Obama's Economy FAIL- 0.0% GDP Growth In The First Quarter

[bedowin62]

of course every single one of the 46 million or so on food stamps in obama's 7th year needs them; "consecutive job growth" or not; because the Left insists nobody is gaming the system. so the left is bragging about minimum wage job growth that leaves people eligible to get food stamps?

Prove the left claims no one is gaming the system.....

Liberals know people are gaming the system. The problem is you don't care as long as they vote democrat.

Great. You just called yourself a liar. You just went from saying liberals claim no one games the system, to, saying liberals know the system is being gamed.

What? When did I say liberals claim no one games the system?

Sorry, y'all look the same to me

like you needed to remind us you're blind

 

[Faun]

Did you take a stupid pill before you logged on?

What was happening in the country the first quarter of this year. Particularly the first two months of the first quarter.
Do a Google if you can about what happens in that Jan, Feb time frame that might effect spending patterns of consumers and business's.

You smart enough to use Google or you want me to explain to you what was happening in Jan and Feb 2015.

Here is a hint; you try building a house when it is 5 degrees out with 20 inches of snow. Your supplies and building material can't get on site, the employees can'g get to work.. It's so cold nothing works right.

You really are stupid.

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

Yeah all these jobs are great! Part time, when you need three to support your family. Way to go liberals!

WTF? We are currently in an unprecedented 5 year stretch of continuous job growth in the private sector. Over that time, there has been a net gain of 10,056,000 full time jobs and a net loss of 156,000 part time jobs.

 

[Faun]

For much of the country the weather was just brutal it would be ignorant not to factor that into the numbers. Don't be a liberal, don't be ignorant.

LISTEN... where was this "Understanding" and compassion when it came to Bush?
NO President in history had the 4 monumental events occur as:
1) Recession that started under Clinton
2) Dot.com bust that greeted Bush and a loss of $5 trillion in market value i.e. tax revenue!
3) Oh and that little event 9/11 that cost $1 trillion in lost business, 18,000 businesses , airlines closed 3 days, wall street 10 days... WHERE WAS THE understanding THEN!
4) And not ONE president ever had the worst hurricane seasons...not just hurricanes but years of top ten worst hurricanes that cost 1,835 lives $81 billion, 400,000 jobs
Where was the "understanding" of those events?
YET we constantly were barraged by MSM and other totally ignorant LIPs that Bush was a dummy!

And you excuse this penny ass winter period????

No recession started while Clinton was president. That's as far as I got into your post before finding a lie.

 

[Faun]

Good lord. Obama can't do anything right, well, unless you consider the unpatriotic agenda- a transformation of success

-Geaux
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The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2015 has been downgraded once again... to 0.0 percent on April 1, down from 2.3 percent on Feb 13th.





Following this morning's construction spending release from the U.S. Census Bureau, the nowcast for real residential investment growth increased from -1.1 percent to 1.8 percent. This was more than offset by declines in the nowcasts for real nonresidential structures investment growth (-19.3 percent to -22.5 percent) and real state and local government spending growth (0.3 percent to -0.8 percent)

It s Official Fed Sees 0.0 GDP Growth In The First Quarter Zero Hedge

Oh dear!

The economy must fail crowd chimes in

Want to go over all quarters since Obama became President?

Record number of people on welfare? Outspent all presidents combined? Yeah Obama is great lol.

one day, people will look back and wonder why somebody didn't shoot that bastard in the head.just saying.

Like someone tried to do to Reagan?

 

[Faun]

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/06/pelosi-fires-back


pelosi said that for every dollar a person receives in food samps $1.79 is put back into the economy

that's just one source; not very right-wing CNN. THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE.
nice job idiot; just go ahead and prove the theory that liberals are losers who LIE TO THEMSELVES and wallow in DENIAL

I see, so you were lying again. Figures. Earlier, you ascribed her of saying food stamps creates or saves jobs. Now you correct that to her saying a portion of food stamps gets spent in the economy.

When do you cons stop lying?

YAWN; what part is the lie? she is saying food stamps save or create jobs

you're a sad crybaby. the proof is right in front of you and you still deny it

That's odd ... the word, "jobs" doesn't appear in that "quote."

 

[healthmyths]

Did you take a stupid pill before you logged on?

