Trump's Floundering Economy

[Weatherman2020]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Why has the trade deficit risen to a historic high since Trump took office?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Commerce’s final 2018 trade report, delayed by the partial government shutdown, showed that the United States bought far more in foreign goods than it sold to customers in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. When services are figured into the results, the totals are still much worse than two years ago.

"Again, all this matters to me because Trump has made it such a central measure for success."

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Trump's lies about reducing the trade deficit are obvious to anyone capable of reading Commerce's final 2018 trade report (delayed by Trump's government shutdown).

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Now we learn from the actual figures that the trade deficit with foreign countries has hit $892 billion in merchandise trade, the largest in the nation’s history. The deficit is $419 billion with China alone, even in the midst of a pressured negotiation to reset trade relations."

Progressives recognize adding millions of productive jobs that pay a living wage will require a federal jobs guarantee and a commitment to decarbonize the US economy:

Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee

"I think it’s useful to think of the Green New Deal as a mass mobilization effort.

"So here we are really talking about an urgent, very bold, very ambitious program that restructures the economy to make fossil fuels a thing of the past and transition to clean energy.

"The goal here, of course, is to stabilize carbon emissions and to limit warming within the decade.

"So we’re going to be talking about a wide range of jobs that will be in the energy sector, in the agriculture sector, in the infrastructure sector, to address problems of fallout from climate change, like the fires that we’re watching in California, like the destruction that we see from hurricanes and tornadoes and floods.

"So we really are talking about a comprehensive program.

"But I think it’s useful analytically to distinguish the millions of jobs that will be created through the green investment from specifically the Job Guarantee.

"The Job Guarantee has a unique purpose within this program, and that is the following, that it is essentially the backstop, it is essentially the safety net.

"It is a program that says if you have lost your fossil fuel job, so to speak, and you have not yet been incorporated into the green sector, we will ensure that transition for you, we will provide the safety net and employment opportunities in the interim in this transition, which for some people will be disruptive, and most likely for the most vulnerable it will be disruptive."

What’s a green job?

I’ll wait.

 

[blastoff]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Why has the trade deficit risen to a historic high since Trump took office?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Commerce’s final 2018 trade report, delayed by the partial government shutdown, showed that the United States bought far more in foreign goods than it sold to customers in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. When services are figured into the results, the totals are still much worse than two years ago.

"Again, all this matters to me because Trump has made it such a central measure for success."

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Trump's lies about reducing the trade deficit are obvious to anyone capable of reading Commerce's final 2018 trade report (delayed by Trump's government shutdown).

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Now we learn from the actual figures that the trade deficit with foreign countries has hit $892 billion in merchandise trade, the largest in the nation’s history. The deficit is $419 billion with China alone, even in the midst of a pressured negotiation to reset trade relations."

Progressives recognize adding millions of productive jobs that pay a living wage will require a federal jobs guarantee and a commitment to decarbonize the US economy:

Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee

"I think it’s useful to think of the Green New Deal as a mass mobilization effort.

"So here we are really talking about an urgent, very bold, very ambitious program that restructures the economy to make fossil fuels a thing of the past and transition to clean energy.

"The goal here, of course, is to stabilize carbon emissions and to limit warming within the decade.

"So we’re going to be talking about a wide range of jobs that will be in the energy sector, in the agriculture sector, in the infrastructure sector, to address problems of fallout from climate change, like the fires that we’re watching in California, like the destruction that we see from hurricanes and tornadoes and floods.

"So we really are talking about a comprehensive program.

"But I think it’s useful analytically to distinguish the millions of jobs that will be created through the green investment from specifically the Job Guarantee.

"The Job Guarantee has a unique purpose within this program, and that is the following, that it is essentially the backstop, it is essentially the safety net.

"It is a program that says if you have lost your fossil fuel job, so to speak, and you have not yet been incorporated into the green sector, we will ensure that transition for you, we will provide the safety net and employment opportunities in the interim in this transition, which for some people will be disruptive, and most likely for the most vulnerable it will be disruptive."

What’s a green job?

I’ll wait.

I’m pretty sure it’s in the nonessential federal government employees family.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Progressives recognize adding millions of productive jobs that pay a living wage will require a federal jobs guarantee and a commitment to decarbonize the US economy:

i stopped reading right there
i rather read krugman





or gouge my eyes out



goin with gouge

 

[theHawk]

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Tariffs are counterproductive. They aren't a tax on foreign manufacturers, they are a tax on American consumers and businesses.

