OT: SPS Economists and Psychologists chime in
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Or, she ran left ahead of the Presidential primary? Maybe that signaling exercise reflects views she hid before, maybe her prior moderate views reflect her true views and her Senate voting reflects political posturing?
Why do you assume you know which it is?
Not necessarily disagreeing with you, but my own observations conflict some with yours. I, amd many others, have observed since well before Covid that job postings do not always reflect actual realistic job openings. They'll post the job as open....but never fill it despite qualified applicants.
Another observation: jobs that pay well for the role, don't have to advertise on billboards.
Got it.
The other part of my anecdotal observation is that I don't personally know many people struggling to find work (maybe zero), but nearly everyone I know is affected by rising costs.
Oh Don’t worry darling. They are hell bent on getting rid of those. Biden is actively trying to undermine the court because they won’t let his NY DA upcharge Trump on stuff most people would walk on.
Bottom line. 2017-2019 was awesome. Would love to run it back. 2021-2023? Nah. Maybe y’all feel differently. But I was told democracy was dying in the first period and didn’t see it. I saw democracy get trampled in the second by the ones allegedly saving it. Trump was an average to good president, despite my doubts. Biden has been a train wreck.
How does a president undermine the court? Perhaps with Congress or constitution amendments and neither of those are happening in today's climate. And if that happened that's the way it's supposed to work. Anything outside of that would require force.
I’m with you… I don’t believe the president really impacts people the way everyone acts like they do… I was born in 86. Too young to know about Reagan, bush and Clinton too. W, Obama, Trump and Biden are the presidents I can say I was old enough to care/understand what a president does. So, 2 dems and 2 republicans. I’ve noticed very little difference in my day to day life over the tenure of all those presidents.
What I am pretty confident about is special interest and money controls politics, not politicians. That does not change, regardless of who is president.
It seems to me what you’re upset about is someone pointing out that both sides are full of hypocrites and you’re upset that some of us refuse to pick a party and stick with it. It shouldn’t be wrong or frowned upon for someone to be ok with taxing wealthy a higher percentage, figuring out a way to provide heath care the way several other developed countries do, not giving a **** if weed is legal for recreational use but also at the same time be against someone being able to abort a baby 7 months into their pregnancy or not want the government to pay for a dude to have his dick cut off and act like a women.
Bro, I explained that you are misrepresenting what actually happened, and provided a foxnews link to show you what did happen.
I can lead you to water, but I can't make you drink it.
It is comical that despite efforts to inform you, you refuse to acknowledge what has actually taken place, yet you accuse me of willful ignorance.
There isn't anything for me or others to be critical of with regard to this issue and 'the left'. If the story took place how you describe, I would be critical...but it didn't happen how you describe.
Imagine how the right would handle if Harris had 5 children from 3 different men.
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No. I agree with you that both sides (politicians) are full of hypocrites! Try again.
No. Im annoyed by those that place undue importamce amd superioriess on being in the center.
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And you lost the plot. The left doesn't support 7 month abortions. They've never been legal.
I'm with you on transgender care, but i take pause at the suicide rates involved from those without care and how the "experts" (for what that's worth) say this care helps with that. Why don't you?
Do you not see that when you came to criticize the left, you couldn't even come with an accurate complaint?
Alright, I'm a psychologist.
There's a big gap in how people are experiencing the economy, based on what kind of assets they had pre-pandemic.
If you owned a house and had some stock in the bank - yes, you noticed that the grocery store was more expensive, but you also were watching your house moon on Zillow (with your 3% interest rate) and your 401K taking a jump. You are paying more, but you also feel pretty wealthy, so you kept buying, which is why this has been a really weird mix of high inflation and high consumption. That's around 60% of the country.
If you had few assets, rented, and were living pay-check to paycheck, you saw your rent spike, your grocery bills spike, the kids clothes and shoes spike, and you aren't getting enough additional income from your job to make up the difference, so you feel like your sinking, which you are. That's around 35% of the country.
And on a related note - the middle class has been disappearing in this country for the last 50 years. We've added some to high income, and some to low income. If you wonder why Sears and JCPenny and shopping malls have disappeared, it isn't just Amazon. These were stores built for the middle class and there just are as many left anymore. It tracks pretty close to manufacturing and other skilled labor positions.
I've got 3 of them. There is definitely a million more dumbasses like me out there.
Surprised / Saddened to hear that Nurses Story. As a Residential Mortgage Loan Officer whose worked decades in National Call Centers I've always seen them putting in lots of OT at high hourly rates. I'm hoping you're talking entry level nurses without degrees.
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The microprocessor is mostly at fault here IMO. It's also crazy women entered the work force in droves and it didn't seem to mitigate the shrinking if the middle class and their assets.
