Remember that wall Trump swore he would make Mexico pay for? Well, like most Trump promises, it was a LIE!
He is now demanding that YOU, the American taxpayer, pay for his wall. If you refuse, he threatens to SHUT DOWN the government!
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Remember that wall Trump swore he would make Mexico pay for? Well, like most Trump promises, it was a LIE!
He is now demanding that YOU, the American taxpayer, pay for his wall. If you refuse, he threatens to SHUT DOWN the government!
You really don't know where rhetoric ends and reality begins, do you?
REALITY-Trump is a lying cheating Dufus who thinks he can bully his way to get what he wants and has screwed everyone he has ever dealt with. That's why he has had so many lawsuits and just keeps getting more of them.
RHETORIC-The promises he makes to the desperate and gullible that he makes a big show of in his drama queen style to bedazzle the foolish into worshipping his orange a$$ while he gets over and blames it on someone else.
By gosh Clete you're right... no difference between the reality and rhetoric of the DUFUS!
some of us recognized his rhetoric as BS and that is why we did not vote for him .
His reality is BS too! See, you can't tell the difference because there is none!
Actually he has been more effective than I imagined .
Define effective; incredible diplomacy? Tax cuts for the rich? Tariffs up the whazoo? Oh yes, he appointed a conservative to the Supreme Court, we couldn't have seen that coming, but what happened to that BIG wall Mexico was going to pay for?
You know Tom imagination is something he lacks
You actually think I'm right Tal, now there is an advance. If I can be right about one thing I can be right about another. Look you know I'm no fan of Trump, I didn't drink the koolade like some, but the alternative, you offered no choice but HOBSON'S and when you do that, well you know it better than I doQuote:
By gosh Clete you're right... no difference between the reality and rhetoric of the DUFUS!
I've acknowledged our agreements before so don't act surprised. We were not in a take it or leave it situation but watched a coup of a major political party by a lying cheating Dufus after said party spent years catering to its fringes and stoking fear and hate. Now the tail wags the dog, and repubs are pretty helpless to do anything but fall in line and do as they are told.
Sure if you like bankruptcy, high drama, lying, cheating, and STEALING right in front of your face everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomder55
It's the American way what are you complaining aboutQuote:
Sure if you like bankruptcy, high drama, lying, cheating, and STEALING right in front of your face everyday.
No it's not. The ineptness and incompetence of our government traces directly back to the power and influence of our FAT, RICH, GREEDY OHLIGARCHS.Quote:
Originally Posted by paraclete
NK is still making ICBM's even after The Dufus said the threat is over.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-n...-idUKKBN1KL09R
Facebook has caught Russia still meddling. Now what should the Dufus do? His own peeps have told him the red alert is flashing.
This one is still hot off the presses so stay tuned.
NK didn't say it would dismantle all of its facilities and no doubt they expected those pesky sanctions to be relaxed. Perhaps they needed to complete these to move them or maybe they have sold the technology to a neighbour. Many possibilities here but they have entered China's greater prosperity plan so all things become possible. The US should make them an offer to take them off their hands.
Yes Facebook has found some dud accounts and no doubt there are many more. During the IS crisis there were many Facebook sites touting opinion but not one convinced me to take up arms or to do anything else. The power of Facebook exists only among the deluded. Twitter is obviously the place to be, Trump thinks so, so let's hear how many of those accounts have been taken down
Why don't the Aussies make an offer Kim can't refuse and get off the fence. Just sayin'. You spend a lot of time telling us what we should be doing but can point to no role that YOU could step up and play.
Just for your information, the Russians have been causing problems across the social media and not just on Facebook. They make fake accounts faster than they can be found and taken down. Are there other actors in this drama as well that have yet to be defined? Probably.
We have spoken to Kim, but unlike you we don't threaten him. We stood by your side in the Korean conflict and would like to see it laid to rest. I don't think Kim is a threat to anyone but himself, he just likes waving big sticks around, a little like someone else we know.Quote:
Originally Posted by talaniman
When Trump has rational discussions there seems to be progress, when he has a brain fart and tweets there is only regression
You know long ago it was our diplomacy that opened China and given a chance we may be able to do the same for Kim, but, of course your blustering bully would have to get out of the way. I don't see any chance of that, so we will just see what happens
Darn if that doesn't sound reasonable and FACTUAL. I'm simply SPEECHLESSINTX-(In honor of our fallen friend who is gone but never forgotten} Every time the Dufus opens his mouth or takes a picture we get lies and false hopes that are disasters.
His actions and style serve no one but himself. Sure he gets 'em talking, but all he wants is another victory lap for doing nothing but talking, and illicits nothing for his most ardent loyal supporters but footing the bill for his ignorance.