The other part of the problem you fail to realize is that only about 13% of the manufacturing jobs that have vanished are gone because of outsourcing... Most of them have been lost to automation and process improvement. (I worked in manufacturing for 20 years... I can tell you this is the case.. Factories that employed hundreds of people in the 1990's employ only dozens now.

FINAL point. When we impose a tariff on Chinese manufactured goods, they impose a tariff on American soybeans. Not a good thing because anyone can grow a fucking soybean.

In other words you have no solution whatsoever and think we should just continue to forfeit all manufacturing jobs to third world shitholes.

 

[Weatherman2020]

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Tariffs are counterproductive. They aren't a tax on foreign manufacturers, they are a tax on American consumers and businesses.

The other part of the problem you fail to realize is that only about 13% of the manufacturing jobs that have vanished are gone because of outsourcing... Most of them have been lost to automation and process improvement. (I worked in manufacturing for 20 years... I can tell you this is the case.. Factories that employed hundreds of people in the 1990's employ only dozens now.

FINAL point. When we impose a tariff on Chinese manufactured goods, they impose a tariff on American soybeans. Not a good thing because anyone can grow a fucking soybean.

In other words you have no solution whatsoever and think we should just continue to forfeit all manufacturing jobs to third world shitholes.

Democrats have always loved slave labor.

 

[theHawk]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Why has the trade deficit risen to a historic high since Trump took office?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Commerce’s final 2018 trade report, delayed by the partial government shutdown, showed that the United States bought far more in foreign goods than it sold to customers in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. When services are figured into the results, the totals are still much worse than two years ago.

"Again, all this matters to me because Trump has made it such a central measure for success."

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Trump's lies about reducing the trade deficit are obvious to anyone capable of reading Commerce's final 2018 trade report (delayed by Trump's government shutdown).

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Now we learn from the actual figures that the trade deficit with foreign countries has hit $892 billion in merchandise trade, the largest in the nation’s history. The deficit is $419 billion with China alone, even in the midst of a pressured negotiation to reset trade relations."

Progressives recognize adding millions of productive jobs that pay a living wage will require a federal jobs guarantee and a commitment to decarbonize the US economy:

Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee

"I think it’s useful to think of the Green New Deal as a mass mobilization effort.

"So here we are really talking about an urgent, very bold, very ambitious program that restructures the economy to make fossil fuels a thing of the past and transition to clean energy.

"The goal here, of course, is to stabilize carbon emissions and to limit warming within the decade.

"So we’re going to be talking about a wide range of jobs that will be in the energy sector, in the agriculture sector, in the infrastructure sector, to address problems of fallout from climate change, like the fires that we’re watching in California, like the destruction that we see from hurricanes and tornadoes and floods.

"So we really are talking about a comprehensive program.

"But I think it’s useful analytically to distinguish the millions of jobs that will be created through the green investment from specifically the Job Guarantee.

"The Job Guarantee has a unique purpose within this program, and that is the following, that it is essentially the backstop, it is essentially the safety net.

"It is a program that says if you have lost your fossil fuel job, so to speak, and you have not yet been incorporated into the green sector, we will ensure that transition for you, we will provide the safety net and employment opportunities in the interim in this transition, which for some people will be disruptive, and most likely for the most vulnerable it will be disruptive."

A “jobs guarantee” by the government. Here’s your janitor job! LMAO.

 

[georgephillip]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

CNN: 70% Say Economy is Good

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/18/politics/cnn-poll-trump-economy-tech/index.html?utm_content=2019-03-18T20:28:28&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&r=https://t.co/AkeSefCxTb

Have a nice day!

CNN: 70% Say Economy is Good

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/18/po...e&utm_medium=social&r=https://t.co/AkeSefCxTb

Have a nice day!

Your link:

"Overall, 71% say the nation's economy is in good shape, the highest share to say so since February 2001, and the best rating during Trump's presidency by two points.

"A majority give the President positive reviews for his handling of the nation's economy (51% approve), and his overall approval rating has ticked up to 42% in the new poll.

"The 51% who say they disapprove of the President's job performance overall represent the lowest share to do so in CNN polling since the start of his presidency."

Perhaps the 71% haven't noticed how the US bought far more foreign goods than it sold to customers in "Africa, Asia, Europe and North America"?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"As The Post said, “It has been evident for months that Trump was not shrinking a trade gap that he calls ‘unsustainable’ and that he says represents a major transfer of wealth from Americans to foreigners.

