The Republican economic disaster

[Chris]

Were your professors all socialists or just some of them?

That is all you have left. Name calling....

It's funny everyone who disagrees with you is a "socialist."

Ridiculous.

 

[Tech_Esq]

Come, comrades...let us change the definition of "recession" so we can continue to fear monger when there's nothing to be afraid of!

The definition of recession is "living and breathing" like the Constitution. It "feels" like a recession to us, therefore IT IS A RECESSION. The definition of recession is therefore, whatever the figures for the economy are right now.

See Allie....it's easy!

 

[Tech_Esq]

That is all you have left. Name calling....

It's funny everyone who disagrees with you is a "socialist."

Ridiculous.

Socialist is merely a political party. Why do you feel it's name calling? I had several professors state they were socialists.

 

[Tech_Esq]

That is all you have left. Name calling....

It's funny everyone who disagrees with you is a "socialist."

Ridiculous.

You'll note I didn't say you were a socialist and since your professors aren't disagreeing with me, I don't really follow your line of reasoning.

 

[Jeepers]

This the best you can do, Butthead?

Could have compared bush to Britney and Paris...

 

[AllieBaba]

The definition of recession is "living and breathing" like the Constitution. It "feels" like a recession to us, therefore IT IS A RECESSION. The definition of recession is therefore, whatever the figures for the economy are right now.

See Allie....it's easy!

We desire, therefore it is.

 

[Chris]

Could have compared bush to Britney and Paris...

Paris is much smarter.

She's laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[AllieBaba]

What silliness.

 

[Mr. Right]

What's the Enron loophole?

Stupid people shouldn't give anyone without proof of income a mortgage they know they can't afford. It happened so much that WE had to bail the banks out. That's you, and I pal. And the people that did it sold off the loans to the bigger national firms. How did all this happen? GOP De-regulations.

You guys say McCain wasn't involved in the Keating 5 scandal but that's just revisionist history. And here the GOP are 20 years later practicing the same dangerous economic philosophies, and you want to NOT blame them again. How cute. It's like a mother who can't see her son is a prick.

Unemployment is not lower. They aren't counting people that have exhausted their 6 months of benefits.

Who is this guy?

Who signs on the dotted line? No one forces you to buy anything.


I could care less about McCain. He's no conservative.

We all need to stop being greedy and do what is right ourselves.

Politicians are going to hell. We don't have to follow them there.

No matter what, some-one's making money and accruing more power. I'd just like to have full disclosure.

Liberals like to rant about American companies making "record profits". Meanwhile every-one's retirement plans are dependent on those "record profits".

It's good when Americans are making money. Even the rich ones.

Y'Ever notice that the cost of doing business always trickles down but liberals always say that trickle down economics don't work? The economic hard ships are self induced by powerful people in Washington trying to manipulate the election.

 

[AllieBaba]

Yes indeedy.

 

[Chris]

Who signs on the dotted line? No one forces you to buy anything.


I could care less about McCain. He's no conservative.

We all need to stop being greedy and do what is right ourselves.

Politicians are going to hell. We don't have to follow them there.

No matter what, some-one's making money and accruing more power. I'd just like to have full disclosure.

Liberals like to rant about American companies making "record profits". Meanwhile every-one's retirement plans are dependent on those "record profits".

It's good when Americans are making money. Even the rich ones.

Y'Ever notice that the cost of doing business always trickles down but liberals always say that trickle down economics don't work? The economic hard ships are self induced by powerful people in Washington trying to manipulate the election.

Reagan and Bush created 90% of the National Debt.


ReaganBushDebt.org

 

[Mr. Right]

Reagan and Bush created 90% of the National Debt.


ReaganBushDebt.org

What is the "National Debt"?

What would happen if we'd just pay it off?

We'd go right back into debt. It's how the system works and has always worked.

What we need is a real conservative that would eliminate whole wings of the government like Health & Human Services, Education, Welfare, Social Security, Medicare/ Medicaid.

What has to happen along with this reform?

Make Americans wealthy. How is this done? Like most problems it's simple.

1- get rid of the income tax.

2- implement a sales tax.

