The Blinders On The Left

[PoliticalChic]

If you think BLM is too aggressive and has thus done more harm than good by making regular folks who really want everyone to be treated equally abandon that principle, you come from a place of privilege and refuse to acknowledge it.

I state with certainty that the media coverage of riots, social media of racial hatred, and many other things coming from BLM, supporters, and due to BLM and supporters, has flavored people's opinion about what they stand for.
People don't question "Can we all be better to each other?"
They start to question the people whom set their own neighborhoods on fire.

get upset.
Or the police can treat the gunning down of black men the same as they treat white deaths.
BLM did not start this.

You can only watch do many videos of policemen killing unarmed black men with no repercussions & not get upset.

It started with Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin, telling his story & the police basically saying "no problem".

Then you get a bunch of ignorant white people running around screaming " White lives matter" being too God damn stupid to know white lives always mattered.

This is the problem. Quit blaming black people for your racism.

So, you're a government school grad?

 

[eddiew37]

Repubs blocked them Some truth for Chic
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Prakash Heda • Contributing Member • Posts: 520
Bills Republicans Have Blocked Since President Obama Took Office
Nov 2, 2012
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I keep hearing this argument that Obama did not do enough....there is a long list of achievement I posted...Obama administration's accomplishments: Off Topic Forum: Digital Photography Review

Obama did do lot of things even without Repubs support....and seems Repubs never agree with that accusation....here is the list I found on web.....lets see if someone willing to still refute....

1. Tax on Companies that ship jobs overseas- A bill that would have eliminated a tax break that companies get when they ship jobs overseas. Republicans blocked this, allowing companies to keep the tax break they receive when they ship jobs to other countries.
2. Political Ad disclosure bill- Would have required all donors to political campaigns to reveal themselves. Republicans blocked this, not once but twice.
3. Subpoena Power for the Committee investigating the BP Oil Spill – Give subpoena power to the independent committee responsible for investigating BP’s roll in the oil spill. Republicans attempted to block this.
4. The Small Business Jobs Act -would give LOCAL, community banks access to billions of dollars to loan to small businesses. Republicans blocked this, then attempted to block it a second time and failed.
5. The DREAM Act- Gives immigrant youth who were brought here as children a path to citizenship by earning a college degree or serving the military for 2 years. Republicans blocked this.
6. Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”- Would have repealed the law that forces gay and lesbian services members to lie about their sexuality and gives the military the right to discharge soldiers based on their sexuality. Republicans blocked this many times and Democrats were finally able to pass it with the support of just 2 Republicans.
7. Senator Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill – Makes it so that women raped overseas while working for foreign contractors have the right to have their case heard in an American court instead of having their case mediated by the company they work for. Only Republican men voted against this, but it passed.
8. Benefits for Homeless Veterans- Would have expanded benefits to homeless veterans and homeless veterans with children. Republicans blocked this.
9. Affordable Health Care For America Act- Prevents insurance companies from discriminating against you on the basis of “pre-existing conditions”. Requires that insurance companies spend 85 cents of every dollar that you pay on your actual health care. Limits health insurance companies profit margins. Republicans blocked this for months before it finally passed and have vowed to repeal it if they are elected.
10. Health Care for the 9/11 First Responders who got sick from being at Ground Zero- Would provide billions of dollars in health care to help the 9/11 First Responders who were at Ground Zero on 9/11 and are now sick because of it. Republicans blocked this.
11. The Jobs Bill- Offsets the payroll tax for 1 year for companies that hire new employees, or people receiving unemployment insurance. Also gives other tax incentives to companies hiring new employees. Republicans attempted to block this.
12. Wall Street Reform- Puts stricter regulations on the banks, preventing them from becoming “too big to fail”. Curbs reckless spending practices that caused the banking crisis. Republicans attempted to block this.
13. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- Pumped billions of dollars into state and local Governments to prevent us from sinking into a second Great Depression. Republicans opposed this but now want to take credit for the parts of it that we know are successful.
14. Oil Spill Liability- Raises the liability on what companies can be made to pay to clean up after an oil spill. Republicans blocked this.
15. Immigration Reform- Republican suggested comprehensive immigration reform until Obama supported it. Now they’re rabidly opposed to it and even voted against their own legislation. Republicans blocked this.
16. Unemployment extension bill HR-4213- Would provide additional aid to the millions of Americans still on unemployment who are just trying to support themselves and their families. Republicans blocked this bill for 8 weeks before it finally passed. Republicans blocked this for 8 weeks before it finally passed.
17. Fair Pay Act of 2009- Also called the Lily Ledbetter bill. Requires that women receive equal compensation to men for doing the same work. Republicans attempted to block this.
18. No permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
19. Report identifying hybrid or electric propulsion systems and other fuel-saving technologies for incorporation into tactical motor vehicles.
20. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.
21. Improvements to Department of Defense domestic violence programs.
22. Department of Defense recognition of spouses of members of the Armed Forces.
23. Department of Defense recognition of children of members of the Armed Forces.
24. Enhancements to the Troops-to-Teachers Program.
25. Fiscal year 2011 increase in military basic pay.
26. Improving aural protection for members of the Armed Forces.
27. Comprehensive policy on neurocognitive assessment by the military health care system.
28. Authority to make excess nonlethal supplies available for domestic emergency assistance.

And those were just some of the progressive provisions. On the conservative side, there are these, and more:

• Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Prohibition on the use of funds to modify or construct facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Prohibition on use of funds to give Miranda warnings to Al Qaeda terrorists.
  