"Over the past year, even as he imposed tariffs on foreign-made solar panels, washing machines, steel, aluminum and assorted goods from China, imports roared ahead of exports.'

"It adds, 'The president begins his re-election drive with a core campaign promise unfulfilled — and with a recent flurry of economic research showing that his embrace of tariffs is damaging the U.S. economy.'"

Try to convince Americans they don’t know their own personal finances.

Good luck with that spin job.

Try to convince Americans they don’t know their own personal finances.

Good luck with that spin job.

Most Americans rely on ever-increasing levels of debt to sustain their lifestyles.

What's your spin on how that translates into a sound economy?

"(I)n the 1950s, when US private debt was less than 40% of GDP and interest rates were around 3%, servicing debt took only about 1% of GDP.

"Now, with private debt four times as high relative to GDP, debt service takes around 5% of GDP – even with low rates today.

"Changes in debt, which are identical to the creation or destruction of credit-based money, reached 15% of GDP in the US in 2007, and plunged to minus 6% in 2009.

"That caused a huge collapse in aggregate demand, which caused the Great Recession."

https://seekingalpha.com/article/41...essor-steve-keen-debt-financial-crises?page=2

 

[Weatherman2020]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

CNN: 70% Say Economy is Good

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/18/politics/cnn-poll-trump-economy-tech/index.html?utm_content=2019-03-18T20:28:28&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&r=https://t.co/AkeSefCxTb

Have a nice day!

CNN: 70% Say Economy is Good

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/18/po...e&utm_medium=social&r=https://t.co/AkeSefCxTb

Have a nice day!

Your link:

"Overall, 71% say the nation's economy is in good shape, the highest share to say so since February 2001, and the best rating during Trump's presidency by two points.

"A majority give the President positive reviews for his handling of the nation's economy (51% approve), and his overall approval rating has ticked up to 42% in the new poll.

"The 51% who say they disapprove of the President's job performance overall represent the lowest share to do so in CNN polling since the start of his presidency."

Perhaps the 71% haven't noticed how the US bought far more foreign goods than it sold to customers in "Africa, Asia, Europe and North America"?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"As The Post said, “It has been evident for months that Trump was not shrinking a trade gap that he calls ‘unsustainable’ and that he says represents a major transfer of wealth from Americans to foreigners.

"Over the past year, even as he imposed tariffs on foreign-made solar panels, washing machines, steel, aluminum and assorted goods from China, imports roared ahead of exports.'

"It adds, 'The president begins his re-election drive with a core campaign promise unfulfilled — and with a recent flurry of economic research showing that his embrace of tariffs is damaging the U.S. economy.'"

Try to convince Americans they don’t know their own personal finances.

Good luck with that spin job.

Try to convince Americans they don’t know their own personal finances.

Good luck with that spin job.

Most Americans rely on ever-increasing levels of debt to sustain their lifestyles.

What's your spin on how that translates into a sound economy?

"(I)n the 1950s, when US private debt was less than 40% of GDP and interest rates were around 3%, servicing debt took only about 1% of GDP.

"Now, with private debt four times as high relative to GDP, debt service takes around 5% of GDP – even with low rates today.

"Changes in debt, which are identical to the creation or destruction of credit-based money, reached 15% of GDP in the US in 2007, and plunged to minus 6% in 2009.

"That caused a huge collapse in aggregate demand, which caused the Great Recession."

https://seekingalpha.com/article/41...essor-steve-keen-debt-financial-crises?page=2

Please spend your time attempting to convince Americans they don’t know their own personal financial situation.

 

[georgephillip]

I thought Ears fixed all that?

Your TDS is flaring up again

Trade Deficit Subterfuge?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Of all of it, the trade policy has been a centerpiece for the president himself.

"Through aggressive use tariffs, Trump has promised to reset all that is wrong with Chinese trade, to rebalance trade deficits with South Korea, Japan and Europe, and wildly expand foreign sales to places like Saudi Arabia.

"Now we learn from the actual figures that the trade deficit with foreign countries has hit $892 billion in merchandise trade, the largest in the nation’s history.

"The deficit is $419 billion with China alone, even in the midst of a pressured negotiation to reset trade relations."

There is a really big reason why the trade deficit could possibly increase......are you ready for it?

With a strong dollar and everyone else is QE'ing again, just to stimulate their economy, more purchasing power for the US against foreign nations while their shitty currency cant buy much except their own crap IKEA stuff. But then again, not too many liberals understand economics, which is why they need welfare to keep them alive.

