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Lowest Labor Participation Rate Since 1977

Sorry.....I forgot that everything on the far right is about absolutes. Black or White, nothing in between.

Nothing should ever be tried, implemented, and improved upon.

Doing nothing for decades in the face of growing problems with the uninsured got us ACA. It's far from perfect but it's a start.

Wall Street and the Big Banks brought Dodd-Frank on themselves. Many of the "over-reaches" were needed in 2010 and even the few years after.......Hopefully some of these can be relaxed as we move forward. Hell, there is a bill before Congress now that would be much more damaging to the small investor.

Nothing wrong with striving for perfection but it's unlikely to happen......Neither Reagan nor anyone since was perfect.


I know I am repeating myself here....Obviously you don't understand them at all other than to worry what they are intended to provide while intentionally ignoring their long term negative impacts. You clearly don't have a full grasp on their costs (legally and monetarily) and how those costs place a higher risk on businesses analyzing their return on whether or not to grow and expand their operation. These absolutely impact how economies expand despite your denial.

This is the difference between "we can do it better bigger govt republicans" and the Dems they seem to partner with regularly these days.........I (and many others) don't get up everyday demanding the govt do something new or perfect for me everyday. It would be nice if they backed off and quit trying to fix every damn problem (they actually influenced in creating). God knows the Fed govt cant do anything perfect, its a boondoggle the more they try. Unfortunately some seem keen on such efforts despite the nanny state it has evolved into.

Furthermore, temporarily supporting any "over reaching" policy justified through thoughts and feelings of "they brought it on themselves" is exactly the naïve view that produces 50,000 page tax codes, 1500 page ACA laws, 1100 page behemoth bills that no one reads, understands, or cares to before they are passed and signed. Its lazy, its dangerous, and it has far greater negative impacts on individual citizens than the problems they claim to "fix" and "re-fix" and "fix" again and again and again.
 
since it is the lowest rate since 1977, the real debate to have is who is the worst President of the last 100 years....Obama or Carter? both idiot liberals
 
since it is the lowest rate since 1977, the real debate to have is who is the worst President of the last 100 years....Obama or Carter? both idiot liberals
 
since it is the lowest rate since 1977, the real debate to have is who is the worst President of the last 100 years....Obama or Carter? both idiot liberals

Jobs created in Reagans best 4 year term. 10,780, 000
Jobs created in Carter 4 year term. 10,339,000

Jobs created in bush's 8 years. 1,281,000
Jobs created in Obamas 6 1/2 years. 7,702,000
 
since it is the lowest rate since 1977, the real debate to have is who is the worst President of the last 100 years....Obama or Carter? both idiot liberals

I am going with Obama. He means to intentionally harm to the country.

Carter was just a bad President who had poor leadership skills but in his heart he mean no true harm.
 
I am going with Obama. He means to intentionally harm to the country.

Carter was just a bad President who had poor leadership skills but in his heart he mean no true harm.

Bush had much higher intention to harm the country than either, and had poor leadership skills.
 
Bush had much higher intention to harm the country than either, and had poor leadership skills.

Both H.W. and W. we're terrible President's. Hell W. almost single handedly destroyed the perception of the GOP.

The GOP will always have trouble in Presidential Elections because they are too out of touch with women, minorities, and the younger generation, etc.
 
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Both H.W. and W. we're terrible President's. Hell W. almost single handedly destroyed the perception of the GOP.

The GOP will always have trouble in Presidential Elections because they are too out of touch with women, minorities, and the younger generation, etc.

Weird...because you also suggest presidents have little effect on what actually impacts women, minorities, and younger generations (like economics).
 
Weird...because you also suggest presidents have little effect on what actually impacts women, minorities, and younger generations (like economics).

Hmm. Weird cause that's not at all what I said. I can see why you're having a tough time now. Reading comprehension.
 
Hmm. Weird cause that's not at all what I said. I can see why you're having a tough time now. Reading comprehension.

Lets remember this thread is an economics discussion. We both should be able to admit that challenging economic conditions rates highly on lists of concerns for all demographics of society.

