The myth of a "booming" economy that benefits everyone....

[mikegriffith1]

Hummm, sooooo, did the Obama economy benefit everyone? I mean, wage growth was weaker; manufacturing jobs suffered a net loss; the U-6 was over 9% for nearly all of his presidency, and over 11% for about half of it; black and Hispanic unemployment were higher; female unemployment was higher; etc., etc., etc. Just be honest: You hate Trump so much that you don't care how well the economy is doing--you will just continue to distort the facts by carefully cherry-picking a handful of stats while ignoring the most important stats.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Too bad that the 1% got far richer under Barry than they have under Trump, Gnat! Who do you think rode the stock market back from it's lows to it's highs with money they were able to borrow for next to nothing because THEY had credit? Duh?

As for the Fed? I don't really have a problem with them raising rates. It's what you do when you've got an economy that's growing so well that inflation becomes an issue! You'll note that wasn't an issue under Barack Obama's two terms! The Fed kept interest rates at near zero for the longest time in US history just to keep Barry's economies afloat. Any time they even hinted at raises the stock market would crater. Contrast that with what Trump has done...continuing to create jobs and grow the economy despite the Fed raising rates more often than any time in US history!

So why would any rational person want to put progressives back in charge of our economy, Gnat? They don't have a clue when it comes to economics.

Hows our debt looking nowadays?

Our debt sucks. My hope is that Trump addresses spending by the Federal Government in his second term. He's just enough of an outsider that he won't care about the entrenched Federal workers sponging off the public anymore. I'd love to see him treat the Federal Government like a business.

Since when has a republican ever reduced our debt ?

It was the Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich.

Under Bill Clinton

Yes, but it was Republicans who made the cuts to the budget like Welfare Reform. One of the first things they did was close down three caucus buildings. They said if you want to have a caucus, have it at home, and bring your concerns to us here in Congress, and we will hear them out.

I won't say that Clinton had nothing to do with it, but let's face it, it's the Congress who makes out the budget.

 

[debbiedowner]

I have to hand it to the Trump swamp for their effectiveness in bullshitting a huge portion of this nation into believing that Trump is an economic "genius."

First, few republicans would readily admit that Trump inherited a pretty good economy from Obama; THAT would take some courage and we all know that they're too scared to show a spine.

Second, we have had to increase our huge debt by almost $2 TRILLION to basically benefit the very rich among us getting a PERMANENT tax cut which was used to buy back stock.....and less than 20% of Americans have any dealings with Wall Street.......AND, always remember what Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago after passing the tax scam..."I just made you guys a lot richer"....

Third, despite the rhetoric, wages increases are a damn joke.......with some fiscal quarters showing an increase of .07% and some others at 3%.......Look at it this way, for some families living on the minimum wage, the wage increase boils down to maybe $2 per day.

Fourth, the Feds are being "threatened" by Trump's tweets to NOT raise interest rates although inflation is a looming probability that will eventually hit our economy like an avalanche.

Fifth, the trade deals have been an abject failure, from NAFTA 2.0 to Americans farmers having to be subsidized for their rotting harvests and dairy farmers' profits being cut by 60%.

IF the only praises of a Trump administration is the "thriving" economy during the next election cycle, reality is going to be a real bitch.

The only reason the feds ever want to raise interest rates is to slow a booming economy down. So obviously the feds disagree with you. And when you on the left told us how great our economy was under DumBama, the feds left the rate alone.

In spite of the great success this businessman has given us, you still want to credit the community organizer. He was the most anti-business President in our lifetime.

In an economy like this, if you are working a minimum wage job, it's because you want to. You are either too comfortable where you are at, or using illegal narcotics that prevents you from passing a drug screen at a much better paying job. So you can't blame Trump for that one.

Now before you make some uneducated statement like people are not feeling the joy of this economy or that inflation is going to spiral out of control, perhaps read this:

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

DumBama spent 10 trillion in 8 years. While nobody on the right is happy with Trump's spending, at least the little people are getting something out of it unlike during the DumBama years.

US median household income climbs to new high of $61,372

Average Income in America: What salary in the United States puts you in the top 50%, top 10%, and top 1%?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Hows our debt looking nowadays?

Our debt sucks. My hope is that Trump addresses spending by the Federal Government in his second term. He's just enough of an outsider that he won't care about the entrenched Federal workers sponging off the public anymore. I'd love to see him treat the Federal Government like a business.

Since when has a republican ever reduced our debt ?

It was the Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich.

Under Bill Clinton

And sadly it will never happen again..never again will a Congress from one party work with the POTUS of the other. Clinton was the last time we have seen it and it will not happen again.

Now compromise and bipartisanship are bad words and will get a person "primaried".

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all government dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all public dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

The Dems want free college the Repubs want to give money to farmers. As I always say, both sides have their flavor of socialism they approve of.

