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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Fri December 07, 2018 5:46 pm
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If all the world’s economists, past, present, and future knew, know, and will know as much about the economy as they say they do the fortunes of Bill Gates, the late Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet combined would be paltry in comparison to that of the poorest economist.
Saw this quote hanging out in the comment section - I know, you shouldn't read the comments - but it reminded me of this thread.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Mon December 10, 2018 4:10 pm
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McParadigm wrote:
Yes, yes....but did he confuse transactions and spending in a tweet?
Both things can be bad. One is a betrayal of the supposed principles that a powerful man claimed to hold but all of the evidence shows that he clearly didn't. The other betrays the fact that an up and coming elected official appears to have no grasp on public policy whatsoever.
Yes, Paul Ryan's is worse.
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Mon December 10, 2018 4:23 pm
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4/5 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
Yes, yes....but did he confuse transactions and spending in a tweet?
Both things can be bad. One is a betrayal of the supposed principles that a powerful man claimed to hold but all of the evidence shows that he clearly didn't. The other betrays the fact that an up and coming elected official appears to have no grasp on public policy whatsoever.
Yes, Paul Ryan's is worse.
I’m not so much concerned with whether one is worse as I am bemused by the two subgroups of people who have nothing to say about one of these but constantly clutch pearls about the other.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Mon December 10, 2018 10:46 pm
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McParadigm wrote:
4/5 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
Yes, yes....but did he confuse transactions and spending in a tweet?
Both things can be bad. One is a betrayal of the supposed principles that a powerful man claimed to hold but all of the evidence shows that he clearly didn't. The other betrays the fact that an up and coming elected official appears to have no grasp on public policy whatsoever.
Yes, Paul Ryan's is worse.
I’m not so much concerned with whether one is worse as I am bemused by the two subgroups of people who have nothing to say about one of these but constantly clutch pearls about the other.
The only people who hate him more than democrats are republicans. And I can't imagine what value Ezra Klein's opinion of Paul Ryan could possibly be.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Tue December 11, 2018 1:02 am
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BurtReynolds wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
4/5 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
Yes, yes....but did he confuse transactions and spending in a tweet?
Both things can be bad. One is a betrayal of the supposed principles that a powerful man claimed to hold but all of the evidence shows that he clearly didn't. The other betrays the fact that an up and coming elected official appears to have no grasp on public policy whatsoever.
Yes, Paul Ryan's is worse.
I’m not so much concerned with whether one is worse as I am bemused by the two subgroups of people who have nothing to say about one of these but constantly clutch pearls about the other.
The only people who hate him more than democrats are republicans. And I can't imagine what value Ezra Klein's opinion of Paul Ryan could possibly be.
Deflect! Deflect! Redirect!
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Tue December 11, 2018 2:51 pm
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BurtReynolds wrote:
The only people who hate him more than democrats are republicans. And I can't imagine what value Ezra Klein's opinion of Paul Ryan could possibly be.
I guess this response works if you only count the last two years. Paul Ryan, for all of his career prior, enjoyed one of the longest and most pronounced periods of extreme popularity with Republican voters of any post-Reagan politician. He averaged better than +40 with registered Republicans, and around +30 with non-Republican conservatives. It didn’t dissolve until literally the moment Trump began campaigning.
For a period of years, in fact, conservatives adored Paul Ryan.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Tue December 11, 2018 4:09 pm
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McParadigm wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
The only people who hate him more than democrats are republicans. And I can't imagine what value Ezra Klein's opinion of Paul Ryan could possibly be.
I guess this response works if you only count the last two years. Paul Ryan, for all of his career prior, enjoyed one of the longest and most pronounced periods of extreme popularity with Republican voters of any post-Reagan politician. He averaged better than +40 with registered Republicans, and around +30 with non-Republican conservatives. It didn’t dissolve until literally the moment Trump began campaigning.
For a period of years, in fact, conservatives adored Paul Ryan.
Yeah, this. I didn't have numbers to back up my feeling, but Ryan was the golden child of the Republican Party for a long time. I think the Speakership probably took a little of the sheen off but it was really the Trump stuff that wore him down, not opposition to his stated policies or anger that he claimed to be a deficit hawk but was in fact 100% full of it and just an Obama obstructionist.
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Mon December 24, 2018 7:48 pm
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Biff Pocoroba wrote:
Um, I am supposed to be reassured and feel better that the Treasury Secretary called to check in on six major banks this weekend, right?
With the Dow closing 653 points down in just a half day on what is traditionally among the lightest trading days of the year I guess I am not alone with that thought.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Tue December 25, 2018 3:45 am
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he was really calling to re-assure them that Trump is not gonna fire Powell
which would break Western society
thing is
Trump always flip flops
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Or we could, you know, ease up on zoning laws that prevent housing from being built.
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