I just realized why the GOP thinks the last 7.5 years have been a disaster.

[rdean]

We saw how GOP policies wrecked the economy under Bush.

They used reconcilliation three times to ruin the country.

Even their nominee goes on endlessly about the GOP disastrous mess in Iraq. They don't seem to realize how stupid Trump makes them look when he makes fun of their foreign policies.

Business has bounced back under Obama.

The stock market has made up what it lost under Bush and then some.

And Republicans look at the 38,000 jobs created last month as proof of a disastrous economy. But look at the facts:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

Unemployment in 2006 was 4.7%. And now it's 4.7%. But at the end of Bush's second term, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and peaked 10 months into Obama's first term. Almost to the day of Bush's last budget.

America has 5.8 million job openings, matches all-time high

But on the other hand, it is also a symptom of a growing problem in the U.S. economy, where employers can't find skilled workers for the jobs that they need. That disparity is called the job skills gap, and it's a major challenge in right now.

Has America Run Out of Workers to Fill Its Open Jobs?

That "suggests that firms may be having difficulty in finding qualified employees in a tightening job market," Drew Matus, an economist at UBS Securities LLC, wrote on Wednesday. The headline on his analysis was "Has The Well Run Dry?"

Even before the latest report, analysts were fretting that Friday's data on weak job growth was a sign that companies couldn't fill openings. The economy added just 38,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, but only because the labor force shrank. Wages rose 2.5 percent over the past year, which isn't rapid but does indicate that companies are starting to compete for hard-to-get workers.

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

One thing we do know, companies are not competing for Republicans.

Competition for jobs the GOP isn't qualified for are why they hate immigrants. Keeping immigrants out only ensures companies will move away.

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

South Carolina Has The Nation’s Second Worst Graduation Rate — Will The GOP Offer Solutions?

In 2010, New Hampshire had the ninth highest high school graduation rate in the country at 83.3 percent. Caucus state Iowa was third, with 86.4 percent. South Carolina, however, is 49th, at 61.9 percent.

What would the Republican candidates do about this problem? Not very much, besides unite in their desire to abolish the Education Department entirely. As Patrick McGuinn, an associate professor of political science and education at Drew University, noted, “the common emphasis on a diminished federal role in K-12 poses a challenge for the GOP presidential contenders hoping to push their own sweeping education proposals and stand out on the issue.” Forbes Magazine noted following a GOP primary debate in Dartmouth that “not one candidate made the obvious connection between an improved economy and ending the dropout epidemic.”

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Republicans talk about bringing jobs back that don't exist any more. They just can't bring themselves to see the connection between education and a good paying job.

 

[Dale Smith]

TPP= Barrypuppet and neocons....nuff said......

 

[S.J.]

I thought you were talking about this.

U.S. National Debt Clock 2020 at Current Rates

 

[chikenwing]

We saw how GOP policies wrecked the economy under Bush.

They used reconcilliation three times to ruin the country.

Even their nominee goes on endlessly about the GOP disastrous mess in Iraq. They don't seem to realize how stupid Trump makes them look when he makes fun of their foreign policies.

Business has bounced back under Obama.

The stock market has made up what it lost under Bush and then some.

And Republicans look at the 38,000 jobs created last month as proof of a disastrous economy. But look at the facts:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

Unemployment in 2006 was 4.7%. And now it's 4.7%. But at the end of Bush's second term, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and peaked 10 months into Obama's first term. Almost to the day of Bush's last budget.

America has 5.8 million job openings, matches all-time high

But on the other hand, it is also a symptom of a growing problem in the U.S. economy, where employers can't find skilled workers for the jobs that they need. That disparity is called the job skills gap, and it's a major challenge in right now.

Has America Run Out of Workers to Fill Its Open Jobs?

That "suggests that firms may be having difficulty in finding qualified employees in a tightening job market," Drew Matus, an economist at UBS Securities LLC, wrote on Wednesday. The headline on his analysis was "Has The Well Run Dry?"

Even before the latest report, analysts were fretting that Friday's data on weak job growth was a sign that companies couldn't fill openings. The economy added just 38,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, but only because the labor force shrank. Wages rose 2.5 percent over the past year, which isn't rapid but does indicate that companies are starting to compete for hard-to-get workers.

