Bidenomics is Booming

[Harpy Eagle]

No one goes to the malls anymore. How old are you? Amazon is destroying the economy!

They are not destroying it, they are merely changing it not unlike WalMart did

 

[sealybobo]

They are not destroying it, they are merely changing it not unlike WalMart did

So true. Who says humans should wake up at 8, go to work for 9 hours, get home at 6pm for $15 x 30 years? Doing basically monkey work. Automation should not be held back for fear of losing jobs.

A corporation could hire 3 workers for $30,000 a year each or buy one $30,000 robot that will do the work of 3. And last you 5 years. In 5 years, buy another robot for $30,000. Repeat.

You are right. Those humans need to go find other things to do. Go be a social media influencer or door dash.

 

[Markle]

Middle class votes Republican

With good reason.

 

[sealybobo]

With good reason.

And the lower half of the middle class votes Democratic. Labor. Worker bees. People who benefit from unions. Usually uneducated blue collar.

 

[sealybobo]

With good reason.

What good reason did you vote for Bush instead of Gore? Why didn't you like Bill Clinton? Trump will tell you why. You were jealous and stupid

"I think Bill Clinton was a great president,’" Trump said in the interview that was conducted shortly after the 2008 presidential election on NY1's "Inside City Hall" program.

"You know, you look at the country then. The economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell,’" Trump said.

If you were so wrong then, what makes you think you are right now?

 

[Markle]

What good reason did you vote for Bush instead of Gore? Why didn't you like Bill Clinton? Trump will tell you why. You were jealous and stupid

"I think Bill Clinton was a great president,’" Trump said in the interview that was conducted shortly after the 2008 presidential election on NY1's "Inside City Hall" program.

"You know, you look at the country then. The economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell,’" Trump said.

If you were so wrong then, what makes you think you are right now?

Al Gore is an environmental radical whack job.

Bill Clinton could have been a great president if he had kept his zipper up. He presided over the DOT.COM boom that went bust, handing off a recession to President Bush.

As for peace in the world.

Wars of Bill Clinton (1993-2001)​

Inherited:

Ongoing hostility with Iran

U.S. Intervention in Somalia

Ongoing conflict with Iraq (No-Fly Zone War)

Initiated/Engaged:

U.S. Invasion of Haiti in 1991-Operation Uphold Democracy

Bosnian War (1992-1995)-The U.S. participated, along with NATO, in a war against Bosnian Serbs and Serbia in Bosnia.

Kosovo War of 1999- The U.S. participated, along with NATO, in a war against Serbia in order to facilitate the independence of Kosovo.

1998 Bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by al-Qaida terrorists.

U.S. Retaliation against al-Qaida in Sudan and Afghanistan -These incidents are often referred to as the actual start of the U.S. war with al-Qaida and Islamic Jihadist groups. This retaliation was called Operation Infinite Reach.

Then, there was the bombing of an aspirin factory by President Clinton.

e al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory (Arabic: الشفاء, romanized: aš-šifāʔ, lit. 'remedy') in Kafouri, Khartoum North, Sudan, was constructed between 1992 and 1996 with components imported from Germany, India, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States. It was opened on 12 July 1997[3][4] and bombed by the United States on 20 August 1998. The industrial complex was composed of four buildings. It was the largest pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum and employed over 300 workers, producing medicine both for human and veterinary use.

The factory was destroyed in 1998 by a missile attack launched by the United States, killing one employee and wounding eleven.[1][2] The U.S. government claimed that the factory was used for the processing of VX nerve agent and that the owners of the plant had ties to the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

These justifications for the bombing were disputed by the owners of the plant, the Sudanese government, and other governments. American officials later acknowledged "that the evidence that prompted President Clinton to order the missile strike on the Shifa plant was not as solid as first portrayed. Indeed, officials later said that there was no proof that the plant had been manufacturing or storing nerve gas, as initially suspected by the Americans, or had been linked to Osama bin Laden, who was a resident of Khartoum in the 1980s."[5] The attack took place a week after the Monica Lewinsky scandal and two months after release of the film Wag the Dog, prompting some commentators to describe the attack as a distraction for the public from the scandal.[6]

And you're conveniently leaving out all the scandals of the Clinton administration.

