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Why the Left Doesn't Care about Bad Economic News
Townhall ^ | 05/13/2014 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 05/13/2014 7:35:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 05/13/2014 7:35:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

There could be primo, light sweet crude oil oozing out of the ground by the train load and they would try and stop it to prevent it from being used for damage to Gaea.....................


2 posted on 05/13/2014 7:43:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is troubled by inequality and carbon emissions.

...and sexual deviance.


3 posted on 05/13/2014 7:45:29 AM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Republicans are currently selling out their base.

America is built on patriots.

The GOP (and the democrats) are all sending former American jobs to every country in the world, and sending all of those jobs out of America.

We need jobs. Right here. For Americans.


4 posted on 05/13/2014 7:46:08 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: SeekAndFind
Almost everywhere the left is in control -- in California, for example -- the economic news is awful. But this has no effect on the ruling Democrats, the Los Angeles Times editorial page, New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman or others on the left.

In Krugman's case it's pretty simple. He doesn't recognize that it's economic news. In California's case, it's even simpler. They don't recognize anything.

5 posted on 05/13/2014 7:48:28 AM PDT by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The author’s theory seems reasonable.


6 posted on 05/13/2014 7:49:28 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

RE: The GOP (and the democrats) are all sending former American jobs to every country in the world, and sending all of those jobs out of America.

Or maybe the bigger problem is there is no incentive to START or CREATE jobs here.

Think of the American workforce ... over 70% of jobs created in the USA are from SMALL BUSINESSES.

They aren’t being created.

If you won’t start one here, what makes you think you’ll even think of going to China?


7 posted on 05/13/2014 7:49:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Goal: Destroy America. The ends justify the means.


8 posted on 05/13/2014 7:51:32 AM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: envisio

Actually it is fidelity that troubles them. Also truth, facts, and virtue.


9 posted on 05/13/2014 7:53:45 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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All I am saying is, any time I go shopping anymore, in any store, in any town, in any state in America, I see rows and rows of stuff MADE IN CHINA.

Everything is made in China.

So Americans are buying stuff which basically contributed zero, to our economy.

America’s economy is seriously under-supported by true manufacturing.

We need to make the stuff we buy.

China now makes more than America makes. China now is poised to become the largest economy anywhere.

We need to bring back American manufacturing, and compete with China.

Not support China. Compete with China.

Sure that can be good natured, and can benefit us both, but what we are doing now is simply a massive sell-out of American manufacturing to a competitor.

America needs to make stuff.

Right here.


10 posted on 05/13/2014 7:56:05 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Christ bugs them the most.


11 posted on 05/13/2014 7:58:26 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SeekAndFind

This isn’t exactly a new topic. No one wants to talk about a crap economy when their team is wearing the pro wrestling grand champion belt. There were more than a couple of us here during the previous decade warning that an economy built on mortgage brokers, wedding planners and selling a closet of junk on eBay was going to end poorly. I think you all can guess how those threads went ten years ago when junior was emperor.


12 posted on 05/13/2014 7:59:28 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: SeekAndFind

Until liberals love America more than they hate conservatives our country will continue to implode.


13 posted on 05/13/2014 8:20:06 AM PDT by Kharis13 (That noise you hear is our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

RE: We need to make the stuff we buy.

As long as you’re willing to pay significantly more for that stuff you’re paying for now, I have no problems with that.


14 posted on 05/13/2014 8:37:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Therefore, both philosophically and politically, the left has no reason to be troubled by bad economic news. And it isn't. It is troubled by inequality and carbon emissions.

Because the Left owns California. Their primary concern is power and control, Mr. Prager. Never forget that. The hammerlock on power assures that they will not face losing power.

15 posted on 05/13/2014 8:38:51 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
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16 posted on 05/13/2014 8:38:52 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Orangedog

I’ve been saying that since the big talk of the service industry started in the 80’s. Lots of eye rolling then, now I’m a genius though few remember the disdain they heaped on me back then.


17 posted on 05/13/2014 8:40:21 AM PDT by redangus
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There are some entertaining threads if the archives go back that far. They called us every name in the book and wanted to know why we hated america. But now it’s okay to talk about what’s wrong. I would say that will change if someone from team red wins the championship in 2016 and we’ll go back to being america haters, but it’s not looking like team red is going to do much better by that time.


18 posted on 05/13/2014 8:50:18 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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True dat😉.
19 posted on 05/13/2014 9:02:24 AM PDT by redangus
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To: SeekAndFind

There are actually 4 groups split.
1]Liberals
2]Working Family Democrats
3]Conservatives
4]Republicans

Bad economic news is good for 1 and 4.
Bad economic news is bad for 2.
Bad economic news should be bad for 3 because it increases government but is is good because, on economics, they are Republicans.


20 posted on 05/13/2014 9:13:34 AM PDT by ex-snook (God forgives and forgets.)
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