With a strong dollar and everyone else is QE'ing again, just to stimulate their economy, more purchasing power for the US against foreign nations while their shitty currency cant buy much except their own crap IKEA stuff. But then again, not too many liberals understand economics, which is why they need welfare to keep them alive.

Strong currencies resulting from strong fundamentals like rising productivity and strong growth will produce an economy able to absorb the loss in competitiveness induced by a strong currency;however, currencies that appreciate because of financial speculation and fraud become overvalued compared to relative purchasing power. Which do you think is more likely in the US?

GOP think tank: Trump's plans would just run up debt

 

[August West]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

I thought President Trump inherited a great economy, are you saying that it actually wasn't? It isnt the tax cuts that is causing the debt, it is the 1 trillion dollars given to liberal shitfucks who sit on their ass all day doing nothing, that needs to be taken away. Those shitfucks would be working thus increasing the tax revenues instead of taking tax revenues.

Who is it that`s sitting on their asses all day? Look in the mirror smart guy.
Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base

 

[georgephillip]

Yes, the two ends of the spectrum can be remarkably similar in their behaviors.

Not sure why you're so eager to point that out.

And my point remains. You know, the one from which you so clumsily deflected.
.

Yes, the two ends of the spectrum can be remarkably similar in their behaviors.

Not sure why you're so eager to point that out.

And my point remains. You know, the one from which you so clumsily deflected.

If your point has something to do with hopeful leftists, that probably stems from bigots and low-information Republicans electing a racist, Russian puppet and career con man POTUS.

Democrats refuse to impeach Trump, exposing you for the moron you are.

Democrats refuse to impeach Trump, exposing you for the moron you are

Why would Democrats waste time with impeachment when Senate Republicans would never vote to convict, Einstein?

So Democrats lied just to get elected.

So Democrats lied just to get elected

How many Democrats promised impeachment to get elected?

 

[georgephillip]

I thought President Trump inherited a great economy, are you saying that it actually wasn't? It isnt the tax cuts that is causing the debt, it is the 1 trillion dollars given to liberal shitfucks who sit on their ass all day doing nothing, that needs to be taken away. Those shitfucks would be working thus increasing the tax revenues instead of taking tax revenues.

YOu really think we spend a trillion a year on poor people?

Nope. Most of that money goes to middle class people. Or as I like to call it, "White People Welfare".

Now, all that said, we are in a unique situation right now. Usually, the unemployment rate was a good barometer of where the economy is. Right now, however, we are in the situation where the Baby Boomers are aging out of the workforce. (First ones born in 1946, started retiring in 2011). But what we are doing is not sustainable. There aren't enough new workers coming in to replace the ones aging out.

Right now, however, we are in the situation where the Baby Boomers are aging out of the workforce. (First ones born in 1946, started retiring in 2011). But what we are doing is not sustainable. There aren't enough new workers coming in to replace the ones aging out.

Thank-you for pointing out how 10,000 daily retirees
affect unemployment numbers.

Learn How Retiring Baby Boomer Affect the Job Market in the U.S.

"As more baby boomers retire, there are fewer replacement workers to take over.

"This is causing what has been referred to as a huge knowledge gap.

"Even if the economy is in a downturn, overall, there will still be a need for specialized workers to take over these new openings.

"More importantly, retiring baby boomers are much more tech-literate than their parents and will be taking full advantage of social media and internet-connected devices like tablets, smartphones, and smart TVs.

"This means that technology will be more heavily marketed toward older consumers than in the past, and there could be opportunities for innovation with the influx of new/more frequent users of technology in the coming years."

 

[georgephillip]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

I thought President Trump inherited a great economy, are you saying that it actually wasn't? It isnt the tax cuts that is causing the debt, it is the 1 trillion dollars given to liberal shitfucks who sit on their ass all day doing nothing, that needs to be taken away. Those shitfucks would be working thus increasing the tax revenues instead of taking tax revenues.

Who is it that`s sitting on their asses all day? Look in the mirror smart guy.
Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base

Who is it that`s sitting on their asses all day? Look in the mirror smart guy.
Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base

Your link:

"Even as congressional Republicans mobilize for a new drive to retrench federal anti-poverty efforts, whites without a college degree—the cornerstone of the modern GOP electoral coalition—have emerged as principal beneficiaries of those programs, according to a study released Thursday morning.

"The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal policy-analysis group, found that in both percentage terms and absolute numbers, federal programs reduced poverty among working-age whites without a college degree more than they did among non-college-educated Hispanics, African Americans, or members of other races, and far more than they did among college-educated adults of any race.