-- h

And?
You posted this as though it has something....anything.....to do with this thread.
It doesn't.


What is it you look forward to, a one party system like North Korea, and the old Soviet Russia???
Obama was an abject failure as President and that has nothing to do with the Republicans.....it's because he is a socialist/communist with no skill at leading a centrist America.


My thesis....and certainly proven....is that the most economically successful policies have been conservative ones.


I take it you can't find any way to disagree.

Who to believe chic ?? You or Blinder?
Jun 22 2016
The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents

It has often been suggested that Republicans are better at overseeing the economy than Democrats. However, an analysis of economic performance since World War II under Democratic versus Republican presidents shows that claims that Republicans are better at managing the economy are simply not true. While the reasons are neither fully understood nor completely attributable to policy choices, data show that the economy has performed much better during Democratic administrations. Economic growth, job creation and industrial production have all been stronger.

In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

The charts in this document update and expand upon the analysis in the Blinder and Watson paper. They include more recent data for both gross domestic product (GDP) and employment, as well as revisions to past data that have occurred since their paper was written. The charts also go back further to include all available data for the Truman presidency, though GDP data are only available beginning in 1947.

The data show that, since World War II, the economy has performed substantially better under Democratic presidents. On average, real (inflation-adjusted) GDP has grown about 1.6 times faster under Democrats than under Republicans. While the strong performance under Presidents Truman, Kennedy and Johnson certainly contributes to this gap, the starting point does not matter: GDP has grown faster under Democrats regardless of whether the analysis begins with President Truman, President Kennedy or President Reagan.

The findings for private-sector job growth are even more striking: businesses have added jobs at a nearly 2.5 times faster rate under Democrats than under Republicans, on average. In fact, the private-sector job growth gap between Democrats and Republicans is even greater than the gap when including government jobs.

These results should be interpreted with caution, since numerous external factors can impact the economy, including demographic trends, the strength of foreign economies and actions by the Federal Reserve. The Blinder and Watson paper concludes that the “large and significant” performance gap between the economy under Democrats and Republicans is predominantly due to factors that “might be considered blends of good policy and good luck,” in particular lower oil prices and higher productivity growth. But as Dr. Blinder pointed out to FactCheck.org, presidents may inadvertently affect these factors while pursuing other objectives. For example, he wrote: “the fact that we entered several wars in the gulf area (the latest in 2003) under Republican presidents, thereby driving up oil prices, was not just luck – it was policy, though not economic policy.”

GDP by President - 6.22.16.pdf (281.6 KBs)

• Jobs by President - 6.22.16.pdf (281.3 KBs)

• The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents - JEC Fact Sheet - The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents (June 2016).pdf (589.2 KBs)

Permalink: The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents - Reports - United States Joint Economic Committee

1. Blinder was a Clinton appointee....a Democrat...but at least he's from Brooklyn

2. You didn't address the facts I provided.....GDP growth.

3. You made the insane announcement that you'd rather live in a gulag, and told what to do and what to think, by government, rather than in a nation ruled by the precepts of our Founders: individualism, free markets, and limited constitutional government....admitting that you are a totalitarian.

4. In simplest terms:
The Dog and the Wolf
A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by. "Ah, Cousin," said the Dog. "I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon be the ruin of you. Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly given to you?"

"I would have no objection," said the Wolf, "if I could only get a place."

"I will easily arrange that for you," said the Dog; "come with me to my master and you shall share my work."

So the Wolf and the Dog went towards the town together. On the way there the Wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of the Dog's neck was very much worn away, so he asked him how that had come about.

"Oh, it is nothing," said the Dog. "That is only the place where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it."

"Is that all?" said the Wolf. "Then good-bye to you, Master Dog."

Better starve free than be a fat slave.


Does that cover it?

Good one I'll try to duplicate it in the future Going out to eat now Great steak house Bryant and Cooper and btw I'm free not fat and can go out for dinner all the days of my life and not go broke BUT I can never be a republican and I don't need google ,,because my wife knows everything ,,,You and her ...lol

 

[eddiew37]

YES Chic Time and Time again
In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

Who was more successful, Obama or Reagan?

Reagan threw our money away to defeat Russia and if reagan was black and a dem repubs would hate him too

 

[PoliticalChic]

YES Chic Time and Time again
In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

Who was more successful, Obama or Reagan?

Reagan threw our money away to defeat Russia and if reagan was black and a dem repubs would hate him too

Can you imagine the confetti parades we would have seen if Obama had accrued the record....either domestic or foreign policy....that Reagan did!!!

 

[PoliticalChic]

Repubs blocked them Some truth for Chic
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Prakash Heda • Contributing Member • Posts: 520
Bills Republicans Have Blocked Since President Obama Took Office
Nov 2, 2012
10
I keep hearing this argument that Obama did not do enough....there is a long list of achievement I posted...Obama administration's accomplishments: Off Topic Forum: Digital Photography Review

Obama did do lot of things even without Repubs support....and seems Repubs never agree with that accusation....here is the list I found on web.....lets see if someone willing to still refute....

