The PAIN is Coming = Trump's Coming Depression

Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

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The truth is you did a great job of presenting the facts.

But these Republicans are mental midgets. Once, they decided you are anti Trump, you must be a liar. Because Trump is so honest.

We are already starting to see it in the stock market.

Republicans tried to blame Democrats for the recession.

Republicans tried to take credit for taking down Bin Laden.

Didn't work. And it won't work.


And when presented with facts the GOP contingent here just laughs it off like it's nothing but wearing 'I'd Rather Be A Russian' T-shirt

They all pretty much have no real respect for our nation, for our norms, our morals; nothing really.

Just a bunch of shitty Russians, I guess.
 
Just a bunch of shitty Russians, I guess.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

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Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:

You idiots have been fear-mongering shit like this ever since before the election.

Nobody take you seriously any more.
You mean like Ebola and the Caravan?

That's not Democrats.

How is preventing a disease that killed over 10,000 people in West Africa, "scare-mongering"? Or being concerned about a flood of immigrants carrying diseases, many of which are criminals, who want to simply walk into this country? Only a stupid person wouldn't be concerned about things like those.
 
Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:

You idiots have been fear-mongering shit like this ever since before the election.

Nobody take you seriously any more.
You mean like Ebola and the Caravan?

That's not Democrats.

How is preventing a disease that killed over 10,000 people in West Africa, "scare-mongering"? Or being concerned about a flood of immigrants carrying diseases, many of which are criminals, who want to simply walk into this country? Only a stupid person wouldn't be concerned about things like those.

There was never a serious risk of a wide-spread Ebola outbreak in the USA. Ebola can only be passed from human to human while symptoms are present and then only by fluid-to-fluid transfer. The reason it's so hard to stop in the 3rd world is because proper PPE and hand-wash procedures that all US hospitals follow are not as widely practiced there. They are too expensive for 3rd world hospitals.

If there were cases of Ebola brought to the US on flights from Africa, it would be identified and the patients isolated quickly until the infection was stopped.

That being said, it is a truly gruesome way to die. Any hemorrhagic fever would be one of the worst ways to die.
 
Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:
The truth is you did a great job of presenting the facts.

But these Republicans are mental midgets. Once, they decided you are anti Trump, you must be a liar. Because Trump is so honest.

We are already starting to see it in the stock market.

Republicans tried to blame Democrats for the recession.

Republicans tried to take credit for taking down Bin Laden.

Didn't work. And it won't work.


And when presented with facts the GOP contingent here just laughs it off like it's nothing but wearing 'I'd Rather Be A Russian' T-shirt

They all pretty much have no real respect for our nation, for our norms, our morals; nothing really.

Just a bunch of shitty Russians, I guess.

Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:

You idiots have been fear-mongering shit like this ever since before the election.

Nobody take you seriously any more.
You mean like Ebola and the Caravan?

That's not Democrats.

How is preventing a disease that killed over 10,000 people in West Africa, "scare-mongering"? Or being concerned about a flood of immigrants carrying diseases, many of which are criminals, who want to simply walk into this country? Only a stupid person wouldn't be concerned about things like those.

There was never a serious risk of a wide-spread Ebola outbreak in the USA. Ebola can only be passed from human to human while symptoms are present and then only by fluid-to-fluid transfer. The reason it's so hard to stop in the 3rd world is because proper PPE and hand-wash procedures that all US hospitals follow are not as widely practiced there. They are too expensive for 3rd world hospitals.

If there were cases of Ebola brought to the US on flights from Africa, it would be identified and the patients isolated quickly until the infection was stopped.

That being said, it is a truly gruesome way to die. Any hemorrhagic fever would be one of the worst ways to die.

That's good to know. What I don't understand is how the liberals are trying to make it sound like Ebola was "Republican fear-mongering" when all along, it was the media who was scaring the hell out of people.
 
Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:
The truth is you did a great job of presenting the facts.

But these Republicans are mental midgets. Once, they decided you are anti Trump, you must be a liar. Because Trump is so honest.

We are already starting to see it in the stock market.

Republicans tried to blame Democrats for the recession.

Republicans tried to take credit for taking down Bin Laden.

Didn't work. And it won't work.


And when presented with facts the GOP contingent here just laughs it off like it's nothing but wearing 'I'd Rather Be A Russian' T-shirt

They all pretty much have no real respect for our nation, for our norms, our morals; nothing really.

Just a bunch of shitty Russians, I guess.

Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:

You idiots have been fear-mongering shit like this ever since before the election.

Nobody take you seriously any more.
You mean like Ebola and the Caravan?

That's not Democrats.