"The number of these working-age whites, in fact, exceeded the combined number of non-college-educated blacks, Hispanics, and members of other races that made such gains."

 

[georgephillip]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Why has the trade deficit risen to a historic high since Trump took office?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Commerce’s final 2018 trade report, delayed by the partial government shutdown, showed that the United States bought far more in foreign goods than it sold to customers in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. When services are figured into the results, the totals are still much worse than two years ago.

"Again, all this matters to me because Trump has made it such a central measure for success."

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Trump's lies about reducing the trade deficit are obvious to anyone capable of reading Commerce's final 2018 trade report (delayed by Trump's government shutdown).

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Now we learn from the actual figures that the trade deficit with foreign countries has hit $892 billion in merchandise trade, the largest in the nation’s history. The deficit is $419 billion with China alone, even in the midst of a pressured negotiation to reset trade relations."

Progressives recognize adding millions of productive jobs that pay a living wage will require a federal jobs guarantee and a commitment to decarbonize the US economy:

Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee

"I think it’s useful to think of the Green New Deal as a mass mobilization effort.

"So here we are really talking about an urgent, very bold, very ambitious program that restructures the economy to make fossil fuels a thing of the past and transition to clean energy.

"The goal here, of course, is to stabilize carbon emissions and to limit warming within the decade.

"So we’re going to be talking about a wide range of jobs that will be in the energy sector, in the agriculture sector, in the infrastructure sector, to address problems of fallout from climate change, like the fires that we’re watching in California, like the destruction that we see from hurricanes and tornadoes and floods.

"So we really are talking about a comprehensive program.

"But I think it’s useful analytically to distinguish the millions of jobs that will be created through the green investment from specifically the Job Guarantee.

"The Job Guarantee has a unique purpose within this program, and that is the following, that it is essentially the backstop, it is essentially the safety net.

"It is a program that says if you have lost your fossil fuel job, so to speak, and you have not yet been incorporated into the green sector, we will ensure that transition for you, we will provide the safety net and employment opportunities in the interim in this transition, which for some people will be disruptive, and most likely for the most vulnerable it will be disruptive."

What’s a green job?

I’ll wait.

What’s a green job?

I’ll wait.

Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee

"Well, I think it’s useful to think of the Green New Deal as a mass mobilization effort.

"So here we are really talking about an urgent, very bold, very ambitious program that restructures the economy to make fossil fuels a thing of the past and transition to clean energy.

"The goal here, of course, is to stabilize carbon emissions and to limit warming within the decade.

"So we’re going to be talking about a wide range of jobs that will be in the energy sector, in the agriculture sector, in the infrastructure sector, to address problems of fallout from climate change, like the fires that we’re watching in California, like the destruction that we see from hurricanes and tornadoes and floods. So we really are talking about a comprehensive program."

 

[georgephillip]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Americans have so much money they are buying up foreign products. Yea, what a terrible economy...

Why has the trade deficit risen to a historic high since Trump took office?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Commerce’s final 2018 trade report, delayed by the partial government shutdown, showed that the United States bought far more in foreign goods than it sold to customers in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. When services are figured into the results, the totals are still much worse than two years ago.

"Again, all this matters to me because Trump has made it such a central measure for success."

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

So if “trade deficit” is suddenly something regressives care about, where are the Democrat efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US? Where is their support for increased tariffs on foreign made products, and tax incentives for companies to manufacture in the US?

Put up or shut up time.

Trump's lies about reducing the trade deficit are obvious to anyone capable of reading Commerce's final 2018 trade report (delayed by Trump's government shutdown).

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"Now we learn from the actual figures that the trade deficit with foreign countries has hit $892 billion in merchandise trade, the largest in the nation’s history. The deficit is $419 billion with China alone, even in the midst of a pressured negotiation to reset trade relations."

Progressives recognize adding millions of productive jobs that pay a living wage will require a federal jobs guarantee and a commitment to decarbonize the US economy:

Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee

"I think it’s useful to think of the Green New Deal as a mass mobilization effort.

"So here we are really talking about an urgent, very bold, very ambitious program that restructures the economy to make fossil fuels a thing of the past and transition to clean energy.

"The goal here, of course, is to stabilize carbon emissions and to limit warming within the decade.

"So we’re going to be talking about a wide range of jobs that will be in the energy sector, in the agriculture sector, in the infrastructure sector, to address problems of fallout from climate change, like the fires that we’re watching in California, like the destruction that we see from hurricanes and tornadoes and floods.

