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05-16-24 16:32 #14455
Posts: 5564Which list was that?
Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
Of course, Eisenhower would be on the list of presidents who presided over notable Recessions. Only in his case his economic policies and stewardship did not produce one Great Recession, which is extremely rare for a Repub president. Instead, there were 3 Recessions during his eight year presidency, any two of which combined were greater than the middling one under Truman and the one that barely qualified as a recession under Carter.
Still, he accomplished his economic requirement to garner respect as a Repub president; he ranks dead last on Job Creation among all two term presidents since 1933:
https://www.statista.com/chart/21137...the-most-jobs/
Imagine how atrocious his job creating record would have been if he hadn't been convinced to continue with the FDR New Deal plan to build the Interstate Highway system that was put on hold during WWII. Members of Congress first had to convince him it was a "Defense Department" project and not really a project to create jobs on construction and even more jobs and better USA infrastcture for the future. Otherwise it is doubtful he would have been pulled away from solidifying our full military commitment in word, deed and treaty to waging war in Vietnam to give it much thought.
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05-16-24 12:06 #14454
Posts: 2202The Cmdr knows there is an exception to every rule
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was left off the list of Republican Presidents. I know why. Does not fit the narrative.
I know Biden is hostile to crypto. Trump does not need to be pro crypto. Only needs to rein in the current attack dog at the SEC. Congress has already started to put them in check. A President Trump will have the ability to appoint a head of the SEC or have crypto regulated by another agency. CTFC would be better. They know what they are doing. Crypto is not monolithic. The SEC is currently playing dirty with crypto to support political agendas of the current administration.
The defense rests!
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05-16-24 11:52 #14453
Posts: 2202The Cmdr has a few points to make and a few questions
Originally Posted by ErsatzJulian [View Original Post]
The businessman does not do it all alone. But the fact is the government does not produce anything productive. FULL STOP!.
Government only has the ability to reallocate capital confiscated from the hard working businesses and workers. PERIOD.
You are presenting a chicken and egg scenario: Which came first the productive business or the government to tax the productive business?
Basic questions for you: Where does government get the money to do the projects that provide for greater productivity? Why do they do the projects in the first place? Does the government know how to deploy capital better than the average business person? Why is the Social Security System in the (Dis) United States of America not funded with a sovereign wealth fund?
I will rest at this point and allow you to respond.
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05-16-24 09:55 #14452
Posts: 5564As usual
Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
Biden's rally? 7 million more people voted for Biden than Trump.
That is more people than showed up in or near (for other reasons) all of Trump's rallies combined since he started having rallies almost a decade ago.
That is also more than the net gain in jobs created by Repub potus' economic policies since the day Lincoln was elected.
I'll take that over anything Trump has done even if it accidentally and most certainly unintentionally benefitted someone other than him, his family and America's enemies and adversaries.
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05-16-24 02:00 #14451
Posts: 3371Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
You throw people out of work with Trump. They get rehired when Putin ends the pandemic and you all are like, "Look at how awesome we are. ".
No one is buying your bullshit on this or these stupid fucking court cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbiFFbxw9e4
You think this many people would show off if Biden's economy were with a shit?
Where is Biden's rally like this?
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05-15-24 09:56 #14450
Posts: 5564Good one
Originally Posted by Woodman09 [View Original Post]
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05-15-24 06:51 #14449
Posts: 2202Crypto is being talked about at the highest level of politics in USA
Crypto has become a wedge issue Those politicians on the wrong side of the issue better recognize.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital...h=7f7dc894548b
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05-15-24 04:29 #14448
Posts: 5564History refutes that notion
Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have notably different approaches to supporting and encouraging national economic stability and / or growth. Those differing approaches are without exception in modern times proposed, fought for and passed in budgets and legislation by whoever is president. So too is the president's response (or not) to whatever economic problem (or opportunity) looms in the near horizon.
That being the case, it is no wild coincidence, bizarre "economic cycle" or pro Dem / anti Repub magic that every Great Depression, Great Recession and Massive Jobs Destruction and none of the historic opposites of those results in the past 100 years have all occurred under and as a direct response to economic policy and stewardship of Repub presidents while in those same 100 years none of those historic declines have occurred under Dem presidents but only the historic boom times and job gains. And that is regardless whether a prez of each party serves 4 years, 8 years, 12 year or 16+ consecutive years (Harding / Coolidge / Hoover, FDR / Truman, Reagan / Bush1). Therefore, so much for that bizarre "economic cycle" excuse.
The reason is that Repub economic policies and stewardship as exemplified and directed by the Repub potus produces crap results while those of the Dem potus produces far superior results. Practically without so much as a 1 year exception.
Presidents matter. A lot. Anyone who does not think so is certainly welcome to "stand back and stand by" without voting from now on with my blessing even though they don't need it.
