Alan Zweibel

The USSR was a superpower only in the sense that it had nuclear weapons. And that's the only reason Russia might be considered one today. Even before it invaded Ukraine, Russia was close to economic stagnation. More and more, it's become an economic appendage of China.

I read that editorial in The economist that you cited and it's full of BS. For one thing, it's claim that employment recovered faster in other G7 Nations except the UK than in the US is just a statistical trick. Those countries kept their workers employed through various government programs. That's how they were subsidizing workers. So even though those workers weren't officially unemployed, it was only government money that kept them working, so to speak and off the unemployment rols. In America it was unemployment insurance that was used. That editorial also had the misfortune to have been published in May of 2023. By the end of 2024, there was no doubt that America was doing a lot better than the rest of the G7.

That figure is meaningless without a comparison to what the increase in wages was

What don't you understand about the fact that Obama inherited from Bush the worst recession since the Great depression. A recession that affected pretty much the entire world.

Actually. I should have written 11.7 b Trillion up to the present

Trillion.

As one political observer noted, the cruelty of maga isn't a bug, it's a feature.

It's estimated that if Clinton's taxes were left in place who would have been an 11.7 gain in revenue for the federal govt instead of a 1.7 trillion dollar increase in the debt.

Really? Massive tax cuts didn't count. Ridiculous comment.

Not exactly a ringing defense of the current situation even if your claim was confirmable.

In the final two years of Bill Clinton's budgets, there was actually a small surplus. George Bush came in, gave massive tax cuts to the rich, claimed they would pay for themselves, and instead resulted in huge deficits. At the end of Bush's term, came the worst recession for the United States since the Great depression. That's what Barack Obama inherited.

How did he "solve middle east"?

People who have a genuinely high opinion of themselves don't demand constant praise. Don't accept dodgy medals. And aren't snowflakes.

88% of stocks are owned by the wealthiest top 10%. These are already the people that Trump's economic policies benefit the most.

Trump doesn't need any help from a "lefty" He's brilliant at bashing himself. Just visit the pages of Truth Social to see how even Trump supporters are reacting to his comments. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115724141568860081

You have to go back to the 19th century to defend the Russian empire's absorption of Georgia? What that means is that you've got nothing.

Oh, it's the government's fault is it? Not the fact that the average new vehicle in American now goes for $50,000? And not the fact that it's going to go higher because of Trump's tariffs on, among other things, aluminum and steel? And I've already countered your falsehood about the short lifespan of EVs. As I've noted, your imagination is a fruitful source of error. And immune to correction.

You have to be genuinely clueless to celebrate a President abusing the power of his office to extort cash from private parties.

I believe it is possible to challenge members comments on the grounds of irrelevancy,

Canada is notorious for its high murder rate of 1.9 per 100,000. Which is slightly less than Thailand's, and about 1/3 the US rate. Maybe Canada should also be noted for its deranged pensioners who are afraid to leave their home.

Which is relevant how? Those digressions justify your defense?

I'm not surprised that you would offer a proverb as some kind of argument.

Then you should start a thread about that. The topic of this thread is is: Trump says Rob Reiner died of ‘Tr@mp der@ngement syndrom@’

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What are you talking about? Where did Powel say that Inflation was at the more than expected level? All he said that what inflation there was is due to tariffs. He said nothing about previous expectations.