By the way, the Repubs do not want to spend less money, they just want to spend it on different things. That is why Trump's latest budget request is the largest in the history of the country, a full trillion dollars more than even Obama ever managed to spend in a year

 

[edward37]

Our debt sucks. My hope is that Trump addresses spending by the Federal Government in his second term. He's just enough of an outsider that he won't care about the entrenched Federal workers sponging off the public anymore. I'd love to see him treat the Federal Government like a business.

Since when has a republican ever reduced our debt ?

It was the Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich.

Under Bill Clinton

And sadly it will never happen again..never again will a Congress from one party work with the POTUS of the other. Clinton was the last time we have seen it and it will not happen again.

Now compromise and bipartisanship are bad words and will get a person "primaried".

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all government dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

We want to lift the have nots up a few pegs so they can join republicans in the riches that America has to offer Republicans with their jackboots insist on keeping them down

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all public dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

The Dems want free college the Repubs want to give money to farmers. As I always say, both sides have their flavor of socialism they approve of.

By the way, the Repubs do not want to spend less money, they just want to spend it on different things. That is why Trump's latest budget request is the largest in the history of the country, a full trillion dollars more than even Obama ever managed to spend in a year

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Since when has a republican ever reduced our debt ?

It was the Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich.

Under Bill Clinton

And sadly it will never happen again..never again will a Congress from one party work with the POTUS of the other. Clinton was the last time we have seen it and it will not happen again.

Now compromise and bipartisanship are bad words and will get a person "primaried".

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all government dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

We want to lift the have nots up a few pegs so they can join republicans in the riches that America has to offer Republicans with their jackboots insist on keeping them down

Keeping them down how? It's the Republicans who want to bring those at the bottom up. It's the Democrats who want to bring those on the top down. Just listen to what they're running on. More taxes. We want to tax the rich for this program, we want to tax the rich for that program........ they think the rich can support all of their vote buying giveaways.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

In one sense, correct, but we elected Trump for a reason. You might not hear about the Tea Party all that much, but there are still in the Republican party pushing for change. It's actually a war between the Establishment and the Constitutionalists in the Republican party. So they are pushing more right.

 

[edward37]

It was the Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich.

Under Bill Clinton

And sadly it will never happen again..never again will a Congress from one party work with the POTUS of the other. Clinton was the last time we have seen it and it will not happen again.

Now compromise and bipartisanship are bad words and will get a person "primaried".

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all government dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

We want to lift the have nots up a few pegs so they can join republicans in the riches that America has to offer Republicans with their jackboots insist on keeping them down

Keeping them down how? It's the Republicans who want to bring those at the bottom up. It's the Democrats who want to bring those on the top down. Just listen to what they're running on. More taxes. We want to tax the rich for this program, we want to tax the rich for that program........ they think the rich can support all of their vote buying giveaways.

How many multi billion dollar corporations pay no taxes How many billionaires use loop holes only they can to scam the system?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

In one sense, correct, but we elected Trump for a reason. You might not hear about the Tea Party all that much, but there are still in the Republican party pushing for change. It's actually a war between the Establishment and the Constitutionalists in the Republican party. So they are pushing more right.

And what has Trump done...

given 50% more tax dollars to the farmers than they normally get.

taken more control of the economy with targeted tariffs

asked for the most spending in the history of the country.

 

[edward37]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

In all due respect ,,,,how do you figure that? I believe Trump has pushed the right further right

 

[Harpy Eagle]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

In all due respect ,,,,how do you figure that? I believe Trump has pushed the right further right

Trump is not "right" in anything except a few social issues and at least one of those he just adopted when he choose to run as a Repub.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

In all due respect ,,,,how do you figure that? I believe Trump has pushed the right further right

He has with the taxes, but not with the spending. You have to remember the more we intimidate people to depend on the government, the harder it will be to reduce our budget, and the debt is out of the question.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Under Bill Clinton

And sadly it will never happen again..never again will a Congress from one party work with the POTUS of the other. Clinton was the last time we have seen it and it will not happen again.

Now compromise and bipartisanship are bad words and will get a person "primaried".

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all government dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

We want to lift the have nots up a few pegs so they can join republicans in the riches that America has to offer Republicans with their jackboots insist on keeping them down

Keeping them down how? It's the Republicans who want to bring those at the bottom up. It's the Democrats who want to bring those on the top down. Just listen to what they're running on. More taxes. We want to tax the rich for this program, we want to tax the rich for that program........ they think the rich can support all of their vote buying giveaways.

How many multi billion dollar corporations pay no taxes How many billionaires use loop holes only they can to scam the system?

If you knew the answers to those questions, you probably would not have posed them. And, would you care to discuss the tens of billions of dollars that "multi-billion-dollar corporations" pay in state and local taxes, payroll (Social Security) taxes, salaries, benefits, health care premiums, etc.?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

All Trump can do is offer a budget, but that doesn't mean Congress has to accept one word of it. True, a President can get more of the things he wants with his party in leadership, but Congress is ultimately the decider.

