Thread: American Politics during the Trump Presidency
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03-14-18 08:12 #310
Posts: 247Faulty memory
Originally Posted by DonB [View Original Post]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_1930.
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03-13-18 16:36 #309
Posts: 3510Shockingly, I agree with Don B. Smoot-Hawley could have been the worst piece of legislation in the entire 20th century, and although the depression had myriad causes (90% margin on stocks was another big one), I would also point to S-H as the most important single cause. Trump is poorly and narrowly educated in general in comparison to most recent presidents. Clinton studied economics at Oxford for a while, and Bush I majored in it and was Phi Beta Kappa. Trump has his head up his ass, and needs to read Ricardo on comparative advantage, as well as Adam Smith's Treatise on Silver, which is probably the second-hardest thing I ever worked my through. The hardest thing I ever read, took me six months, was Don Quijote in the original early seventeenth century Spanish.
Oh, and Donald, I mean David Ricardo and not Ricky Ricardo.
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03-13-18 16:00 #308
Posts: 313History & economics
Trump, among other things, is not a student of history or economics. Probably the one thing that led to the Hoover Depression (Hoover started it and Roosevelt made it great) was the Smoot-Hawley tariff act. As usual it was assumed that the act would simply bring in more revenue and there would be no unintended consequences. And as usual they were wrong. Trump, because of his deal making ability, will not have any of these unintended consequences.
As a side note, in the 1928 elections in Germany the Nazi party received about 2.5% of the vote and was in shambles. Hitler's plan to gain power by the ballot box rather than by force was a failure, times were good, thanks to US loans, and his message fell on deaf ears. Then came the Depression, the US recalled the loans and the Germany economy collapsed. Another election was called in 1930 and now Hitler was regarded as a prophet and the Nazi's got over 40% of the vote.
At least this is the way I remember it, but then maybe my memory is no longer accurate due to my advanced years.
Don B.
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02-25-18 13:16 #307
Posts: 2700Trump's Panama Hotel
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02-23-18 18:58 #306
Posts: 2700
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02-16-18 00:58 #305
Posts: 2700I believe in the Second Amendment, but
This guy was 19 and was not old enough to buy a hand gun, but could get a AR15.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...mental-n727221
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/unite...da-high-school
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02-13-18 18:00 #304
Posts: 2700I'm Not A Racist
In this article it mentions that Trump paid $85,000 for a full page add. Calling for the death penalty for Five men that attacked a jogger in Central park.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/...-sfgate-result
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01-22-18 02:47 #303
Posts: 2700Really you don't care about Your Country Anymore?
This story was written before it happened, but it did happen at 3 mile island.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/?ref_=nv_sr_4
Trump is getting rid of he EPA, to make more money for himself.
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa...roposes-repeal
What about this?
http://www.history.com/topics/three-mile-island
https://www.thebalance.com/three-mil...-today-3306337
Why can’t we find out what happened to these “People of three Mile Island”?
Congressmen and Senators?
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12-29-17 17:13 #302
Posts: 3Not everything you read and see is fact
This video was selective and not a real representation of what the oil and gas work in North Dakota is like. Yes, some of the things she said and the pictures of the housing are true but it is in the minority. The wages are much higher than she let on. She said she made more money where she came from. If that is true why doesnt she go back there? Generally, wages are much higher in areas that are experiencing Boom Time conditions and harsh work and living environments. Thats why there is such a migration of workers. When the area has this type of influx of people the infrastructure in place cannot immediately accommodate the mass. Which makes living conditions somewhat less than desirable. There is never an immediate fix for this problem. During the same period of time the same was going on the Neuqun province due to Oil & Gas work. If you believe 100% of what she is saying you are naive to the real world.
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12-29-17 16:21 #301
Posts: 2700Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Trump says the high employment is his doing.
Here is a lady working at one in North Dakota in the oil industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO9eLksDv6k
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12-23-17 20:34 #300
Posts: 2700UK News
How about This One?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8055306.html
Originally Posted by WorldTravel69 [View Original Post]
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12-20-17 20:26 #299
Posts: 1064World traveler--the mag is named the "new yorker" so it must contain only fake news
You need to understand the logic.
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12-12-17 17:55 #298
Posts: 2700Fake News 2
Trump keeps saying the networks keep using Fake News about him.
He spits out Fake News at 5 a day. Since he has been in office he has made over 5000 lies.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...e-news-tactics
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12-05-17 12:25 #297
Posts: 2700Fake News
I hope you believers of Trump's rant about Fake News watched this or do watch this:
As I mentioned before Trump's rant about the news is from Putin's play book. "No Freedom of the Press".
https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/50-years-of-60-minutes/
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11-28-17 15:07 #296
Posts: 162It is a good reason to have one large pipeline in a remote area as opposed to having more smaller pipelines somewhere more significant. Much less impact than many alternatives when all is said and done. Basically spills somewhere are an unavoidable part of driving cars as opposed to riding in horse and buggy. An unavoidable part of having plastic as opposed to making everything from wood or animal hides. There are not enough tears to cry if you worry about every industrial accident lol. It seems unlikely that choice of political leader would change that. Anyway back to pussy.
Originally Posted by WorldTravel69 [View Original Post]