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

One thing we do know, companies are not competing for Republicans.

Competition for jobs the GOP isn't qualified for are why they hate immigrants. Keeping immigrants out only ensures companies will move away.

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

South Carolina Has The Nation’s Second Worst Graduation Rate — Will The GOP Offer Solutions?

In 2010, New Hampshire had the ninth highest high school graduation rate in the country at 83.3 percent. Caucus state Iowa was third, with 86.4 percent. South Carolina, however, is 49th, at 61.9 percent.

What would the Republican candidates do about this problem? Not very much, besides unite in their desire to abolish the Education Department entirely. As Patrick McGuinn, an associate professor of political science and education at Drew University, noted, “the common emphasis on a diminished federal role in K-12 poses a challenge for the GOP presidential contenders hoping to push their own sweeping education proposals and stand out on the issue.” Forbes Magazine noted following a GOP primary debate in Dartmouth that “not one candidate made the obvious connection between an improved economy and ending the dropout epidemic.”

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Republicans talk about bringing jobs back that don't exist any more. They just can't bring themselves to see the connection between education and a good paying job.

A one man argument?!

So we have a labor problem, caused by our sub standard education system?

 

[couch protester]

US unemployment rate falls, but because half-million people stopped looking

"At the same time, the unemployment rate tumbled to 4.7 percent from 5 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, its lowest point since November 2007. The rate fell for a problematic reason: Nearly a half-million jobless Americans stopped looking for work and so were no longer officially counted as unemployed."

www.nhregister.com/general-news/20160603/us-unemployment-rate-falls-but-because-half-million-people-stopped-looking

How many Americans are looking for work?
According to the October jobs report, more than 92 million Americans — 37% of the civilian population aged 16 and over — are neither employed nor unemployed, but fall in the category of “not in the labor force.” That means they aren't working now but haven't looked for work recently enough to be counted as unemployed.
More and more Americans are outside the labor force entirely. W
www.pewresearch.org/.../more-and-more-americans-are-outside-the-labor-force-entirely...


US unemployed have quit looking for jobs at a 'frightening' level: Survey
CNBC‎ - 3 days ago
Nearly half of the unemployed have quit looking for work and the numbers are ... The number of people of all ages whom the government considers "not in the labor force" ...

Nearly half of unemployed Americans have quit looking for work, and the numbers are even worse for the long-term jobless, according to a poll released Wednesday that paints a grim picture of the labor market.

The results come just a few days after a government report showed that the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in May, but the drop came primarily because of a sharp decline in the labor force participation rate. The number of people of all ages whom the government considers "not in the labor force" swelled by 664,000 to a record 94.7 million Americans, according to Labor Department data.

Couch Protestor:
Half a million Americans not looking for work are not counted as unemployed, so much for Hussein Obama straw man fallacy job approval number ratings. The Obama administration has issued more than 7.4 million work permits to foreign nationals from 2009 – 2014, beyond the approximately one million lawful permanent residents and 700,000 foreign guest workers admitted to the U.S. each year.




"The cause of the mixed top-line picture is a shrinking workforce. The labor force participation rate decreased to 62.6%, from 62.8% in April. As a result, in May 7.4 million Americans were unemployed, down from 7.9 million in April. “It seems like in all gains we had seen in the winter months got reversed,” said Satyam Panday, U.S. economist at S&P Global Ratings, in an interview. While it is fairly common to see big swings in participation rates, Panday says this time may be a sign of trouble since employment gains were so weak."

www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2016/06/03/jobs-report-u-s-adds-just-38000-jobs-in-may-unemployment-rate-down-to-4-7/#485f6c4f16da

 

[imawhosure]

And the reason Democrats think the last 7 and 1/2 years were wonderful? Because most of them are either in public sector unions, in the bloated government, or at the trough of welfare. This means they are insulated from the real American economy, as long as they can run up debt and push it off on our children, and grandchildren. Liberal Democrats should be the poster children for child abuse in this country, along with taxation without representation, since they are taxing children yet unborn, for their schemes today!

 

[midcan5]

Much of the above conservative nonsense and BS confirms why they are failures in government and out. When your god is supply side nonsense and free market baloney only the wealthy benefit, the followers are simply directed to look in the wrong direction and they do so like puppets. Mass right wing corporate paid agitprop has created a class of dummies. Consider that Limbaugh drives a German made 'union made' auto that helps Germany and pays for their free college, and yet the righties listen to him as if he were Moses. Too funny.

