that pretty quickly.

.

 

[rdean]

ISM Manufacturing Remains Steady Hiring Slows

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the 28th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 71st consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

--------------------------------------

I think it's a miracle. No matter how hard they've tried, Republicans haven't been able to derail all of the improvement. Sure, they've slowed it down, but they haven't been able to stop it completely.

Look at U-6 and then come back to apologize for your propaganda.

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

That certainly is a problem, the underutilization of unskilled labor.

And these are GOP solutions from former Presidential front runners:



and



Clearly the Republicans plan is to create MORE unskilled labor. Obviously to fill all the minimum wage jobs without benefits. Not sure that's a good plan. What say you?

Min wage jobs are obamas biggest success. He's created a shitload of em.

That's one thing even a shithead can't blame on Obama.

republicans cut education - Google Search

Yeah...because the 18'000 bucks a student they spend in Bmore is paying such high dividends.

How about we get rid of all the crooked ass teachers?
Google

Look at the sites you linked to:

Teachersunionexposed.com

Protectingbadteachers.com

Foxbusiness.com

Your top links from your Google search are all partisan with a vested interest. Republicans want people stupid. Otherwise, they lose their base. I know Republicans who admit to that. Ask them why they support such policies and their answer is "Democrats are worse". Ask them why and they spout the same unbelievable retarded ignorance than USMB Right Wingers do. It proves that propaganda works. The question is "to what end"?

 

[Leweman]

The economy shrank by 2.1 % in the first quarter of 2014. This years first quarter will likely be revised from .2% growth into the negative as well. The thread title makes no sense.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Look at U-6 and then come back to apologize for your propaganda.

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

That certainly is a problem, the underutilization of unskilled labor.

And these are GOP solutions from former Presidential front runners:



and



Clearly the Republicans plan is to create MORE unskilled labor. Obviously to fill all the minimum wage jobs without benefits. Not sure that's a good plan. What say you?

Min wage jobs are obamas biggest success. He's created a shitload of em.

That's one thing even a shithead can't blame on Obama.

republicans cut education - Google Search

Yeah...because the 18'000 bucks a student they spend in Bmore is paying such high dividends.

How about we get rid of all the crooked ass teachers?
Google

Look at the sites you linked to:

Teachersunionexposed.com

Protectingbadteachers.com

Foxbusiness.com

Your top links from your Google search are all partisan with a vested interest. Republicans want people stupid. Otherwise, they lose their base. I know Republicans who admit to that. Ask them why they support such policies and their answer is "Democrats are worse". Ask them why and they spout the same unbelievable retarded ignorance than USMB Right Wingers do. It proves that propaganda works. The question is "to what end"?

I see you've already forgotten about all those teachers arrested in the cheating scandal......how convenient.

 

[oldernwiser]

Some dont see it your way...
Steve Wynn Economic recovery pure fiction

Really - we've been using an index that didn't include energy and food costs to calculate inflation for years. CPI is too erratic to be used as any kind of economic measure at all with them included. And when you think about it, since they both contribute to some degree to our economic health anyway removing the noise from the signal makes sense. This would say that DESPITE rises in food costs and fluctuations in energy prices our inflation rate is very low.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Some dont see it your way...
Steve Wynn Economic recovery pure fiction

Really - we've been using an index that didn't include energy and food costs to calculate inflation for years. CPI is too erratic to be used as any kind of economic measure at all with them included. And when you think about it, since they both contribute to some degree to our economic health anyway removing the noise from the signal makes sense. This would say that DESPITE rises in food costs and fluctuations in energy prices our inflation rate is very low.

I think I'll take the word of one of Americas most astute business men.
That and of course the liberals all crying about not being able to find a job. Although that could be because they're lazy and shiftless.