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Dennis Donovan

(27,243 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:50 AM Oct 4

Rick Wilson: But I was told we lived in an economic hellscape where the living envy the dead.

Rick Wilson
But I was told we lived in an economic hellscape where the living envy the dead.

9:23 AM · Oct 4, 2024


This is a GREAT jobs report right before the election! Couldn't have asked for better!


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Rick Wilson: But I was told we lived in an economic hellscape where the living envy the dead. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 4 OP
Inflation is also expected to be 2.3% in September ClimateHawk Oct 4 #1
Kickaroo oasis Oct 4 #2
Democrats need to pound on this WSHazel Oct 4 #3
You want a hellscape? central scrutinizer Oct 4 #4
perfectly stated. barbtries Oct 4 #9
Putin wins. Kid Berwyn Oct 4 #10
Just think of the new opportunities in surveilance, enforcement, detention getagrip_already Oct 4 #12
That's exactly what Putin's candidate wants Martin Eden Oct 5 #40
Biden, Kamala & Administration excellent job! The economy is always better with Democrats in charge!!!!! Clouds Passing Oct 4 #5
K&R...nt Wounded Bear Oct 4 #6
What momma used to say... What's one person's heaven is another person's hellscape. 🤣 TheBlackAdder Oct 4 #7
Do these never Trumpers ever sit back and think about why they were ever republicans in the first place. Bev54 Oct 4 #8
If they were for something. But ANTI everything is their M.O. littlemissmartypants Oct 4 #16
Yes, especially "those people". llmart Oct 5 #38
I've said this before but they live in an alternate reality. Probatim Oct 4 #17
They have no capability to think durablend Oct 4 #36
Actually they have shown us that they do. They are on MSNBC and likely CNN as well Bev54 Oct 4 #37
And the right wing is still selling the, "We are in a recession" and "suffering from Bidenomics" 24/7 Botany Oct 4 #11
Many trump supporters are white and milking disability payments wolfie001 Oct 4 #13
Ouch! Are we really going to call out the unemployed, white people and the differently/dis abled littlemissmartypants Oct 4 #21
I didn't say all. Why would you think that wolfie001 Oct 4 #27
YEMV - Mine does. I hope your hope grows as you age. Backseat Driver Oct 4 #23
No argument from me wolfie001 Oct 4 #28
KnR Hekate Oct 4 #14
But there are billionaires who need another tax cut Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 4 #15
No tax cuts zorbasd Oct 4 #19
Except at my grocery store. Can't even buy a small bag of Doritos for less than $3.00 LiberalArkie Oct 4 #18
Doritos have just about doubled since the pandemic, haven't they? Crazy. Jack Valentino Oct 4 #34
Probably broke the hearts of the Drudge folks. calimary Oct 4 #20
Drudge hates Trump Renew Deal Oct 4 #22
Only if you listen to a MAGA bot liberal N proud Oct 4 #24
YES! n/t Upthevibe Oct 4 #25
Trumpers only believe sources that reinforce their beliefs andym Oct 4 #26
Has TSCF cried "FAKE!" yet? moondust Oct 4 #29
nice RAB910 Oct 4 #30
oh the right sez all kinds of things about democrats mnmoderatedem Oct 4 #31
You'd think their predictions being so horribly wrong all the time would discredit Republicans as a party. Beartracks Oct 5 #39
What 'they' say: Aussie105 Oct 4 #32
Look for Trump Force One to be filing johnnyfins Oct 4 #33
Did They Include The Growth In "Cleaning Ketchup Off Walls" Jobs? nt smb Oct 4 #35

ClimateHawk

(344 posts)
1. Inflation is also expected to be 2.3% in September
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:53 AM
Oct 4

That’s down from 2.5% in August. We should know the data next week. Things are looking good!

WSHazel

(283 posts)
3. Democrats need to pound on this
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:01 AM
Oct 4

Jobs are up. Real wages are up. Stock market is up. Why take a chance on radical change?

central scrutinizer

(12,441 posts)
4. You want a hellscape?
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:15 AM
Oct 4

Deport the agricultural, construction and factory workers, start a tariff war and see what happens to prices, jobs, and the economy.

getagrip_already

(17,526 posts)
12. Just think of the new opportunities in surveilance, enforcement, detention
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:58 AM
Oct 4

And dozens of other growth areas!

Martin Eden

(13,554 posts)
40. That's exactly what Putin's candidate wants
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:35 AM
Oct 5

Economic hellscape wouldn't be the only disaster of another Trump presidency. Ukraine and our allies would be abandoned. Polluters would be in charge of the EPA. Our Justice Department would become a tool of revenge for a depraved dictator. Women would be shoved towards the Handmaid's Tale, and Democracy would end.

Clouds Passing

(2,672 posts)
5. Biden, Kamala & Administration excellent job! The economy is always better with Democrats in charge!!!!!
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:30 AM
Oct 4

P25 would be not only be an economic hellscape but a hellscape for all sentient beings on this planet.

Bev54

(11,935 posts)
8. Do these never Trumpers ever sit back and think about why they were ever republicans in the first place.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:42 AM
Oct 4

Have they realized that dems are better at economy, at law and order, at foreign relations and pretty much everything else in government? Do they look back at the idiots they have elected, like Reagan, GW and Trump? Has it hit them yet that they have been played for years and the only way they ever got a republican elected is through cheating, for many years now? If it is just because of Trump and they go back, they have learned nothing.

littlemissmartypants

(25,839 posts)
16. If they were for something. But ANTI everything is their M.O.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:46 AM
Oct 4

The worst contrarians on the planet.

❤️

Probatim

(3,040 posts)
17. I've said this before but they live in an alternate reality.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:49 AM
Oct 4

A reality driven by corporate media, hate radio, their insular bubbles, and generally, a lack of curiosity about the world around them.