3- strengthen the dollar

4- only spend tax dollars on infrastructure. and eliminate all waste by turning the IRS into a corruption watch dog. Enable them to expose waste in the systems so we can eliminate entire wings of departments full of lazy government workers.

5- Become energy independent buy drilling everywhere.

6- Grow the private economy by eliminating red tape and regulation

7- stop taxing people's savings and inheritance.

8- private pension accounts invested in companies like Exxon and GM instead of socialist programs and Ponzi Schemes that only wind up hurting the people who are dependent on them.

9- Pay off the debt early

10- Make the penalty for harboring, hiring, and aiding in illegal alien activity life in prison without parole.

 

[Charles_Main]

Kirk loves using that completely biased site that puts all the blame for the spending solely in the hands of Reagan and Bush. He likes to ignore that congress is the one who holds the purse strings, and Reagan had Democrat Congresses the entire time he was in Office.

Kirk Is nothing But a blatant partisan HACK!!

 

[Chris]

Kirk loves using that completely biased site that puts all the blame for the spending solely in the hands of Reagan and Bush. He likes to ignore that congress is the one who holds the purse strings, and Reagan had Democrat Congresses the entire time he was in Office.

Kirk Is nothing But a blatant partisan HACK!!

It's tough when the truth doesn't fit your worldview.

ReaganBushDebt.org Calculation Details

 

[Mr. Right]

Our economy has weathered 2 wars

tech bubble.

housing bubble

oil crisis

multiple natural disasters

a Democratic congress will be the force that finally kills it.

go figure.

 

[busara]

Peace out, dumbshit.

wow allie, calling me names just cause im not fully agreeing with you? theres a sign of maturity

 

[busara]

The definition of recession is "living and breathing" like the Constitution. It "feels" like a recession to us, therefore IT IS A RECESSION. The definition of recession is therefore, whatever the figures for the economy are right now.

See Allie....it's easy!

allie is picking definition of a recession and ignoring the rest.

A sharp contraction in economic activity and employment. A common but informal measure is two consecutive quarters with a decline of national output. ...

A period of general economic decline, part of the usual business cycle.
A significant decline in general economic activity extending over a period of time
A stage of the business cycle in which economic activity is in slow decline. Recession usually follows a boom, and precedes a depression. It is characterized by rising unemployment and falling levels of output and investment.
A significant decline in activity spread across the economy, lasting longer than a few months. It is visible in industrial production, employment, real income, and wholesale-retail trade. ...
A significant decline in economic growth that lasts six months or longer. It is usually marked by job layoffs, high unemployment, reductions in retail sales, and the slowing of housing and car markets. A recession is milder than a depression. ...

and falling oil prices really was the main factor in the economy recovering under reagan. even one of my highly conservative econ prof's admitted that

 

[sealybobo]

Hmmm..........let's see........

Rising unemployment.........check.

Record budget deficits........check.

Housing collapse.................check.

Record gas prices................check.

Record profits for Exxon.......check.

Bushie, you're doing a HECKUVA job!!!

THIS IS WHY NO ONE SHOULD BE VOTING GOP. YOU MIGHT BE NEXT.

Go back to school?
With so many companies cutting their rank and file workforces to the bone because of the tough economy, it seemed inevitable that some firms would eventually get to the fatty middle — middle management that is.

Your Career: Facing middle management layoffs - Careers - MSNBC.com
They get paid more than the rank and file, but they’re not at the top of the corporate food chain. These factors create a precarious situation for middle managers, and things could get worse if the recession drags on.

 

[glockmail]

Economy rebounds in 2Q, mostly spurred by exports
Thursday August 28, 12:14 pm ET
By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Economy rebounds at better-than-expected pace in the spring, mostly spurred by exports


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy shifted to a higher gear in the spring, growing at its fastest pace in nearly a year as foreign buyers snapped up U.S. exports and tax rebates spurred shoppers at home.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. The revised reading was much better than the government's initial estimate of a 1.9 percent pace and exceeded economists' expectations for a 2.7 percent growth rate.

More bad news for Democrats.

 

[sealybobo]

More bad news for Democrats.

4 months before the elections, they drop gas a couple pennies and you drop your pants. It'll go right back to 4.50 a gallon if we are dumb enough to vote for the republicans again.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome each time.