Ever notice that MW increase advocates pretend that states and cities can't set their own MW higher than the federal, and often do? IOW, why are they yammering at Washington when they really need to yell at their local legislators? It would be a lot easier to get some traction if they did.But Americans have short memories. Bush 1 sucked, 8 years later we nominated his son. What harm could he do right the economy was booming. Then 8 years later we forgot made the same mistake only this time it was Hillary and Trump.11 of the last 12 recession were under GOP presidents.More excuses form the party of excuses.Scratch at the surface of a bumper sticker argument and the whole thing falls apart. You can play D president good, R president bad all day long if you want, but it doesn't change the very real reality to Bubba had no natural disaster or foreign attack on America to worry about, plus the .com revolution to ride, so as long as the Republican Congress kept him in check, the economy did quite well. Bush had to deal with the first successful attack on mainland America since 1812, something you seem to think was inconsequential for the country, and TRUMP! had a roaring economy with record low unemployment before a natural disaster struck, another thing you seem to think inconsequential for the country. Keep scratching at your bumper stickers, though, you might learn something.I know, I look at policy and results and the results of Bush and Trump were abhorrently terrible, and failed. Bush and Trump have the worst results out of any presidents in US history. Bush and Trump left office with record low approval ratings, and the country in total crisis.That wooshing sound was the point sailing over your head, namely that kneejerk D president good, R president bad doesn't really do much to tell you why the economy is good or bad at any given time. Bumper sticker arguments, here we go.FACT the same GOP congress under "Bubba" spent wildly wasting trillions of $ and destroying "Bubbas" balanced budgets. Bubba would have controlled that, and did control that hence the balanced budget...So what? Obviously, you don't understand economics or want to scratch below the surface of bumper sticker arguments. Fact, post WWII we were the only major industrial nation on the planet not partially or totally destroyed by the war. Of course we would have a great economy, because we were making the stuff the world wanted, demand was high, and when demand is high prices and wages can be too. Fact, the .com boom was huge and required a great deal of infrastructure to be invested in and built. Of course that would create a great economy. Fact, the WTC was destroyed by an enemy attack. Of course the economy is going to suffer after that as Americans had to face the reality that they could be attacked by a determined enemy and the old way of looking at the world wasn't going to work any more. Fact, we had a booming economy before idiots decided the best way to quarantine sick people was to make healthy people lose their jobs.So what? Look at the great economy Obama handed Trump and look what he did with it. He caused yet another great recession with his handling of Corona.Do you remember what new technology was developed during that time? Hint, Algore tried to claim he invented it.We had a great economy in the Bill Clinton 90s and that was after read my lips hw bush no new taxes raised taxes. A decade of prosperity.Ummm...try again, jackass. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-...f-coronavirus-in-bidens-first-month-in-officeUS daily covid cases peaked as Trump was leaving office...
Biden has a simple covid plan, wear masks, social distance, wash hands and DO NOT politicize wask wearing, hold super spreader events, dumb ass rallies, and stupid holiday parties.
Funny how that works... US covid cases have been dropping since Biden took over, and no it isn't from the vaccine. That is a 2 shot vaccine and Trump only delivered a meager 9 million shots.
We are beating covid for the first time because Biden has a simple plan to stop it's spread with masks and social distancing and no superspreader events AND a plan to quickly distribute the vaccine.
Because nothing says "exploding economy like rising taxes and energy costs.When covid is gone the economy will explode!!! Welcome to the new roaring 20s!! Another Clinton style Golden Age.
Time for the excuses and the crying from the Trumpers...
Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.www.nytimes.com
Fact, your antipathy toward anything and anyone Republican will cause you to ignore these other facts and repeat your mantra. It wasn't a coincidence that Bubba plus a Republican Congress produced the most nearly balanced federal budget in decades. It certainly would not have happened with a democrat Congress.
Bush inherited a balanced budget with a projected surplus and turned that into a total financial meltdown (enter more excuses...) and it was all 100% from GOP and their policy, plans, and spending. And failed war (let's not forget about the failed war...)
FACT, Trump fucked up covid 20 different ways and lost the election because of it. "we're rounding the curve" "this is nothing it will all go away"
FACT Biden's covid plan, while very simple, is the complete opposite of Trump's. He actually takes covid seriously and has simple yet effective counter measures, like not hosting super-spreader events and wondering why covid cases are at and all time high???
Both Bush and Trump were terrible and fsailed presidents. Their results were terrible, much worse than Clinton or Obama, and they left office with the US in crisis and meltdown, with record low job approvals.
