By Smoke Dogg Go To PostIt's Christmas shopping, I'll have you know, and it's going to be at Costco and Aldi, and possibly Micro Center as well.Yeah, none of the shit there is made in the US either.
By Smoke Dogg Go To Post"Show me evidence"
Not gonna be your data fetcher, pleighboi
You ever heard of outsourcing? Exploitation of H1-B visas? Chinese flooding of goods serving only to undercut American production? You can read about all this shit in People magazine nowadays, you don't even need a subscription to Financial Times anymore.
As far as some people are concerned, repealing NAFTA would just be the beginning of making amends. It's pretty much common sentiment that everyone else has had a net import of jobs while America has had a net export of jobs. There's a thing called the Rust Belt, you might recall. But to you that's all out of touch, I'm not soon to forget.
Automation may be the final frontier, but will that automation be American engineered and serviced, or is there eventually gonna be a call center in India for that too?
We both made definitive statements but whatever. NAFTA has largely been more beneficial to Mexico than us, but it hasn’t been a negative for us. More like a wash as jobs lost were replaced by others.
http://www.businessinsider.com/did-nafta-cost-or-create-jobs-2017-3
Talk of removing of replacing NAFTA because of jobs is simply populist gobbledygook. Additionally, something that benefits our direct neighbor that doesn’t hurt us is a good thing.
More to the point though, Trump shouldn’t be making trade deals or changing trade deals simply to passify angry masses. He’s an incompetent bafoon. There far more potential to harm with him negotiating. Bernie’s message is likewise both short in merit and his suggestion to work with Trump is just as irresponsible as Doug Jones or anyone else.
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostGermany somehow has a thriving manufacturing industry despite the fact that they're in a goddamn monetary union, let alone a free trade agreement. This anti-free trade myopia is seriously damning of the intellectual rigor on the left.
Germany is kind of a poor example as they benefit massively from a devalued Euro when compared to the Deutsche Mark. Agricultural nations in the union likewise suffer from a lifted relative value in currency. Unlike US states they have a monetary policy with no fiscal policy to make transfers of wealth or cross state standards on things like retirement. Hence Greece.
Devalue the dollar to make trade appealing and we lose our spot as the worlds reserve currency.
By Fenderputty Go To PostGermany is kind of a poor example as they benefit massively from a devalued Euro when compared to the Deutsche Mark. Agricultural nations in the union likewise suffer from a lifted relative value in currency. Unlike US states they have a monetary policy with no fiscal policy to make transfers of wealth or cross state standards on things like retirement. Hence Greece.
Devalue the dollar to make trade appealing and we lose our spot as the worlds reserve currency.
Not quite. switching to the euro in late 90s early 2000s actually had an appreciative affect on German currency early on and their economy suffered quite a bit. It was only through multiple labor reforms were Germans able to turn their economy around in the mid 2000s. As Germany turned in trade surplus after surplus, being on the euro kept their currency low relative to the strength of its economy.
The cause and effect is actually flipped in this case, thus creating a positive feedback loop.
Luv 2 attempt bribery on the tweet machine
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostNot quite. switching to the euro in late 90s early 2000s actually had an appreciative affect on German currency early on and their economy suffered quite a bit. It was only through multiple labor reforms were Germans able to turn their economy around in the mid 2000s. As Germany turned in trade surplus after surplus, being on the euro kept their currency low relative to the strength of its economy.
The cause and effect is actually flipped in this case, thus creating a positive feedback
Interesting thanks. In the end they still benefit from the devalued currency though. No feedback loop for us.
What labor reforms helped jumpstart their trade boom?
By Fenderputty Go To PostInteresting thanks. In the end they still benefit from the devalued currency though. No feedback loop for us.Neoliberal reforms lmaoooo
What labor reforms helped jumpstart their trade boom?
Curious to see how this all plays out. Be even better if I could watch from afar, but I have to get my coins up first.
Susan Collins is a special type of crazy. Somebody on MSNBC was detailing the variety of ways her constituents were protesting her and literally begging her not to go through with the vote. Privilege is a crazy drug. I'd be to shook to fuck over a group of people that have enough free time to make a damn board game to illustrate how garbage my decision making skills are.
Susan Collins is a special type of crazy. Somebody on MSNBC was detailing the variety of ways her constituents were protesting her and literally begging her not to go through with the vote. Privilege is a crazy drug. I'd be to shook to fuck over a group of people that have enough free time to make a damn board game to illustrate how garbage my decision making skills are.
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostLol. Nah, I'm good. Too much work for any discussion to be worth all that. Thanks, but no thanks. Y'all have fun with all that, though. Don't worry, no more arguments from me.If you can't be serious then now you know why I laugh at leftist.
