tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025543309103512449.post1663401340292923858..comments2023-11-19T12:38:20.047-08:00Comments on UberThoughts USA: What "Division and Resentment"?Robert Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672701398991894576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025543309103512449.post-76997871601447523922018-09-10T12:27:00.209-07:002018-09-10T12:27:00.209-07:00What the fellow above said.What the fellow above said.Jim in Va.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15177889973694780760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025543309103512449.post-3771878457388912562018-09-10T10:17:49.240-07:002018-09-10T10:17:49.240-07:00A couple of observations:
1) For 8 years we were ...A couple of observations:<br /><br />1) For 8 years we were constantly told that the economy was not recovering well because it was the result of George W. Bush's policies....or otherwise it was a 'new normal' because of demographic shifts (not enough population growth and inflation)<br /><br />2) The emergence of good news means that the policies of Barack Obama are finally working, and Donald Trump is just benefiting.<br /><br />I wonder...by this logic, wouldn't it be possible that this economy is also the result of George W. Bush's policies - since he did have an effect for 8 years (why not 10)? Or have the demographics (very rapidly) changed so we are in a 'new new normal'? Or, since policy preferences seem to have an 8 year delay and a long lasting effect, if, say, someone else wins the next election, will the economy going forward still be the result of Mr. Obama, despite our being two presidents down the road?<br /><br />I think the real answer is: Presidents can't really goose the economy or make it better. Instead, they can either make a hospitable environment for 300+ million people to prosper in (through their own efforts), or they can cause severe damage with bad policies, and wreck an economy despite 300+ million people's best efforts.<br /><br />A president can, if he/she operates fast enough, reverse damaging policies so that an economy can be unshackled, but the best policies only make government minimize the damage that it normally makes.<br /><br />Aside from economics, just how stupid does the president think we are? Has no one observed the screaming hysterical s--t show that Democrats (or liberals in general) have been acting in since 2016? Does he actually believe that all of the crazy we have witnessed for two years is NOT divisive and resentful, not to mention hate-filled and destructive?<br /><br />Or could it be that the Democratic leadership and much of the press know what is really going on, but the plan is to fool the country into voting Democrat in November? Because most of us (especially anyone who didn't attend university in the ivy league) are uncomprehending fools who are just waiting for the hysteria to whip us up into a hyper-emotional frenzy of anti-conservative hatred?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861480017938398852noreply@blogger.com