What was happening in the country the first quarter of this year. Particularly the first two months of the first quarter.
Do a Google if you can about what happens in that Jan, Feb time frame that might effect spending patterns of consumers and business's.

You smart enough to use Google or you want me to explain to you what was happening in Jan and Feb 2015.

Here is a hint; you try building a house when it is 5 degrees out with 20 inches of snow. Your supplies and building material can't get on site, the employees can'g get to work.. It's so cold nothing works right.

You really are stupid.

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

Yeah all these jobs are great! Part time, when you need three to support your family. Way to go liberals!

WTF? We are currently in an unprecedented 5 year stretch of continuous job growth in the private sector. Over that time, there has been a net gain of 10,056,000 full time jobs and a net loss of 156,000 part time jobs.

You talking about these kind of employed people?
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in February at 6.6 million.
These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to
find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

In February, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not
counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)

In February, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 34.6 hours for the fifth month in a row.


Employment Situation Summary


AND UNLIKE YOU I source my comment!
Please provide a little scholarly effort rather then "guesses"!!!

 

[Faun]

Did you take a stupid pill before you logged on?

What was happening in the country the first quarter of this year. Particularly the first two months of the first quarter.
Do a Google if you can about what happens in that Jan, Feb time frame that might effect spending patterns of consumers and business's.

You smart enough to use Google or you want me to explain to you what was happening in Jan and Feb 2015.

Here is a hint; you try building a house when it is 5 degrees out with 20 inches of snow. Your supplies and building material can't get on site, the employees can'g get to work.. It's so cold nothing works right.

You really are stupid.

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

WHAT'S EVEN MORE LAUGHABLE is an idiot bragging about the DOW; nothing more than a collection of "greedy corporations, (actually the "greediest" since they are the top corps) that the Left wanted to shut down and "OCCUPY" not that long ago before they failed at THAT TOO; and still can be found any other day ranting about.

libs are comical losers who lie to themselves!

Yeah, I know how much it hurts the right to see the Dow more than double under Clinton. Nose dive by 40% under Bush, and then more than double under Obama.
When are y'all on the right gonna elect a Republican president who can grow the stock market?

 

[Faun]

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

Yeah all these jobs are great! Part time, when you need three to support your family. Way to go liberals!

WTF? We are currently in an unprecedented 5 year stretch of continuous job growth in the private sector. Over that time, there has been a net gain of 10,056,000 full time jobs and a net loss of 156,000 part time jobs.

You talking about these kind of employed people?
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in February at 6.6 million.
These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to
find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

In February, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not
counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)

In February, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 34.6 hours for the fifth month in a row.


Employment Situation Summary


AND UNLIKE YOU I source my comment!
Please provide a little scholarly effort rather then "guesses"!!!

We're at full employment and you righties are still bitching.



You're never happy.

 

[Siete]

0%, is an estimate. The official data on first-quarter growth will be released April 29.

Maybe true, maybe false. Team doom and Gloom bitches either way.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

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I do this stuff for a living, and I don't remember a stranger economic period. Every time I get my hopes up with this economic data, that economic data comes along and wrecks it. Every time the economic data looks scary, along comes some good news.

That does happen, but I don't remember it happening for this long - what, three, four years?

May not change for a while. The foundation for growth is definitely there, but so are some pretty significant dangers.

.

Well that's because the foundation is this nation still has kinship with American Principle... sadly, the dead weight of the Left is taking its toll on that foundation.

Your foundation ma be exquisitely over engineered for your home... but if you convert your home to a storage facility for Oil Exploration Equipment, you'll soon come to find that an over-engineered foundation for a house is a piss poor foundation for the storage of heavy equipment.

Socialism works, at least to a limited degree, in familial circumstances... because everyone knows everyone and that tends to promote accountability. Of course, that produces rivalries, which produces chaos, which given the nature of entropy will bring inevitable destruction. But at least for a while socialism can work.

It can NOT WORK in larger collectives. Because large collective are not familial, thus the detached relationships produces axiomatic and immediate rivalries and, consequently the chaos is explosive and as a result, the destruction comes exponentially faster.

Nothing complex about it...

 

[Faun]

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

Yeah all these jobs are great! Part time, when you need three to support your family. Way to go liberals!

WTF? We are currently in an unprecedented 5 year stretch of continuous job growth in the private sector. Over that time, there has been a net gain of 10,056,000 full time jobs and a net loss of 156,000 part time jobs.

