This is "the gutter"?
OK. Good luck "fixing" all this:
The US economy is crushing it compared to other rich countries
US economic growth beat expectations in the fourth quarter, and it's outpacing most of the world's wealthiest countries.finance.yahoo.com Average wages have surpassed inflation for 12 straight months
Average hourly wage growth has exceeded inflation for 12 straight months, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this morning. This real (or inflation-adjusted) wage growth is a key indicator of how well the average worker’s wage can improve their standard of living. As...www.epi.org States see record low unemployment across the U.S. • Virginia Mercury
Virginia's unemployment rate dropped to 3.1% in April, when the state also recorded its highest labor force participation rate since June 2014.virginiamercury.com
Has the US Hit the “Soft Landing” of Controlling Inflation without a Recession?
Not yet, but we’ve done surprisingly well, BU economist Adam Guren sayswww.bu.edu Why your 401(k) is happy: Dow hit new record Wednesday, and stocks are still climbing
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said interest rates may go down in 2024.www.usatoday.comAmerica’s Image Abroad Rebounds With Transition From Trump to Biden
A new survey of 16 publics finds a significant uptick in ratings for the U.S., with strong support for Joe Biden and several of his major policy initiatives. But many raise concerns about the health of America’s political system.www.pewresearch.org FBI's latest data shows 'historic' drop in crime: Garland
The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday.abcnews.go.com fnews/gas-prices-are-plunging-and-it-s-bigger-news-than-you-thinkBorder Patrol agents recorded the fewest monthly migrant apprehensions since 2021 on southern border
Migrant apprehensions in Texas decreased by nearly one-third in June, the first month of a new order by President Joe Biden that widely limited asylum claims.www.texastribune.org
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbis-latest-data-show-historic-drop-crime-garland/story?id=110989589America’s Image Abroad Rebounds With Transition From Trump to Biden
A new survey of 16 publics finds a significant uptick in ratings for the U.S., with strong support for Joe Biden and several of his major policy initiatives. But many raise concerns about the health of America’s political system.www.pewresearch.org
I'll sum it up if you don't want to watch:
Trump successfully conned them into believing he would lower prices on food and gas. They think because the weather was good for the harvest when he was village chief if they reelect him the weather will be good again.
This is a kind of pigeon superstition. It's an experiment where a pigeon is placed in a box with a food dispenser that opens randomly based on a timer. The pigeons began believing that flapping their wings caused the dispenser to open. Whatever action they did at the time the food appeared was the action they would repeat.
Ultimately, Dems lost because they failed to attack this superstition about Trump and inflation. They should have attacked Trump on the massive inflation that would result from mass deportation.
So you expected America to come out of the worst global pandemic in a century, not only having handled it better than any other developed economy on the planet, but so that no one would even notice? Do you really think if Trump had been president that would’ve happened?No I mean this…..
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimo...and-rebuilding-for-retirement-could-be-tough/
https://www.resumebuilder.com/1-in-8-retirees-plan-to-go-back-to-work-in-2025/#:~:text=13% of retired seniors say,for 5 or more years
https://budget.house.gov/press-release/-818000-fewer-jobs-added-to-the-economy-than-previously-reported#:~:text=BLS found that there were 818,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.
One dollar spent on an item in 2020 would cost 1.23 today.
Interest rates today up 2.5 to 3 percent.
Gas prices today 30 percent or MORE higher than 2020.
Foreclosures are up over 2020.
More Americans are behind on bills today than 2020.
Credit card debt is way up.
https://fortune.com/2024/04/06/more...-cant-afford-not-to-marketwatch-guides-study/
All peaches and cream lol.
And just because America is better off than other countries doesn’t mean everything is great.
Oh, poor guy!I'll sum it up if you don't want to watch:
Trump successfully conned them into believing he would lower prices on food and gas. They think because the weather was good for the harvest when he was village chief if they reelect him the weather will be good again.
This is a kind of pigeon superstition. It's an experiment where a pigeon is placed in a box with a food dispenser that opens randomly based on a timer. The pigeons began believing that flapping their wings caused the dispenser to open. Whatever action they did at the time the food appeared was the action they would repeat.
Ultimately, Dems lost because they failed to attack this superstition about Trump and inflation. They should have attacked Trump on the massive inflation that would result from mass deportation.
Debatable. I think she used her vagina to climb the career ladder rather intelligently.Dumb and dumber.
I can't wait to see the results in 2026 Midterms when Trump's tariffs and deportations make inflation worse and cause a recession. It'll be interesting to see how Muslim Trump voters respond when he endorses Israel annexing the West Bank and sending settlers into North Gaza.
Hard to blame Muslim voters (unless one wants to kick down on minorities); they had to choose between Kamala who promised to keep sending Isreal bombs, denying food aid and vetoing peace resolutions in the U.N., and Trump who promised to end the war.I can't wait to see the results in 2026 Midterms when Trump's tariffs and deportations make inflation worse and cause a recession. It'll be interesting to see how Muslim Trump voters respond when he endorses Israel annexing the West Bank and sending settlers into North Gaza.
