How can anyone on the left claim Trump has been anything but successful?

Unemployment is natural under capitalism. It is why the left has a solution; unemployment compensation for capitalism's natural rate of unemployment. A fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage and unemployment compensation for being unemployed by capitalism's natural rate of unemployed at fourteen dollars an hour equivalent will solve that simple form of poverty; and, higher paid labor pays more in taxes and create more in demand.

AGAIN... how many people would GAIN from $15. wage????? Less than 3 million!
Q) How many people do you think work at minimum wage?
A) In 2014, about 1.3 million U.S. workers age 16 and over earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Another 1.7 million had wages below the federal minimum. Together these workers make up 4 percent of all hourly paid workers. What are the characteristics of minimum wage workers? - UC Davis Center for Poverty Research
So let's raise ALL these 3 million people to $15.00/hour.
DO you think that solution will help the GDP????? Well guess what dummies!
The actual contribution would be 3 million times $7.75 X 2,080 hours and guess what a GREAT big difference to the GDP that makes??? 2/10ths of 1 percent!!!
$48.3 billion divided by $18.57 trillion equals 0.002%...WOW... what a gigantic difference!!!

Raising the minimum wage will also bump those on the low skill pay scale
Quoting how many people currently are making $7.25 ignores those who make less than $15 an hour. It also ignores those who make $15 to $20 an hour who will see positive pressure to raise wages

It will make a difference to those struggling at the lower pay scales

No actually what it will do is businesses will figure out how to do the same job with fewer people or with robots!

AGAIN raising the minimum wage for Mississippi is stupid and raising it to $15 in NYC is too low!

I'm all in favor of raising the minimum WAGE but on a STATE by STATE basis.
This stupidity of "one size fits all" has to stop. We have 50 states. The USA is a heterogeneous (for you that means varied) population so why are you so intent on forcing
on people in Mississippi a wage that is ludicrously high and a wage in NYC that will be ludicrously low?
does that hold true for ceo's and the one percent in those States? they should be, "poorer in those States".


But they are NOT.... Their standard of living is lower because they :

a)have a lower state income tax for example in MS... 5% Vs. NY 8.82% Plus NYC has a 3% personal income tax (so right away $15/hr has 11% income tax deducted)
What Americans pay in state income taxes, ranked from highest to lowest

b)Cost of living index is lower in MS...84.0 % Vs HW 186% Cost of Living First Quarter 2018

So as for your socialistic tendencies to blame capitalists.."hold true for ceo's and the one percent in those States? Of course it holds true!
Why are you against CEOs making say 10 to 100 times the worker?
Do you have the same angst against these guys?

Why are you against CEOs that are the tops in their fields but you say NOTHING about these people?
I mean each are top performers and in all those evil corporations that you hate, some ONE person is basically responsible with penalty of going to JAIL if
any DECISIONS are against Federal/state/local laws. PLUS these top performer CEOs have to answer to people just as the below "performers" have to answer to and
YET I don't see any outcry against THESE below that totally depend on those poor minimum wage workers to buy the tickets,merechandise, etc. that pay their salaries!
Why are you NOT mentioning them? After all they CAN tell their sponsors ..Hey I'm not going to endorse your goods and take your millions if you don't raise the minimum wage!"
Why aren't you going after them also?
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socialism is about equality in our political economy.
 
Let’s have a quick look at a few of his accomplishments......

  • Almost 4 million jobs created since election.
  • More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
  • We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since his election.
  • Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
  • Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
  • New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
  • Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
  • African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
  • Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
  • Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
And all that after Obama said in retrospect "what do y'all think, uhh that someone has a magic wand to wave that will make the jobs come back" ? Then he said "those jobs ain't coming back".
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
 
Let’s have a quick look at a few of his accomplishments......

  • Almost 4 million jobs created since election.
  • More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
  • We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since his election.
  • Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
  • Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
  • New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
  • Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
  • African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
  • Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
  • Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
And all that after Obama said in retrospect "what do y'all think, uhh that someone has a magic wand to wave that will make the jobs come back" ? Then he said "those jobs ain't coming back".
Democrats hate Trump because he's making them look bad.
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
Trillion dollar deficit
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
Trillion dollar deficit
lol... Obama added 9 trillion to the deficit

-Geaux
 
By almost any measurable metric the United States is flourishing. And in some areas it isn't just flourishing it is stampeding.
I will grant you that the debt/spending is a huge problem but at least the country as a whole is reaping rewards from it this time. Usually they spend boatloads and we get buptkis out of it (see Obama)
The threat of tariffs and ending trade agreements has even had some positive outcomes so far (Mexico & Canada)

Now I expect you to howl about families split up at the border (while pretending this was new to Trump) and the debt of course but policy wise you got no winning message.