You talking about these kind of employed people?
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in February at 6.6 million.
These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to
find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

In February, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not
counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)

In February, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 34.6 hours for the fifth month in a row.


Employment Situation Summary


AND UNLIKE YOU I source my comment!
Please provide a little scholarly effort rather then "guesses"!!!

Oh, and you want a link...?

How about this one ....

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

... the 6.6 million people working part time jobs for economic reasons is down from more than 8 million when Obama became president. And that's not even factoring population growth.

 

[Faun]

0%, is an estimate. The official data on first-quarter growth will be released April 29.

Maybe true, maybe false. Team doom and Gloom bitches either way.

And you'll note the ignored 10 other forecasts in that chart. They're just preparing themselves for tomorrow's release of March's job numbers. After 60 months of private sector growth, they need something to hang their hat on.

 

[healthmyths]

For much of the country the weather was just brutal it would be ignorant not to factor that into the numbers. Don't be a liberal, don't be ignorant.

LISTEN... where was this "Understanding" and compassion when it came to Bush?
NO President in history had the 4 monumental events occur as:
1) Recession that started under Clinton
2) Dot.com bust that greeted Bush and a loss of $5 trillion in market value i.e. tax revenue!
3) Oh and that little event 9/11 that cost $1 trillion in lost business, 18,000 businesses , airlines closed 3 days, wall street 10 days... WHERE WAS THE understanding THEN!
4) And not ONE president ever had the worst hurricane seasons...not just hurricanes but years of top ten worst hurricanes that cost 1,835 lives $81 billion, 400,000 jobs
Where was the "understanding" of those events?
YET we constantly were barraged by MSM and other totally ignorant LIPs that Bush was a dummy!

And you excuse this penny ass winter period????

No recession started while Clinton was president. That's as far as I got into your post before finding a lie.

Of course idiots like you think "ah this month no growth in GDP must be start of recession"!
It doesn't work that way.
It takes several miles to turn an oil tanker as does an economy that "STARTS" to slow down i.e. GDP growth declines,,... then like last quarter ZERO... next quarter
-growth and now a full fledge recession starting with Obama!

In Bush's case the indicators were beginning in July 2000 as this graph shows!

FAQs

Q: The NBER has dated the beginning of the recession in March 2001. Does this mean that the attacks of September 11 did not have a role in causing the recession?

A. No. Before the attacks, it is possible that the decline in the economy would have been too mild to qualify as a recession. The attacks clearly deepened the contraction and may have been an important factor in turning the episode into a recession.

Q: The financial press often states the definition of a recession as two consecutive quarters of decline in real GDP. How does that relate to the NBER’s recession dating procedure?

A: Most of the recessions identified by our procedures do consist of two or more quarters of declining real GDP, but not all of them. But our procedure differs in a number of ways. First, we use monthly indicators to arrive at a monthly chronology. Second, we use indicators subject to much less frequent revision. Third, we consider the depth of the decline in economic activity. Recall that our definition includes the phrase, “a significant decline in activity.”

Q: Isn’t a recession a period of diminished economic activity?

A: It’s more accurate to say that a recession— the way we use the word—is a period of diminishing activity rather than diminished activity. We identify a month when the economy reached a peak of activity and a later month when the economy reached a trough. The time in between is a recession, a period when the economy is contracting. The following period is an expansion. Economic activity is below normal or diminished for some part of the recession and for some part of the following expansion as well. Some call the period of diminished activity a slump.

Q: You emphasize the payroll survey as a source for data on economy-wide employment. What about the household survey, which showed a decline in employment in August?

A: Although the household survey is a large, well-designed probability sample of the U.S. population, its estimates of total employment appear to be noisier than those from the payroll survey. The downward jump in August, which differs from the payroll data, may be such a random movement. Data in the coming months will help resolve the discrepancy between the two sources of data on employment.

Q: How do the movements of unemployment claims inform the Bureau’s thinking?

A: A bulge in jobless claims would appear to forecast declining employment, but we don't use forecasts and the claims numbers have a lot of noise.

Q: What about the unemployment rate, which jumped 0.4 percentage points in August?

