gounion wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 5:44 pm
Not a talking point. You guys can’t have a good economy or you’ll lose next year. And it’s more important for you to win than it is for our country to be strong and prosperous.
I think Ronald Reagan was very happy with the election system we have and your claim the people of California votes don't count is just you repeating another talking point you believe because it came from the left.
Do you think those people in all those red states would be OK with California liberals running our country and they having no voice.
Glennfs wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 4:58 pm
You know many democrats have the same opinion. Thanks to the internet nobody can blink and both sides can't work for a compromise.
Because if they do they will be labeled a rino or a dino.
False, made up both sides bullshit. Trump wants the economy to crash and burn. Show me a Dem president who ever made such comments about not paying the debt. Trump was called out out his fake town hall for his hypocrisy and he said he’s against it now because now he’s not President. By crashing the economy he thinks it’s his shoe in for the WH.
"Some of those that work forces,
Are the same that burn crosses"
Universal healthcare, free public university and tech school tuition, free childcare, paid family leave, guaranteed sick pay and a living wage - all are moderate positions in every other advanced democracy.
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Op-eds are opinions. They are editorials that are by people other than the editors, but chosen by the editors. Sometimes they are run to create a dialog, but they are still opinions.
"We must remember that we cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation." --Liz Cheney, Republican, 7/21/22
A core principle of the Williamson administration will be to realign public policy with the most basic elements of our humanity. The purpose of data and statistics, especially economic ones, should be placed in service to the human condition.
One of my favorite lines from Mahatma Gandhi is when he said that “the idea that economics is a verifiable science is one of the greatest evils ever foisted on the human mind.” The laws of physics, for instance, are objectively the same no matter where they’re applied. The laws of economics, however, often stray into subjectivity when applied to real people’s lives.
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They could work it out but they want the public to feel bad, angry, angry with each other and cheated first, also both sides are very hardcore austerity conservative and want to take things away from vulnerable people to later shower the wealth class with as new wealth.
Inflation rose 0.4% in April and 4.7% from a year ago, according to key gauge for the Fed
Inflation stayed stubbornly high in April, potentially reinforcing the chances that interest rates could stay higher for longer, according to a gauge released Friday that the Federal Reserve follows closely.
The personal consumption expenditures price index, which measures a variety of goods and services and adjusts for changes in consumer behavior, rose 0.4% for the month excluding food and energy costs, higher than the 0.3% Dow Jones estimate.
ap215 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 11:16 am
Inflation rose 0.4% in April and 4.7% from a year ago, according to key gauge for the Fed
Inflation stayed stubbornly high in April, potentially reinforcing the chances that interest rates could stay higher for longer, according to a gauge released Friday that the Federal Reserve follows closely.
The personal consumption expenditures price index, which measures a variety of goods and services and adjusts for changes in consumer behavior, rose 0.4% for the month excluding food and energy costs, higher than the 0.3% Dow Jones estimate.
Unfortunately once inflation does find its water level we are still going to ve saddled with the high prices brought on by Biden's reckless spending.
Which according to most experts accounted for about half of the peak rates.
Glennfs wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 1:29 pm
Unfortunately once inflation does find its water level we are still going to ve saddled with the high prices brought on by Biden's reckless spending.
Which according to most experts accounted for about half of the peak rates.
Your own fact check rates it half true. Of course, you hold no blame for Donald Trump, the "King of Debt" that had a huge tax cut and added more debt than all the Presidents since the founding of our country put together.
gounion wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 1:53 pm
Your own fact check rates it half true. Of course, you hold no blame for Donald Trump, the "King of Debt" that had a huge tax cut and added more debt than all the Presidents since the founding of our country put together.
It's all Biden's fault!
This is about our inflation rate not about the things Trump did as president. Please try and keep up.
Glennfs wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 2:16 pm
I don't know but I do know according to experts about half of our peak rate is thanks to the economic policies of President Biden.
No, just the ones you listen to. If they say differently, you ignore them.