"There’s a very good reason that this is the case: The American Right has become willfully disengaged from its fellow citizens thanks to a wonderful virtual-reality machine in which conservatives, both elite and grassroots, can believe anything they wish, no matter how at odds it is with reality."

Donald Trump, Mainstream Conservative

 

[rightwinger]

Trump wants to make us great again

 

[tyroneweaver]

We saw how GOP policies wrecked the economy under Bush.

They used reconcilliation three times to ruin the country.

Even their nominee goes on endlessly about the GOP disastrous mess in Iraq. They don't seem to realize how stupid Trump makes them look when he makes fun of their foreign policies.

Business has bounced back under Obama.

The stock market has made up what it lost under Bush and then some.

And Republicans look at the 38,000 jobs created last month as proof of a disastrous economy. But look at the facts:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

Unemployment in 2006 was 4.7%. And now it's 4.7%. But at the end of Bush's second term, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and peaked 10 months into Obama's first term. Almost to the day of Bush's last budget.

America has 5.8 million job openings, matches all-time high

But on the other hand, it is also a symptom of a growing problem in the U.S. economy, where employers can't find skilled workers for the jobs that they need. That disparity is called the job skills gap, and it's a major challenge in right now.

Has America Run Out of Workers to Fill Its Open Jobs?

That "suggests that firms may be having difficulty in finding qualified employees in a tightening job market," Drew Matus, an economist at UBS Securities LLC, wrote on Wednesday. The headline on his analysis was "Has The Well Run Dry?"

Even before the latest report, analysts were fretting that Friday's data on weak job growth was a sign that companies couldn't fill openings. The economy added just 38,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, but only because the labor force shrank. Wages rose 2.5 percent over the past year, which isn't rapid but does indicate that companies are starting to compete for hard-to-get workers.

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

One thing we do know, companies are not competing for Republicans.

Competition for jobs the GOP isn't qualified for are why they hate immigrants. Keeping immigrants out only ensures companies will move away.

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

South Carolina Has The Nation’s Second Worst Graduation Rate — Will The GOP Offer Solutions?

In 2010, New Hampshire had the ninth highest high school graduation rate in the country at 83.3 percent. Caucus state Iowa was third, with 86.4 percent. South Carolina, however, is 49th, at 61.9 percent.

What would the Republican candidates do about this problem? Not very much, besides unite in their desire to abolish the Education Department entirely. As Patrick McGuinn, an associate professor of political science and education at Drew University, noted, “the common emphasis on a diminished federal role in K-12 poses a challenge for the GOP presidential contenders hoping to push their own sweeping education proposals and stand out on the issue.” Forbes Magazine noted following a GOP primary debate in Dartmouth that “not one candidate made the obvious connection between an improved economy and ending the dropout epidemic.”

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

Republicans talk about bringing jobs back that don't exist any more. They just can't bring themselves to see the connection between education and a good paying job.

the gop under obama have swept governorships, house, senate, everything from dog catcher to mayor.
We now control 75 pct of the political landscape.
rderp is obviously living in an alternative universe.

 

[kyzr]

GOP policies did not wreck the economy, it was the "Community Reinvestment Act" signed by Bill Clinton requiring banks to give loans to the unqualified.
The Bill repealing Glass-Steagall was also signed by Bill Clinton in 1999
So please tell us what "GOP policies wrecked the economy under Bush".


Trump is pissing off all the right people...
The country is on a very wrong track, the national debt is approaching a crisis level (so says the DOD)
We need someone to start "Grace Commission II" to streamline the Federal Government
We need someone to get jobs insourced instead of outsourced
We need someone to stop huge corporations like Pfizer from moving overseas
We need someone to control our defense spending for other countries
We need someone to stop the flow of drugs across the southern border
We need someone to deport those who are here illegally (it is not breaking up families, they all go)
We need someone to vet immigrants properly before allowing them in
We need someone to fix Obamacare, currently a disaster
We need the wall built using the "foreign aid" budget
I could keep going with China, Korea, NATO, Iraq, Iran, AFG, Russia, etc., but lets just say we need a lot of things fixed.

