US Politics : Biden 100 days edition

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

It's exactly what's happening. Too many unfulfilled jobs is not an unemployment problem. People are choosing not to go back to work because they aren't happy with labor conditions. The economy could provide full employment tomorrow if workers were happy with the salaries they were being offered.

Let me explain simply.

If (you as say) supply is exceeding demand, then not only would there be downward pressure on wages (there is anecdotal evidence to suggest the opposite), but the millions of jobs going unfulfilled would not be happening. Businesses can't find workers so how can there be excess supply?!

 

[cerebus]

Let me explain simply.

If (you as say) supply is exceeding demand, then not only would there be downward pressure on wages (there is anecdotal evidence to suggest the opposite), but the millions of jobs going unfulfilled would not be happening. Businesses can't find workers so how can there be excess supply?!

Ugh my brain is fried today. I meant demand is exceeding supply. Apologies.

 

[greg0205]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404456039534182408

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404456039534182408

What usually happened in the past when the Senate majority was in the hands of the party opposite to that of the President? I'm guessing that the President got his picks passed? Unfortunately, nowadays that is dynamite these days as then the Senate majority party would be accused of being an enabler. You really need to win the tri-fecta these days in US politics.

 

[surface]

What is this commie up to ?

Joe Biden sets up Quad and NATO in pincer to counter China | World News - Times of India

US News: Disclosing that Beijing tried to dissuade Washington from forming the Quad with India, Japan, and Australia, US President Joe Biden has outlined a two

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[greg0205]

What usually happened in the past when the Senate majority was in the hands of the party opposite to that of the President? I'm guessing that the President got his picks passed? Unfortunately, nowadays that is dynamite these days as then the Senate majority party would be accused of being an enabler. You really need to win the tri-fecta these days in US politics.

Fourteen vacancies during an election year, eight filled in the same year... The last of those was Amy Coney Barrett.

Three tabled or postponed, one rejected, and one filled with a recess appointment.

One where the Senate simply did nothing.... Merrick Garland in '16.

Divided government? Eisenhower got around it with the recess appointment. Obama, not so much. The rest were pre 1888.

 

[cerebus]

What usually happened in the past when the Senate majority was in the hands of the party opposite to that of the President? I'm guessing that the President got his picks passed? Unfortunately, nowadays that is dynamite these days as then the Senate majority party would be accused of being an enabler. You really need to win the tri-fecta these days in US politics.

Says the guy who was adamantly opposed to Dems winning the trifecta

 

[surface]

Also, in another unrelated news, it seems hunter was banned on mybb.

https://www.reddit.com/r/byebyejob/comments/nzdeg3

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Says the guy who was adamantly opposed to Dems winning the trifecta

Politicians have a nasty habit of abusing power (Exhibit A: all the nonsensical covid-19 regulations) - there is no check on a party with untrammeled power.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Fourteen vacancies during an election year, eight filled in the same year... The last of those was Amy Coney Barrett.

Three tabled or postponed, one rejected, and one filled with a recess appointment.

One where the Senate simply did nothing.... Merrick Garland in '16.

Divided government? Eisenhower got around it with the recess appointment. Obama, not so much. The rest were pre 1888.

I was more thinking about the era post-1964 to around the late 1990s or so.

 

[cerebus]

Politicians have a nasty habit of abusing power (Exhibit A: all the nonsensical covid-19 regulations) - there is no check on a party with untrammeled power.

But you just said it's impossible to pass your agenda without the trifecta. It's almost like you want to gerrymander Biden's failure then blame him for his failure.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Wow, you use one small example and that somehow proves Trump did not take a muscular approach to China? Wow, such logic. Nothing like looking at a grain of sand instead of the sand castle.

Small example? lol.

His trade war has been a massive economic disaster that achieved nothing.

Trump Funnels Record Subsidies to Farmers Ahead of Election Day (Published 2020)

Despite an extraordinary government bailout, America’s agriculture sector remains under severe economic pressure.

www.nytimes.com

The breadth of the payments means that government support will account for about 40 percent of total farm income this year.

China Trade War Cost Tops $40 Billion in Lost US Exports

More pain than gain: How the US-China trade war hurt America

The ultimate results of the phase one trade deal between China and the United States — and the trade war that preceded it — have significantly hurt the American economy without solving the underlying economic concerns that the trade war was meant to resolve, write Ryan Hass and Abraham Denmark.

www.brookings.edu

U.S.-China trade war has cost up to 245,000 U.S. jobs: business group study

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China has caused a peak loss of 245,000 U.S. jobs, but a gradual scaling back of tariffs on both sides would boost growth and lead to an additional 145,000 jobs by 2025, a study commissioned by the U.S.-China Business Council...

www.reuters.com

How China Won Trump’s Trade War and Got Americans to Foot the Bill

U.S. President Donald Trump famously tweeted that “trade wars are good, and easy to win” in 2018 as he began to impose tariffs on about $360 billion of imports from China. Turns out he was wrong on both counts.

www.bloomberg.com

...and yet he achieved almost unfathomable low levels of unemployment for all race groups! We wait in anticipation to see if Biden will achieve such levels. Not off to a good start when employers are already complaining about a lack of employees, however.

Yeah, man. Crystal clear where Trump is the one that did that.

On this graph with the date range cut off would you be able to show where Trump fixed it?

 

[greg0205]

Holy s**t!

Zelensky’s twitter…

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404512788966514689

EDIT: Maybe a translation issue. 2008 agreement reaffirmed.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Deranged.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1403884163892080643

 

[buka001]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404509212324024321

Tell me more about that unregulated energy market in Texas.

 

[greg0205]

Deranged.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1403884163892080643

Patrick Crusius and 23 folks in El Paso say ‘hi’.

Actually, only Patrick.

Those 23 folks in El Paso are all dead after Patrick got a gun and took matters into his own hands.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

2 hours late to the NATO presser and then this happens...yet some laughably maintain the pretense that he will run for a 2nd term.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404542019565928456

 

[greg0205]

So many things to say about this…

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404561740365537283

First, a private visit… with a press conference. It’s a media opp and that’s it.

Second, Marj just learning antisemitism doesn’t play with her zionist base? Sad.

Third, “I’m very much a normal person” is something a normal person rarely has to clarify.

Fourth, she should demand a refund from every school she ever attended. She’s 47 and was yesterday years old when she found out about the holocaust.

Fifth, I’m conflicted. Conservatives traditionally learn history from statues, or so I keep getting told; so I’m upset there isn’t a Hitler statue in GA for Marj to learn history from, but also I’m fsckn’ delighted there isn’t a Hitler statue in GA, or anywhere else.

Sixth, I imagine if the US had an education system that taught *true* history, this would not have been necessary… Someone should definitely take a critical look at that.

Seventh, she should do the National Museum of Natural History next.

Eighth, then the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Ninth, then the graves of the Sandy Hook kids.

Tenth, then the graves of the Parkland kids.

 

[buka001]

Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation as many power generators are unexpectedly offline and temperatures rise

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says a large number of power plants are offline, but it could not provide details as to what may be causing the “very concerning” number of outages. At the same time, the state is experiencing near-record demand for electricity in June.

www.texastribune.org

Is it the snow on the wind turbines again?

 

[RanzB]

Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation as many power generators are unexpectedly offline and temperatures rise

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says a large number of power plants are offline, but it could not provide details as to what may be causing the “very concerning” number of outages. At the same time, the state is experiencing near-record demand for electricity in June.

www.texastribune.org

Is it the snow on the wind turbines again?

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