Oh. Is that all it takes?
Trump's Presidency 2017 - 2021
Careful using this argument. "It happened to me one time" anecdote = its pervasive and ubiquitous to some members of the RM community.
I was once kidnapped and forced to go to a statistics class.
commie
<waits patiently for Brian to trot out the welfare queen story>
the playbook is so predictable
If this thread proves anything, its that perhaps it should happen more often, to more people.
Why do you bother to continually push nonsense? Sanders has repeatedly shown and explained how his various programs would be paid for. Why lie?
What evidence have you seen that would suggest Brian is interested in engaging with facts or good faith discussion?
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ummm so the gains under obama were due to the "revolving economy", but the reduction in unemployment is due to Trump?
Can you show me on the plot above where the inflection point at 2016 is that shows what Trump did had any effect on what appears to be a historical downward trend?
Cognitive dissonance much?
Keep in mind when Obama became president millions of jobs were already lost due to the recession, real estate market crash from subprime loans. So while Obama was in office those jobs lost came back, because of the revolving economy. Obama told Trump when he was running for president and talked about creating new manufacturing jobs in the US, do you have a "magic wand?" Under Trump, more people are getting off food stamps, unemployment is at a 50 year low. Then again Kev, we all know how pro-Trump Huff Post is, LOL.
Booming Trump economy is right time for able-bodied adults to trade food stamps for jobs
SNAP was designed as a lifeline for people in need, not a way of life for able-bodied Americans. Our new rule will continue to protect this safety net.www.usatoday.com
File photo of "libs being owned"What are the odds that after posting here, Brian fist pumps the air for "owning some libs"?
If you are a republican, you believe you are the only person, in the history of the universe, that has ever worked hard. You also believe the root of all problems is not working hard enough, like plearning disability, mental health, not having legs, etc.
Manufacturers Added 6 Times More Jobs Under Trump Than Under Obama's Last 2 Years
The federal government released its first jobs report of 2019, showing that nonfarm payroll grew by 304,000 in January, far above economists’ consensus estimate of 170,000... Trump’s deregulatory and tax policies have confounded his critics and benefited the American worker.
www.forbes.com
If Brian instills his work ethic into his kids he shouldn't have to worry about tuition, his kids can pay for it themselves with part time jobs and merit scholarships. It is what I did.
that data is only through january 2019. after that, things uh, changed.Manufacturers Added 6 Times More Jobs Under Trump Than Under Obama's Last 2 Years
The federal government released its first jobs report of 2019, showing that nonfarm payroll grew by 304,000 in January, far above economists’ consensus estimate of 170,000... Trump’s deregulatory and tax policies have confounded his critics and benefited the American worker.
We just got the latest sign the US is losing manufacturing jobs — the opposite of what Trump's trade wars were supposed to accomplish
While President Donald Trump has pledged to revive factory jobs in the US, that pocket of the economy dipped deeper into a recession last month.
markets.businessinsider.com
did you read the labor report?Manufacturers Added 6 Times More Jobs Under Trump Than Under Obama's Last 2 Years
The federal government released its first jobs report of 2019, showing that nonfarm payroll grew by 304,000 in January, far above economists’ consensus estimate of 170,000... Trump’s deregulatory and tax policies have confounded his critics and benefited the American worker.
"Manufacturing employment changed little in January (-12,000) and has shown little movement,
on net, over the past 12 months. Motor vehicles and parts lost 11,000 jobs over the month."
That article is talking about Trump adding more mfg jobs than Obama, but the trend in mfg jobs continues to be on a decline. Kudos to Trump for this focus though the effort is pandering and results will likely be short term.
Actually my son is a hard worker, my wife and I told both our kids, one is a sophomore at Colorado State the other a Jr. in HS. The first 4 years are on us. I think he just got a part time job @ Home Depot, and will work full time during the summer to help offset our costs as he's in a lease until Aug 1 and learn to contribute. During the summers in HS (before or after football practice) and his first year of college he worked in the trades as a laborer 8-10 hours a day. Unfortunately he fucked around too much in HS and didn't qualify for any scholarships. We were hoping for a academic scholarship at CSU as he has a 3.8 GPA, but unfortunately doesn't qualify.
The guy is actually making an effort to bring jobs back to the US. It may fail, but at least he has the balls to make an attempt and follow through what he campaigned on.
i don't disagree with his intent, but when it comes to execution....
I get it and appreciate it. As I said, kudos to him. I grew up working manufacturing jobs, as did much my family.
But at the same time, he's stifling growth sectors like renewable energy for example, my current industry. Those are GOOD paying jobs, supporting trades like construction and electricians, but again he panders to the coal and gas/oil crowd because it stokes an emotional response from them.
One sure way to bring 'some' mfg jobs back to the States is to make it harder/expensive to import, but that raises prices too. What do you think the answer is to (a) grow manufacturing jobs while (b) keeping costs down?
No, tariffs aren't that answer.
Medicare for all, free college & the Green New Deal. Yes, he did talk about raising taxes, but how much? Medicare for all alone is estimated to cost $52T over the next 10 years. Where is that money going to come from? You start taxing corporations, they'll do mass layoffs to cover their costs leaving millions without jobs. I'm not denying something must be down to lower our outrageous healthcare costs. Under Obamacare our healthcare costs went up substantially and our copay went WAY up. You can only tax someone so much. Keep in mind I live in California and am already way over taxed compared to the rest of the country. If they want to raise taxes to match what we pay here in CA, fine. I just can't afford to pay more in taxes.
First step is to impose significant taxes on the top 1%.
Try just closing the massive loopholes instead.
came here to post this. i'd take this as a first step. i also wouldn't be opposed to making individuals eligible for certain, or any, tax deductions above a certain income level.
It's good that he can afford to spend $176,000 for his 1st kid's education, though.
And increase capital gains tax and corporate tax.
And people seem to think that this would be a new cost, where it would largely be a shifted cost. Yes there would be an increased tax burden on corporations, but they would also save significant amounts of money on the health insurance premiums they pay.
that is where our elected officials hide their money....
one other big thing is that they need to put an end to the fucking practice where US based companies keep assets in other countries to avoid paying taxes on them.
