Quote (inkanddagger @ Jan 30 2018 07:32pm)

The economy is barely growing right now. The inflation index shot up about 2% from 2015 to 2016 and it will continue to rise. And then interest rates are going up. All of the "gains" we've seen have amounted to just over a half percentage growth when indexed to inflation, not three percent. Just because numbers are going up doesn't mean their purchasing power is being dragged along as well. You're all getting poorer even as your money grows.

Year | Inflation rate | Growth Rate | Inflation Adjusted Growth Rate

2012 | 1.7% | 2.2% | 0.5%

2013 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0.2%

2014 | 0.8% | 2.6% | 1.8%

2015 | 0.7% | 2.9% | 1.2%

2016 | 2.1% | 1.5% | -0.6%

2017 | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0.2%

2018 | 1.9% | est 2.9% | 1%

Quote (Ghot @ Jan 30 2018 08:00pm)

This is the 2nd time you've posted this w/o a link. We're still waiting.

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Quote (Ghot @ Jan 30 2018 10:13pm)

4 links and no table like you posted. :/

Quote (Ghot @ Jan 30 2018 10:42pm)

You might even be talented with the mathematics of economy, but I think we'd all be happier with a table from someone... with a last name and a job in the field. :)

Quote (inkanddagger @ Jan 30 2018 11:02pm)

Uh, I just took the numbers from the links I gave you and made them easy to read. Any middle school kid could do it. I didn’t do some special thing requiring a degree.

Quote (SaladeDeChoux @ Jan 30 2018 11:06pm)

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Republican memo likely to be released Thursday, administration official says

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Schiff: Nunes gave Trump 'secretly altered' version of memo
..Jack Langer, the spokesman for Nunes, said in a statement that Schiff's letter amounted to another "strange attempt to thwart publication of the memo."
"In its increasingly strange attempt to thwart publication of the memo, the Committee Minority is now complaining about minor edits to the memo, including grammatical fixes and two edits requested by the FBI and by the Minority themselves," Langer said. "The vote to release the memo was absolutely procedurally sound, and in accordance with House and Committee rules. To suggest otherwise is a bizarre distraction from the abuses detailed in the memo, which the public will hopefully soon be able to read for themselves."
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House Intel source. Said total changes to memo were: A) Unknown number of 'grammatical and clarifying' fixes. B) One change requested by FBI due to sources & methods concerns. C) One two-word change requested by Democrats for accuracy.

Quote (thesnipa @ Jan 31 2018 11:17am)

this might be the most embarrassing exchange of 2018.

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this might be the most embarrassing exchange of 2018.

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US Real GDP Growth Rate Per Year. Annual percentage change in US Real GDP, chained 2009 dollars (inflation-adjusted).

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Trump on declassifying memo: "I think it's terrible. It's a disgrace...The memo was sent to congress. It was declassified...it is a disgrace what's happening in our country...a lot of people should be ashamed and much worse than that."

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In Oval Office just now, Trump is asked by reporters:

Does it make you more likely to fire Rosenstein? Do you still have confidence in him?

"You figure that one out," Trump responded

Quote (EndlessSky @ Feb 2 2018 12:39pm)

HOLY SHIT

The memo is actually a bombshell

The Mueller investigation had no other evidence other than the Fusion GPS-Hillary Clinton dossier. The FISA court also ignored details about Steele during the application