That was irritating to me and just proves that the FBI brass hates Trump still. They knew that Trump would use that stat during the debate and they withheld it. This is the same as going to MSM and all the social platforms 2 weeks before the election to warn them that the laptop was "Russian disinformation" and to not mention it and the CIA signing a fraudulent letter. Not to mention the FBI and Perkins Coie setting Trump up for Russian collusion. They have been trying to enact a virtual assassination of him ever since he won in 2016. I forget too how heavily the FBI infiltrated Twitter and never said a word that they did and in effect spied on conservatives.Higher Wages haven’t fixed inflation. The FBI quietly updated their crime database that essentially removed this historic low crime rate that was reported.
Hard to blame Muslim voters (unless one wants to kick down on minorities); they had to choose between Kamala who promised to keep sending Isreal bombs, denying food aid and vetoing peace resolutions in the U.N., and Trump who promised to end the war.
Not an easy choice. I'm sure they won't vote for Trump in 2028...
Sure. And Kamala promised to keep funding the war and supporting Israel.Trump promised to help the Israelis “finish the war”. That’s not the same thing.
No one wonders why people didn't vote for Harris. There are plenty of legit reasons. The confusing thing is why anyone in their right mind would vote for a criminal fraud, that constantly lies to them, and has proven his incompetence, throughout his entire life.And now they wonder why minorities didn't vote for their puny rat gods?
Yes, a billionaire who is so incompetent he won twice against all odds, including the FBI and CIA and 4 lawfare cases. But you keep on believing the lies the media feeds you.No one wonders why people didn't vote for Harris. There are plenty of legit reasons. The confusing thing is why anyone in their right mind would vote for a criminal fraud, that constantly lies to them, and has proven his incompetence, throughout his entire life.
Sure. And Kamala promised to keep funding the war and supporting Israel.
Maybe Muslim voters saw how Trump handled Afghanistan, and hoped he would do the same for Gaza.
Or maybe they don't support Hamas and want the war to end and the suffering to stop.
I don't speak for them, but it's clear that, for them and their interests, Kamala was the worse choice.
They got duped by a conman and will soon find that those lower prices ain't coming.I'll sum it up if you don't want to watch:
Trump successfully conned them into believing he would lower prices on food and gas. They think because the weather was good for the harvest when he was village chief if they reelect him the weather will be good again.
This is a kind of pigeon superstition. It's an experiment where a pigeon is placed in a box with a food dispenser that opens randomly based on a timer. The pigeons began believing that flapping their wings caused the dispenser to open. Whatever action they did at the time the food appeared was the action they would repeat.
Ultimately, Dems lost because they failed to attack this superstition about Trump and inflation. They should have attacked Trump on the massive inflation that would result from mass deportation.
Trump is a criminal fraud. Is that a lie? Nope.Yes, a billionaire who is so incompetent he won twice against all odds, including the FBI and CIA and 4 lawfare cases. But you keep on believing the lies the media feeds you.
Nah. They are educated, decent voters who have a say in our Democracy.Trump specifically said he wanted to pull out of Afghanistan. He called for letting the Israelis take the gloves off.
Any Muslims who thought he would be better than Kamala for Gaza are idiots.
Nah. They are educated, decent voters who have a say in our Democracy.
(Unless one is a Democrat, and then they think Muslims are idiots.)
If Kamala didn't listen to them and earn their votes, she's the idiot.
No, they didn't vote for Kamala, remember?Instead they voted for someone who will actively support and encourage the Israelis to commit genocide.
No, they didn't vote for Kamala, remember?
Yep.No, they did vote for Trump. Look at the statistics.
Are we going back to the 50's? The slide down the ethics/morality path happened in the 60's.It doesn’t matter why minorities voted for Trump. It doesn’t matter what permissions though rationalization any group gave itself to make an obviously unethical choice. The. FACT remains it was an unethical choice.
When someone literally uses fraud to steal millions from thousands, and there can be no doubt Trump did this, has been a swindling, lying, con man and there is no doubt Trump has been this as well, than making such a person Leader of the Free World is an unethical choice.
That we did it once was problematic That we did it a second time is an indictment of our society and our culture.
We better smarten up and get back to fundamentals on ethical thinking or we will have no one to blame but ourselves for our decline as a society.
It is a lie. The cases you refer to are preposterous. The same entry of a shakedown payment 34 times is 34 felonies? Really? No underlying crime mentioned. The other one of overtating the value of Mara Lago when the loan was paid back early and the bank was happy? Really?Trump is a criminal fraud. Is that a lie? Nope.
Yep.
He must have been better for them than Kamala.
That's how ****ing awful her policies were, in their view.
Not sure why she didn't want their votes?
Did you learn that at Trump University? Donate to his charity, lately? LOLIt is a lie. The cases you refer to are preposterous. The same entry of a shakedown payment 34 times is 34 felonies? Really? No underlying crime mentioned. The other one of overtating the value of Mara Lago when the loan was paid back early and the bank was happy? Really?
These are so laughable that the Dems should hang their collective heads in shame.
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