What are you hoping for? A big wall? A tax break? Free medicine? Don't worry, you have a bigger militaryQuote:
Every time the Dufus opens his mouth or takes a picture we get lies and false hopes that are disasters.
/I don't want him to have imagination .That is where he gets in trouble. While everyone whined about this or that outrage of the day he :Quote:
Define effective; incredible diplomacy? Tax cuts for the rich? Tariffs up the whazoo? Oh yes, he appointed a conservative to the Supreme Court, we couldn't have seen that coming, but what happened to that BIG wall Mexico was going to pay for?
You know Tom imagination is something he lacks
got a tax cut passed that led to 2 qtr of 3% + GDP growth(4.1 percent rate during the second quarter of this year.),consumer confidence higher than it's been in 17 years ;led to the Dow showing 70 gains in a year rising 5,000 pts .
He cut 67 Obama era regulations that have saved businesses $81 billion in regulatory costs . The FCC has ended it's ridiculous net-neutrality rules . The number of people collecting unemployment benefits has dropped to a 44 year low
Yes he got Goresuch in SCOTUS but he has also made many more youthful constitutionalist jurist appointments (75 nominated 30 serving)to lower courts also. Kavanaugh will be confirmed also . They will be making a huge impact on decisions the courts make going forward.
Yes he has threatened and carried out tariffs . He has also made bilateral trade agreements with a few countries ;and right or wrong ;his threats of tariffs have brought our trade "partners" to the table.
2 pipelines that the emperor stalled are under construction .He is taking us out of the phony Paris Climate accords . He's given the green light for schools to explore school choice programs . The Obamacare unconstitutional individual mandate has been repealed . Overhauling the VA …. sanctions against the thug in Venezuela .He's working with Central American nations to crackdown on MS-13 .Finally recognized Jerusalem as the Capitol of Israel and has taken steps to repair the damage to US Israeli relations that the emperor did. We are no longer committed to a '2 state solution' or peace plans ,or road maps to the Palestinian question . We now have harsher sanctions on the NORKS and that is why un-Kim went to the table. He is dismantling the phony deal the emperor made with the 12ers in Tehran.
All the noise about immigration policy has overshadowed the fact that illegal border crossings is declining rapidly ;now at the lowest level in the 21st century before a brick has been placed in the wall . I think an expansive border wall is a pipe dream .But I am in favor of barriers where practical and this enforcement of immigration laws .
Some progress Tom and yes he has an anti leftist policy stance but has he done more than improving the lot of the big end of town
You are blind if you think all he has done is enriched the left . Anyone in America that can pass a drug test can have a job. You are speaking the same lefty pabulum class warfare bs that the socialists are doing . 91 percent of those who earn between $50,000 and $85,000 received a tax cut this year . That is by anyone's definition a "middle class" tax cut .It is the "middle class " that is seeing the largest reduction in taxes up to 56% for some. Yeah in dollars the rich who pay the lions share of the taxes also benefit ….But as a percentage far less than the middle class tax payer . It is actually a more progressive tax than it was in the emperor's reign . Yes the wealthier pay a larger share of the total taxes than before the change . Two of the biggest provisions specifically help the 'middle class ' ,the raise in the standard deduction ,and the child care tax credit . The unemployment rates for both Americans without a high school education ,and Americans with a high school education only is down big time . Enrollment in social services is down ;not because eligibility has changed ,but because fewer Americans need them . So anyone who says this only benefitting the rich is lying to you .
His polling amongst Black and Hispanic voters is going up .That is because of the better job prospects. He hates Hispanics right ? Well Hispanic unemployment has dropped to lowest level in a decade . Further ,when his infrastructure plan gets implemented it will benefit the Hispanic community who represent 30% of the construction labor . Ironically any wall construction will benefit the Hispanic construction force also .
He is also making inroads with Black support . The combination of job growth and a clever strategy of getting Black celebrity endorsements ,pardoning Blacks like Jack Johnson and Alice Johnson ,and having Kim Kardashian as a celebrity spokesperson for prison reform is beginning to erode the stranglehold the Dems have on the Black voter . Oh his numbers will still not look great ;but ,all he needs to do is get these groups support into the double digits and the Dems will have a panic attack.
How will we pay for this glorious tax cuts we put on the national credit card? Oh that's right the economic growth they generate pays for them. Where have I heard that before? Meantime as the price of food gas and your health care goes up, your roads, schools, and infrastructure crumbles and cities can't pay workers. Yeah your boss is flush, and your state is screwed. I like your numbers though defending those middle class tax cuts but you forget half the country makes under $60,000. And of those another half falls below $30,000. (Funny how firefighters, teachers, and cops the life blood of the community fall in that range)
But you are consistent as republican ideology says that 10% of a hundred equals 10% of a millions so the distribution of tax cuts is equal therefore fair. The next sound you hear will be we ain't got no mo money. Will you do as you did with Bush and call him a drunk sailor on a spending spree? The Dufus is holding to the pattern of repubs cut taxes, so nothing new there, as long as he doesn't start a new war, or escalate an old one, OR doesn't get impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, Or the economy doesn't tank because the rich guys screwed up the economy yet again.
