"Flooding the Zone"

[rightwinger]

Considering every time they released the numbers the past 4 years they "corrected" them a few months later to hide bad news, I don't trust any of those numbers right now.

Employment numbers are always corrected
It has always been that way

 

[martybegan]

Is that actually true or is that just what you’re told to believe?

It's been brought up numerous times.

 

[martybegan]

Nobody is saying otherwise
You are expected to follow direction
Otherwise you are insubordinate

The Resistance begs to differ.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

This has obviously been a dizzying few days since the Inauguration, with too many actions and orders and proclamations to mention. The incoming team was clearly pretty freakin' busy once victory was secured and preparations were being made to get (back) in. I don't think the country (planet?) has ever seen anything like this.

My guess is that, in addition to "flooding the zone" so that keeping up with and/or opposing any individual thing is pretty much a waste of effort, this administration figures it has to muddle through all of this (getting past teriffs, installing loyalists throughout the government, and making all the other myriad changes) and show actual tangible results before the mid-term elections. Clear outcomes to which they can point to make the chaos worth it. This kind of complete overhaul of, um, everything isn't going to show results, one way or the other, for a while.

Thoughts?

Trump Floods The Zone, Leaving Opposition Drowning

Donald Trump's opponents have spent the days since his inauguration playing political whack-a-mole over a torrent of orders specifically calibrated to overwhelm and bewilder, say analysts, as the new president gets to work on his radical policy agenda.

www.barrons.com

Trump is doing what he was elected to do. What’s the problem?

 

[martybegan]

Employment numbers are always corrected
It has always been that way

And always it seems corrected later in the direction that makes it worse for Democrats.

 

[1srelluc]

The MSM is in total shock over the closing of USAID this morning.

 

[Marener]

It's been brought up numerous times.

Illusory truth effect - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[martybegan]

Illusory truth effect - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Rightwinger just admitted it happens, he just dismissed it.

 

[Marener]

Rightwinger just admitted it happens, he just dismissed it.

Revisions happen. They always happen. That’s not new.

Yet again, we see the effects gaslighting has had on your malleable brain.

 

[martybegan]

Revisions happen. They always happen. That’s not new.

Yet again, we see the effects gaslighting has had on your malleable brain.

The thing is the revisions always seem to help democrats hide bad news.

 

[Independent thinker]

Harder to shill for the dems now is it?

LOL. They don't know which end is up or which end is down, not that they ever did.

 

[Dragonlady]

Progressives have empowered the Executive Branch lavishly with powers over the years that the Constitution did not give it, to the point that they basically run government with the administrative state, and now they lament cuz they don't have their guy at the helm.

Hilarious.

That's a complete fallacy as well. There are FEWER government employees, per capita, in the US government today, excluding active members of the military, than at any time in US history. There are fewer government employees today than there were in 1990, and there are nearly 90 million more people living in the USA than in 1990.

Americans feel favorably about many federal agencies, especially the Park Service, Postal Service and NASA

Democrats hold consistently favorable views of all 16 agencies asked about, while Republicans express more unfavorable than favorable views for 11 agencies.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[Dragonlady]

The thing is the revisions always seem to help democrats hide bad news.

No they don't. There were just as many revisions when Trump was in office. And mostly, they were bad news for Trump. Trump is so thin skinned that he thinks every piece of bad news is put out just to denigrate HIM.

Job-creation numbers hit Trump as he campaigns on economy

New numbers show job creation, GDP and consumer sentiment are lower than previously estimated.

www.nbcnews.com

Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a 'Lie' - FactCheck.org

Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. But former President Donald Trump called this year's revision a "total lie," baselessly claiming that...

www.factcheck.org

Trump's Final Numbers - FactCheck.org

Statistical indicators of President Trump's four years in office.

www.factcheck.org

Bad shit happens, and it happens a LOT when Trump is in charge.

 

[Mac1958]

I surely don't know how this turns out, but when services start being removed, we'll see what some lower income people who voted for Trump think about it.

Because it's coming.

 

[martybegan]

No they don't. There were just as many revisions when Trump was in office. And mostly, they bad news for Trump. Trump is so thin skinned that he thinks every piece of bad news is put out just to denigrate HIM.

Bad shit happens, and it happens a LOT when Trump is in charge.

Can we find a way to tariff your inane posts, dried up old cat lady?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

That's a complete fallacy as well. There are FEWER government employees, per capita, in the US government today, excluding active members of the military, than at any time in US history. There are fewer government employees today than there were in 1990, and there are nearly 90 million more people living in the USA than in 1990.

Americans feel favorably about many federal agencies, especially the Park Service, Postal Service and NASA

Democrats hold consistently favorable views of all 16 agencies asked about, while Republicans express more unfavorable than favorable views for 11 agencies.

www.pewresearch.org

Pew is a leftist kook site.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

I surely don't know how this turns out, but when services start being removed, we'll see what some lower income people who voted for Trump think about it.

Because it's coming.

There is no indication that services will be removed. Why do you people hate saving taxpayers money?

 

[Votto]

 

[sartre play]

He's doing what he said he'd do before the election.

I surely don't know how this turns out, but when services start being removed, we'll see what some lower income people who voted for Trump think about it.

Because it's coming.

Many on this board think that when the rights of others are taken away, that the spoils will shift down and cover them.
The actual facts are that the TAX cuts will hurt all Working folks. RETIRIES CHILDERN those with Disability's
Clinics & hospitals in RURAL areas will close.
Close to half the tax cuts will go to the wealthiest .

 

[SeaMajor7]

Many on this board think that when the rights of others are taken away, that the spoils will shift down and cover them.
The actual facts are that the TAX cuts will hurt all Working folks. RETIRIES CHILDERN those with Disability's
Clinics & hospitals in RURAL areas will close.
Close to half the tax cuts will go to the wealthiest .

Check you facts, and curb your feelz,