The First 100 days

[horninchicago]

Econ prof at Johns Hopkins

Hope he has tenure.

 

[Joe Fan]

Hope he has tenure.

LOL, good point

 

[Monahorns]

Hey, someone who actually understands economics. Good to see.

Hopefully he also knows the financing debt is also a tax and the monetary inflation used to pay off that debt is a huge tax. Reduce those 2 taxes and then we will be going somewhere.

 

[Statalyzer]

Econ prof at Johns Hopkins

He's right, but it's also exhibit #45,873 of how pretty much all political cartoons are useless.

 

[BevoJoe]

Econ prof at Johns Hopkins

Check this out:

Link:
Tax cut savings flow to company stockholders, trickle to hourly workers

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[horninchicago]

Steny Hoyer on Cavuto just now saying that Trump proposing a bill and that's that, agree to it or no opening of government, is not how you negotiate. Hey, Steny, isn't that what Obama, Pelosi, et al, did with Obamacare?

 

[4th_floor]

Check this out:

Link:
Tax cut savings flow to company stockholders, trickle to hourly workers

I know BevoJoe will ignore this, but for the rest of you, the main benefit of the tax cuts is jobs, not bonuses. The increase in employment since the tax cuts is irrefutable.

 

[Horn6721]

??
Does Hoyer listen? POTUS has said over and over he would negotiate.

It is like the Dems keep saying a barrier alone isn't the answer.
?????? Trump has proposed use of many technologies and extra agents and judges.
Dems are liars and insane.

 

[Horn6721]

4th
Nah that can't be it. Trump did something good??
The Trump haters on here claim Trump hasn't done anything to improve the country.
Who you going to believe? Your lying eyes or Trump haters?

 

[horninchicago]

??
Does Hoyer listen? POTUS has said over and over he would negotiate.

It is like the Dems keep saying a barrier alone isn't the answer.
?????? Trump has proposed use of many technologies and extra agents and judges.
Dems are liars and insane.

The fact that Trump invited them to the WH to negotiate and they declined to attend means nothing to him. Everything in the world is Trump's fault.

Hoyer, Pelosi, Schumer. All in Congress for over 30 years, but all the country's problems are from Trump's 2 years.

 

[Garmel]

 

[iatrogenic]

Changing ones perspective based on more information should be the standard. Unfortunately, in this politicized climate you must proclaim "I'm wrong" only as long as the other side was wrong. Should your side actually be wrong it's fakenews and retreat to sites that support a desired narrative. It's not a right vs left thing. Borh sides do it. The left is doing it now with sites like Slate. The right also exhibits this behavior. It's no wonder our politicians have no interest in compromises as hyper-partisans have an outsized voice in the debates.

SH.... setting the “standard” by believing a false story from a biased source, then using the false story to criticize people that he has zero knowledge about. That is some standard. Nice job.

 

[LongestHorn]

 

[BevoJoe]

Link:
Does the Government Lie About Unemployment?

Real unemployment rate in US. Check it out.

And I don’t “ignore” anything. I also don’t accept everything that Congress, Agency or the President says as truth either.

 

[Garmel]

Nathan Phillips looks like a real fruitloop. Nathan Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine

 

[mchammer]

Wait until the media discover murder and mayhem in NYC public schools!

 

[mchammer]

Link:
Does the Government Lie About Unemployment?

Real unemployment rate in US. Check it out.

And don’t “ignore” anything. I also don’t accept everything that Congress, Agency or the President says as truth either.

WSJ regularly reports both unemployment rates. They are generally always in lock step with one another. So, in one sense it doesn’t matter which one you look at. I can’t believe that article missed the bigger issue: labor participation rate. Neither method for unemployment accounts for ups and downs in labor participation rate. Thus, people not working due to disability, laziness, school, retirement, food stamps, living at parent’s house, etc are not counted in either unemployment rate.

 

[ProdigalHorn]

Husker's first response:

The kids were there for the March for Life protest but instead chose to disrupt the Indigenous People's March getting in their way and reportedly shouting "Build the Wall". This is what kids are learning from their MAGA parents.