Hillary is a crook who likes the current track...she's on track to be a billionaire

 

[healthmyths]

If a presidency had the following, would it qualify as a "successful" presidency?

• Over 8 years the Federal budget annual shortfall (i.e. more money going out then coming) in 4 years the deficit decreased.
• Over those 8 years 3.5 million jobs were lost due to a recession, major market decline, national attack that killed 3,000, and during that 8 year period
• another 3,000 people died and almost $300 billion in damages from the 8 weather disasters out of the top 15 worst disasters in USA history.
• So when this occurred the GDP should have declined... but during these 8 years the GDP grew 16%.
• During that same 8 year period the number of people employed grew over 4% IN spite of the above job losses due to attacks,recessions,weather events.
• Oh and in the course of the next 13 years nearly 2 million children were saved from starvation.

 

[Timmy]

The 38,000 job creation number was low because of the verizon strike . (34,000 people)

They are chack to work now .

 

[Iceweasel]

Much of the above conservative nonsense and BS confirms why they are failures in government and out. When your god is supply side nonsense and free market baloney only the wealthy benefit, the followers are simply directed to look in the wrong direction and they do so like puppets. Mass right wing corporate paid agitprop has created a class of dummies. Consider that Limbaugh drives a German made 'union made' auto that helps Germany and pays for their free college, and yet the righties listen to him as if he were Moses. Too funny.

Supply side economics works, sorry if you libs can't stand it. It's been proven countless times. It will work in your life too if you start a business. And most business people are not wealthy, they just provide a service or goods.

The left wing establishment is just as much in bed with big corporations, follow the money. Libs turn a blind eye to it and only see what they want. That's why most of you are the dependent class, needy and incapable of surviving off the government titty.

 

[Richard-H]

We saw how GOP policies wrecked the economy under Bush.

They used reconcilliation three times to ruin the country.

Even their nominee goes on endlessly about the GOP disastrous mess in Iraq. They don't seem to realize how stupid Trump makes them look when he makes fun of their foreign policies.

Business has bounced back under Obama.

The stock market has made up what it lost under Bush and then some.

And Republicans look at the 38,000 jobs created last month as proof of a disastrous economy. But look at the facts:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

Unemployment in 2006 was 4.7%. And now it's 4.7%. But at the end of Bush's second term, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and peaked 10 months into Obama's first term. Almost to the day of Bush's last budget.

America has 5.8 million job openings, matches all-time high

But on the other hand, it is also a symptom of a growing problem in the U.S. economy, where employers can't find skilled workers for the jobs that they need. That disparity is called the job skills gap, and it's a major challenge in right now.

Has America Run Out of Workers to Fill Its Open Jobs?

That "suggests that firms may be having difficulty in finding qualified employees in a tightening job market," Drew Matus, an economist at UBS Securities LLC, wrote on Wednesday. The headline on his analysis was "Has The Well Run Dry?"

Even before the latest report, analysts were fretting that Friday's data on weak job growth was a sign that companies couldn't fill openings. The economy added just 38,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, but only because the labor force shrank. Wages rose 2.5 percent over the past year, which isn't rapid but does indicate that companies are starting to compete for hard-to-get workers.

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

One thing we do know, companies are not competing for Republicans.

Competition for jobs the GOP isn't qualified for are why they hate immigrants. Keeping immigrants out only ensures companies will move away.

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

South Carolina Has The Nation’s Second Worst Graduation Rate — Will The GOP Offer Solutions?

In 2010, New Hampshire had the ninth highest high school graduation rate in the country at 83.3 percent. Caucus state Iowa was third, with 86.4 percent. South Carolina, however, is 49th, at 61.9 percent.

What would the Republican candidates do about this problem? Not very much, besides unite in their desire to abolish the Education Department entirely. As Patrick McGuinn, an associate professor of political science and education at Drew University, noted, “the common emphasis on a diminished federal role in K-12 poses a challenge for the GOP presidential contenders hoping to push their own sweeping education proposals and stand out on the issue.” Forbes Magazine noted following a GOP primary debate in Dartmouth that “not one candidate made the obvious connection between an improved economy and ending the dropout epidemic.”

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

Republicans talk about bringing jobs back that don't exist any more. They just can't bring themselves to see the connection between education and a good paying job.