Nut up or shut up.
Working in IT, the H1-B exploitation thing is real. That's all i can comment on regarding those comments though.
But seriously tho, Germany turned things around after cutting unemployment benefits and allowing more part time/temp work. Both nominally anti labor but somehow worked out great.
By reilo Go To Post"Politics isn't a game of compromise"That is exactly what politics is.. lol
Wait, what?
By Fenderputty Go To PostInteresting thanks. In the end they still benefit from the devalued currency though. No feedback loop for us.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_2010
What labor reforms helped jumpstart their trade boom?
It helped alot during the financial crisis and the aftermath, but it's only a part of the reason.
Just like the US, you got huge gaps between certain regions though. Partly due the reuinification of Germany and partly because some regions are still in the process of changing after being an heavy industrial region for some time, like the Ruhr area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhr.
They missed to change and establish other industries and relied on something like coal, for far to long and other industries that weren't feasible anymore.
Might be hard for many people to accept, but some industries and jobs will never come back. While it's taking alot of time to build up specialized industries and the necessary education for it.
Reilo can tell you about it, he lived in this region for some time :P
There are alot of points about those reforms that are questionable and deserve alot of criticism. Especially temporary employment being abused to this day and no government finding a good solution.
The US ambassador to the United Nations has warned she is "taking names" of UN members who oppose Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In a letter to UN members, Nikki Haley said the US President took the issue personally and the names of those who supported a resolution rejecting the bill would be reported to him.
“As you consider your vote, I want you to know the president and the US take this vote personally," she said.
Independent.co.uk
This is getting more idiotic every day.
So Cardinal Law of Boston Catholic Abuse Scandal/Spotlight fame has died. The piece of shit never got any comeuppance.
By LFMartins86 Go To Post Independent.co.uk
This is getting more idiotic every day.
Erdogan's name is at the top of that list and he's going to be butting heads with the US anyway when they push into Syria's Afrin to clear it of US-backed terror groups YPG/PKK and it's affiliates.
By Fenderputty Go To PostI can feel the wealth trickling down upon me as I wake up to go to work this morning
I feel blessed that I can help pay for some rich person's new yacht.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostCurious to see how this all plays out. Be even better if I could watch from afar, but I have to get my coins up first.Their donors are more important than their constituent. After Virginia and Alabama, they see the writing on the wall for next year, the fact that their legislative agenda is dead on arrival and they're going to be swept out of power in a wave. Even the media appointed moderate darlings are willing to walk the plank to accomplish something because they'd rather have money to run a campaign that's going to lose than be broke and lose.
Susan Collins is a special type of crazy. Somebody on MSNBC was detailing the variety of ways her constituents were protesting her and literally begging her not to go through with the vote. Privilege is a crazy drug. I'd be to shook to fuck over a group of people that have enough free time to make a damn board game to illustrate how garbage my decision making skills are.
I think this is going to legitimately put Texas and Tennessee Senate seats into play next year.
By Fenderputty Go To PostI can feel the wealth trickling down upon me as I wake up to go to work this morning
What a time
By rodeoclown Go To PostTheir donors are more important than their constituent. After Virginia and Alabama, they see the writing on the wall for next year, the fact that their legislative agenda is dead on arrival and they're going to be swept out of power in a wave. Even the media appointed moderate darlings are willing to walk the plank to accomplish something because they'd rather have money to run a campaign that's going to lose than be broke and lose.
I think this is going to legitimately put Texas and Tennessee Senate seats into play next year.
I always feel the power of spoken word ringing through surround sound speakers when I read your posts, Rodeo.
Speak it into existence. BYAAAAAHHH!!!
By rodeoclown Go To PostTheir donors are more important than their constituent. After Virginia and Alabama, they see the writing on the wall for next year, the fact that their legislative agenda is dead on arrival and they're going to be swept out of power in a wave. Even the media appointed moderate darlings are willing to walk the plank to accomplish something because they'd rather have money to run a campaign that's going to lose than be broke and lose.
I think this is going to legitimately put Texas and Tennessee Senate seats into play next year.
Tennessee specifically because of who's running. Phil Bredesen was pretty damn popular as a Governor and as a Mayor. It's crazy, but there's a chance we pick up AZ, NV and TN while already picking up AL. We could retake the senate next year by a 52/48 margin and that isn't out of the bounds of reality at all.
You retake the house and a bunch of governor spots and we may not even care that much about Kennedy's ruling on partisan gerrymandering.
