Real Unemployment 37.2%, Real Misery Index 14, 20% on Food Stamps...

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

RaceBannon said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

RaceBannon said:

DeepPurple said:

death2ducks said:

DeepPurple said:

The US has always measured unemployment in terms of unemployment claims rather than in terms of those out of work -- it is the same gimmick that was used in the early 80s to make unemployment during the Reagan recession look lower than it really was... both parties play this trick because at the end of the day, they are both just shills for the land holding corporate aristocracy that wants the common man to think that things here aren't as bad as they are in France or Italy.

First part wrong.

The rest wrong. 1980? You obviously weren't there. Reagan took over with interest rates at 23.5% PRIME RATE. But now 30 years later, revisionists blame that recession on Reagan?
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Prove the first part wrong. When has unemployment NOT been reported that way in the US? Ever take a course in Econ?

Oh... so it was the fault of the guy before Reagan? Thought blaming the previous guy wasn't allowed?

Reagan fixed the mess he was left. Obama exacerbated the mess he was left

Some of you need to learn the difference

Disagree. Obama hasn't fixed things as well as Reagan did, but things are clearly better now than they were five years ago.

Sark was better than ty more than things are better now. Obama hasn't fixed anything and obamacare is a time bomb

My investment portfolio and I shared a good laugh together after reading this post.

RaceBannon said:

Stocks were high under Bush as well. And they will be low under Obama before he is done. That is not the economy

There was a reason for stocks to be high under Bush. They actually seemed to follow REALITY. The economy was humming and the housing market was great. These high stock prices under Obama don't make any sense whatsoever. The economy is a steaming pile of maggot infested lynx shit. Stocks have departed from following the health of the economy in any meaningful way. It's insanity and it needs to collapse and it will be great when it does.

doogsinparadise said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

RaceBannon said:

Stocks were high under Bush as well. And they will be low under Obama before he is done. That is not the economy

I should have included my paycheck as well. THIS economy only sucks if you have no skills. It's a Republican dream.

HRYK, and the thousands of highly educated tech workers moving into Seattle would seem to agree. If you have skills--i.e. you've worked hard in school to get ahead--the economy is doing just fine. Unemployment for the college educated is ~3-4%, as opposed to the median unemployment of ~7.5-8%.

If you think the actual unemployment number is 7.5-8% you're fucking deluded. Do your homework before making such a retarded poast. It's propaganda, it's proven, it's documented, do your research.

doogsinparadise said:

Then my point is even more salient. ObkFS.

Smoke a bowl and get some perspective.

Up vote for the word salient and references to ganjah.

death2ducks said:

Frankly, I'm too busy unqualified to give a lesson today on world-wide monetary policy, but if you think that Obama is the only world leader that is printing money, you're fucking nuts. Besides printing his own money, the little faggot in North Korea prints some really good US Currency too. It's a WORLDWIDE CURRENCY BUBBLE! and it will pop like all the others.

ftfy