Making America Great again

[smilesammich 10,727]

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"It's a good jobs report, but he hasn't done anything yet," says economist Doug Holtz-Eakin of the right-leaning American Action Forum.
To speed job creation and boost the economy, Trump wants to slash taxes, fix Obamacare, spend more on infrastructure and revise trade deals with Mexico, Canada and other countries. But none of those plans is even close to being enacted.
On top of that, 235,000 new jobs isn't exactly a blowout number. Under President Barack Obama, the economy created almost exactly the same number of jobs in the previous two Februaries -- 237,000 in 2016 and 238,000 in 2015.
"This is very much in line with the kind of job growth we've seen over the last several years," says economist Elise Gould of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/10/news/economy/donald-trump-february-jobs/

 

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Trump used to slam Obama for 4.7% unemployment
The White House seized on the report as a sign of great economic progress. Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, tweeted, "Great news for American workers." He pointed out the job gains and a slight drop in the unemployment rate to 4.7%.
Yet the unemployment rate first fell to 4.7% last May -- around the time Trump was slamming the Obama economy as weak. As a candidate, Trump called the unemployment rate itself a "joke" and a hoax, suggesting that the government was cooking the books.
Now the Trump White House is celebrating 4.7% unemployment as a number that deserves praise.
Figuring out how much credit Trump should get is impossible. Holtz-Eakin jokes that it's somewhere between 0% and 100%. If there's a consensus view, it's this: The first jobs report was good, but not amazing. The real test is what happens a year from now.

looks like trump needs the straight jacket.

 

[CaliCat 3,957]

10 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I guess this is because of Obama also huh ?

 

 

 

U.S. Consumer Comfort Just Reached Its Highest Level in a Decade

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-09/u-s-consumer-comfort-reaches-decade-high-on-economic-optimism

 

 

The economic recovery that president Obama started still continues. Trump is riding the wake of Obama's economic recovery. Lucky him, and good for the country. Obama did his job, and Trump should do his. 

 

Any middle of the road person would understand that, so you might want to reset your position. Your GPS might need new batteries. 

[Teddy B 17,252]

18 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

LOL they said the same thing when Bush's unemployment drooped.  Oddly this argument disappeared  when Obama was adding Mcjobs. Trump could cure cancer and the MDL would find fault with it 

Foolish to attribute any of this to Trump, but you already knew that.

[smilesammich 10,727]

shouldn't trump declare the jobs report real before he takes credit for it? he could send spicer out to say it, he'll say anything.

[CaliCat 3,957]

3 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/10/news/economy/donald-trump-february-jobs/

 

looks like trump needs the straight jacket.

 

 

 

I have to confess I get some guilty pleasure in watching the MDRs twist themselves into tiny little pretzels, trying to figure out how they can explain the macroeconomic factors of an economy the size of ours, with only two months of data, in a way that it would fit their narrative. 

 

 

[Teddy B 17,252]

6 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

shouldn't trump declare the jobs report real before he takes credit for it? he could send spicer out to say it, he'll say anything.

The Trump scale on news reports goes a bit like this:

 

Anything that makes Trump look good = real news & solid facts, the most beautiful news.

 

Anything that makes Trump look bad = lies & alt facts, fake news.

[smilesammich 10,727]

2 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

The Trump scale on news reports goes a bit like this:

 

Anything that makes Trump look good = real news & solid facts, the most beautiful news.

 

Anything that makes Trump look bad = lies & alt facts, fake news.

[Teddy B 17,252]

1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

That looks like the new health care plan.

[smilesammich 10,727]

3 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

That looks like the new health care plan.

nope, this is trumpcare;

 

[Teddy B 17,252]

1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

nope, this is trumpcare;

 

[eieio 1,594]

hehe…..you throw a couple of rocks and the hit dogs come out yelping. 

[CaliCat 3,957]

13 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

 

 

[eieio 1,594]

another rock hits the mark

[CaliCat 3,957]

4 minutes ago, eieio said:

another rock hits the mark

Who's throwing rocks at you?

[eieio 1,594]

Its just funny watching the libs meltdown.