1. Tax on Companies that ship jobs overseas- A bill that would have eliminated a tax break that companies get when they ship jobs overseas. Republicans blocked this, allowing companies to keep the tax break they receive when they ship jobs to other countries.
2. Political Ad disclosure bill- Would have required all donors to political campaigns to reveal themselves. Republicans blocked this, not once but twice.
3. Subpoena Power for the Committee investigating the BP Oil Spill – Give subpoena power to the independent committee responsible for investigating BP’s roll in the oil spill. Republicans attempted to block this.
4. The Small Business Jobs Act -would give LOCAL, community banks access to billions of dollars to loan to small businesses. Republicans blocked this, then attempted to block it a second time and failed.
5. The DREAM Act- Gives immigrant youth who were brought here as children a path to citizenship by earning a college degree or serving the military for 2 years. Republicans blocked this.
6. Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”- Would have repealed the law that forces gay and lesbian services members to lie about their sexuality and gives the military the right to discharge soldiers based on their sexuality. Republicans blocked this many times and Democrats were finally able to pass it with the support of just 2 Republicans.
7. Senator Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill – Makes it so that women raped overseas while working for foreign contractors have the right to have their case heard in an American court instead of having their case mediated by the company they work for. Only Republican men voted against this, but it passed.
8. Benefits for Homeless Veterans- Would have expanded benefits to homeless veterans and homeless veterans with children. Republicans blocked this.
9. Affordable Health Care For America Act- Prevents insurance companies from discriminating against you on the basis of “pre-existing conditions”. Requires that insurance companies spend 85 cents of every dollar that you pay on your actual health care. Limits health insurance companies profit margins. Republicans blocked this for months before it finally passed and have vowed to repeal it if they are elected.
10. Health Care for the 9/11 First Responders who got sick from being at Ground Zero- Would provide billions of dollars in health care to help the 9/11 First Responders who were at Ground Zero on 9/11 and are now sick because of it. Republicans blocked this.
11. The Jobs Bill- Offsets the payroll tax for 1 year for companies that hire new employees, or people receiving unemployment insurance. Also gives other tax incentives to companies hiring new employees. Republicans attempted to block this.
12. Wall Street Reform- Puts stricter regulations on the banks, preventing them from becoming “too big to fail”. Curbs reckless spending practices that caused the banking crisis. Republicans attempted to block this.
13. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- Pumped billions of dollars into state and local Governments to prevent us from sinking into a second Great Depression. Republicans opposed this but now want to take credit for the parts of it that we know are successful.
14. Oil Spill Liability- Raises the liability on what companies can be made to pay to clean up after an oil spill. Republicans blocked this.
15. Immigration Reform- Republican suggested comprehensive immigration reform until Obama supported it. Now they’re rabidly opposed to it and even voted against their own legislation. Republicans blocked this.
16. Unemployment extension bill HR-4213- Would provide additional aid to the millions of Americans still on unemployment who are just trying to support themselves and their families. Republicans blocked this bill for 8 weeks before it finally passed. Republicans blocked this for 8 weeks before it finally passed.
17. Fair Pay Act of 2009- Also called the Lily Ledbetter bill. Requires that women receive equal compensation to men for doing the same work. Republicans attempted to block this.
18. No permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
19. Report identifying hybrid or electric propulsion systems and other fuel-saving technologies for incorporation into tactical motor vehicles.
20. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.
21. Improvements to Department of Defense domestic violence programs.
22. Department of Defense recognition of spouses of members of the Armed Forces.
23. Department of Defense recognition of children of members of the Armed Forces.
24. Enhancements to the Troops-to-Teachers Program.
25. Fiscal year 2011 increase in military basic pay.
26. Improving aural protection for members of the Armed Forces.
27. Comprehensive policy on neurocognitive assessment by the military health care system.
28. Authority to make excess nonlethal supplies available for domestic emergency assistance.

And those were just some of the progressive provisions. On the conservative side, there are these, and more:

• Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Prohibition on the use of funds to modify or construct facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Prohibition on use of funds to give Miranda warnings to Al Qaeda terrorists.
  

-- h

And?
You posted this as though it has something....anything.....to do with this thread.
It doesn't.


What is it you look forward to, a one party system like North Korea, and the old Soviet Russia???
Obama was an abject failure as President and that has nothing to do with the Republicans.....it's because he is a socialist/communist with no skill at leading a centrist America.


My thesis....and certainly proven....is that the most economically successful policies have been conservative ones.


I take it you can't find any way to disagree.

Who to believe chic ?? You or Blinder?
Jun 22 2016
The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents

It has often been suggested that Republicans are better at overseeing the economy than Democrats. However, an analysis of economic performance since World War II under Democratic versus Republican presidents shows that claims that Republicans are better at managing the economy are simply not true. While the reasons are neither fully understood nor completely attributable to policy choices, data show that the economy has performed much better during Democratic administrations. Economic growth, job creation and industrial production have all been stronger.

In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

The charts in this document update and expand upon the analysis in the Blinder and Watson paper. They include more recent data for both gross domestic product (GDP) and employment, as well as revisions to past data that have occurred since their paper was written. The charts also go back further to include all available data for the Truman presidency, though GDP data are only available beginning in 1947.

The data show that, since World War II, the economy has performed substantially better under Democratic presidents. On average, real (inflation-adjusted) GDP has grown about 1.6 times faster under Democrats than under Republicans. While the strong performance under Presidents Truman, Kennedy and Johnson certainly contributes to this gap, the starting point does not matter: GDP has grown faster under Democrats regardless of whether the analysis begins with President Truman, President Kennedy or President Reagan.