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I think the Trump presidency pre-COVID has been blocked from everyone’s mind. Foreign relations were good, economy was thriving, and then March 2020 happened. Not sure why he gets blamed for a global pandemic, but here we are.
Yet to see Boom Boom, glfr, or horshack give any substance in terms of policy as to why they believe a Harris-Walz administration would be good for the USA. It’s hard to determine what that ticket is running on since they’ve flipped from every stance they had since 2020. They for some reason are leaning Right now on immigration? Why is that?
But seriously, I’d love to hear some actual reasons for optimism for Harris-Walz without using the words “Trump”, “weird”, or other cheesy buzz words. Give me policy. This is what matters. Idgaf who Harris or Trump has slept with, I care about how it’ll impact my family and my paycheck. Also, don’t give me some BS unrealistic Utopian answer. Let’s live in reality. How will they handle the border? Foreign conflict? Why will it be better than what the current administration is doing? BTW, HARRIS IS CURRENTLY VP. This is what we will get!
Why am I supposed to sell you or others on Harris and Walz?
The one reason that comes to mind for why Harris will be good for the US is that she isn't Biden or Trump. She isn't old as balls, she has energy, her odds of dying in the white house are low, and she isn't constantly rambling and confused when talking.
Biden and Trump are all those things, and Harris isn't.
...that's really all I got, and I recognize it isn't policy based.
It isn't my responsibility to sell you or others on Harris.
The markets doing well in the late teens was largely due to global influences and the US Fed keeping interest rates too low for too long.
Those things would have happened regardless of who was in the white house, so I don't credit Trump for them. Similarly, I don't blame Trump for the economic retraction in 2020 because that would have happened regardless of who was in the white house and was also largely due to global influences.
You want policy specifics, yet I don't see policy specifics from either side. It's a bunch of insane empty threats and promises from one side and a bunch of buzzwords and promises from the other side.
Neither have offered up much policy.
So you admit you cannot name anything of substance that Harris is running on or has accomplished during the Biden administration? You’re voting for her just because she’s “not trump”. Don’t you see how pathetic that is?
The modern Left movement is full of utopian sugary identity politics that when you strip it away at its core, amounts to weak leadership. You believe Harris will stand up to Iran(here’s a hint, we’re getting a preview of it right now, and it’s incredibly dangerous)? How do you feel she’ll handle the economy? Is there anything in her track record you can point to that gives you confidence in her ability to lead the USA? Come on man, I know you’re smarter than this. Or is your TDS that bad?
Are you calling GovTrack and Axios “mainstream media”? Because I’d strongly beg to differ.
The actual “mainstream media” isn’t in the bag for red or blue. Only green. And they are damn good at what they do. When you realize that 85% of the people in this country are either functional or non-functional morons, with no critical thinking skills whatsoever, you can easily see the pragmatism behind what the real “mainstream media” is doing.
No its FT experienced female nurse that are single homeowners or single Mom’s.
I don’t know how some people make it.
Im not. Its quire clear that their economic bills and policies have been quite good. Theyve reversed federal policy of corporate consolidation, for one.
Depends. I do think boring status quo is better than Hitler. But you do you.
this doesnt even make sense.
maybe. I think its most likely she will act or not act to preserve the status quo. There is good and bad in that.
pretty well. Much better than any Republican. She wont pass a 10% tariff, for one. She wont let Tucker Carlson choose how we react to the next crisis, for another.
You seem to think Presidents do nearly everything. They do very little. They're mainly figurehead. And she'll do fine at that.
My last comment post was mostly serious and a bit joking.
Yes I couldnlist reasons/issues I agree with Harris on.
As for it being pathetic that I would vote for someone because they aren't Trump...that very argument has been made countless times on SPS over the last 8 months- people have continually said 'I don't like Trump, but I'll vote for him because the other option is Biden'.
If it's pathetic, it's something that probably half of all voters do...so thars a lot of pathetic people.
6 million illegal aliens? Supposedly many jobs are being filled by undocumented workers.
I was born when Nixon was president. I remember him barely. I remember the gloom and doom of Carter, but noticed not much because I was so young. The second Reagan administration I became an adult and really started to pay attention. I agree completely with your assessment. Through Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, Trump, and now almost a full Biden administration, my daily life has changed very little over what one of them did or didn’t do. The only thing I remember really pissing me off was the Trump payroll “tax cuts” raised my take home pay by about $1200 then it raised my April 15 bill by $1500. Otherwise, there is very little they do that affects me.
How exactly is it that you think democracy works?
It will never end. Well, I give it 3 weeks. Y'all better step it up if you're gonna convert anyone to your side.
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