A: Unemployment is generally a lagging indicator. Its modest rise from a very low level to date is consistent with the employment data. The household survey—the source of the unemployment rate data—contains random noise that occasionally results in larger than expected changes, as in August.
The Business-Cycle Peak of March 2001

AGAIN NOT MY WORDS!!! NBER statements!!!

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

from live science;

The East's punishing winter arrived with amazing amounts of snow. More than 5 feet (164 centimeters) of snow fell on Boston in February, a new record. In the Southeast, a late February storm dropped 8 inches (20 cm) of snow across several states, leaving thousands without power and tying up traffic for hours.

But most states were drier than average this winter, NOAA said. Only the Northeast coast, plus Arizona and New Mexico, saw above-average precipitation. (The southwestern states can thank weak El Niñoconditions for their extra rain and snow, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said yesterday.)

Average precipitation in winter 2014-2015.
Credit: NOAA
contributeto drought. [Dry and Dying: See Stark Images of Drought]

California's snowpack is trending toward record-low levels this year, the state's Department of Water Resources said Tuesday (March 3). The most recent survey found the statewide snowpack was about 19 percent of the average. California relies on winter snow to fill its reservoirs, and melting mountain snow provides water for plants and trees through the dry summer months.


Yes sir they were building houses all through the north east in Feb In five foot of snow. Record housing starts in Boston and Buffalo NY.. And those storms down south. 8 inches of snow and the loss of electric poser. No that couldn't have effected anything to do with business. Right?

And agriculture. I bet you think food and crop production out in the CA is at record high levels. Well except that they don't have the water resources to grow record production. But lack of water wouldn't effect food production would it?


You really are stupid if you think severe weather doesn't effect economic activity.

You do realize that snow has been falling in what we think of as "Boston" since LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A "BOSTON", right?

Same with the places that received the traumatizing 8"... . And as much as you need to believe that snow is a brand new development, due to Global Warming, in truth snow has always been around. Happens every year.

Ya know what does NOT happen every year? Less than 0% or 0% growth in production. THAT only happens in the wake of Leftist policy which discourages production.

See how that works?

 

[Siete]

Freezing cold weather, snow up to the roof, the country is crippled for months ... and it's Obama's economy showing 0% growth.

Poor RW's, reality escapes them.

 

[Faun]

For much of the country the weather was just brutal it would be ignorant not to factor that into the numbers. Don't be a liberal, don't be ignorant.

LISTEN... where was this "Understanding" and compassion when it came to Bush?
NO President in history had the 4 monumental events occur as:
1) Recession that started under Clinton
2) Dot.com bust that greeted Bush and a loss of $5 trillion in market value i.e. tax revenue!
3) Oh and that little event 9/11 that cost $1 trillion in lost business, 18,000 businesses , airlines closed 3 days, wall street 10 days... WHERE WAS THE understanding THEN!
4) And not ONE president ever had the worst hurricane seasons...not just hurricanes but years of top ten worst hurricanes that cost 1,835 lives $81 billion, 400,000 jobs
Where was the "understanding" of those events?
YET we constantly were barraged by MSM and other totally ignorant LIPs that Bush was a dummy!

And you excuse this penny ass winter period????

No recession started while Clinton was president. That's as far as I got into your post before finding a lie.

Of course idiots like you think "ah this month no growth in GDP must be start of recession"!
It doesn't work that way.
It takes several miles to turn an oil tanker as does an economy that "STARTS" to slow down i.e. GDP growth declines,,... then like last quarter ZERO... next quarter
-growth and now a full fledge recession starting with Obama!

In Bush's case the indicators were beginning in July 2000 as this graph shows!
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FAQs

Q: The NBER has dated the beginning of the recession in March 2001. Does this mean that the attacks of September 11 did not have a role in causing the recession?

A. No. Before the attacks, it is possible that the decline in the economy would have been too mild to qualify as a recession. The attacks clearly deepened the contraction and may have been an important factor in turning the episode into a recession.

Q: The financial press often states the definition of a recession as two consecutive quarters of decline in real GDP. How does that relate to the NBER’s recession dating procedure?

A: Most of the recessions identified by our procedures do consist of two or more quarters of declining real GDP, but not all of them. But our procedure differs in a number of ways. First, we use monthly indicators to arrive at a monthly chronology. Second, we use indicators subject to much less frequent revision. Third, we consider the depth of the decline in economic activity. Recall that our definition includes the phrase, “a significant decline in activity.”

