I didn't think they could be this bad.
Meanwhile, the invasion at the border is rolling along with the full backing of the Biden/Harris regime and liberals in congress; to hell with the laws of the United States. I never thought there would come a day when the president sides with Mexican drug cartels and green lights the trafficking of drugs, children, and anything else. Literally astonishing. Every person responsible for this criminal behavior should be impeached and removed from office.
posted by QuakerOatsMeanwhile, the invasion at the border...
I have a hard time seeing any significant differences that might simply be attributable to coming out of a pandemic.
Like I keep saying, the POTUS doesn't have nearly the power people believe he does. Another unintended consequence of constantly claiming Trump was an autocrat - surely a "benevolent king" like Biden should be getting a lot more done than he has?
POTUS can make a grand show of signing a toothless executive order, or make a grandstanding speech....but, for the most part, significant & lasting action must necessarily begin in Congress. And that explains why Dems are so concerned/upset with the filibuster. They can't rely on the SCOTUS to uphold illegal executive orders, and they can't get 5 Republican votes much less 10 in the Senate.
posted by justincredibleThis is a very stupid tweet.
Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news. According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It’s a fact you must-hear(d). Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working. And that’s something we can all relish. pic.twitter.com/7h9qLauIbC
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 1, 2021
The fuck?
That is one sad idea to show progress while patting yourself on the back.
How about getting all of these “help needed” “please apply” “help wanted” off of every damn business in town. Half of the stuff people want to buy takes longer to get to you or you can’t buy/order because no one wants/needs to work.
I’ll gladly pay the extra dollars fir a cookout.
posted by justincredibleThey think we're all idiots.
No malarkey here. pic.twitter.com/pH3zO86yKY
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 2, 2021
Does this mean 3,000,000 less Americans need/get Govt assistance?……and do those assisted American numbers correlate with that?
If so…..👏👏👏👏
posted by Ironman92I’ll gladly pay the extra dollars fir a cookout.
No worries. By all accounts, inflation has fired up its gas-guzzling Yukon and has gotten ROLLING.
Looking forward to stories in the next few years about "I got like 25% higher pay, but now my food, rent and everything else has gone up even more than that". But, hey, maybe they'll forgive your student loans!
Not one of the stores/restaurants/retail businesses/labor employers I talk to has any evidence to back that up. There have been jobs galore for months, but no one will take them.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieNot one of the stores/restaurants/retail businesses/labor employers I talk to has any evidence to back that up. There have been jobs galore for months, but no one will take them.
I want to say there are like 125M jobs in the US (I guess including part-time is closer to 160M), and a healthy economy keeping pace with population growth would add something like 100k jobs each month. So you're only talking about 0.5% growth for the month.
I'm not that impressed by the number when everything just opened back up in June in many parts of the country. Even with all the stuff that had been only 50% capacity, consider stuff that may have still been shutdown, things like no fans in stadiums.
Just too much noise to make any sense of these numbers. Total unemployment is a better number, but that's super wonky after the last 12 months, too. Looks like 7M below the jobs number from immediately before the pandemic....so 10 more months like this to get back to where we were? I think labor participation rate is a better picture, and it's at 61.6% which is 1.7% below pre-pandemic....that's 2.5M people that haven't gone back to work yet.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieNot one of the stores/restaurants/retail businesses/labor employers I talk to has any evidence to back that up. There have been jobs galore for months, but no one will take them.
Anecdotally, we’ve had an uptick in tourism jobs now that the federal benefits were cut off by the state. Still have a huge shortage though, and multiple employers have starting rates at $15+.
posted by iclfan2Anecdotally, we’ve had an uptick in tourism jobs now that the federal benefits were cut off by the state. Still have a huge shortage though, and multiple employers have starting rates at $15+.
I have no idea how many actual people are out there still receiving extended/extra benefits. Seems like that ended in a lot of states.
Report just said average wages went up like 10 cents an hour. I guess I might question how real, deep and widespread these "labor shortages" truly are, as it's been kind of a right-wing talking point for some time.
I'm sure there are plenty of anecdotal examples. But then you also see a bunch of supply chain disruptions, still, and those companies are idling or laying off people.
So I think it's all obviously very unequal and disproportionate. But I'd say, also, the economy clearly isn't firing on all cylinders yet and so there can't be millions of unfilled jobs out there. I suppose it could be true that there's still also a labor shortage.
posted by QuakerOats
Jesus
100% sure that he is not in charge of anything. Susan Rice and Obama are running domestic affairs and god knows who is running foreign policy.
posted by Fletch100% sure that he is not in charge of anything. Susan Rice and Obama are running domestic affairs and god knows who is running foreign policy.
You're pretty tapped into the inner workings. Impressive.
posted by Fletch100% sure that he is not in charge of anything. Susan Rice and Obama are running domestic affairs and god knows who is running foreign policy.
He probably flips his dog a milk bone every now and then, beyond that not much can be expected. Gotta be a first for the WH/prez.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieYou're pretty tapped into the inner workings. Impressive.
I have heard this from multiple people that are in the know that these 2 are making alot of decisions
posted by SpockI have heard this from multiple people that are in the know that these 2 are making alot of decisions
Lol, yeah, "people that are in the know" are spilling national secrets about the president's mental capacity (or lack thereof) to a half-wit gym teacher. Or are your "people that are in the know" the writers of those Breitbart articles you seem to think are legitimate news because of that whole half-wit thing?
The preferred term is midwit.
posted by justincredibleThe preferred term is midwit.
With the proper pronoun(s) attached, right?
Well, at least he is starting a new coal boom ......... hats off! Hilarious.
American coal production this year will swell 15% to meet stronger demand for electricity at home and abroad, according to the U.S. Energy Department’s July outlook. That would be the most since at least 1990 and nearly double the 8% increase projected in May, when the economic rebound was still in earlier stages of recovery.
posted by QuakerOatsWell, at least he is starting a new coal boom ......... hats off! Hilarious.
American coal production this year will swell 15% to meet stronger demand for electricity at home and abroad, according to the U.S. Energy Department’s July outlook. That would be the most since at least 1990 and nearly double the 8% increase projected in May, when the economic rebound was still in earlier stages of recovery.
Looks like Trump disciples are going to be forced by the Great Man to give up Desantis - although they have promoted him hard these many months. But alas, Donald says the guy's a chump now, so opinions will have to be adjusted.
Hard to find blind following like that on any part of the spectrum.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieLooks like Trump disciples are going to be forced by the Great Man to give up Desantis - although they have promoted him hard these many months. But alas, Donald says the guy's a chump now, so opinions will have to be adjusted.
Hard to find blind following like that on any part of the spectrum.
Really? Why? Because he's prioritizing the building collapse tragedy in his state as more important than serving at one of Don's rallies? Or because he seems to be being positioned in the R party as a superior version of Trump, where the core tenets are similar, but without the brazen assholery?
