Quote (theCrossbones @ 22 May 2020 15:24)
Far from being the “Best economy ever”
It obviously isnt literally the best economy ever. But it was the best economy since the late 90s.
For a fair assessment, we also need to keep demographic potential in mind. In an aging society where increasingly large shares of the population are of retirement age, growth and laborforce participation face a demographic downward pressure.
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Trump continually says that, “the U.S. is experiencing the best economy ever.” This is obvious gaslighting since the
new results show that President Trump’s best year of job growth was 2.314 million in 2018 (the first year of the tax cut) but it falls short of any of Obama’s last three years. His boasts also don’t stand up when you peel the onion on GDP growth and realize that the Federal deficits during his Presidency will exceed any that were not impacted by a recession.(this is from FORBES)
Forgive my stupid paint edits.. LOL
https://imgur.com/a/XQq6ksF.pngGot a proper source for the bolded claim? The chart you linked is more than dubious...
Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 22 May 2020 15:39)
Any explanation why Trump is strongly against mail ballots ?
Two reasons:
- He thinks it will increase overall turnout, and that low turnout is better for the GOP. This is a misguided fear since all evidence points to mail ballots not giving a partisan advantage to either side.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-is-no-evidence-that-voting-by-mail-gives-one-party-an-advantage/- He is afraid of Democrats exploiting so-called "ballot harvesting", which has indeed hurt Republicans a ton in recent California elections where this technique is particularly wide-spread. But if mail voting was adopted by other states, they could regulate it so that ballot harvesting isnt possible. And even if it is possible, GOP operatives on the ground could mount their own ballot harvesting operation, now that they know they need to do it to keep up with the other side.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on May 22 2020 07:58am