The findings for private-sector job growth are even more striking: businesses have added jobs at a nearly 2.5 times faster rate under Democrats than under Republicans, on average. In fact, the private-sector job growth gap between Democrats and Republicans is even greater than the gap when including government jobs.

These results should be interpreted with caution, since numerous external factors can impact the economy, including demographic trends, the strength of foreign economies and actions by the Federal Reserve. The Blinder and Watson paper concludes that the “large and significant” performance gap between the economy under Democrats and Republicans is predominantly due to factors that “might be considered blends of good policy and good luck,” in particular lower oil prices and higher productivity growth. But as Dr. Blinder pointed out to FactCheck.org, presidents may inadvertently affect these factors while pursuing other objectives. For example, he wrote: “the fact that we entered several wars in the gulf area (the latest in 2003) under Republican presidents, thereby driving up oil prices, was not just luck – it was policy, though not economic policy.”

GDP by President - 6.22.16.pdf (281.6 KBs)

• Jobs by President - 6.22.16.pdf (281.3 KBs)

• The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents - JEC Fact Sheet - The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents (June 2016).pdf (589.2 KBs)

Permalink: The Economy Under Democratic vs. Republican Presidents - Reports - United States Joint Economic Committee

1. Blinder was a Clinton appointee....a Democrat...but at least he's from Brooklyn

2. You didn't address the facts I provided.....GDP growth.

3. You made the insane announcement that you'd rather live in a gulag, and told what to do and what to think, by government, rather than in a nation ruled by the precepts of our Founders: individualism, free markets, and limited constitutional government....admitting that you are a totalitarian.

4. In simplest terms:
The Dog and the Wolf
A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by. "Ah, Cousin," said the Dog. "I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon be the ruin of you. Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly given to you?"

"I would have no objection," said the Wolf, "if I could only get a place."

"I will easily arrange that for you," said the Dog; "come with me to my master and you shall share my work."

So the Wolf and the Dog went towards the town together. On the way there the Wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of the Dog's neck was very much worn away, so he asked him how that had come about.

"Oh, it is nothing," said the Dog. "That is only the place where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it."

"Is that all?" said the Wolf. "Then good-bye to you, Master Dog."

Better starve free than be a fat slave.


Does that cover it?

Good one I'll try to duplicate it in the future Going out to eat now Great steak house Bryant and Cooper and btw I'm free not fat and can go out for dinner all the days of my life and not go broke BUT I can never be a republican and I don't need google ,,because my wife knows everything ,,,You and her ...lol

My regards to the little lady!

 

[eddiew37]

YES Chic Time and Time again
In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

Who was more successful, Obama or Reagan?

Reagan threw our money away to defeat Russia and if reagan was black and a dem repubs would hate him too

Can you imagine the confetti parades we would have seen if Obama had accrued the record....either domestic or foreign policy....that Reagan did!!!

Come on chic You know it I know it Everyone knows it Obama could have found a cure for cancer and repubs would still be bashing him

 

[PoliticalChic]

YES Chic Time and Time again
In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

Who was more successful, Obama or Reagan?

Reagan threw our money away to defeat Russia and if reagan was black and a dem repubs would hate him too

Can you imagine the confetti parades we would have seen if Obama had accrued the record....either domestic or foreign policy....that Reagan did!!!

Come on chic You know it I know it Everyone knows it Obama could have found a cure for cancer and repubs would still be bashing him

Actually, he was both incompetent as far as benefiting the American citizen, and a socialist.

Those were his problems...not his skin color.

Proof?

Sure:

1... in today’s recovery — the slowest in the modern era going back to 1947 — private capital investment has lagged badly. ... so has the jobs situation, with 92 million dropping out of the workforce altogether. A labor-participation rate of 62.8% and an employment-to-population rate of 58% are historic lows indicative of the anemic jobs recovery. Big Business Swings Behind a Mantra of Growth - The New York Sun


2. Tavis Smiley: 'Black People Will Have Lost Ground in Every Single Economic Indicator' Under Obama
Tavis Smiley: 'Black People Will Have Lost Ground in Every Single Economic Indicator' Under Obama


3. . "Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession
. ...the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ....indicate that the real (inflation-adjusted) median annual household income in America has fallen by 4.4 percent during the "recovery," after having fallen by 1.8 during the recession.
Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession


4. . In a stunning Tuesday report, Gallup CEO and Chairman Jim Clifton revealed that “for the first time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births.”Clifton says for the past six years since 2008, employer business startups have fallen below the business failure rate, spurring what he calls “an underground earthquake” that only stands to worsen as lagging U.S. Census data becomes available.
“Let’s get one thing clear: This economy is never truly coming back unless we reverse the birth and death trends of American businesses,” writes Clifton."Economic Death Spiral: More American Businesses Dying Than Starting - Breitbart


5. "Surprise: U.S. Economic Data Have Been the World's Most Disappointing
It's not only the just-released University of Michigan consumer confidence report and February retail sales on Thursday that surprised economists and investors with another dose of underwhelming news. Overall, U.S. economic data have been falling short of prognosticators' expectations by the most in six years." Surprise: U.S. Economic Data Have Been the World's Most Disappointing