 

[sealybobo]

Al Gore is an environmental radical whack job.

Bill Clinton could have been a great president if he had kept his zipper up. He presided over the DOT.COM boom that went bust, handing off a recession to President Bush.

As for peace in the world.

Wars of Bill Clinton (1993-2001)​

Inherited:

Ongoing hostility with Iran

U.S. Intervention in Somalia

Ongoing conflict with Iraq (No-Fly Zone War)

Initiated/Engaged:

U.S. Invasion of Haiti in 1991-Operation Uphold Democracy

Bosnian War (1992-1995)-The U.S. participated, along with NATO, in a war against Bosnian Serbs and Serbia in Bosnia.

Kosovo War of 1999- The U.S. participated, along with NATO, in a war against Serbia in order to facilitate the independence of Kosovo.

1998 Bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by al-Qaida terrorists.

U.S. Retaliation against al-Qaida in Sudan and Afghanistan -These incidents are often referred to as the actual start of the U.S. war with al-Qaida and Islamic Jihadist groups. This retaliation was called Operation Infinite Reach.

Then, there was the bombing of an aspirin factory by President Clinton.

e al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory (Arabic: الشفاء, romanized: aš-šifāʔ, lit. 'remedy') in Kafouri, Khartoum North, Sudan, was constructed between 1992 and 1996 with components imported from Germany, India, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States. It was opened on 12 July 1997[3][4] and bombed by the United States on 20 August 1998. The industrial complex was composed of four buildings. It was the largest pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum and employed over 300 workers, producing medicine both for human and veterinary use.

The factory was destroyed in 1998 by a missile attack launched by the United States, killing one employee and wounding eleven.[1][2] The U.S. government claimed that the factory was used for the processing of VX nerve agent and that the owners of the plant had ties to the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

These justifications for the bombing were disputed by the owners of the plant, the Sudanese government, and other governments. American officials later acknowledged "that the evidence that prompted President Clinton to order the missile strike on the Shifa plant was not as solid as first portrayed. Indeed, officials later said that there was no proof that the plant had been manufacturing or storing nerve gas, as initially suspected by the Americans, or had been linked to Osama bin Laden, who was a resident of Khartoum in the 1980s."[5] The attack took place a week after the Monica Lewinsky scandal and two months after release of the film Wag the Dog, prompting some commentators to describe the attack as a distraction for the public from the scandal.[6]

And you're conveniently leaving out all the scandals of the Clinton administration.

I love how Republicans want to give the DOT.COM boom all Clinton's credit, or Newt. Go fuck yourself Bush boy. You should have voted for Gore. Who cares if he's an environmentally good person? Did we even know that in 2000? Okay that was his issue but what's your problem with going green? Why are you for pollution?

 

[Markle]

I love how Republicans want to give the DOT.COM boom all Clinton's credit, or Newt. Go fuck yourself Bush boy. You should have voted for Gore. Who cares if he's an environmentally good person? Did we even know that in 2000? Okay that was his issue but what's your problem with going green? Why are you for pollution?

 

[Thinker101]

No one goes to the malls anymore. How old are you? Amazon is destroying the economy!

Sure, and Rite Aid is only in malls and UPS only delivers from malls. How fricken stupid are you?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Yep, Bidenomics is booming, or so we're told. Although not so much for UPS which plans on laying off 12,000 employees.

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Or Macy's, which plans on closing 150 stores by 2026, 50 stores this year.

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Or even Rite Aid which plans on closing 77 stores this year.

Rite Aid is planning to close 77 stores in 2024. See if yours is on the list.

More than 9000 brick-and-mortar retailers closed their doors in 2019. Was that the fault of the president?

More than 9,300 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on — here's the full list​

Retailers set a new record for store closings over the last 12 months, as Sears, Payless, Dress Barn, and more closed thousands of stores.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Thinker101]

More than 9000 brick-and-mortar retailers closed their doors in 2019. Was that the fault of the president?

More than 9,300 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on — here's the full list​

Retailers set a new record for store closings over the last 12 months, as Sears, Payless, Dress Barn, and more closed thousands of stores.

www.businessinsider.com

You tell me.