Q: Isn’t a recession a period of diminished economic activity?

A: It’s more accurate to say that a recession— the way we use the word—is a period of diminishing activity rather than diminished activity. We identify a month when the economy reached a peak of activity and a later month when the economy reached a trough. The time in between is a recession, a period when the economy is contracting. The following period is an expansion. Economic activity is below normal or diminished for some part of the recession and for some part of the following expansion as well. Some call the period of diminished activity a slump.

Q: You emphasize the payroll survey as a source for data on economy-wide employment. What about the household survey, which showed a decline in employment in August?

A: Although the household survey is a large, well-designed probability sample of the U.S. population, its estimates of total employment appear to be noisier than those from the payroll survey. The downward jump in August, which differs from the payroll data, may be such a random movement. Data in the coming months will help resolve the discrepancy between the two sources of data on employment.

Q: How do the movements of unemployment claims inform the Bureau’s thinking?

A: A bulge in jobless claims would appear to forecast declining employment, but we don't use forecasts and the claims numbers have a lot of noise.

Q: What about the unemployment rate, which jumped 0.4 percentage points in August?

A: Unemployment is generally a lagging indicator. Its modest rise from a very low level to date is consistent with the employment data. The household survey—the source of the unemployment rate data—contains random noise that occasionally results in larger than expected changes, as in August.
The Business-Cycle Peak of March 2001

AGAIN NOT MY WORDS!!! NBER statements!!!

You cons are too funny. You falsely claim the recession started under Clinton ... then quote the NBER establish the recession started while Bush was president ... and you call me the idiot.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

Freezing cold weather, snow up to the roof, the country is crippled for months ...

ROFLMNAO! D E L U S I O N ... PERSONIFIED!

 

[jknowgood]

Did you take a stupid pill before you logged on?

What was happening in the country the first quarter of this year. Particularly the first two months of the first quarter.
Do a Google if you can about what happens in that Jan, Feb time frame that might effect spending patterns of consumers and business's.

You smart enough to use Google or you want me to explain to you what was happening in Jan and Feb 2015.

Here is a hint; you try building a house when it is 5 degrees out with 20 inches of snow. Your supplies and building material can't get on site, the employees can'g get to work.. It's so cold nothing works right.

You really are stupid.

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

Yeah all these jobs are great! Part time, when you need three to support your family. Way to go liberals!

WTF? We are currently in an unprecedented 5 year stretch of continuous job growth in the private sector. Over that time, there has been a net gain of 10,056,000 full time jobs and a net loss of 156,000 part time jobs.

When welfare roles diminish you can talk, but when record number are on welfare. The economy isn't booming.

 

[Faun]

The whole country was not in the deep freeze,construction has been down for YEARS whole sale hard wood and soft wood prices are down,the industry has been struggling for a long time,and the numbers going forward are poor.
Who's the stupid one here?

We're basically not any better off than the day Bush left office.

Riiiight .... because positive 2.2% GDP growth is "basically" the same as negative 8.3% GDP growth. Adding 200K+ jobs is "basically" the same as losing 700K+ jobs. A Dow close to 18,000 is "basically" the same as the Dow at 8,000.

This is why so many on the left laugh at the economic "acumen" of rightards like you. You're a ******* imbecile.

Yeah all these jobs are great! Part time, when you need three to support your family. Way to go liberals!

WTF? We are currently in an unprecedented 5 year stretch of continuous job growth in the private sector. Over that time, there has been a net gain of 10,056,000 full time jobs and a net loss of 156,000 part time jobs.

When welfare roles diminish you can talk, but when record number are on welfare. The economy isn't booming.

Full employment.

Deal with it.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Did you take a stupid pill before you logged on?

What was happening in the country the first quarter of this year. Particularly the first two months of the first quarter.
Do a Google if you can about what happens in that Jan, Feb time frame that might effect spending patterns of consumers and business's.

You smart enough to use Google or you want me to explain to you what was happening in Jan and Feb 2015.

Here is a hint; you try building a house when it is 5 degrees out with 20 inches of snow. Your supplies and building material can't get on site, the employees can'g get to work.. It's so cold nothing works right.

You really are stupid.

Your first sentence is quite ironic.

Also how do you mesh that nonsense with the other nonsense you idiots spew about global warming?