Bev54

(11,935 posts)
37. Actually they have shown us that they do. They are on MSNBC and likely CNN as well
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:51 PM
Oct 4

and have been for 8 years touting democratic values. Some of them have actually registered as dems but many are still republicans, hoping to get their party back. My question to them is what really are your values? The cheating that republicans have done over the last 40 or more years is out in public, now more than ever before, and I don't understand how they can go back to that. They still revere Reagan, which astounds me, he was a mess.

Botany

(72,641 posts)
11. And the right wing is still selling the, "We are in a recession" and "suffering from Bidenomics" 24/7
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:51 AM
Oct 4

If we had a legitimate media that wasn’t on the whole kissing GOP ass and told the truth
Harris/Walz would win by 30 points.

Go Dark Brandon.

wolfie001

(3,824 posts)
13. Many trump supporters are white and milking disability payments
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:01 AM
Oct 4

If you look at dump's rallies and the interviews with his cult, those obviously economically distressed individuals are unemployable. 45-67 years old. Appears they've never purchased dental floss and maybe never heard of it (never listened to Frank Zappa ). Looks like they have zero plans of ever reentering the job market no matter who's in the WH.

littlemissmartypants

(25,839 posts)
21. Ouch! Are we really going to call out the unemployed, white people and the differently/dis abled
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:55 AM
Oct 4

This morning?? And not post any research numbers to back it up? We have scientists and statisticians among our clan.

It's going to take more than calling on the lord Zappa to get my vote here.



❤️

wolfie001

(3,824 posts)
27. I didn't say all. Why would you think that
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 01:13 PM
Oct 4

Anyone rooting for donald dump and his policies is a hypocrite if they're receiving gov't bennies. He wants to eliminate them. Hello? Also, I did my "own" research by looking at their faces. I guess it's a special skill I have. I only charge a fee of $500/hr if you'd like to hire. Quite the bargain.

Backseat Driver

(4,637 posts)
23. YEMV - Mine does. I hope your hope grows as you age.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:09 AM
Oct 4

Be kind and grateful, stay healthy, be frugal yet generous with what you have, and learn all you can.

When we fight, American democracy wins!

wolfie001

(3,824 posts)
28. No argument from me
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 01:16 PM
Oct 4

They are repulsive people though. Their whole lives are centered on hate. Hard for me to resolve that. They make a big target on themselves to be mocked and ridiculed. I'll try to be a little more kind in the future. Thanks

zorbasd

(252 posts)
19. No tax cuts
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:52 AM
Oct 4

just because, only tax cuts they should get if they create US manufacturing jobs with their money.

LiberalArkie

(16,642 posts)
18. Except at my grocery store. Can't even buy a small bag of Doritos for less than $3.00
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:52 AM
Oct 4

So much gouging

Jack Valentino

(1,497 posts)
34. Doritos have just about doubled since the pandemic, haven't they? Crazy.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 04:56 PM
Oct 4

The Kroger-brand generics didn't go up very much....
although things with corn seem to have risen a little more than their potato chips.


calimary

(84,573 posts)
20. Probably broke the hearts of the Drudge folks.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 10:53 AM
Oct 4

Cuz they were hoping for bad news - which they could then parlay into votes for Republicans.

liberal N proud

(60,971 posts)
24. Only if you listen to a MAGA bot
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:25 AM
Oct 4

The MAGA has been operating a massive propaganda machine to match that of Russia. It may even be using the Russian machine.

It has been going on since trump ran for office the first time.

andym

(5,722 posts)
26. Trumpers only believe sources that reinforce their beliefs
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:46 AM
Oct 4

so this news will not be considered real by them. They have fallen down a rabbit hole. The danger is that they influence their acquaintances.

moondust

(20,506 posts)
29. Has TSCF cried "FAKE!" yet?
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 01:53 PM
Oct 4

It's what he does.

19 times Trump called jobs numbers ‘fake’ before they made him look good

A few:

~
Sep. 7, 2012

“Unemployment rate only dropped because more people are out of labor force & have stopped looking for work. Not a real recovery, phony numbers”

Oct. 19, 2012
"7.8% unemployment number is a complete fraud as evidenced by the jobless claims number released yesterday. Real unemployment is at least 15%”

Aug. 11, 2013
“We can rev up this economy like it should be, not with false numbers like 7.4 percent unemployment. But with real numbers.”

May 31, 2014
“Unemployment is a totally phony number.”

June 16, 2015
“Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it.”
~


More at link.

mnmoderatedem

(3,846 posts)
31. oh the right sez all kinds of things about democrats
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 03:29 PM
Oct 4

The ACA will cause the rationing of our healthcare system, and healthcare will be all but inaccessible to most.

Obama will crash the stock market.

Romney famously said the unemployment rate will never get below 8% under Obama, and he boasted he will get it to 6% if elected. The unemployment rate when Obama left office? 4.7%

You'd think their predictions would come true once in a while, just by happenstance.

Beartracks

(13,617 posts)
39. You'd think their predictions being so horribly wrong all the time would discredit Republicans as a party.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:15 AM
Oct 5

But like cult members who's dire predictions of the end of the world are perpetually wrong, the cognitive dissonance of Republican voters is inexplicably reality-proof.

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Aussie105

(6,447 posts)
32. What 'they' say:
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 04:14 PM
Oct 4

The average (D) person:

Well, things are looking up!
Not perfect, with conflict around the world, global warming and storms and stuff, but mostly things are ok for me.

The average (R) person:
You think?
With Trump in the White House, I'd have a better job, nicer house, wars would stop overnight, and storms would just disappear!
Gas would be 30c/gallon, and . . . blah, blah, blah!

Perspective is everything!
So is being in touch with reality!

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