People know with certainty if they have a job or not and how much it pays.
Something like 86% of voters listed the economy as their first concern. They know it isn't improving no matter what bullshit gets plastered on the headlines.
The only they could do was keep it from getting even worse with the stimulus money.
That's absolute bullshit. They could have closed the bankrupt TBTF institutions and prosecuted every single responsible individual under RICO, releasing non-violent pot heads to make room in the prisons for all the white collar thugs.
Instead the rest of the economy is being bled dry to prop them up and cover for their theft.
An economy losing 800k jobs monthly vs an economy growing 200k is a gigantic improvement.
It's very simple - if the number of jobs added to the economy is less than the number of people (trying to) enter into the workforce then the employment rate of the population is still going down.
Get your news from a better source. You might learn something.
The economy got fucked when Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House in 2006.
The economy was fucked when the banksters initiated the largest embezzlement scam in human history in the form of the housing bubble. They just managed to cover up the theft until about 2006.
The reason that there has been no recovery is because the Democrats were not willing to bite the hand that feeds them by allowing the insolvent institutions to fail and allowing criminal prosecutions of those responsible.
The Republicans will continue this policy, so the economy will continue to suck.
My prediction: Expect the economy to improve and Obama take the credit. I believe we are about to see a repeat of the Clinton WH after Newt became Speaker of the House. Recent history has shown that the president has little effect on the economy. It's all congress.
There's no recovery on the horizon. In fact, shortly after all these new members of Congress get seated the inflation from Ben Bernanke's recent dollar devaluation will work its way through the supply chain and start ravaging family budgets.
Maybe you missed the memo - the majority of the country opposes the healthcare reform that got passed. Many of them are the people who just did they annual enrollment and discovered how much more their premiums went up because of it.
The Republicans couldn't have timed it better. Pillage the economy, let it fail just before the Democrats take office, and two years later when the Dems have halted and begun reversal of the worst economic disaster of all time, the Republicans come in, blaming the Democrats.
That's just it - they haven't done anything to reverse the disaster.
The voters collectively know that, despite any propaganda you get out of the media. If the economy was actually improving the voters would not have voted as they did.
Now the Republicans will not do anything different - they are just as beholden to the white collar gangsters in New York as the Democrats were.
Historically, the economy has always done well with a Republican congress and a Democrat president...
Of course it does - gridlock means that less laws get passed.
The primary purpose of laws is to either to expand the public sector or else to advantage one group in the private sector at the expense of another group so less laws is automatically better for the economy.
So explain to me why is should matter if a crazy wins a popularity contest or not?
Doesn't the fact that it's even possible for a bunch of people who to decide to vote for a crazy person to affect my liberty prove that the system is broken?
Politicians can, for the most part, manufacture the votes they need by exploiting wedge issues and other political tricks. Who wins is mostly based on who is the most skilled at playing politics and getting support from the right power brokers.
That said, I disagree with both of them, but I vote against the party which I see the greatest threat to my personal liberty and well being.
The questions you need to ask yourself are: "Why am I worried about the government threatening my personal liberty in the first place" and "Do I really have rights if recognition of them is subject to a popularity contest held every other year?"
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It's just a shell game.
GDP numbers can be manipulated.
People know with certainty if they have a job or not and how much it pays.
Something like 86% of voters listed the economy as their first concern. They know it isn't improving no matter what bullshit gets plastered on the headlines.
Some parts of it do go into effect next year that will raise expenses for the insurance companies.
That's absolute bullshit. They could have closed the bankrupt TBTF institutions and prosecuted every single responsible individual under RICO, releasing non-violent pot heads to make room in the prisons for all the white collar thugs.
Instead the rest of the economy is being bled dry to prop them up and cover for their theft.
Quiet down. You might wake people up into realizing that their "civic duty" to vote is a sham.
Ok genius, tell me how these price increases aren't going to work their way through the supply chain and make the basic necessities of life cost more.
Not much of a reform if costs just keep going up as much as they always have, is it?
Especially when the opposite was promised repeatedly.
It's very simple - if the number of jobs added to the economy is less than the number of people (trying to) enter into the workforce then the employment rate of the population is still going down.
Get your news from a better source. You might learn something.
The economy was fucked when the banksters initiated the largest embezzlement scam in human history in the form of the housing bubble. They just managed to cover up the theft until about 2006.
The reason that there has been no recovery is because the Democrats were not willing to bite the hand that feeds them by allowing the insolvent institutions to fail and allowing criminal prosecutions of those responsible.
The Republicans will continue this policy, so the economy will continue to suck.
The political party crashed and burned once they got both Congress and the Presidency.
Just like the Republicans did before them.
There's no recovery on the horizon. In fact, shortly after all these new members of Congress get seated the inflation from Ben Bernanke's recent dollar devaluation will work its way through the supply chain and start ravaging family budgets.
Maybe you missed the memo - the majority of the country opposes the healthcare reform that got passed. Many of them are the people who just did they annual enrollment and discovered how much more their premiums went up because of it.
That's just it - they haven't done anything to reverse the disaster.
The voters collectively know that, despite any propaganda you get out of the media. If the economy was actually improving the voters would not have voted as they did.
Now the Republicans will not do anything different - they are just as beholden to the white collar gangsters in New York as the Democrats were.
Of course it does - gridlock means that less laws get passed.
The primary purpose of laws is to either to expand the public sector or else to advantage one group in the private sector at the expense of another group so less laws is automatically better for the economy.
At least during my lifetime every time that a single political party has gained the presidency and a majority in congress it crashes and burns.
So explain to me why is should matter if a crazy wins a popularity contest or not?
Doesn't the fact that it's even possible for a bunch of people who to decide to vote for a crazy person to affect my liberty prove that the system is broken?
It always boils down to "might makes right" doesn't it? The side with the most guns makes the rules.
Politicians can, for the most part, manufacture the votes they need by exploiting wedge issues and other political tricks. Who wins is mostly based on who is the most skilled at playing politics and getting support from the right power brokers.
If I don't like the government you are inflicting on me then why shouldn't you move?
The questions you need to ask yourself are: "Why am I worried about the government threatening my personal liberty in the first place" and "Do I really have rights if recognition of them is subject to a popularity contest held every other year?"
That is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard.
You actually think they don't ignore you even if you do vote?
It doesn't matter who you vote for.
It doesn't matter who you elect - voting simply creates the illusion of consent.
I don't use my phone as an alarm clock but I do leave it on the charger overnight.
That makes a lot more sense. I was wondering why this story wasn't about a bunch of people who woke up early instead of late.