"So we really are talking about a comprehensive program.

"But I think it’s useful analytically to distinguish the millions of jobs that will be created through the green investment from specifically the Job Guarantee.

"The Job Guarantee has a unique purpose within this program, and that is the following, that it is essentially the backstop, it is essentially the safety net.

"It is a program that says if you have lost your fossil fuel job, so to speak, and you have not yet been incorporated into the green sector, we will ensure that transition for you, we will provide the safety net and employment opportunities in the interim in this transition, which for some people will be disruptive, and most likely for the most vulnerable it will be disruptive."

A “jobs guarantee” by the government. Here’s your janitor job! LMAO.

A “jobs guarantee” by the government. Here’s your janitor job! LMAO.

FDR's New Deal and the fight for jobs | International Socialist Review

"One of the least well-known, but most radical relief programs, called 'The Ohio Plan,' was started in June 1934; it allowed state and local relief administrations to reopen closed factories under government control, rehire the workers and set them to work making products that would then be distributed for free to other workers on relief.

"Government-run factories popped up in many states, with plans to expand into coal mines, rock quarries, and canneries.

"But the whole project was killed under pressure from business. Rose explains:

"The underlying problem was that production-for-use projects raised a critical question: since production-for profit was not a sufficient motive to induce business to produce needed goods, and the government was producing them instead, why depend on the private sector at all?…. This was simply the business sector’s worst fear: that the system of production-for-profit would be replaced by production-for-use."

 

[Claudette]

For a "floundering economy" things are looking pretty good.

To bad the lefty loons aren't smart enough to see what a great economy we have. To bad they don't care UE is the lowest its been since 69.

Guess the sheeple only see what the left tells them to see.

As well. Sucks to be those idiots.

 

[georgephillip]

For a "floundering economy" things are looking pretty good.

To bad the lefty loons aren't smart enough to see what a great economy we have. To bad they don't care UE is the lowest its been since 69.

Guess the sheeple only see what the left tells them to see.

As well. Sucks to be those idiots.

"The front door of the Comet Ping Pong pizza shop in Washington."

"America’s ill-informed electorate..."

"And when it comes to getting the basics wrong, how about this? According to post-election surveys, somewhere between 32 percent and 52 percent of Republican voters seem to think Donald Trump won the national popular vote. That’s a stunning level of confusion."

America’s ill-informed electorate - The Boston Globe

 

[lantern2814]

Okay. You go ahead and run on that "floundering" economy. Those record numbers of blacks, women, and Hispanics working will laugh at you. Then again you should be used to it. You get laughed at here every day. As far as who's getting freebies, try using REAL numbers, not percentages. Even if 45% of Mississippi's population gets some form of benefit, that is still a LOT fewer people than 30-35% of California. Funny how reality works like that.

 

[August West]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

I thought President Trump inherited a great economy, are you saying that it actually wasn't? It isnt the tax cuts that is causing the debt, it is the 1 trillion dollars given to liberal shitfucks who sit on their ass all day doing nothing, that needs to be taken away. Those shitfucks would be working thus increasing the tax revenues instead of taking tax revenues.

Who is it that`s sitting on their asses all day? Look in the mirror smart guy.
Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base

Okay, I`m wrong. Growing weed and cooking meth in the trailer park is indeed a job. The tax cuts and the 2 wars that Gomer put on the credit card are responsible for the debt. Have a passing 6th grader explain the third chart to you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...h-and-obamas-deficits/?utm_term=.aa74b987caac

 

[BWK]

How surprised will you be if the self-proclaimed Economic Savior's main policy achievements are not working out as advertised?

How much more weight will you give these latest shortcomings if they peak just before November, 2020?

Is President Trump's Economy Floundering? | DCReport.org

"The Commerce Department said this week that despite two years of America First-ism, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is getting worse rather than better.

"After all the fuss about the tax cuts, it turns out that corporations benefited, not workers.

"And while joblessness is at an all-time low, the economy turns out to be churning out many more jobs at the bottom end of the skills market than middle-class jobs.

"Wages still lag, city centers are still rotting, infrastructure projects are still crumbling, public housing is still in trouble.

"Oh and then there is this massive debt resulting from unpaid for tax cuts.

"At the border, the Trump protectionist approach appears to be not working, as the monthly immigration numbers attest."

When will Trump's supporters notice anything he says is just as likely to be a lie as opposed to the truth?

The tax cuts will eventually start to show how you cannopt grow an economy with such a strategy.