How is preventing a disease that killed over 10,000 people in West Africa, "scare-mongering"? Or being concerned about a flood of immigrants carrying diseases, many of which are criminals, who want to simply walk into this country? Only a stupid person wouldn't be concerned about things like those.

There was never a serious risk of a wide-spread Ebola outbreak in the USA. Ebola can only be passed from human to human while symptoms are present and then only by fluid-to-fluid transfer. The reason it's so hard to stop in the 3rd world is because proper PPE and hand-wash procedures that all US hospitals follow are not as widely practiced there. They are too expensive for 3rd world hospitals.

If there were cases of Ebola brought to the US on flights from Africa, it would be identified and the patients isolated quickly until the infection was stopped.

That being said, it is a truly gruesome way to die. Any hemorrhagic fever would be one of the worst ways to die.

That's good to know. What I don't understand is how the liberals are trying to make it sound like Ebola was "Republican fear-mongering" when all along, it was the media who was scaring the hell out of people.

The media's job is to scare the crap out of us so that we'll tune in all the more. It's been that way since the concept of media was conceived, it doesn't change with the partisanship nature of the media.
 
If there is a depression thanks will go to Mad Maxie in her new Senate financial role.

And thank "her" the left will....because they'll blame her economy murdering antics on President Trump because he was too weak to stop her.
 
Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:

There isn’t going to be a depression under Trump.

A recession maybe, but not a depression.

Oh look; someone that likes recessions!!!
 
Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.


BUT just think how lucky you are; your job is, "recession proof."
 
Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.


BUT just think how lucky you are; your job is, "recession proof."

Yes, we will never be short of morons.
 
Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.


BUT just think how lucky you are; your job is, "recession proof."

Yes, we will never be short of morons.

Well, I have said for decades, Americans are stupid so, we agree on one thing.
 
Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.


BUT just think how lucky you are; your job is, "recession proof."

Yes, we will never be short of morons.

Well, I have said for decades, Americans are stupid so, we agree on one thing.

I don't for a moment believe that all Americans are stupid. I've lived and worked all over the world and so I can compare what we have here to what others have built and I believe we've done quite well.

There are, however, a special breed of entitled morons who interact with police on a regular basis and make up the bulk of any policeman's customer base.

Prior to becoming a cop, I never really thought they existed. Joining the department opened my eyes to a new and disturbing world.
 
And that thought has you harder than nails, doesn’t it? Getting excited about news that will harm your fellow Americans is as cynical as it is shitty.

What harm? I am trying to lessen harm.

LOTS of people have long said America (and the West) are living on borrowed time...cheap debt. Go to ZeroHedge (for example) and you will read dozens of comments from them...many from VERY wealthy people.
And the chart below - IMO - proves it.

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Velocity of M2 Money Stock

The above chart means that the higher it is - the more money is changing hands. That is good in that it means the economy is generally healthy and money is being 'recycled' over and over again. And the lows means that money is changing hands less...that is why most of the big dips are during recessions. Money is not moving because people are not spending.
Yet, look at the chart since the start of the Great Recession? It plummeted, went up a bit after the GR ended and has been falling almost ever since. And this despite the stock market booming and the economy slowly growing.
How?
Because cheap money, thanks to the Fed's ZIRP (zero interest rate policy)/QE's has encouraged people, corporations and governments to take out MASSIVE amounts of debt. So instead of existing money changing hands - new money (in the form of debt) is being created and spent. So the 'velocity' drops.
And it is now lower than it has been since the 1950's!!! And this is happening almost all over the world - heck, Japan has been doing it for decades (and their debt situation is THE worst on Earth...by miles on a debt-to-GDP measure).
BTW, the reason it has gone up slightly lately is the Fed is FINALLY starting to raise rates again.

All this debt has to be paid off eventually. And if inflation ever rears its head - lookout.

IMO, a MASSIVE crash is inevitable. Sure, the Fed will delay it as long as possible. But they cannot stop it forever, I believe.

So, please ask yourself? If you believed the economy was going to crash VERY HARD because of too much debt - would it be better if it crashed sooner (with less debt) or later (with even more debt - and thus a harder crash)?
Obviously, the former.

This crash is inevitable - even Trump talked about it during the election (and he nailed it):



Of course, he stopped talking about it the day he took office.


I want this crash to happen sooner - rather than later - so as to save Americans harm. Not to cause them harm.
 
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Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.


BUT just think how lucky you are; your job is, "recession proof."

Yes, we will never be short of morons.

Well, I have said for decades, Americans are stupid so, we agree on one thing.

I don't for a moment believe that all Americans are stupid. I've lived and worked all over the world and so I can compare what we have here to what others have built and I believe we've done quite well.

There are, however, a special breed of entitled morons who interact with police on a regular basis and make up the bulk of any policeman's customer base.

