Posted on 04/26/2019 6:26:31 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update, Part II (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
I’m old enough to remember when the fake news media assured us a recession was imminent. – When was that, like, February? I’m even old enough to remember when Obama his own self and his evil minions constantly assured us that consistent 3% or better economic rate of growth was just no longer possible, and that a 0%-2% economy was the “new normal”.
Remember those days? Yeah, bad times…bad times….
Well, sorry, lefties, but the Trump economy just keeps rolling right along. The Commerce Department released the economic data for the first quarter, and Boom!, the Trump agenda delivered 3.2% growth for those three months. And, given that the initial GDP numbers have so far suspiciously been consistently understated during this Administration – unlike the previous 8 years, when they were consistently overstated – we can feel pretty certain that the revised number released a month from now will show the economy grew at an even faster rate than that.
Even better, the GDP number caught all the “experts” off-guard, a fact that should surprise no one. Here’s how Bloomberg put it in its story this morning:
U.S. economic growth accelerated by more than expected in the first quarter on a big boost from inventories and trade that offset a slowdown in consumer spending, bolstering hopes that growth is stabilizing after its recent soft patch.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 3.2 percent annualized rate in the January-March period, according to Commerce Department data Friday that topped all forecasts in a Bloomberg survey calling for 2.3 percent growth. That followed a 2.2 percent advance in the prior three months.
Who are these “experts” and why are they always “surprised” or “caught off-guard” when the real economic numbers are produced? More to the point, when will our fake news media stop regarding people who are always, without exception, wrong and surprised by reality as being “experts”?
So, the liberal tears will begin flowing anew today, since the only real chance any Democrat has of defeating President Donald Trump in the 2020 election would be for the economy to fall into a deep recession. Today’s report shows that the economy just keeps steaming ahead, despite the best efforts of Democrats in congress and in various state government doing their best to slow it down.
For the radical left, these Trump years are the worst of times. For real Americans, they are the best of times.
Some of life’s truths are immutable.
That is all.
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More to the point, when will our fake news media stop regarding people who are always, without exception, wrong and surprised by reality as being “experts”?
I’m going to say, “Never, for $1,000.00, Alex!”
You are correct!
The Left: Complains about capitalism but lives in it, Calls Trump useless and dumb when he has lowered unemployment, cut taxes, had London reach its biggest economic growth in a long time, forms peace with countries that once disliked us or wanted to harm us, and has weakened ISIS
The leftists support a man that gave billions of dollars to terrorists groups that would harm Americans and Israel, yet Obama did not get impeached for this in 2015.
They scream they love America and want Trump impeached but Trump has brought the U.S. out of it’s misery. The radicals, the snowflakes, beta males, millennials need to be educated in a system where they are not brainwashed. I walked into a classroom about 2 weeks ago and i was seeing young children being brainwashed, a teacher had put on a video bashing fox news and claiming that it was biased and didn’t care about the people in need of our country. This made me sad, and angry that you will do this to a young child that doesn’t know any better, and now i know why we have radical leftists. It isn’t because they know the truth and suddenly went to the leftist party, but the education system or family had brainwashed them into thinking this - which the family was brainwashed probably as well.
Interesting how “surprised” the experts are. Seems like they are receiving “unexpected” reports all the time. During the Obama administration, they were unexpectedly lower yet during Trump, they are unexpectedly higher.
I wonder why that is?
/sarc
Just like politicians become experts when elected.
The “experts” are never named because they don’t exist (are they ever named?). That gives cover for the fake news rats to spread the lie that socialist leadership = strong economy; conservative leadership = weak economy.
I don't need an expert to tell me what I can sense with my eyes and ears. When I take a drive on the Interstate highway, I see more truck traffic than I ever saw during the dark days of the Obama economy. I turn on the car radio, and hear the major trucking companies offering bonuses to new recruits. And when I walk into my favorite working man's pub, I see blue collar guys standing three deep at the bar, with fat wallets and a fist-full of cash, complaining about all the overtime, with big grins on their faces.
great graphic
First quarter is shocking. They had no idea it would be anywhere near 3%!
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