You can make any lame excuses you want, and you can type any lies you want. BUT you can't change history and results. Bush inherited a balanced budget with a projected surpluss and he passed of a destroyed country with 2 losing wars and a total economic meltdown. Trump inherited a solid country with plenty of room to grow and he passed of a shit show disaster-fuck mess, with a net loss of 3 million jobs, epic deficits, and a virus spreading rapidly with cases at all time highs pretty much the day he left office...
The life of a republican is making pathetic excuses like a little bitch.
All you do is make excuses as to why all the great success under democrats is luck, and why all the many multiple failures and the GOP and Bush and Trump are somehow not their fault.
It's always somebody else's fault with you people. It's always coincidence that the democrats have better results.
Maybe Bush should have not wasted $trillions on useless spending bills...
Maybe Bush shouldn't have fucked up those 2 wars...
Maybe Bush shouldn't have been a sleep at the switch when the economy was crashing...
Maybe Trump should have taken the virus seriously
Maybe Trump should have just worn a fucking mask and not had like 100+ super-spreader events, rallies, holiday parties etc.
Maybe trump shouldn't have incited a riot at the capitol based on fabricated lies...
Funny how covid cases drop rapidly when Biden comes in and promotes mask wearing and stops all the Trump super-spreader events...
You conveniently leave out those little facts...
You try to act like Bush's repeated fuck ups aren't his fault, when they are.
You try to act like trump's repeated fuck up aren't his fault, when they are...
Remember Trump told them the stock market would fall apart if Biden won?
Republican Presidents Aren't So Great For The Stock Market, Actually
It's highly unlikely stocks will "disintegrate and disappear" if Joe Biden takes over in 2020, as Donald Trump claims.www.huffpost.com
According to a survey by Hartford Funds, 47% of investors also believe that a Republican president is better for investments, while 37% believe a Democrat is better.
But looking at history, the association of a Republican president with better stock market performance is not steeped in reality. Here’s what’s really the case.
Historically, the stock market performs better under Democrats.
since 1945, the S&P 500 has averaged an annual gain of 11.2% when Democrats controlled the White House, versus an average 6.9% gain under Republicans.
The average annual U.S. GDP growth rate was 3.6% under Democrats and 2.6% under Republicans.
Even if you exclude the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic ― both of which occurred while a Republican was in office ― the data still shows stronger performance when Democrats occupied the White House.
“Corporate and income tax cuts tend to have a muted immediate effect on the economy, [while] government spending on items such as infrastructure, unemployment benefits and food stamps tends to have a greater impact,”
A new report says Biden would be best for the economy.
Historical data aside, how might the 2020 election result affect the economy as a whole? A new analysis from economists Mark Zandi and Bernard Yaros of Moody’s Analytics says Joe Biden would have a stronger impact on the economy than Trump as president.
“Largely because of Biden’s substantially more expansive fiscal policies, the economy would return to full employment more quickly coming out of the pandemic than under Trump,” the report said. “Biden’s reversal of Trump’s policies on foreign trade and immigration would also contribute to stronger economic growth, so that by the end of their terms in 2024, real GDP would be $960 billion, or 4.5%, larger under Biden than Trump.”
That would translate to 7.4 million more jobs under Biden than Trump, according to the report.
EVERY SINGLE GOP PRESIDENT SINCE ROOSVELT HAS HAD A RECESSION.
The GOP record is abhorrently bad.
Republicans forget in 2019 Trump started a trade war and only had 2.3% growth and economists said a recession was coming in 2020 because of his trade war. Trump's massive tax breaks did not deliver as promised. We should have had 8 great years of growth after those tax breaks but as we said trickle down doesn't work. The rich don't just hire more people because they have more money. They sock it away. Sure they spend some too but it'd be better to give the middle class the tax breaks. That will benefit everyone including the rich because we spend that money.
No middle class doesn't need a tax cut.
The middle class and poor need their wages increased.
The federal minimum wage is 7.25 an hour and has not been increased since the bush boy years. No one can live on 7.25 an hour in America.
The government isn't supposed to pay people at a private company. The government isn't supposed to provide public assistance to those working at a private company because they aren't paid enough.
The government is supposed to make sure that employers pay people a living wage.
Tax cuts won't raise anyone's wages to a living wage.
Raising the minimum wage will.
When did people get the idea that it's government's job to pay people and provide public assistance so people can get by?
Whatever happened to employers paying their employees a living wage?
When did it become ok for employers to reap billions while their employees are on public assistance because they aren't being paid enough to live?
Talk about a big nanny government.