Prior to becoming a cop, I never really thought they existed. Joining the department opened my eyes to a new and disturbing world.


So, it took you becoming LE to figure out what I have known for many decades?

LOL

You prove my point, yet again.
 
And that thought has you harder than nails, doesn’t it? Getting excited about news that will harm your fellow Americans is as cynical as it is shitty.

What harm? I am trying to lessen harm.

LOTS of people have long said America (and the West) are living on borrowed time...cheap debt. Go to ZeroHedge (for example) and you will read dozens of comments from them...many from VERY wealthy people.
And the chart below - IMO - proves it.

fredgraph.png


Velocity of M2 Money Stock

The above chart means that the higher it is - the more money is changing hands. That is good in that it means the economy is generally healthy and money is being 'recycled' over and over again.
The lows means that money is changing hands less...that is why most of the big dips are during recessions. Money is not moving because people are not spending.
Yet, look at the chart since the start of the Great Recession? It plummeted, went up a bit after the GR ended and has been falling almost ever since. And this despite the stock market booming and the economy slowly growing.
How?
Because cheap money thanks to the Fed's ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) has encouraged people, corporations and governments to take out MASSIVE amounts of debt.
So instead of existing money changing hands - new money (in the form of debt) is being created and spent. So the 'velocity' drops.
And it is now lower than it has been since the 1950's!!! And this is happening almost all over the world - heck, Japan has been doing it for decades (and their debt situation is THE worst on Earth...by miles on a debt-to-GDP measure).
BTW, the reason it has gone up slightly lately is the Fed is FINALLY starting to raise rates again.

All this debt has to be paid off eventually. And if inflation ever rears its head - lookout.

IMO, a MASSIVE crash is inevitable. Sure, the Fed will delay it as long as possible. But they cannot stop it forever, I believe.

So, please ask yourself? If you believed the economy was going to crash VERY HARD because of too much debt - would it be better if it crashed sooner (with less debt) or later (with even more debt - and thus a harder crash)?
Obviously, the former.

This crash is inevitable - even Trump talked about it during the election (and he nailed it):



Of course, he stopped talking about it the day he took office.


I want this crash to happen sooner - rather than later - so as to save Americans harm. Not to cause them harm.


ZeroHedge sucks.

I call it ZeroMoney, because that’s what you’d have if you followed their advice.
 
Many Americans were not satisfied with the annual average GDP of 2.1% during the Obama years, nor with the annual average rate of inflation of 1.4%.
Many were also not happy with the narrowing debt to GDP ration that was being experienced during the last several Obama years.

So, enter the angry, white, male Trump, Hell bent on increasing GDP at all costs.
Annualized GDP for 2017 was 2.3% & so far for 2018 GDP average is 3.3%.

OK; so far Trump's economy has increased GDP on average by 0.7% over the Obama economy. This is not a terrible feat but by no means are the Trump economy GDP numbers anything to 'write home' about.

Let's throw in other factors when looking at the larger Trump economic & GDP picture.
Inflation, and Debt are two huge factors that will weigh heavily on the Trump GDP big picture.
Combined inflation rate so far for 2017 & 2018 is 4.0% and that does NOT include very expensive factors such as FOOD & ENERGY costs.
US federal debt set a new six year high record in 2018 as a result of the Trump tax cuts that offer tax relief for the wealthiest 0.01% of individuals & for corporations.
So, even while the wealthiest individuals & corporations enjoy record tax breaks the US deficit is increasing at record pace.

Add up the numbers
So, with an increase of GDP by about ~1% we also gain massive debt, all while we should be paying down debt.
What else is going on?
Real wages are NOT increasing at any substantial level, particularly when accounting for inflation; real wages are actually DECREASING.
Consumer spending aka the largest driving force of increasing GDP is ALSO increasing private debt aka consumer debt is driving the increase in GDP.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!


Housing starts & sales are both decreasing.
Oil is about to go into free fall.
The corporations that received all of those tax breaks are NOT spreading the economic love to employees.
The equity markets are IMO set for an even further decline of 10% to 25%, or even worse.
America is about to experience some REAL PAIN economically; it's just around the corner.
Thanks Trump for the coming DEPRESSION.
Was it all worth a temporary GDP gain of ~0.7%?

:abgg2q.jpg:

There isn’t going to be a depression under Trump.

A recession maybe, but not a depression.

Oh look; someone that likes recessions!!!

You aren’t very intelligent.
 
Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.

IOW it was like USMB.

This place is a MENSA meeting compared to what I do. FBJ is ten times smarter than anyone who ever walked into the police station.