Invest YOUR tax cut wisely. The rising interest rates and price increases may be greater than the "middle class" tax cuts.
You will never understand the dynamics of supply side so why try explaining it to you . One of your Dem icons Jack Kennedy understood it and the 1960s were a prosperous time until the damaging effects of bad Keynesian policies by Johnson and Nixon ended it .
That's the problem I'm not a supply side fan. Maybe if I was a rich job creator it would make sense, but being a blue collar factory worker all my life I can only deal with kitchen table issues rather than the board room. Plus I have seen those supply side induced recessions affect that kitchen table and cuts to MY bottom line in those supply side business cycles. I have nothing against rich guys Tom, but when something goes wrong with the plan or we have a downturn, my socioeconomic group pays for it. When deficits go up, my socioeconomic group pays for it.
When a war starts my socioeconomic group goes to fight and rich kids take a sabbatical. Maybe if you supply siders figure out a way to trickle a little more down then I might quit b!tching. Sure I can tighten that belt and cut expenses and get by on spaghetti and beans with the best of them. I can also get my hustle on for MO MONEY too!
I ain't 25 any more and that fantastic stuff I use to do is a memory. But the game hasn't changed live within my means and watch yet another repub artificially juice the economy on the credit card and watch the infrastructure crumble under me. If a rich guy ever decided to turn up the trickle down for stuff that helps me, then I would probably vote repubs in and shut up.
Until then, I continue to holler... are you listening? Probably not, since you don't care if people in my socioeconomic class holler, because we are just lazy dumb B@stard out to sit on our arse and take YOUR hard earned money. RIGHT?
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Originally Posted by tomder55
Yeh we know Adam Smith and all that, but pump priming only works if you can keep pumping the pork
Companies aren't priming the economy Clete, they buy back their own stock, and sell it for a profit and pay off the investors. Makes business sense, except workers won't see much of that with any added benefits or wages. I'm sure they are happy to have a job and a $49 bucks tax cut.
Now the Dufus wants the FED to hold off one interest hikes, one of the only tools they have when stuff happens, you know recessions and financial melt downs, as well as relaxing the rules that protect ordinary citizens from investor class shenanigans. What you thought the Dufus was watching out for us with his wild antics? Naw he is the distraction while his cronies and sycophants rob us blind by rolling back all the regulations that make corporate stealing illegal.
That's what repubs do, and always have so of course you can expect an economic slowdown after they are FAT!
More boiler plate without support . It is just not true that wages aren't rising .
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/31/work...ince-2008.html
Yes SOME companies are doing stock buy backs . Others are investing that gain ,including investing in their employees .More than125 U.S. employers, big and small, have announced plans for bonuses and pay increases after the overhaul . According At least 2 million American workers received or will receive special bonuses in the wake of tax reform.
I voted for Trump because the alternative of HC was a dreary, frightening alternative. I wish he would get his mouth and tweets under control. It's awful, but I have to admit that the economy has taken off and SCOTUS is heading in a constitutional direction.
The latest I hear is that the budget for next year will have a deficit of nearly a trillion dollars. If that's the case, then it will be bitterly disappointing to me. We might as well elect a bunch of democrats if that's what we want. It would be nice if the repubs would develop some courage and cut spending.
It's always amusing to me to see people post about lying, cheating, big deficits, etc. I want to ask if they are talking about Mr. Obama or Hillary.
Hang in there, Tomder. The truth is in short supply on this thread.
Out of 148 million working people 2 million get a bonus (Actually I estimated 3M), and you do know that many of those wage increases were voted in by states as referendums during the election of the Dufus so some had no choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomder55
Minimum Wage Increases in 2018: 18 States and 20 Cities | Fortune
No they are not all blue states.Quote:
There are now 29 states that have laws mandating higher pay than the $7.25 federal minimum wage, which has not changed since 2009. In 2017,19 states began the year with wage increases—five statesdid so based on ballot measures andseven statesraised pay based on legislation passed in prior sessions.
And more stealing by the rich crowd... Shameful!
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/31/insa...aboolainternal
2.whatever percent convert to how much on a paycheck? Will it cover a loaf of bread?