Well, in foreign policy he's not been successful at anything.

With the North Korean situation it's hard to tell what's going on, whether this is a similar ply to Kim's father in 2007.

With Syria Trump has just lied to make it look like he's done something, when he did almost nothing.

With Russia he hasn't made closer ties like he said he would.

With the EU he's made things worse.

With China he's made things worse.

So, he's got two potentials, North Korea and China, and a few failures, like the EU.

With the economy he hasn't done anything. The economy is slowing down, probably because it needs to be slowing down, but he's the sort of muppet who wants the economy to be going at the speed of light. He's taken credit where credit clearly wasn't due, he's been hypocritical when it comes to statistics when viewed with what he said before the election.

He's managed to get a tax cut for himself. I'll admit he's been successful there.

He got rid of Obamacare and replaced it with something worse. Failure for most people, success for the rich.

So.... really, what's to applaud?

Wait, tariffs...... yeah, farmers going downhill and needing HANDOUTS (which apparently the Republicans hate), other industries potentially going downhill and all with the hope that China buckles (with it's 6% growth a low, year on year, it can afford to lose some growth, the US can't.)
Trump puts America first, so why should we be concerned with the rest of the world?

-Geaux

No, Trump puts TRUMP first.

Trump is willing to screw people over to get what he wants, he doesn't care about the people.

Why should he be concerned with the rest of the world? Let's try that in 20 years time the Chinese will be spending more money on their military than the US can afford. Remember the US outspending the USSR. Well, that this in reverse.
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
Trillion dollar deficit
lol... Obama added 9 trillion to the deficit

-Geaux

The Great Obama cut the deficit in half
And then Trump RAISED the deficit in a strong economy
WTF is he thinking?
 
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

sure I do. We have a 900 billion dollar deficit. Trump just increased military spending even though we aren't at war with anyone.

Tell me what you are going to cut that will equal 900 Billion.
You are dealing with one of the most wealthiest nation's in the world here, and we are that which fought in two world wars yet that didn't break us, and we built the interstate highway system, and that didn't break us, and we are some of the most efficient farmers in the world, we have the most natural resources in the world for building and sustaining life. We have the best medical technology and facilities in the world etc.

The only thing holding us back are the fences we build around it all, and if you don't understand what I'm saying then forget about it.
 
Let’s have a quick look at a few of his accomplishments......

  • Almost 4 million jobs created since election.
  • More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
  • We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since his election.
  • Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
  • Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
  • New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
  • Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
  • African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
  • Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
  • Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
And all that after Obama said in retrospect "what do y'all think, uhh that someone has a magic wand to wave that will make the jobs come back" ? Then he said "those jobs ain't coming back".
that sector should have been restructuring and upgrading their facilities.
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
to pay for all your Spending, right wingers.
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
Trillion dollar deficit
lol... Obama added 9 trillion to the deficit

-Geaux
we know how to read charts, right wingers.
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
to pay for all your Spending, right wingers.
No, we can cut entitlements instead

-Geaux
 
Yeah, nobody was optimistic when Trump took office. Yet

Well, it's more like when you invite your drunk Uncle to Thanksgiving... you know he's going to do something to make everyone miserable, you just have to sit around and wait for it.

Republicans know Trump is a buffoon as much as Democrats do... they just hope to get tax cuts for rich people and deregulation and knuckledraggers on the bench before everyone else figures it out.

Why does the government need more revenue?

Because we have obligations...

And because I have yet to see you guys post a list of things that we can cut that will offset the 900 Billion dollar deficit that Trump created.
So you have no specifics as to why we need more revenue in Washington

-Geaux
to pay for all your Spending, right wingers.
No, we can cut entitlements instead

-Geaux
we are entitled to entitlements; discretionary spending has to go first.
 
I didn't remember you being such a bootlicker for Trump. I remember you at least having some semblance of a spine. I guess I'm getting old ...
 

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