6. . "That basic math is why middle class incomes have been in decline under Obama. The Census Bureau reports that since Obama became President 7 years ago, real median household income has fallen by $1,300 a year. Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Steve Moore explained in testimony before the Ways and Means Committee, “At 2 percent growth the economy doesn’t spin off enough jobs to increase wages, and tax revenues grow much too slowly to balance the budget.”
The recession officially ended more than 6 years ago. Wages and incomes have always grown in recoveries, not declined. Moreover, the American historical record is the deeper the recession, the stronger the recovery. The economy is supposed to boom in a recovery to catch up with its long term economic growth trendline. But over 6 years after the recession ended, that still has not happened. Instead, what we have gotten under President Obama is the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression." Realizing The Super Bowl Of American Economic Growth



7. "Even if you leave out the first quarter of 2009—when the recession that started in December 2007 was still ongoing--President Barack Obama has presided over the lowest average first-quarter GDP growth of any president who has served since 1947, which is the earliest year for which the Bureau of Economic Analysis has calculated quarterly GDP growth. " http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence...-obama-has-lowest-average-1stq-gdp-growth-any


8. The Obama Administration is aggressively exploiting regulation to achieve its policy agenda, issuing 157 new major rules at a cost to Americans approaching $73 billion annually....twice the annual average of his predecessor George W. Bush. And much more regulation is on the way, with another 125 major rules on the Administration’s to-do list, including dozens linked to the Dodd–Frank financial regulation law and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Red Tape Rising: Five Years of Regulatory Expansion


9. . "...take-home pay for many American workers has effectively fallen since the economic recovery began in 2009, according to a new study by an advocacy group that is to be released on Thursday.

The declines were greatest for the lowest-paid workers in sectors where hiring has been strong — home health care, food preparation and retailing — even though wages were already below average to begin with in those service industries.

“Stagnant wages are a problem for everyone at this point, but the imbalance in the economy has become more pronounced since the recession,”..." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/b...rkers-see-biggest-drop-in-paychecks.html?_r=0


10. . "Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts.The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of the original $2 billion appropriatedin 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The funds were loaned to the start-up co-ops in 2012 and were to be repaid in 15 years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which manages Obamacare.


...13 of the 23 federally-financed Obamacare co-ops have officially failed in only two years. Most are in the process of default as insurance regulators attempt to pay customer’s medical bills, cover medical providers and pay other creditors.
Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses


11. Obama is the first President never to have had a year of 3% or better economic growth: "... annual growth during Obama’s “recovery” has never topped 3%. By comparison, it never fell below 3% during the Reagan recovery. And in the nine years following the 1990-91 recession, GDP grew faster than 3% in all but two. Heck, even Jimmy Carter had some strong growth years." President Obama's Growth Gap Hits $1.31 Trillion | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

a. "The years since 2007 have been a macroeconomic disaster for the United States of a magnitude unprecedented since the Great Depression." Obama: Always Wrong, Never In Doubt

b. ".... first president since Hoover to never have a single year above 3% GDP growth."Obama economy is 'amazing,' says hedge fund billionaire



12. ".... calculating how much the debt increased during Obama's two terms. On January 20, 2009, when he was sworn in, the debt was $10.626 trillion. On January 20, 2017, it was $19.947 trillion. That's why most people say Obama added $9 trillion to the debt, more than any other president."
How Much Did Obama Add to the Nation's Debt?




Is a dozen enough?

I have lots more.....

...and if you need proof of his failures in foreign policy....say the word.

 

[PoliticalChic]

If you think BLM is too aggressive and has thus done more harm than good by making regular folks who really want everyone to be treated equally abandon that principle, you come from a place of privilege and refuse to acknowledge it.

I state with certainty that the media coverage of riots, social media of racial hatred, and many other things coming from BLM, supporters, and due to BLM and supporters, has flavored people's opinion about what they stand for.
People don't question "Can we all be better to each other?"
They start to question the people whom set their own neighborhoods on fire.

get upset.
Or the police can treat the gunning down of black men the same as they treat white deaths.
BLM did not start this.

You can only watch do many videos of policemen killing unarmed black men with no repercussions & not get upset.

It started with Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin, telling his story & the police basically saying "no problem".

Then you get a bunch of ignorant white people running around screaming " White lives matter" being too God damn stupid to know white lives always mattered.

This is the problem. Quit blaming black people for your racism.

For your reading displeasure, RealDumb....



What if the sun ceased to rise in the east, and came up in the west.

What if telemarketers didn’t call during dinner…

What if an Ivy League university opened a conversation based on racism being over.
OK…my heart rate is settling back to the normal range…but when I opened the latest Columbia University alum magazine, Fall 2011, and read the letter to the editor, prominently placed on page three, entitled “Racism? What Racism?,” I found the following:

“Manning Marable thought the black elite do not discuss the problems of the ‘underclass’ because in doing so they would be forced to confront the common

realities of that underlie the totality of America’s social and economic order. ( “A Message for the World,” Manning Marable's Living Legacy | Columbia Magazine).
After 40 years of civil-rights legislation, affirmative action, and minority set-asides, at a time when African Americans play a prominent role in the sports and entertainment industries and can be found at every level of government, from state legislatures to the highest offices of the land (not just president, but national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), blaming racism for the problems of the underclass is not very convincing.”


You know what Barack Obama will say when he sees this… “I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played …But I think it’s fair to say, that the Columbia magazine acted stupidly!”


Man, what a tough time to be a Liberal.

 

[AnomalousMaterial]

I'll have the time to construct a lengthy historical piece on the last 40 years of federal rule, the involvement of government in market forces, and an opinion on how bi-partisan idealogy sharing could be when i get home tonight.
All I see so far is a battle of wills with no real constructive gain, and yes as my total understanding of history is incomplete, so will I help you paint a more complete picture of the reality of the situation.