Let me just throw this other peeve in while we are talking jobs and wages
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/b...od-hiring.html
Modern Slavery: US Fast-food Industry Thriving on Poverty-stricken Workers : Information Clearing House - ICH
Now tell me how these are just entry level jobs (Back in the day maybe).Quote:
But the millions of workers that make those astronomical figures for the industry are paid pittance wages. One study at the University of California-Berkeley puts almost half of all front-line employees in the fast-food industry in America as subsisting on some form of government aid to supplement their low wages. Other studies have found that 20 per cent of families reliant on an employee in the fast-food business are living below the official poverty line.
They are entry level jobs, Tal, in an economy where skilled, educated workers are highly paid and there are no restrictions on gaining the required skill or education. In an economy where there are many unemployed workers they cease to be entry level. The imbalance can come from migration; i.e. many unskilled workers or from economic downturn or changing circumstance such as outflow of capital and means of production.
Some time you have to face the truth, uncontrolled migration creates an imbalance both in your country and the place where they emigrate from
With almost 150M people below the poverty line you cannot have just entry level jobs especially when low skilled jobs are the predominate ones being made. We had this before in the 80's following a recovery from a "mild" recession. People get pressed by economic need to take such jobs as they work to acquire new skills. Not all that unusual during life changing events like downsizing, or layoff and plant closings, and a recovering economy.
Not sure how you are tying this to migration though, but I do understand your point as when we take doctors and techs from say India, they have to fill those losses.
we aren't even talking about migration . right now construction jobs are available to ANYONE who can pass a drug test and show up . Many offers do not require prior experience . There is a shortage of labor at all levels of skillset in this country and that is the real reasons wages are on the rise . Tal stop the bs about dead end jobs that will soon displace those low wage workers with AI .Time for them to move on and retrain . https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/the-...cal-point.html
Come on Tom AI in the food industry, food would become even more humodonised that it already is, can you imagine a hamburger prepared by a machine it would taste even more like crap than it does now. Can you see a Robot sweeping the street, washing the floors, cleaning the tiolets. Do you want to live in a society like this, where all humans can do all day is sit around and wonder what life used to be like, living on the living wage paid by the government so they don't riot and turing up once a week to report how there were no jobs available. This is the capitalist dream, a world without those troublesome workers
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/07/0...5-minutes.html
Clete you know and I know that technology is the greatest source of job creation ,at the same time that it destroys the need for humans to do other jobs. It replaces old jobs for new jobs,erasing toil that was once essential.
And yes there is a need for that capital allow innovators to create those new jobs ..There are no companies and no jobs without investment first, and the investors whose capital creates companies and jobs are attracted to profits. Who do you think creates jobs ,the government ? But I don't have to ask you that because you know better than what you just wrote above
You really astound me . Without innovation and invention we would still have children working on family farms all day every day just to provide for the basics to survive. With innovation we no longer need children to work so they can devote their time to learning and enjoying their childhood . Mothers and fathers get to spend more time watching their children grow up and the elderly get to retire and enjoy their remaining days .If you don't believe me than go and look at life in those communist utopias .
You're too smart tobelieve that there will be no replacement for work made redundant by progress. The car replaced the horse and buggy but there were still jobs for the blacksmith and the carriage driver when those job went. Ideally the loss of the mundane job that robots replace will be replaced by jobs people are interested in doing .Maybe those burger flippers will choose to become chefs instead if their passion is in creating food for others to eat .
All that sounds great on paper, but reality is that re-education and relocation is expensive. In the meantime you have to eat and maybe take care of kids. I said nothing about dead end jobs, but about a living wage for those low skilled jobs. Maybe businesses should defray those costs and yeah, they are flush enough to invest because as you say they just have always raised prices to pass it on to consumers anyway. The problem has always been what do you do with those workers who are displaced by technology that transitions them into reliable consumers.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomder55
Maybe you hyper capitalists should rethink your economic models and manipulations for exclusive revenue streams before YOU get displaced for being NON essential. Far fetched? Wait until that super computer figures out how to ring the bell without you.
How many blacksmith's do you know? Did they migrate to Amish country? You amaze me too, you cannot see what is happening, jobs exist because of population growth but that has to stop. When it does all the jobs will have been taken by machines and what will be left is a few button pushers on short time. We have developed a throwaway economy, cars are fashion objects, good for a few years before obsolescence takes over and they are replaced by something else. You have threeD printers so factories become obsolete, soon houses will be interchangeable so no need for new ones and then people will become obsolete, you already have half your population who have a questionable futureQuote:
Originally Posted by tomder55
that's the point Clete .In the days where horses were needed for transportation ,there was a need for blacksmiths . Now it is a specialty skill so workers who were black smiths moved on . You need a more recent example ? Draftsmen needed to learn cad and then computer skills . Life is not stagnant and if you are not always improving yourself you risk falling behind or out of the race .
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