BTW, I would not hold my breath waiting for a potential future so-called president Trump to do anything helpful or positive for you or anyone else on this site or in the USA on the matter of crypto or anything else. Unless your name is Putin, Xi, Kim or you are currently serving prison time for storming the Capitol, attacking and trying to kill cops in order to overturn a free and fair election and overthrow American democracy.
He did nothing regarding crypto the last time. That is only an empty Trump campaign "suggestion" or promise made to gin up minority and youth voter support, the demos most interested in the crypto thing.
File it in the same BS folder as him building a wall and making Mexico pay for it, proposing and passing ANYTHING for 4 consecutive years of Infrastructure Week, getting at least 1 net gain job created instead of 1 million fewer jobs created for the $2. 5+ Trillion he added to the deficit with his one and only idiotic Repub tax cuts and jobs act legislation (I assure you a Dem President's policies would have created Millions and Millions of Jobs with higher wages for that $2. 5 Trillion expenditure), that his trade war with China would be great for USA manufacturing and Agro (he had to send them emergency welfare checks just to keep them afloat. As president. Before Trump's Pandemic), and, of course, that highpoint of Trump / Repub presidential economic and national security policy and stewardship campaign promise of being "the greatest job creating president of all time" by defunding and removing the highly regarded Early Warning / Pandemic Prevention teams from those Chinese labs in 2018 and 2019 against dire expert warnings not to do something so dangerous and stupid.
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05-15-24 03:40 #14447
Posts: 35Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
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05-14-24 21:49 #14446
Posts: 2202Government produces nothing. Business owners and the people that work for them create the economy. POTUS has nothing to do with economic cycles or progress. Sometime they have a great idea (or copy one from other country) and builds a national highway system or dam that creates infrastructure that allows for greater productivity. Otherwise both parties just rob from those who are actually productive.
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05-14-24 18:42 #14445
Posts: 1122Donald J Trump 47th President of the USA!!
Sorry to Trigger some dumbAsses here-- DJT shall Be Your Next President-- Get Used to THat. If this post causes you to break down-- Please try do not hurt anyone or yourself--Call 9-1-1.
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05-14-24 11:36 #14444
Posts: 35Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
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05-14-24 04:16 #14443
Posts: 5564No answer?
Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
Next you'll be telling us Hunter Biden's dick pics caused Hamas to ignore Bibi's Wall and commit a terrorist attack on Israel.
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05-13-24 21:22 #14442
Posts: 3371Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
And higher taxes are good? LOL. They are good for people living on the dole. Anyone actually paying taxes is skeptical the government is going to call them rich and up their tax bill. And paid sick leave? Yeah, that is popular for the people getting it but not the majority having to pick up the slack. Biden has fought industrialization every step of the way. And since when has child care gotten more affordable with Biden? That is news to me.
And of course, Biden's ridiculous budget, printing up money and sending it abroad, and running trillion dollar deficits, and the inflation that it brought with it are not his fault? Yeah, we know from Biden that he thinks excessive government spending does not cause inflation, but his record shows clearly that it does.
The heart of the Texas economy is energy production, specifically oil and natural gas. Outside of Saudi Arabia and Russia, Texas produces more oil than any country in the world. And Biden has made it clear he wants that economy destroyed. Instead of discussing production with American companies, Biden drained the SPR and tried to cozy up to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The youtube site liberal hivemind had one time for its meme of the day had two gas stations near the state line, one in Nevada and one in California, with its respective prices. You do not need to guess which one was $6+ a gallon and which was $3+. $6+ a gallon gas is the wet dream of Democrats and Biden has shown it.
So the oil industry boom and reindustrialization, which is mostly happening in Northern Mexico and Southern red states, is happening because businesses are moving production back to the USA and away from China post-Covid because business learned Chinese supply lines were not dependable. The only credit Democrats should take for this is how they exacerbated this issue with their stupid lockdowns. Like with oil hiring, these are typically high carbon producing businesses that Democrats have said that they do not even want.
So I would answer the question the same was as everyone else. The Texas economy is doing fine after 2022. No shit there. The pandemic ended. But at the federal level, things are fucked up. I suspect car insurance is up because of so many illegal immigrants are making claims. The price of eggs and rent is up because of the money printing. Biden's answer to everything is throw money at it.
And now you have the lawfare campaign. OMFG. Using a lying porn star who talks to the dead to try to rig a presidential election? There was at least the illusion of faith that our criminal justice system was fair. That illusion no longer exists. It no longer matters what the rule of law is. All that matters is who the prosecutor and judge are. The smell of that bullshit, which every day shows us that Biden was behind, is not going to go away for decades if ever.
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05-13-24 17:22 #14441
Posts: 2202A pro crypto presidencial candidate?
Donald Trump is making presidential history all over again: Hes poised to be the first major party nominee to court cryptocurrency traders. Its leaving some Democrats feeling uneasy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/0...biden-00157051