Hold on to your hats buckaroos.

 

[AnomalousMaterial]

If you think BLM is too aggressive and has thus done more harm than good by making regular folks who really want everyone to be treated equally abandon that principle, you come from a place of privilege and refuse to acknowledge it.

I state with certainty that the media coverage of riots, social media of racial hatred, and many other things coming from BLM, supporters, and due to BLM and supporters, has flavored people's opinion about what they stand for.
People don't question "Can we all be better to each other?"
They start to question the people whom set their own neighborhoods on fire.

get upset.
Or the police can treat the gunning down of black men the same as they treat white deaths.
BLM did not start this.

You can only watch do many videos of policemen killing unarmed black men with no repercussions & not get upset.

It started with Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin, telling his story & the police basically saying "no problem".

Then you get a bunch of ignorant white people running around screaming " White lives matter" being too God damn stupid to know white lives always mattered.

This is the problem. Quit blaming black people for your racism.

I was able to watch the entire Zimmerman trial live, as it all unfolded.
You're absolutely right that "it" started (in earnest) with Zimmerman and Martin, but you clearly do not know "what" and "why"

Zimmerman was guilty of self defence, through and through. All the forensic evidence supports it, all the corroborating witness and analysis testimony supports it, and while these are facts not able to be expressed in court, Trayvon's character and recent history supports it.

Have a nice day Dave.

 

[LoneLaugher]

If you think BLM is too aggressive and has thus done more harm than good by making regular folks who really want everyone to be treated equally abandon that principle, you come from a place of privilege and refuse to acknowledge it.

I state with certainty that the media coverage of riots, social media of racial hatred, and many other things coming from BLM, supporters, and due to BLM and supporters, has flavored people's opinion about what they stand for.
People don't question "Can we all be better to each other?"
They start to question the people whom set their own neighborhoods on fire.

get upset.
Or the police can treat the gunning down of black men the same as they treat white deaths.
BLM did not start this.

You can only watch do many videos of policemen killing unarmed black men with no repercussions & not get upset.

It started with Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin, telling his story & the police basically saying "no problem".

Then you get a bunch of ignorant white people running around screaming " White lives matter" being too God damn stupid to know white lives always mattered.

This is the problem. Quit blaming black people for your racism.

I was able to watch the entire Zimmerman trial live, as it all unfolded.
You're absolutely right that "it" started (in earnest) with Zimmerman and Martin, but you clearly do not know "what" and "why"

Zimmerman was guilty of self defence, through and through. All the forensic evidence supports it, all the corroborating witness and analysis testimony supports it, and while these are facts not able to be expressed in court, Trayvon's character and recent history supports it.

Have a nice day Dave.

Zimmerman is such a stand up guy, too. He would never look for trouble. He was just minding his own business that night and was set up on by a thug armed with candy.

True story.

 

[AnomalousMaterial]

Apparently a young soldier of virtue valiantly defended liberty by blitzing a gun toting neonazi maniac hellbent on preserving ye olde Klan status quo.

Or, well, not quite.
The evidence and timelines point to a snooping thief being followed by a guy with dreams of police heroism, dashing off but then coming back and assaulting a protective (zealous, yes) resident.

Zimmerman shot Trayvon in the chest after being rushed, knocked to the ground, and having his head beaten into a sidewalk.
That is the fact.

The situation absolutely could have never happened. People were also getting robbed. Trayvon also had stolen property and burglary tools on his person at school.

Both were guilty of something, but it was proven before my very eyes that the survivor had no malicious intent.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Apparently a young soldier of virtue valiantly defended liberty by blitzing a gun toting neonazi maniac hellbent on preserving ye olde Klan status quo.

Or, well, not quite.
The evidence and timelines point to a snooping thief being followed by a guy with dreams of police heroism, dashing off but then coming back and assaulting a protective (zealous, yes) resident.

Zimmerman shot Trayvon in the chest after being rushed, knocked to the ground, and having his head beaten into a sidewalk.
That is the fact.

The situation absolutely could have never happened. People were also getting robbed. Trayvon also had stolen property and burglary tools on his person at school.

Both were guilty of something, but it was proven before my very eyes that the survivor had no malicious intent.

Of course. He's a fucking angel. That skinny kid with the candy is the devil. Easy to see.

 

[AnomalousMaterial]

Apparently a young soldier of virtue valiantly defended liberty by blitzing a gun toting neonazi maniac hellbent on preserving ye olde Klan status quo.

Or, well, not quite.
The evidence and timelines point to a snooping thief being followed by a guy with dreams of police heroism, dashing off but then coming back and assaulting a protective (zealous, yes) resident.

Zimmerman shot Trayvon in the chest after being rushed, knocked to the ground, and having his head beaten into a sidewalk.
That is the fact.

The situation absolutely could have never happened. People were also getting robbed. Trayvon also had stolen property and burglary tools on his person at school.

Both were guilty of something, but it was proven before my very eyes that the survivor had no malicious intent.

Of course. He's a fucking angel. That skinny kid with the candy is the devil. Easy to see.

You're that special kind of stupid everyone laughs at when you leave the room, but pities unbeknownst in person

 

[LoneLaugher]

Apparently a young soldier of virtue valiantly defended liberty by blitzing a gun toting neonazi maniac hellbent on preserving ye olde Klan status quo.

