Obama Administration Touts Job Creation

[Intolerant]

That was an exciting and uplifting post you made Chris. Now I think I'll go take a shit.

 

[namvet]

That was an exciting and uplifting post you made Chris. Now I think I'll go take a shit.

 

[RoadVirus]

Stocks do 9 times better with a Democrat in the White House....

While Republicans promote themselves as the friendliest party for Wall Street, stock investors do better when Democrats occupy the White House. From a dollars- and-cents standpoint, it’s not even close.

The BGOV Barometer shows that, over the five decades since John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, $1,000 invested in a hypothetical fund that tracks the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) only when Democrats are in the White House would have been worth $10,920 at the close of trading yesterday.

That’s more than nine times the dollar return an investor would have realized from following a similar strategy during Republican administrations. A $1,000 stake invested in a fund that followed the S&P 500 under Republican presidents, starting with Richard Nixon, would have grown to $2,087 on the day George W. Bush left office.

Stocks Return More With Democrat in White House: BGOV Barometer - Bloomberg

Uh...Christy? You forgot the fact that with this Democratic President, the Fed has been artificially propping up the stock market. Can you guess what will happen to the markets when the faucet is turned off?

 

[Moonglow]

Average of 44 dollars an hour in the nat gas industry in south Texas. I have many rig hand friends who are making 100k plus a year.

I'd love to do it if my health would allow it, or even drive a hot shot repair truck...

 

[Moonglow]

That was an exciting and uplifting post you made Chris. Now I think I'll go take a shit.

You don't take a shit,,,you leave it,,,,,,,Honey I am going to take a shit.. Don't take any of mine, I only have three left and the weekend is near...George Carlin..

 

[Moonglow]

Stocks do 9 times better with a Democrat in the White House....

While Republicans promote themselves as the friendliest party for Wall Street, stock investors do better when Democrats occupy the White House. From a dollars- and-cents standpoint, it’s not even close.

The BGOV Barometer shows that, over the five decades since John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, $1,000 invested in a hypothetical fund that tracks the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) only when Democrats are in the White House would have been worth $10,920 at the close of trading yesterday.

That’s more than nine times the dollar return an investor would have realized from following a similar strategy during Republican administrations. A $1,000 stake invested in a fund that followed the S&P 500 under Republican presidents, starting with Richard Nixon, would have grown to $2,087 on the day George W. Bush left office.

Stocks Return More With Democrat in White House: BGOV Barometer - Bloomberg

Conservatives direct capital onto Main Street, not into Wall Street.

Which ones, I need some do-re-me...

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Average of 44 dollars an hour in the nat gas industry in south Texas. I have many rig hand friends who are making 100k plus a year.

I'd love to do it if my health would allow it, or even drive a hot shot repair truck...

You ain't kidding about the hot shot repair, especially if you own it.

 

[Erand7899]

But, just what are all those jobs?

Most Of The Jobs Added Since The Recession Pay Low Wages

By Bryce Covert, April 28, 2014 with the full story @ Most Of The Jobs Added Since The Recession Pay Low Wages | ThinkProgress

All Hail! Our Might King Barry is bringing us out of the Dark Days.

Capitalists love low wages. Remember, there is no middle class in unregulated free-market capitalism. Just a few at the top, some merchants, and a whole lot of saps living hand to mouth.

Wrong! Capitalists love market based wages. You socialist wanna-bes fail to consider that there are capitalists on both sides of the labor market. Not to mention competitors who will lure away your skilled workers with better pay and benefits. And, there is always a middle class in any free market system.

San Francisco in the gold boom years existed as absolutely unregulated free market capitalism, and it had a huge middle class of merchants and small businessmen. The same applied to Denver City during the gold rush there. However, in modern markets with large corporations having the ability to skew markets, some regulation is necessary to prevent monopoly and keep markets honest.