Husker's second response:

Skimmed a 1.5hr video yesterday starting with the "Black Hebrew Israelites" which confirmed they were the instigators in the fracas. From what I viewed I don't think the "Indigenous Peoples March" or the "March for Life" students were at fault for anything other than talking/shouting and acting past each other. The kids certainly don't deserve any of the initial ridicule they received.

The media jumped too fast. I loathe the "fakenews" moniker as it's self serving but the media needs to slow down and ensure they have the full story rather than leaping in any direction. The speed of news is vastly outpacing editorial staff ability to keep up.

No comment needed. The "media" jumped too fast. Not him. The media.

 

[Garmel]

Husker's first response:


Husker's second response:


No comment needed. The "media" jumped too fast. Not him. The media.

Just like the media he jumped too fast because he can't stand Trump or his followers.

 

[Seattle Husker]

The fact that Trump invited them to the WH to negotiate and they declined to attend means nothing to him.

You do understand that Trump invited all the Dems but Pelosi and Shumer, right? Would you think Obama was genuinely interested in negotiation if invited all R's but Boehner and McConnell during the ACA? Think the R's would have shown up?

 

[Seattle Husker]

Husker's first response:


Husker's second response:


No comment needed. The "media" jumped too fast. Not him. The media.

I jumped too fast. We should all feel better that in the history of the West Mall, I'm the only one to ever jump too fast, aside from bystander. At least, we are the only one to own up to it.

 

[Mr. Deez]

Just like the media he jumped too fast because he can't stand Trump or his followers.

If someone admits that he jumped too fast or otherwise got something wrong, you shouldn't bust his balls for it. It's much easier for people to admit that they got something wrong if the others who happened to guess right in the moment can act like adults about it. Remember, nobody's cock size is based on any of this.

 

[iatrogenic]

Thankfully, he gave another of his patented, passive-aggressive mea culpas acknowledging his mistake (i.e. I'm wrong again but so and so is more wrong). Therefore, we don't have to feel guilty about pointing out that he not only made the mistake, but then criticized parents he has never had contact with for causing the problem.

 

[iatrogenic]

But if we just keep looking, we can find SOMETHING to destroy these kids with!
-Prodigal Horn

 

[horninchicago]

You do understand that Trump invited all the Dems but Pelosi and Shumer, right? Would you think Obama was genuinely interested in negotiation if invited all R's but Boehner and McConnell during the ACA? Think the R's would have shown up?

Yes, I do. I didn't say he invited them. He invited a group of House Dems he thought he could negotiate with and, frankly, talk reasonably with. Pelosi and Schumer have said they won't negotiate until the government is open. You know damn good and well they won't negotiate if that were to happen. Those Dems didn't show.

As to Obama, give me a break. They showed the ACA down America's throat with lies. Pelosi's famous speech of how the bill can be read after if it is passed. Please, throwing Obama's name in here does nothing to change any of this. He was, and is, a piece of crap.

 

[Phil Elliott]

If someone admits that he jumped too fast or otherwise got something wrong, you shouldn't bust his balls for it.

That might be fine IF the "jumping too fast" went both ways - it only flows one way.

 

[Mr. Deez]

Yes, I do. I didn't say he invited them. He invited a group of House Dems he thought he could negotiate with and, frankly, talk reasonably with.

That's a waste of time unless he can get about 20 Democrats to back a compromise AND sign a discharge petition to bring it to the bill to the floor. That's not likely to happen, because a discharge petition basically nullifies the leadership and puts those members on the leadership's **** list for life.

 

[Horn6721]

Let's say for discussion that all the stuff Longest posted, No doubt gleefully, is true
Is it relevant?

Longest
explain please how a former student charged with rape has any bearing on what happened at the Lincoln Memorial?
Explain how any of what you posted changes what happened.
It looks like you are trying to say that because a former student is charged with rape or because a few maybe Covington students cat called a passing girl that justifies that black racist group harrassing the group of kids waiting for the bus Or the drum beater wading into the group and then getting into his face with drumsticks.
Does it IYO justify the vilification of these kids by the media pols and celebrities, calling for their death?

 

[Horn6721]

MrD
Wouldn't any discussion on this be beneficial? is it more important to stay off the leader's chitlist than to move discussion forward?

Actually I think you answered my question in another thread
This "The problem is that the far Left will launch a primary bid against anyone who votes to make a deal with Trump on the wall.
makes sense, sad but sense