Quote:Democratic 2020 hopeful John Delaney suggested that some within his party are "cheering on a recession" so that President Trump's re-election chances are diminished.

When asked by a reporter on Wednesday if he thought a recession was coming, Delaney expressed hope that it wasn't.

“I hope it’s not," Delaney responded. "You know, it feels like some Democrats are cheering on a recession because they want to stick it to Trump.”

He continued: “I don’t want a recession because I don’t want these workers in here to face a recession, but I worry that Trump’s policies are bringing one on."

When pressed on who he thought was cheering for a recession, the 2020 hopeful refused to "name names."

"I’m not going to name names, but you just get a sense, like my position is very clear, which is I hope a recession doesn’t happen," Delaney said.

"I just think that it's very important that we be clear as a party that we don't want a recession. His economic policies are bad. I think they're ultimately going to unwind, but I don't want that to happen. I mean, I'm an American. I want the country to do well."

He later told another reporter that he didn't say that members of his party were "actively hoping" for a recession.

(08-22-2019 02:34 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  let's be honest, if the roles were flipped, and it was a dem in the WH right now, republicans would be hoping for a recession too.

Both sides mostly only care about political power.

(08-22-2019 02:34 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  let's be honest, if the roles were flipped, and it was a dem in the WH right now, republicans would be hoping for a recession too.

Both sides mostly only care about political power.

(08-22-2019 02:57 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 02:34 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  let's be honest, if the roles were flipped, and it was a dem in the WH right now, republicans would be hoping for a recession too.

Both sides mostly only care about political power.

Complete bullspit.

For the lost decade we wandered through with zerO in there wrecking our health insurance system and costing people BOTH their Doctors AND their plans, not once did I wish that ill on anyone else in the world. Similarly not once would I "hope" for a recession as that benefits no one, nor the Country in macro.

I want everyone in this joint to be as stinkin rich as they can stand, the USA to be big, robust and strong, a rising tide floats all boats.

To cheer otherwise is simply dumb people being dumb- to wit the pom-pom waver cheering this possibility on publicly, that two-bit clown Maher

More projection

(08-22-2019 02:53 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 02:34 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  let's be honest, if the roles were flipped, and it was a dem in the WH right now, republicans would be hoping for a recession too.

Both sides mostly only care about political power.

I'm sorry, I view myself as a Republican, but wouldn't want a recession... Just got done with one, it sucked, prefer to have the economy buzzing along.. If that meant keeping the status quo then so be it.

(08-22-2019 02:57 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 02:34 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  let's be honest, if the roles were flipped, and it was a dem in the WH right now, republicans would be hoping for a recession too.

Both sides mostly only care about political power.

Complete bullspit.

For the lost decade we wandered through with zerO in there wrecking our health insurance system and costing people BOTH their Doctors AND their plans, not once did I wish that ill on anyone else in the world. Similarly not once would I "hope" for a recession as that benefits no one, nor the Country in macro.

I want everyone in this joint to be as stinkin rich as they can stand, the USA to be big, robust and strong, a rising tide floats all boats.

To cheer otherwise is simply dumb people being dumb- to wit the pom-pom waver cheering this possibility on publicly, that two-bit clown Maher

More projection

(08-22-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Recession. Recession. Recession

(08-22-2019 03:15 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  This is like the whole stupid argument that if I cheer for my sports team to lose so they'll get the number 1 pick in the next draft that it will somehow magically happen.

(08-22-2019 03:17 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Maher's case is simple. he thinks that four more years of trump policies and judge appointments will destroy this country through ridiculous laws and the complete ignoring of the most pressing issue of our time, climate change. Not to mention our historic descent into a laughing stock on the world stage.

(08-22-2019 03:21 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:17 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Maher's case is simple. he thinks that four more years of trump policies and judge appointments will destroy this country through ridiculous laws and the complete ignoring of the most pressing issue of our time, climate change. Not to mention our historic descent into a laughing stock on the world stage.

1. If Obama didn't destroy this country in 8 years with his silly laws and policies Trump won't. Just because Maher and other liberal talking heads don't like it doesn't mean their wrong.. Just because Hannity and other conservative talking heads like doesn't mean it's right. But to think a country can be destroyed in 8 years is silly.

2. We were a laughing stock under W according to liberals and somehow we rose to prestige under BHO? Wrong, BHO didn't get us anywhere, he kissed the other countries hind ends to look more favorable to them, and what did it get us? ****** trade deals and treaties that haven't panned out... Trump's not worried what other countries think of the US, he's worried about getting the best deal for the US and at any cost.

(08-22-2019 03:31 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:21 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:17 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Maher's case is simple. he thinks that four more years of trump policies and judge appointments will destroy this country through ridiculous laws and the complete ignoring of the most pressing issue of our time, climate change. Not to mention our historic descent into a laughing stock on the world stage.

