Ready The Clown Car: The First Batch of Democrats Are Ready To Announce Their 2020 Bids

At a deadlocked convention, Democrats will draft Hillary Clinton.

 

She should probably figure out her for/against answer first before criticizing others.

 

CNN F'n with Yang or a mistake?

Chicago Andrew Yang Gang (@ChicagoforYang) Tweeted:
I'm sorry #YangGang but is it getting to the point where we have to #cancel @CNN ?? I didn't want it to ever have to get to this point but this is just like living in China or North Korea!!!! NO INTEGRITY!!! #yang10million https://t.co/oAgXgGrapt

 

She enters wearing sith robes and that creepy smile.

 

Unemployment hit a 50-year low in September at 3.5%

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-se...570192288?mod=article_inline&mod=hp_lead_pos1

excerpt:

U.S. unemployment dropped to a half-century low in September and job growth continued at a modest pace, signs the economy is holding up despite a broader global slowdown.

The jobless rate dropped to 3.5% in September from 3.7% in August, marking the lowest rate since December 1969 when it also logged in at 3.5%. Employers added 136,000 jobs in September, and payrolls for August and July were revised up, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Job gains and historically low unemployment have helped buffer the U.S. economy against weakness in manufacturing at home and abroad that have stoked concerns of a deepening slowdown.

A falling unemployment rate should allay fears of a recession, said Josh Wright, chief economist at iCIMS Inc., a maker of employee-recruiting software.

“There were a lot of concerns that we were going to start rolling downhill and accelerating in the wrong direction, and the fact that we didn’t do that is itself a win,” Mr. Wright said.

U.S. stocks rose on Friday after the jobs report helped ease market fears about an economic slowdown.

The employment report, along with recent surveys hinting at manufacturing and service-sector activity weakness, are likely to keep open the possibility of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut later this month. The Fed lowered its benchmark rate in July and September to cushion the economy against the risks of trade tensions and cooling global growth.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in a Friday speech said the economy faces some growth risks but remains in a good place overall. “Our job is to keep it there as long as possible,” he said in remarks set for delivery Friday at a conference held at the central bank’s Washington headquarters.

Other central banks around the world also have cut their key interest rates this year as the global economy lost momentum.

Manufacturing has been a key factor behind the slowdown. Earlier this week, readings on U.S. manufacturing activity indicated September growth was at its slowest pace since 2009. Manufacturers cut jobs last month for the second time this year.

The services sector, which accounts for a much larger portion of the economy than manufacturing, was still expanding, albeit at the slowest pace in three years. Industries, including health care, transportation and business services, added jobs at a robust clip.

Average weekly hours remained unchanged in September, a positive sign given employers tend to cut hours when the economy is downshifting.
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more at the link

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What’s with the derogatory names? Do you have anything against native Americans? Are you racist?

 

What does that have to with the thread?

 

No one is going to force you to stop. And you can't force people to stop thinking you are a asshat.

 

Good, you should get used to the sound of President Pocahontas.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid

 

I mean the Democrats lost 2016 on a very strong economy also.


There are also signs outside of unemployment. For example Americans have broken a record bfor consumer debt. We live a force feed supply side economic system where wealthy people get tax breaks, "invest" without paying attention to demand and consumers buying regardless of what is in their savings account and financing everything which then leads to people defaulting or paying of debts instead of buying new things and that is how you get a crash.

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/dems-wo...s-theyll-have-to-nominate-electable-candidate

 

good article

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/opinion/sunday/trump-arkansas.html

 

The Labor Force participation rate is also at its lowest point in 40 years which is a huge reason for the unemployment rate being so low and jobs created numbers going down.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/labor-force-participation-rate

Basically, more people are retiring, which is good for unemployment numbers, but may not be great for the future economy. This isn’t a Trump or Republican issue, but a US government issue in that everybody has kicked that Social Security issue down the road and not dealt with the fact that the workforce isn’t going to be able to cover Social Security at some point (likely at the end of the next decade).

 

This exactly argument is why I support Yang.

This dude has a degree in economics (doesn’t necessarily mean anything) and is always looking at the numbers

It’s his thought process I like most . I’m in favor of many of his individual policies , but I think he’d change them if new information came to light and something else seemed like a better plan

 

I'm pretty sure I'm going to Caucus for Yang in Nevada earlier next year. Obviously a long shot, but if he finishes the primaries strong, some of his policies may be getting a second look from the eventual winner.