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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
this would be funny if it wasn't happing.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/331039-first-quarter-economic-growth-slowest-in-three-years
Doesn't mention, but at least some of it I imagine, just brought it up for ironys sake
edited 28th Apr '17 6:47:22 AM by megaeliz
It must be remembered that Republican politics right now are not rational in any way, shape, or form.
The Donald is a petulant child who throws tantrums if he isn't being praised by everybody, is unable to focus on details, and gets most of his information from Breitbart and Fox News. His staff are desperate to show him evidence that his whims are working and terrified of his anger, so they say, "Yes, Mr. President," to everything he demands and then try to throw something together to satisfy them.
Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress are enjoying control of government for the first time since George W. Bush's first term, and they're making a colossal mess of it. They've constituted themselves as an insurgent party steadfastly opposing everything the "dirty liberals" do, and willing to shut down government, throw spurious investigations, and hold the American people hostage to stop the slightest hint of progressive action. They have no coherent legislative plan because none of their ideas are even remotely viable, nor indeed have they put in any diligence to make them so.
Faced with the need to govern, they are throwing all their bad ideas at the walls as if they were chimps in a zoo, hoping that some will stick long enough that they can claim to have enacted "the will of the people" or satisfied the doctrine of American conservatism, or whatever language they use to justify their incompetence to their constituents. Worse, Congressional Republicans, who thought they had a blank check to enact their agenda with a Republican President, are finding that their President is not a true believer in their ideology at all, but rather a vain old man with literally zero understanding of government.
We, the people, can only sit back and hope that in their grotesque buffoonery they don't do too much damage to the country before they are voted out of office.
edited 28th Apr '17 6:54:45 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
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We probably won't know for sure until later in the year, but the safe assumption is that it probably isn't Trump's fault since he hasn't really done anything to really effect the economy and even if he did the full effect of government action in the economy usually isn't until later down until a little later down the line unless it's something really massive.
If I understand the situation right, they need a 60-vote supermajority to pass the budget, and the GOP have only got 52 seats?
If Dem senators were united enough and willing to risk it, they could draw straws for exactly eight "Yes" votes, so when it fails to pass (praying fervently that it does), they can say "TROLOLOLOLO you can't blame us, if you had got your shit together it would have passed!"
Edit: And film the drawing of straws, so senators can defend themselves if asked why they voted yes.
edited 28th Apr '17 6:58:19 AM by Medinoc
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."I wouldn't take that risk, but if I were determined to troll the Republicans in that way, I'd play it safe and have seven Democratic senators draw straws.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"No and neither should they. We should not be pushing for historical revisionism.
This happened because we allowed it to. We must never forget that.
edited 28th Apr '17 7:11:28 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I do think that a general policy of Detrumpification needs to follow his presidency, but we can't make him an unperson — that will mean we won't learn anything.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."So while you can't blame the slowdown on Trump's policy (because he hasn't enacted any economic policy yet), you can still rightly blame it on Trump.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Trump bragged about election win during 100 days interview
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331044-trump-gave-reporter-map-displaying-2016-win?amp
I sometimes wonder if this is just bluster, almost to reassure himself.
edited 28th Apr '17 7:51:21 AM by megaeliz
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I'm still hesitant to suggest that, but perhaps in a bit of an ironic twist companies may have been holding off on doing things in anticipation of Trump's deregulatory measures.
Now that it seems like that may not be coming to the degree some companies may have hoped who knows what they are going to do.
x7 Pray that the Country doesn't break down and that in 2018 the Blue Wave takes over.
x6 That too.
edited 28th Apr '17 7:58:34 AM by DingoWalley1

edited 28th Apr '17 6:41:51 AM by speedyboris