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booboo said:
At first glance this is one for "Tennis" or perhaps the PC thread, but realistically fits here.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12129882
If so-called progressive forces really want to wrest power back from the populist tidal wave that is ploughing through the foundations of liberal democratic institutions the world over they need to stop worrying about the feelings of millionaire tennis players and White House martyrs and start worrying about the feelings of ordinary working people.
That article encapsulates the current situation very well.
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We really are in the midst of a serious moral panic.
This Kavanaugh thing is just sick.
I understanding not liking someones ideology..but resorting to defeating it by simply flat out lying? Surely at some point you've got to take some stock as to what kind of person you are becoming?
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Rembrandt said:
We really are in the midst of a serious moral panic.
This Kavanaugh thing is just sick.
I understanding not liking someones ideology..but resorting to defeating it by simply flat out lying? Surely at some point you've got to take some stock as to what kind of person you are becoming?
The whatever it takes attitude is absolutely appalling and far more dangerous than "Trump Hitler". Look at what Harry Reid did in that clip. What a disgusting human being. But we continue to get this bullshit narrative that the Dems are the good guys and the Reps are evil who will stoop to any level to win. "When they go low, we go high." Fucking nonsense.
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Heh-heh-heh.
NEW: Rosenstein grew emotional at the White House, rehirerated he wants to resign and is concerned Trump will attack him if they don’t have an amicable split. One reason he wants to quit: he doesn’t want to testify on the Hill about the allegations.
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Not quite as exciting as Jacinda showing off her baby, but Trump’s speech at the U.N. today telling globalists to shove-it was amazing.
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What part did you find amazing? His economic illiteracy?
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antipodean said:
What part did you find amazing? His economic illiteracy?
He has ushered in the highest GDP the western world. Lowest ever black unemployment and growing confidence. But keep on bitching....
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Baron Silas Greenback said:
antipodean said:
What part did you find amazing? His economic illiteracy?
He has ushered in the highest GDP the western world. Lowest ever black unemployment and growing confidence. But keep on bitching....
Out of curiosity, do you also give the Obama administration any credit for the origins of that unemployment trend (post-GFC)?
While acknowledging that Trump has continued it.
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The USA has had the highest GDP of all countries for my entire lifetime, and some before that I would think.Trump didn't do that, large numbers of smart people did for a long time.
I do agree that he is doing alright though and the doomsayers were wrong. Still find it hard to warm to him in any way.
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Snowy said:
The USA has had the highest GDP of all countries for my entire lifetime, and some before that I would think.Trump didn't do that, large numbers of smart people did for a long time.
I do agree that he is doing alright though and the doomsayers were wrong. Still find it hard to warm to him in any way.
Can you name other presidents that have had over 4% GDP growth?
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@donsteppa Noy much no. Pretty much anyone could have got the US back to normal baseline figures. But to break below .. well below the 'normal baseline' is a whole different challenge.
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Baron Silas Greenback said:
Snowy said:
The USA has had the highest GDP of all countries for my entire lifetime, and some before that I would think.Trump didn't do that, large numbers of smart people did for a long time.
I do agree that he is doing alright though and the doomsayers were wrong. Still find it hard to warm to him in any way.
Can you name other presidents that have had over 4% GDP growth?
Right, so highest GDP "growth". Not what you said but O.K.
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Historical US GDP growth. I'll try and find a better graph, but outside of WWII, Clinton, Reagan, and some of the 60's and 70's Presidents look to have had their moments of 4%. Bush Snr, Jnr, and Obama as the GDP outliers)
GFC nowhere near as bad as the Great Depression thankfully...
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U.S. average annualized GDP growth rates, by term.
Before anyone gets too excited though about the Democratic Republican differences:
Democrats would no doubt like to attribute the large D-R growth gap to better macroeconomic policies, but the data do not support such a claim…. It seems we must look instead to several variables that are mostly “good luck.” Specifically, Democratic presidents have experienced, on average, better oil shocks than Republicans, a better legacy of (utilization-adjusted) productivity shocks, and more optimistic consumer expectations (as measured by the Michigan ICE).
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Baron Silas Greenback said:
Snowy said:
The USA has had the highest GDP of all countries for my entire lifetime, and some before that I would think.Trump didn't do that, large numbers of smart people did for a long time.
I do agree that he is doing alright though and the doomsayers were wrong. Still find it hard to warm to him in any way.
Can you name other presidents that have had over 4% GDP growth?
Yep. Truman, Kennedy and Johnson (thanks Don).
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