The parties have changed since Clinton's time. The left keeps pushing more left and the right keeps pushing more right. So until the people revolt over our spending (good luck with that) then we will keep heading to our eventual demise.

The only thing here I disagree with is the idea that the right is pushing more right. The whole country has moved left, both the Repubs and the Dems.

In all due respect ,,,,how do you figure that? I believe Trump has pushed the right further right

Trump is not "right" in anything except a few social issues and at least one of those he just adopted when he choose to run as a Repub.

You mean we don't have conservative judges on the bench now?

 

[Wyatt earp]

I have to hand it to the Trump swamp for their effectiveness in bullshitting a huge portion of this nation into believing that Trump is an economic "genius."

First, few republicans would readily admit that Trump inherited a pretty good economy from Obama; THAT would take some courage and we all know that they're too scared to show a spine.

Second, we have had to increase our huge debt by almost $2 TRILLION to basically benefit the very rich among us getting a PERMANENT tax cut which was used to buy back stock.....and less than 20% of Americans have any dealings with Wall Street.......AND, always remember what Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago after passing the tax scam..."I just made you guys a lot richer"....

Third, despite the rhetoric, wages increases are a damn joke.......with some fiscal quarters showing an increase of .07% and some others at 3%.......Look at it this way, for some families living on the minimum wage, the wage increase boils down to maybe $2 per day.

Fourth, the Feds are being "threatened" by Trump's tweets to NOT raise interest rates although inflation is a looming probability that will eventually hit our economy like an avalanche.

Fifth, the trade deals have been an abject failure, from NAFTA 2.0 to Americans farmers having to be subsidized for their rotting harvests and dairy farmers' profits being cut by 60%.

IF the only praises of a Trump administration is the "thriving" economy during the next election cycle, reality is going to be a real bitch.

What myth you economic illiterate buffon? Jesus Christ next you will tell us people getting unemployment insurance is a boom to the economy..



Fucking moron .



.

 

[Flash]

I have to hand it to the Trump swamp for their effectiveness in bullshitting a huge portion of this nation into believing that Trump is an economic "genius."

First, few republicans would readily admit that Trump inherited a pretty good economy from Obama; THAT would take some courage and we all know that they're too scared to show a spine.

Second, we have had to increase our huge debt by almost $2 TRILLION to basically benefit the very rich among us getting a PERMANENT tax cut which was used to buy back stock.....and less than 20% of Americans have any dealings with Wall Street.......AND, always remember what Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago after passing the tax scam..."I just made you guys a lot richer"....

Third, despite the rhetoric, wages increases are a damn joke.......with some fiscal quarters showing an increase of .07% and some others at 3%.......Look at it this way, for some families living on the minimum wage, the wage increase boils down to maybe $2 per day.

Fourth, the Feds are being "threatened" by Trump's tweets to NOT raise interest rates although inflation is a looming probability that will eventually hit our economy like an avalanche.

Fifth, the trade deals have been an abject failure, from NAFTA 2.0 to Americans farmers having to be subsidized for their rotting harvests and dairy farmers' profits being cut by 60%.

IF the only praises of a Trump administration is the "thriving" economy during the next election cycle, reality is going to be a real bitch.

A booming economy always benefits the people that are willing to work.

Unlike that worthless asshole Obama with his dismal economy Trump has a booming economy, with increased family income, record low unemployment and minimal inflation. If you can't prosper in an economy like that then it is your own damn fault.

You idiot worthless stupid Moon Bat welfare queens always bitch about everything. Put down the bong, get out of your mother's basement and go get a job you pathetic little piece of shit.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Under Bill Clinton

And sadly it will never happen again..never again will a Congress from one party work with the POTUS of the other. Clinton was the last time we have seen it and it will not happen again.

Now compromise and bipartisanship are bad words and will get a person "primaried".

Of course it won't happen. Democrats keep wanting to spend money on Socialism and Republicans are the exact opposite. Look at the people running for President today! Free college, the US government pay all current college debt, Medicare for all. It's all government dependency. That's what they want to spend our money on. So how can we ever balance the budget yet alone start working on the debt?

We want to lift the have nots up a few pegs so they can join republicans in the riches that America has to offer Republicans with their jackboots insist on keeping them down

Keeping them down how? It's the Republicans who want to bring those at the bottom up. It's the Democrats who want to bring those on the top down. Just listen to what they're running on. More taxes. We want to tax the rich for this program, we want to tax the rich for that program........ they think the rich can support all of their vote buying giveaways.

How many multi billion dollar corporations pay no taxes How many billionaires use loop holes only they can to scam the system?

It's not scamming the system if you are doing it legally. Collectively, corporations have saved over 20 billion dollars under Trumps new plan. However. we have the lowest unemployment in nearly 50 years and new records being broken all the time.

To give you an idea of how much 20 billion is. It's about three months of what we spend on food stamps.