I could add ten more similarly stupid quotes from just yesterday but I'm afraid you'd think I was exaggerating.

Thank goodness I live alone. I couldn't subject anyone to having to listen to me vent about what I put up with at work.

I feel for cops that have to deal with the dregs of society every day.
 
I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.


BUT just think how lucky you are; your job is, "recession proof."

Yes, we will never be short of morons.

Well, I have said for decades, Americans are stupid so, we agree on one thing.

I don't for a moment believe that all Americans are stupid. I've lived and worked all over the world and so I can compare what we have here to what others have built and I believe we've done quite well.

There are, however, a special breed of entitled morons who interact with police on a regular basis and make up the bulk of any policeman's customer base.

Prior to becoming a cop, I never really thought they existed. Joining the department opened my eyes to a new and disturbing world.


So, it took you becoming LE to figure out what I have known for many decades?

LOL

You prove my point, yet again.

Congrats. See you next time you call police.
 
Bringing criminals to justice is not only good sense, it's good business.

I wish I brought criminals to justice. Reality ... I fill out paperwork so that idiots who can't sort out their own issues can use the police as a weapon against each other.

When I was working in a neighborhood, I actually helped people. Since I've been in a marked unit .. it's one family, neighbor dispute after another. I truly believe everyone I've met on the job in the last six months is retarded.

I spent two hours on the phone and had to file three reports over a father taking a phone from a daughter and the mother freaking out wanting him arrested. She said ... I'm not making this up ... "My daughter has a low heart rate and suffers from bi-polar syndrome. If she doesn't have a phone, she can actually die".

"There's a suspicious man on my street near my house. He's my next door neighbor".

"Someone is flying a drone over my backyard to look at my wife. I think it's my neighbor. If police don't stop him, I will take matters into my own hands".

"My wife left me and took the kids... can you track her car and make her come back?"

--- each of those are exact quotes from just yesterday.

IOW it was like USMB.

This place is a MENSA meeting compared to what I do. FBJ is ten times smarter than anyone who ever walked into the police station.

I could add ten more similarly stupid quotes from just yesterday but I'm afraid you'd think I was exaggerating.

Thank goodness I live alone. I couldn't subject anyone to having to listen to me vent about what I put up with at work.

I feel for cops that have to deal with the dregs of society every day.

That. And so much temptation to become like those dregs. I'm not surprised when some police officer goes wrong. When you have to work with dogs all day, you're bound to get some fleas.
 
And that thought has you harder than nails, doesn’t it? Getting excited about news that will harm your fellow Americans is as cynical as it is shitty.

What harm? I am trying to lessen harm.

LOTS of people have long said America (and the West) are living on borrowed time...cheap debt. Go to ZeroHedge (for example) and you will read dozens of comments from them...many from VERY wealthy people.
And the chart below - IMO - proves it.

fredgraph.png


Velocity of M2 Money Stock

The above chart means that the higher it is - the more money is changing hands. That is good in that it means the economy is generally healthy and money is being 'recycled' over and over again. And the lows means that money is changing hands less...that is why most of the big dips are during recessions. Money is not moving because people are not spending.
Yet, look at the chart since the start of the Great Recession? It plummeted, went up a bit after the GR ended and has been falling almost ever since. And this despite the stock market booming and the economy slowly growing.
How?
Because cheap money, thanks to the Fed's ZIRP (zero interest rate policy)/QE's has encouraged people, corporations and governments to take out MASSIVE amounts of debt. So instead of existing money changing hands - new money (in the form of debt) is being created and spent. So the 'velocity' drops.
And it is now lower than it has been since the 1950's!!! And this is happening almost all over the world - heck, Japan has been doing it for decades (and their debt situation is THE worst on Earth...by miles on a debt-to-GDP measure).
BTW, the reason it has gone up slightly lately is the Fed is FINALLY starting to raise rates again.

All this debt has to be paid off eventually. And if inflation ever rears its head - lookout.

IMO, a MASSIVE crash is inevitable. Sure, the Fed will delay it as long as possible. But they cannot stop it forever, I believe.

So, please ask yourself? If you believed the economy was going to crash VERY HARD because of too much debt - would it be better if it crashed sooner (with less debt) or later (with even more debt - and thus a harder crash)?
Obviously, the former.

This crash is inevitable - even Trump talked about it during the election (and he nailed it):



Of course, he stopped talking about it the day he took office.


I want this crash to happen sooner - rather than later - so as to save Americans harm. Not to cause them harm.


If there is a "crash" and there may be. It will be no more than 20% as bad as the Bush crash.

Maybe housing prices can find some equilibrium. Plenty of jobs available, unlike the Bush days.

I stand to be able to double my assets if that happens. :dunno:
 
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