Or, well, not quite.
The evidence and timelines point to a snooping thief being followed by a guy with dreams of police heroism, dashing off but then coming back and assaulting a protective (zealous, yes) resident.

Zimmerman shot Trayvon in the chest after being rushed, knocked to the ground, and having his head beaten into a sidewalk.
That is the fact.

The situation absolutely could have never happened. People were also getting robbed. Trayvon also had stolen property and burglary tools on his person at school.

Both were guilty of something, but it was proven before my very eyes that the survivor had no malicious intent.

Of course. He's a fucking angel. That skinny kid with the candy is the devil. Easy to see.

You're that special kind of stupid everyone laughs at when you leave the room, but pities unbeknownst in person

Not the case, guy. You'll learn in time.

 

[AnomalousMaterial]

You seem to take my defence of the facts regarding a matter as a defence of a person involved in that matter.

The trial was for murder charges. Zimmerman was proven to have not commited a murder, case closed.
What is sad is how media sensationalism around events with clear defense motive were the ones being pushed to the public, while real racially based injustices were more of a side show.

A shame to all for the grieving families of the innocent.
Trayvon, like Brown and others, were not innocent.

 

[danielpalos]

Some of the blinders on the left are; not trying hard enough to convince democrats to abolish the drug war to fund health care.

Let the right advance, with nothing but repeal, next election cycle.

Free full body massage with happy ending for democrat women, wiling to convince their elected Representatives.

 

[JoeNormal]

For the most part, when it comes to communism, Socialism, and every iteration thereof, Leftists cannot see or recognize any iniquity.
And that extends to refusing to admit the success of the economic and political thesis known as conservatism.


One Liberal wrote this in a recent article in the WSJ:

"It is time to admit that American liberalism is in deep crisis: a crisis of imagination and ambition on our side, a crisis of attachment and trust on the side of the wider public.
Ronald Reagan almost single-handedly destroyed the New Deal vision of America that used to guide us."
The Liberal Crackup


Let's go over the reasons for this.

They...Liberals, Democrats, Socialists, Marxists.... so very much want communism to be correct and successful, that the Left's pundits both ignore the truth, and lie about it.


1. "...Western leftists [suffered from] an intellectual disability when they gazed upon the Soviet Union....they failed to notice the transformation of their own...economies by Reaganism....

Almost all the intellectual energy of ....leftists was spent in attempting to demonstrate the failure of [Reagan's] policies by criteria that were short-term, parochial, and irrelevant to the dramatic character of the economic changes that [Reagan's policies produced]."
John O'sullivan, "The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World," p.257-258



2. One cannot help but laugh when reading the prognostications, predictions, pronouncements from one Leftist after another.... John Kenneth Galbraith, Lester Thurow, Paul Samuelson, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Seweryn Bialer, Strobe Talbott.....one after another praising the success of the USSR, and claiming how tales of impending demise were simply untrue.

And this....right up to a year before the Soviet collapse!!!


Yet....these are the 'experts' taught to this day in our universities.....and the real expert, Ronald Reagan....despised in those precincts.




3. The 'dupes' were still viewing Potemkin Villages.
A dupe is one who is easily deceived or fooled. As far back as Washington’s Farewell Address, we find the warning against dupes: “Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.

In the early years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the communists used manipulations, such as the Potemkin Villages, to persuade the world how admirable and successful the revolution had been. One technique was to invite prominent American and British leftists to take carefully planned tours. And these ‘Potemkin Progressives,’ for the most part, behaved and thought just as they were meant to. Lenin, and then Stalin, carefully arranged the tours so that these progressives would then go back to their countries and praise Soviet Russia, and tell of the amazing success of communism. See Dr. Paul Kengor, Hoover Institution, Stanford “DUPES: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century



For dupes such as these 'Potemkin Progressives'.... John Kenneth Galbraith, Lester Thurow, Paul Samuelson, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Seweryn Bialer, Strobe Talbott...trips to Potemkin Villages wasn't necessary. Long after Franklin Roosevelt has sworn that Communist Russia was what we should honor, and hope to be, they continued to carry that banner.



Imagine how quickly any college course telling the truth about the Soviet Union, or revealing the success of Reagan's economic policies...

...would be shut down.

Why is it that right wing 'theses' always seem to rely upon some mix of binary thinking and strawmen?

Why is it you brain-numbed Leftist drones can never produce a capable post???

Where are your examples of anything.....ANYTHING....in my posts that isn't true, correct and accurate?


See what I mean?
Not too late to change your avi to 'HotAir.'




Just one more example of why conservatives eat Liberals' lunch.

I usually refrain from providing evidence of the obvious. You may have noticed that i also failed to prove that water is wet. Maybe if i had more time to waste here...

 

[danielpalos]

Marijuana Sales Totaled $6.7 Billion In 2016

 

[eddiew37]

YES Chic Time and Time again
In fact, a recent paper by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson states: “The superiority of economic performance under Democrats rather than Republicans is nearly ubiquitous; it holds almost regardless of how you define success.” Fact-checking groups have investigated similar statements and have found time and time again that they are true. Moreover, past research shows that stock market returns are also higher under Democrats.

Who was more successful, Obama or Reagan?

Reagan threw our money away to defeat Russia and if reagan was black and a dem repubs would hate him too

Can you imagine the confetti parades we would have seen if Obama had accrued the record....either domestic or foreign policy....that Reagan did!!!

