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    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...-be-telling-it



    "If the Republicans had a compelling economic story to tell, they'd be telling it," Garin told Harwood. "It's not because they haven't thought of it. It's because it doesn't work."

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    Something stinks with those examples given. Laid off 3 times due to budget cuts? Why are you always the expendable one? Who goes to the doctor for a headache? And I thought teachers got healthcare?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaw View Post
    If I didn't know better, I would think that a huge portion of taxpayer dollars are used to feed the bureaucracy and never make it to the school district.
    Just need to invest more money. That will solve this

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Just need to invest more money. That will solve this
    Are you saying that taking money away will solve the problem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chipper View Post
    Are you saying that taking money away will solve the problem?
    Yes, I'm saying things would get better if we didn't try to centralize and subsidize our nation's education

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    Donald J. Trump
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    Consumer Sentiment hit its highest level in 17 years this year.

    Sentiment fell 11% in 2015, an Obama year, and rose 16% since the Election,

    #TrumpTime!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    Something stinks with those examples given. Laid off 3 times due to budget cuts? Why are you always the expendable one? Who goes to the doctor for a headache? And I thought teachers got healthcare?

    https://reason.com/blog/2018/09/15/a...id-for-the-wor



    Like I thought, this story was BS. One crying poverty is making 55k a year. Maybe lay off the booze and go with a cheaper habit like marijuana.
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    Stossell is the best. Social Security is the worst


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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    She is a crackpot. To coin a phrase.
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    John Fugelsang Retweeted Donald J. Trump

    Donald pretending he built what he inherited from Barack Obama

    is the new Donald pretending he built what he inherited from Fred Trump.
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    Interview about carbon taxes with Nobel laureate William Nordhaus.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/13/c...gtype=Homepage
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    She is a crackpot. To coin a phrase.
    yeah, let's talk about crackpots:


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    last fall: Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says “Not only will this tax plan pay for itself but it will pay down debt,” boosting revenue/cutting deficits through growth, reduced corporate tax avoidance

    this fall: Treasury reports 2018 deficit up 17%, corporate tax payments down 31%


    except one difference. The House of Representatives populated with the like of Nunes,Gohmert etc is a designed by constitution institution where "crackpots" have a voice
    Treasury Secretary ---- not so much

    Yet again RW misses the boat
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    https://phys.org/news/2018-10-world-day-bank.html

    Nearly half the world lives on less than $5.50 a day: World Bank


    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in...een-2018-10-16

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    it was once said that was why they flew airplanes into our buildings
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    Bush Sr. left office w/ $269 billion deficit

    Clinton turned tht into $127 billion surplus

    Bush Jr. turned tht into $1.4 trillion deficit

    Obama brought tht down to a $492 billion deficit

    Trump raised it back up to $833 billion

    Which is the “fiscally conservative” party again?
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    "Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.

    It’s over."


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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    Should put this on the Good News thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    Should put this on the Good News thread.

    actually a market correction can be good news
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    https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...orate-welfare/

    After a long process, Amazon finally announced that it will locate its new headquarters in New York and Virginia. Following the announcement, Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that “Amazon is a billion-dollar company. The idea that it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks at a time when our subway is crumbling and our communities need MORE investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents here.”

    As a result of her tweet, conservative commentators all over twitter and on shows like Fox Business’s Varney & Co. are making fun of her. They argue that her reaction is yet more evidence that she doesn’t get economics and that doesn’t want New Yorkers and Virginians to get the thousands of jobs that will be created there thanks to the new headquarters.

    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Ocasio-Cortez is mostly correct on this matter, and her conservative critics are wrong. Handouts like this to Amazon and other prominent companies are appalling in their cronyism, pure and simple. I agree that she doesn’t understand economics and that her socialist ideal is a recipe for fiscal and economic disaster. But her conservative critics reveal their own economic misunderstanding when they support targeted tax breaks as a means of creating jobs.


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