1. If Obama didn't destroy this country in 8 years with his silly laws and policies Trump won't. Just because Maher and other liberal talking heads don't like it doesn't mean their wrong.. Just because Hannity and other conservative talking heads like doesn't mean it's right. But to think a country can be destroyed in 8 years is silly.

2. We were a laughing stock under W according to liberals and somehow we rose to prestige under BHO? Wrong, BHO didn't get us anywhere, he kissed the other countries hind ends to look more favorable to them, and what did it get us? ****** trade deals and treaties that haven't panned out... Trump's not worried what other countries think of the US, he's worried about getting the best deal for the US and at any cost.

I wasn't an Obama fan, but he did revive the economy during his 8 years.

(08-22-2019 03:38 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:31 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:21 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:17 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Maher's case is simple. he thinks that four more years of trump policies and judge appointments will destroy this country through ridiculous laws and the complete ignoring of the most pressing issue of our time, climate change. Not to mention our historic descent into a laughing stock on the world stage.

1. If Obama didn't destroy this country in 8 years with his silly laws and policies Trump won't. Just because Maher and other liberal talking heads don't like it doesn't mean their wrong.. Just because Hannity and other conservative talking heads like doesn't mean it's right. But to think a country can be destroyed in 8 years is silly.

2. We were a laughing stock under W according to liberals and somehow we rose to prestige under BHO? Wrong, BHO didn't get us anywhere, he kissed the other countries hind ends to look more favorable to them, and what did it get us? ****** trade deals and treaties that haven't panned out... Trump's not worried what other countries think of the US, he's worried about getting the best deal for the US and at any cost.

I wasn't an Obama fan, but he did revive the economy during his 8 years.

OH.. Do tell because it wasn't revived on my end until the last year or so.

(08-22-2019 03:38 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:31 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:21 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:17 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Maher's case is simple. he thinks that four more years of trump policies and judge appointments will destroy this country through ridiculous laws and the complete ignoring of the most pressing issue of our time, climate change. Not to mention our historic descent into a laughing stock on the world stage.

1. If Obama didn't destroy this country in 8 years with his silly laws and policies Trump won't. Just because Maher and other liberal talking heads don't like it doesn't mean their wrong.. Just because Hannity and other conservative talking heads like doesn't mean it's right. But to think a country can be destroyed in 8 years is silly.

2. We were a laughing stock under W according to liberals and somehow we rose to prestige under BHO? Wrong, BHO didn't get us anywhere, he kissed the other countries hind ends to look more favorable to them, and what did it get us? ****** trade deals and treaties that haven't panned out... Trump's not worried what other countries think of the US, he's worried about getting the best deal for the US and at any cost.

I wasn't an Obama fan, but he did revive the economy during his 8 years.

OH.. Do tell because it wasn't revived on my end until the last year or so.

Quote:The Economy Has Been Growing Since Mid-2009
After contracting sharply in the Great Recession, the economy began growing in mid-2009, following enactment of the financial stabilization bill (TARP) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Economic growth has averaged 2.3 percent per year since then. The pattern of quarterly growth has been uneven, with the expansion including several quarters with growth well above 3.5 percent but also three where it was negative.

Although growth faltered in 2015, it began gathering momentum again in mid-2016. Most recently, however, real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) rose at a 2.1 percent annual rate in the second quarter of 2019 and was 2.3 percent higher than in the same quarter a year earlier.

A key question is what annual growth rate will be sustainable over time. Most analysts think that the 2017 tax cuts and additional program funding Congress enacted in early 2018 boosted GDP only temporarily. The Trump Administration projects that that growth will continue at about 3 percent in coming years; CBO, in contrast, projects that growth will fall back to under 2 percent over the longer term, as we discuss below in Part III.

(08-22-2019 02:34 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  let's be honest, if the roles were flipped, and it was a dem in the WH right now, republicans would be hoping for a recession too.

Both sides mostly only care about political power.

(08-22-2019 03:31 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:21 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 03:17 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Maher's case is simple. he thinks that four more years of trump policies and judge appointments will destroy this country through ridiculous laws and the complete ignoring of the most pressing issue of our time, climate change. Not to mention our historic descent into a laughing stock on the world stage.

1. If Obama didn't destroy this country in 8 years with his silly laws and policies Trump won't. Just because Maher and other liberal talking heads don't like it doesn't mean their wrong.. Just because Hannity and other conservative talking heads like doesn't mean it's right. But to think a country can be destroyed in 8 years is silly.

2. We were a laughing stock under W according to liberals and somehow we rose to prestige under BHO? Wrong, BHO didn't get us anywhere, he kissed the other countries hind ends to look more favorable to them, and what did it get us? ****** trade deals and treaties that haven't panned out... Trump's not worried what other countries think of the US, he's worried about getting the best deal for the US and at any cost.

I wasn't an Obama fan, but he did revive the economy during his 8 years.