Come on chic You know it I know it Everyone knows it Obama could have found a cure for cancer and repubs would still be bashing him

Actually, he was both incompetent as far as benefiting the American citizen, and a socialist.

Those were his problems...not his skin color.

Proof?

Sure:

1... in today’s recovery — the slowest in the modern era going back to 1947 — private capital investment has lagged badly. ... so has the jobs situation, with 92 million dropping out of the workforce altogether. A labor-participation rate of 62.8% and an employment-to-population rate of 58% are historic lows indicative of the anemic jobs recovery. Big Business Swings Behind a Mantra of Growth - The New York Sun


2. Tavis Smiley: 'Black People Will Have Lost Ground in Every Single Economic Indicator' Under Obama
Tavis Smiley: 'Black People Will Have Lost Ground in Every Single Economic Indicator' Under Obama


3. . "Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession
. ...the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ....indicate that the real (inflation-adjusted) median annual household income in America has fallen by 4.4 percent during the "recovery," after having fallen by 1.8 during the recession.
Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession


4. . In a stunning Tuesday report, Gallup CEO and Chairman Jim Clifton revealed that “for the first time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births.”Clifton says for the past six years since 2008, employer business startups have fallen below the business failure rate, spurring what he calls “an underground earthquake” that only stands to worsen as lagging U.S. Census data becomes available.
“Let’s get one thing clear: This economy is never truly coming back unless we reverse the birth and death trends of American businesses,” writes Clifton."Economic Death Spiral: More American Businesses Dying Than Starting - Breitbart


5. "Surprise: U.S. Economic Data Have Been the World's Most Disappointing
It's not only the just-released University of Michigan consumer confidence report and February retail sales on Thursday that surprised economists and investors with another dose of underwhelming news. Overall, U.S. economic data have been falling short of prognosticators' expectations by the most in six years." Surprise: U.S. Economic Data Have Been the World's Most Disappointing

6. . "That basic math is why middle class incomes have been in decline under Obama. The Census Bureau reports that since Obama became President 7 years ago, real median household income has fallen by $1,300 a year. Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Steve Moore explained in testimony before the Ways and Means Committee, “At 2 percent growth the economy doesn’t spin off enough jobs to increase wages, and tax revenues grow much too slowly to balance the budget.”
The recession officially ended more than 6 years ago. Wages and incomes have always grown in recoveries, not declined. Moreover, the American historical record is the deeper the recession, the stronger the recovery. The economy is supposed to boom in a recovery to catch up with its long term economic growth trendline. But over 6 years after the recession ended, that still has not happened. Instead, what we have gotten under President Obama is the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression." Realizing The Super Bowl Of American Economic Growth



7. "Even if you leave out the first quarter of 2009—when the recession that started in December 2007 was still ongoing--President Barack Obama has presided over the lowest average first-quarter GDP growth of any president who has served since 1947, which is the earliest year for which the Bureau of Economic Analysis has calculated quarterly GDP growth. " http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence...-obama-has-lowest-average-1stq-gdp-growth-any


8. The Obama Administration is aggressively exploiting regulation to achieve its policy agenda, issuing 157 new major rules at a cost to Americans approaching $73 billion annually....twice the annual average of his predecessor George W. Bush. And much more regulation is on the way, with another 125 major rules on the Administration’s to-do list, including dozens linked to the Dodd–Frank financial regulation law and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Red Tape Rising: Five Years of Regulatory Expansion


9. . "...take-home pay for many American workers has effectively fallen since the economic recovery began in 2009, according to a new study by an advocacy group that is to be released on Thursday.

The declines were greatest for the lowest-paid workers in sectors where hiring has been strong — home health care, food preparation and retailing — even though wages were already below average to begin with in those service industries.

“Stagnant wages are a problem for everyone at this point, but the imbalance in the economy has become more pronounced since the recession,”..." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/b...rkers-see-biggest-drop-in-paychecks.html?_r=0


10. . "Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts.The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of the original $2 billion appropriatedin 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The funds were loaned to the start-up co-ops in 2012 and were to be repaid in 15 years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which manages Obamacare.


...13 of the 23 federally-financed Obamacare co-ops have officially failed in only two years. Most are in the process of default as insurance regulators attempt to pay customer’s medical bills, cover medical providers and pay other creditors.
Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses


11. Obama is the first President never to have had a year of 3% or better economic growth: "... annual growth during Obama’s “recovery” has never topped 3%. By comparison, it never fell below 3% during the Reagan recovery. And in the nine years following the 1990-91 recession, GDP grew faster than 3% in all but two. Heck, even Jimmy Carter had some strong growth years." President Obama's Growth Gap Hits $1.31 Trillion | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

a. "The years since 2007 have been a macroeconomic disaster for the United States of a magnitude unprecedented since the Great Depression." Obama: Always Wrong, Never In Doubt

b. ".... first president since Hoover to never have a single year above 3% GDP growth."Obama economy is 'amazing,' says hedge fund billionaire



12. ".... calculating how much the debt increased during Obama's two terms. On January 20, 2009, when he was sworn in, the debt was $10.626 trillion. On January 20, 2017, it was $19.947 trillion. That's why most people say Obama added $9 trillion to the debt, more than any other president."
How Much Did Obama Add to the Nation's Debt?




Is a dozen enough?

I have lots more.....

...and if you need proof of his failures in foreign policy....say the word.

And may I ask what did republicans do to help or was it just politics as usual with them?