First you stated that the Fed has more influence over the economy than the President, then....you later "liked" the comment made by another that "China has even bigger influence over economy than Presidents too". Both of which are not completely accurate for a multitude of reasons that were explained.

Denying that a President has limited leading effects on the overall economy (which you did) above most other factors, while also asserting that GOP Presidential candidates are too out of touch with certain demographics related to economic issues, resulting in challenges when trying to be elected (as you also later suggested) makes little sense.

In fact, those are very contradictory positions unless you are asking us to believe that voters within those demographics blindly blame a republican for their challenges when they are in office and deny the cause of their continual economic woes when the President at that time happens to still be Democrat.
 
And now you're talking like Bush. Bin Laden...most wanted. Bin Laden....he doesn't matter.

nope he mattered of course. But, people like you thought that was the end of it.

Plus, you can't leave a vacuum like we did without causing bigger problems.
 
nope he mattered of course. But, people like you thought that was the end of it.

Plus, you can't leave a vacuum like we did without causing bigger problems.

There will always be a vacuum when we leave. I told you guys that 10 years ago.
 
Lets remember this thread is an economics discussion. We both should be able to admit that challenging economic conditions rates highly on lists of concerns for all demographics of society.

First you stated that the Fed has more influence over the economy than the President, then....you later "liked" the comment made by another that "China has even bigger influence over economy than Presidents too". Both of which are not completely accurate for a multitude of reasons that were explained.

Denying that a President has limited leading effects on the overall economy (which you did) above most other factors, while also asserting that GOP Presidential candidates are too out of touch with certain demographics related to economic issues, resulting in challenges when trying to be elected (as you also later suggested) makes little sense.

In fact, those are very contradictory positions unless you are asking us to believe that voters within those demographics blindly blame a republican for their challenges when they are in office and deny the cause of their continual economic woes when the President at that time happens to still be Democrat.

China devaluing their currency didn't have an impact on our economy?? Also it's the GOP as a whole that is out of touch, not just economically.
 
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China devaluing their currency didn't have an impact on our economy?? Also it's the GOP as a whole that is out of touch, not just economically.

No, it didn't in the immediate term have major impact as you are suggesting. China didn't "surprise" our markets with an overnight "devalue" of their currency until August. Simply not enough time to impact our overall economy that has been hanging on trying to recover in the last several years. Corp profits have began to constrict over the last couple of quarters, top line revenues have been largely flat over the last couple years.

If the GOP is so "out of touch" how did they win the House and Senate as well as sweep many state houses and local elections during the last election cycle? They are not so much "out of touch" as they simply lack an overall message with a real leader.
 
herdman - why can't you be happy that america has turned around from
the depression economics that you and your party put into place.
the unemployment rate is down to 5.1% almost half what it was with the mess
you and your party put us in.

the debt has been cut in half from what you and your party left us with.

americans are not dying in iraq unlike what you and your party left us with.

as the president said yesterday - you and your party would currently have our
great nation and brave servicemen dying in 7 different wars around the world
while emptying our nations treasury and running up even more debt than you ran
up under bush.

you'd still be cutting taxes for the filthy rich and cutting services to hard working
middle class americans.

get off it and get real. your policies have been proven to be a disaster for our great nation,
it's citizens and the world over and over again.

getting back to your big propaganda talking point you've talked yourself into believing -
if you would take the time to read a real newspaper or watch a real news program
you would know that the labor participation rate is up because the baby boomers are
reaching retirement age and CHOOSING TO RETIRE.

YOUR IGNORANCE OF FACTS IS ASTONISHING. PEOPLE AS IGNORANT AS YOU SHOULD
NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
 
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It also decreases when 10,000 baby boomers retire each day. Keep reaching.

Actually 4m baby boomers are projected to retire this year. Not including the projected 4M that will retire the next 3 years.

This has nothing to do with Obama but the fact the republicans allowed so many factories and jobs to be shipped out of the country the last 30 years.

The chickens have came home to roost
 
And.....DOWN the stretch they come!!!

Fever attempting to pass Dtard on the outside. Dtard maintaining his lead as Fever strains to keep up!!
 
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Question....
How long do you think we would have to stay in Iraq in order to not leave a vacuum? Until Jesus comes again?
 
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