The 'job skills gap' in the U.S. is because 'nobody ever got rich working for a living'. Employer demands for employees education and skills have become unrealistic while salaries and wages have stagnated - in fact, since raises don't match the increase in the cost of living, salaries and wages have plummeted.

A generation ago, a college education alone would be enough to support a family of any size and to live a very high standard. Skilled workers could support any size family, while not living quite the standard of college educated. Unskilled workers could get by.

Nowadays, it takes two college educations plus never ending post college education to support no more than three children. Even then college is only affordable thru debt.

Meanwhile, employees see the moneyed class accumulating all the wealth. People who have very little skills and mediocre education. People who retain all power and decision making authority, but who are grossly incompetent. They depend on their workforce to survive.

Look at Trump, he's clearly stated that while he does not have the in depth knowledge to be President, he will as he's always done: 'hire the best people'. Why don't we elect one of these 'best people' instead of him? Because he is 'moneyed' and they are not?

Americans aren't stupid. There is a point of diminishing returns on education. A highly educated person is just a SLIGHTLY more valued slave, but a slave none the less.

Economic deprivation, forcing employees to limitless levels of education and skills, will only work to a point.

 

[Richard-H]

Much of the above conservative nonsense and BS confirms why they are failures in government and out. When your god is supply side nonsense and free market baloney only the wealthy benefit, the followers are simply directed to look in the wrong direction and they do so like puppets. Mass right wing corporate paid agitprop has created a class of dummies. Consider that Limbaugh drives a German made 'union made' auto that helps Germany and pays for their free college, and yet the righties listen to him as if he were Moses. Too funny.

Supply side economics works, sorry if you libs can't stand it. It's been proven countless times. It will work in your life too if you start a business. And most business people are not wealthy, they just provide a service or goods.

The left wing establishment is just as much in bed with big corporations, follow the money. Libs turn a blind eye to it and only see what they want. That's why most of you are the dependent class, needy and incapable of surviving off the government titty.

Supply side economics worked very well for a tiny minority of people, but has been a gross failure for for the vast majority. Monarchy worked very well for a tiny minority, but not so well for the majority. Supply-side economics is just a means to achieve Mussolini style fascism.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Trump wants to make us great again

But he doesn't actually know how.

 

[Iceweasel]

Much of the above conservative nonsense and BS confirms why they are failures in government and out. When your god is supply side nonsense and free market baloney only the wealthy benefit, the followers are simply directed to look in the wrong direction and they do so like puppets. Mass right wing corporate paid agitprop has created a class of dummies. Consider that Limbaugh drives a German made 'union made' auto that helps Germany and pays for their free college, and yet the righties listen to him as if he were Moses. Too funny.

Supply side economics works, sorry if you libs can't stand it. It's been proven countless times. It will work in your life too if you start a business. And most business people are not wealthy, they just provide a service or goods.

The left wing establishment is just as much in bed with big corporations, follow the money. Libs turn a blind eye to it and only see what they want. That's why most of you are the dependent class, needy and incapable of surviving off the government titty.

Supply side economics worked very well for a tiny minority of people, but has been a gross failure for for the vast majority. Monarchy worked very well for a tiny minority, but not so well for the majority. Supply-side economics is just a means to achieve Mussolini style fascism.

Liar. It's how the economy actually works. If you are that stupid ....you're a liberal.

 

[Iceweasel]

A generation ago, a college education alone would be enough to support a family of any size and to live a very high standard. Skilled workers could support any size family, while not living quite the standard of college educated. Unskilled workers could get by.

Americans aren't stupid. There is a point of diminishing returns on education. A highly educated person is just a SLIGHTLY more valued slave, but a slave none the less.

Economic deprivation, forcing employees to limitless levels of education and skills, will only work to a point.

Liberal Americans ARE stupid. And it seems the more "educated" the worse they are. They get brainwashed and taught capitalism is evil, while the reality is that socialism kills innovation and incentive.

It takes two to support a family if you want to live in a large home, have two new auto, and all the bells and whistles. And you do not need college to make enough money to raise kids. You're full of shit.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Median household income down 2 grand.....smells like disaster to me

 

[Iceweasel]

Median household income down 2 grand.....smells like disaster to me

It is. The bigger the public sector is the smaller the private sector gets.