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NuttBoxer says

Ironman says

U.S. Small-Business Optimism Index Surges by Most Since 1980

Now that's just not right. Suckering mom & pop's so the government can squeeze the last drop equity from them before everyone falls over the cliff.

You are in denial.
You want the economy and housing to crash, so you can pick up a house for half price.

Tenpoundbass says

I can finally start that GOP outreach business in California.

BTW Capt'n what is that avatar you are sporting now?

indigenous says

BTW Capt'n what is that avatar you are sporting now?

That's the Captain himself.

"Yes, let's not look at data, charts or FACTS... we'll just believe the FAKE news.."

Ironman--why don't you post those graphs in larger form so we can see the x-axis on them. I'm guessing that most of them end at around 2011...

Strategist says

You are in denial.

You want the economy and housing to crash, so you can pick up a house for half price.

Another believer in Goldman Trump revitalizing the economy. Who knew all we had to do to stop a nearly 10 year recession was just put a new dumbass in the whitehouse.

A resume came across my desk recently and the person had just finished working for "Team Hillary".
It went straight in the garbage ... there is no way I would want anyone who is that politically extreme working on my team (either from the left or right).

Ironman says

there are no jobs,” Mira Patel, a longtime Clinton aide told Politico.

Because "clinton aide" is not a profession, duh.

Tenpoundbass says

That's the Captain himself.

Recent picture? At least your picture doesn't make my eyes water like the Wogster's does.

TROLL THREAD!

They can go MEXICO & get one of the 1300 jobs trump sent there.

The US GDP growth rate has averaged around 2%. A recovery should be well above 4% for a year or two, and then the economy settles down to a sustained and healthy 3% to 4%.
EU GDP is even worse.

Ironman says

Straw Man says

Because "clinton aide" is not a profession

Is it a PAID job?? duh..

It was. But not anymore.

Hoover sucked, FDR was a sociopath on steroids that created the Great Depression. You don't agree and you are wrong and also wrong about Smott Hawley.

Logan's demographics are particularly apt when trying to understand the current economy.

I'm aware, which is more than I can say for you.

Strategist says

Past recoveries. I will prove it to you this evening when i get back.

I understood the 4% range to be accurate.

I can do George Clooney's job for half his pay.

Here is another very interesting article from CNBC:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/15/grading-the-obama-economy-by-the-numbers.html

You stupid trump voters.
You love your big federal govt.
Will trump call for repeal of all regulations on small businesses that built america thru FREE ENTERPRISE?
Will your asshole president cut taxes to small businesses & allow them the same tax deductions that rich individuals & huge corporations use?
You ignorant sluts think that SOCIAILIST govt. employee trump can tell Carrier ,Ford,Toyota & all other Free Market "Corporations are People"
how to run their businesses.
Your new GOD: GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.

.indigenous says

Look dumb ass, the prez have very little to do with the economy EXCEPT when it comes to creating certainty about investment in business. FDR and Obama failed miserably in this area.

I'm starting a new Beginner Troll class Monday.
The first class will include proper responses to:
Republican Nixon's Wage & Price freeze.

HEY YOU says

I'm starting a new Beginner Troll class Monday.

Back at ya, I'm not trolling.

lostand confused says

DNC not paying to disrupt Trump rallies?

Fixed:
Soros not paying them to disrupt Trump rallies?

Ironman says

New name for them:

The Unemployables

I'm sure most of them would rather sit at home and collect welfare.

Valerie Jarrett to return to porn.

Anyone else would love to see Hollywood reduced to nothing (and replaced).

There are no jobs? Bbbbut Obama said he created millions of them! Take one of those!

That image sums up the last 8 years pretty damn accurately.

It's been a long time since an alpha male jerk was at the helm, which is peculiar. Historically, only alpha male jerks are at the helm. It doesn't mean they do the right thing by any means. It's just more honest to outwardly be an ass when your job is to send people to their deaths.

Quigley says

There are no jobs? Bbbbut Obama said he created millions of them! Take one of those!

There are plenty of high tech jobs of the future.

Amazon Warehouses are hiring!

Hey idiot--

Schumer isn't complaining about the debt--he's complaining about the hypocrisy of Republicans (like you) who after 8 years of austerity, now want to spend again. For God's sake, Republican's are the world's biggest hypocrites. In absolutely every way.

Looks like Ironman needs a safe space

#triggered and now in meltdown

That is clearly because of Trump.

indigenous says

hat is clearly because of Trump.

and the Hope for deregulation... I mean that is a beautiful parabolic spike post an event with 8 years of trend growth behind it

Quigley says

Bbbbut Obama said he created millions of them!

Obligatory graph showing wait staff jobs:

Then you cross reference the data with other confidence indicators

HMI isn't as dramatic but is moving up

You can add Michigan do it

Ironman says

A visibly angry Schumer then said Republicans have lectured President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats for eight years about the problems posed by rising deficits and debt (like a NEW $10 Trillion??).

I'm not sure you get it. A new $10 trillions in the next 8 yrs is already burned in. Republicans added $9 Trillions to that.
I think we will be around $40 trillions national debt in 2024.

Michigan not so much as others

I got tons of request for these charts today because everyone is talking about it...

I tell people give it 12 months to see if it can hold up ( NFIB) one

Key takeaways from the report

This is the highest print since December of 2004
The percentage of owners who say it's a good time to expand are 3 times the average level
Job creation plans looking ahead is the highest since 2007

JOLTS is still running at 5.5 million too

I wonder if Russia intercepted the "Fix" hack that the DNC did to rig the vote.
Now they can't say how He changed the election because all he did was made the machines report the honest un-flipped votes.
Wouldn't that be riot. It's a good thing we're about to turn Hollywood over with some fresh faces. There's going to be tons of movies inspired from the last two years.

These partisan thespian hacks would just mung it up.

This data line is a headline print not a moving average, so like all data lines that are like this you need to see it work at least 6 months. Typically spikes happen around events and this one is timed with President Elect Trumps victory

What I have found amusing that all the confidence indicators that my fellow conservatives said were useless are now being pushed

It is what it is... the realm of political economics

XFL is another Trump rally play