A record 12,200 stores closed last year

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You tell me.

A record 12,200 stores closed last year

I asked first.

 

[sealybobo]

Sure, and Rite Aid is only in malls and UPS only delivers from malls. How fricken stupid are you?

UPS had 543,000 employees at the end of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to a swell of home deliveries that spurred parcel carriers to ramp up hiring. The pandemic bump didn’t last for long, however, with package volume slumping in recent quarters.

Of course you want to blame Biden.

Let me explain to you how business works. A company only hires as many employees as it needs. Doesn't matter how much employees make. If they don't need extra bodies, they won't hire. No matter how cheap they are. So if UPS doesn't need those people they hired during the pandemic, guess what?

 

[sealybobo]

Sure, and Rite Aid is only in malls and UPS only delivers from malls. How fricken stupid are you?

Oh shit! Automation strikes again

UPS has also tapped into AI and machine learning advancements to shift volume from more labor-intensive package sorting facilities to automated hubs.

 

[sealybobo]

Sure, and Rite Aid is only in malls and UPS only delivers from malls. How fricken stupid are you?

Hey, do you have stock in UPS?

Headcount reductions in 2024 will be concentrated within management roles and contracted positions, with 75% of the cuts coming in the first half of 2024, executives said. UPS will see a $1 billion benefit this year from the reductions.

 

[Thinker101]

UPS had 543,000 employees at the end of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to a swell of home deliveries that spurred parcel carriers to ramp up hiring. The pandemic bump didn’t last for long, however, with package volume slumping in recent quarters.

Of course you want to blame Biden.

Let me explain to you how business works. A company only hires as many employees as it needs. Doesn't matter how much employees make. If they don't need extra bodies, they won't hire. No matter how cheap they are. So if UPS doesn't need those people they hired during the pandemic, guess what?

No kidding, when a business doesn't need employees, they lay them off. You mean to say when business slows down, employees are terminated? That was the point, moron.

 

[sealybobo]

Sure, and Rite Aid is only in malls and UPS only delivers from malls. How fricken stupid are you?

UPS historically has made management-level cuts to tame costs after inking new union contracts. The latest round of cuts comes after the August ratification of a new contract that features higher wages for Teamsters-represented U.S. employees.

Headcount reductions in 2024 will be concentrated within management roles and contracted positions

What does this mean? Not one union worker got laid off. It was all management and contractors. See the benefits of being in a union?

 

[Billiejeens]

What good reason did you vote for Bush instead of Gore? Why didn't you like Bill Clinton? Trump will tell you why. You were jealous and stupid

"I think Bill Clinton was a great president,’" Trump said in the interview that was conducted shortly after the 2008 presidential election on NY1's "Inside City Hall" program.

"You know, you look at the country then. The economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell,’" Trump said.

If you were so wrong then, what makes you think you are right now?

You really are insane.

 

[sealybobo]

You really are insane.

The only people not doing better today than 4 years ago are uneducated blue collar workers who aren't in unions. I'll show you.

1. 2023 has been called the "Year of the Union" due to the number of strikes, high union favorability, and union leaders fighting for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. In 2023, more than 500,000 workers went on strike nationwide, which is almost triple the number from the same period in 2022. The strikes were widespread, with 71 strikes in California, 48 in New York, and 27 in Illinois, but most were brief, with 47 of California's strikes ending in seven days or less.

and what about the rich?

Household wealth swelled at a record pace during the pandemic. From 2019 to 2022, the median net worth of American families jumped 37% to $192,900, after adjusting for inflation. It’s the largest increase ever recorded by the federal Survey of Consumer Finances, released last fall. Surging home values and rising stock ownership fed the surge.

If you’re a 50-something and you’re not worth a cool $1 million, do not despair. Those numbers are averages, and the super-rich drive them waaaay up.

So blue collar union workers are doing better because they fought for it. Rich people are killing it. Who's not? You? Maybe you need to join a union or find a new job???

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You tell me.

A record 12,200 stores closed last year

But I guess if you like, since you posted the link, we can blame 2020 on the POTUS as well