By Fenderputty Go To PostYou retake the house and a bunch of governor spots and we may not even care that much about Kennedy's ruling on partisan gerrymandering.Now that's crazy talk.
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostNow that's crazy talk.
I mean in the short term. Ideally he rules correctly and it's never an issue again period. I'll settle for some re-tilting of the scales if he poo poos the case though.
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostI always feel the power of spoken word ringing through surround sound speakers when I read your posts, Rodeo.I mean, I'm not saying that Democrats are going to win or even be favorites, but there's a better shot than ever. Tennessee is more winnable than Texas, but we have a chance.
Speak it into existence. BYAAAAAHHH!!!
Phil Bredesen is the only Democrat to win a state election in Tennessee in the last two decades. He's really popular. He's exactly the kind of candidate that we should be running in the South (and will definitely cause angst amongst the far left because he's not out here running on Medicare for all).
Beto O'Rourke is a good candidate and he's running against an incumbent in Ted Cruz who is deeply unpopular and now has the branding of carrying water for Trump for the last year and change.
Even if we retake the senate with a bunch of conservative dems in the south, you've removed Trump's ability to seat more insane judges on the SCOTUS. That in and of itself is monumental. If you don't retake the senate, you have to worry about the possibility of two seats being filled by Trump or potentially more.
People aren't talking enough about the lower federal courts that are being stocked with 35-40 year old Trumpites
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostI pray this person isn’t black or they’re gonna end up on the news dead
Don’t ever want to hear anything about not voting ever again
lol this sounds like something stalin would've said right before he sent nikolai bukharin to a firing squad.
Serious question:
Have the Republicans as a whole (not just the President) ever been so unpopular before?
My motive for asking is because I seriously hope the GOP can never, ever come back from this, not while history lives.
It still amazes me that the people of this country gave Obama the White House but never the Capitol. What the fuck, man.
Have the Republicans as a whole (not just the President) ever been so unpopular before?
My motive for asking is because I seriously hope the GOP can never, ever come back from this, not while history lives.
It still amazes me that the people of this country gave Obama the White House but never the Capitol. What the fuck, man.
By reilo Go To Post
Sorry, what is this inferring? Obviously Dems gain x, but in what context?
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostNixon eraWell... that's not encouraging... cuz they came back from that.
By Smokey Go To PostSorry, what is this inferring? Obviously Dems gain x, but in what context?The generic congressional ballot is one of the better indicators of success in a mid-term election.
The last time the gap in the generic ballot was this large was 2006, when Democrats won 31 seats and that advantage was only around 8 points, not 12: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2006_generic_congressional_vote-2174.html
And here is 2010 (+6.8 GOP) when GOP had a massive wave: https://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2010_generic_congressional_vote-2171.html
You know, the more I think about how much of an asshole Mitch McConnell is, and how much of an asshole Paul Ryan is, the more I'm starting to sour on Bernie being such a kind old man.
We need some kind of assholes on the Democrats.
Who is ultra left and also an asshole?
We need some kind of assholes on the Democrats.
Who is ultra left and also an asshole?
+12 is going to mean a wipeout in the Senate, but not all the House races will be the carnage they should be because of how gerrymandered some of these districts are. Yet it'll still end up with the Democrats retaking the House.
By reilo Go To PostThe generic congressional ballot is one of the better indicators of success in a mid-term election.
The last time the gap in the generic ballot was this large was 2006, when Democrats won 31 seats and that advantage was only around 8 points, not 12: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2006_generic_congressional_vote-2174.html
And here is 2010 (+6.8 GOP) when GOP had a massive wave: https://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2010_generic_congressional_vote-2171.html
oh
Looking at the numbers again with context....idk, can't be right? That's crazy
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostSerious question:
Have the Republicans as a whole (not just the President) ever been so unpopular before?
My motive for asking is because I seriously hope the GOP can never, ever come back from this, not while history lives.
It still amazes me that the people of this country gave Obama the White House but never the Capitol. What the fuck, man.
In September of this year, the GOP's favorability hit an "all-time" (time began in 1992) low of 29%. Their previous low was 30%. A year after that previous low, they retook the Senate. 2013, 2014
Favorability now doesn't matter much. Democrats have to get out the vote next year, and hope that unsatisfied conservatives don't turn up to vote Republican despite it all.
Dem assholes don't play well with the general pop because there's more "angry black man" and "bitchy women" democrats than republicans. One of Kamala Harris's criticisms so far is she's not nice to her staff, which is lol worthy.
I need the type of Dem assholes that are willing to play just as dirty and gerrymander shit as badly as GOP gerrymandered it.
Otherwise, you don't really have a democracy.
Otherwise, you don't really have a democracy.