Real hope for change is just around the corner in 2016.From where?
Real hope for change is just around the corner in 2016.From where?
Run Sarah, run!!!
“We need to look for new leadership in Congress ... prosperity ... “ etc.
Sorry Sarah, but so far the new kids haven’t been inspiring much confidence, for ex., talking the other night about “working with Democrats.”
Less talk!
A lot of Americans are wondering how to pay the penalty for being unable to afford Affordable health care.
So maybe the Grand Old Party hasn’t noticed, but the Party of the People has been kicking our butts these past six years.
The congressional cavalry is coming? For some reason the old line, “Then hold one hand out in front of you and cup the other behind you, and wish, and see which gets filled fastest.” comes to mind.
More action!
Just look for it
I stand with Ted
Hey! Cruz! Take notes.
Someone needs to point out to 0bama and his Progressive cronies that first time employees usually have to do some jumping to catch that first rung in the first place. When you artificially raise entry level wages then fewer people can make that first jump and never do get on the ladder.
I need a little Sarah to help me forget about Joni Ernst.
I thought the debt went from $4 trillion to $18 trillion under Obama.
Sarah said the debt increased by $7.5 trillion under Obama....I thought it increased by $14 trillion.....and counting.
Question: Is America far too corrupt to vote for a Ted Cruz or Sarah Palin?..
AND if it’s NOT that corrupt would we actually know one way or the other.. with all the voter fraud.?.....
AND voter fraud is so bad in many places it is laughable..
I mean..... more voters voting than in the district?.. dead voting with no outrage?.. multiple votes?..
-OR- even 100% or 90%.. even 50% in some places is unheard of..
A few places value an actual vote.. less every year.. NOT MORE....
Highly democrat areas have been manipulated for many decades..
And marginally democrat areas are always suspect..
Over the last 50 years that I have noticed.. most all republicans do not want to even think about voter fraud..
ELSE:................. THEY WOULD SOMETHING ABOUT IT!...
So far ZIP!.. IF there was cause for REVOLT! <-— this is..
tomorrow
Middle Class Economics by President Barry "Obama" McEcon
The data are annualized except when noted otherwise. All are monthly or quarterly. I use the last month / quarter of the year.
Much of the size of this is taken up by instructions on how to get the sources of the data and much, much more data!
The numbered column headings are for:
Taking into account the year preceding the Barry McEcon administration, here is the first six years of the administration using these spread sheet formulas to compute %'s:
(2014 value - 2008 value) / 2008 value
I get
Col 11 and Col 12 are the (phony?) Unemployment rate and Unemployment rate of the full-time labor force, respectively. See table for President McEcon's disasters in these categories:
| Year |
|---|
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
| 2014 |
| Year |
| 2. |
|---|
| 232937 |
| 234825 |
| 236739 |
| 238712 |
| 240431 |
| 244169 |
| 246564 |
| 248843 |
| 2. |
| 3. |
|---|
| 153645 |
| 154723 |
| 153591 |
| 153803 |
| 153995 |
| 155450 |
| 154989 |
| 156258 |
| 3. |
| 4. |
|---|
| 66.0 |
| 65.9 |
| 64.9 |
| 64.4 |
| 64.0 |
| 63.7 |
| 62.9 |
| 62.8 |
| 4. |
| 5. |
|---|
| 146272 |
| 144091 |
| 138368 |
| 139155 |
| 140669 |
| 143303 |
| 144205 |
| 147344 |
| 5. |
| 6. |
|---|
| 62.8 |
| 61.4 |
| 58.4 |
| 58.3 |
| 58.5 |
| 58.7 |
| 58.5 |
| 59.2 |
| 6. |
| 7. |
|---|
| 121621 |
| 118281 |
| 110906 |
| 111655 |
| 113269 |
| 115610 |
| 116826 |
| 119707 |
| 7. |
| 8. |
|---|
| 24727 |
| 25836 |
| 27423 |
| 27444 |
| 27355 |
| 27684 |
| 27378 |
| 27657 |
| 8. |
| 9. |
|---|
| 7374 |
| 10633 |
| 15223 |
| 14649 |
| 13326 |
| 12146 |
| 10784 |
| 8914 |
| 9. |
| 10. |
|---|
| 6009 |
| 9009 |
| 13444 |
| 12867 |
| 11521 |
| 10338 |
| 9171 |
| 7478 |
| 10. |
| 11. |
|---|
| 4.8 |
| 6.9 |
| 9.9 |
| 9.5 |
| 8.7 |
| 7.8 |
| 7.0 |
| 5.7 |
| 11. |
| 12. |
|---|
| 4.7 |
| 7.1 |
| 10.8 |
| 10.3 |
| 9.2 |
| 8.2 |
| 7.3 |
| 5.9 |
| 12. |
| 13. |
|---|
| 79291 |
| 80102 |
| 83148 |
| 84908 |
| 86436 |
| 88719 |
| 91575 |
| 92584 |
| 13. |
| pop. |
|---|
| 301230 |
| 304090 |
| 306770 |
| 309330 |
| 311590 |
| 313910 |
| 316160 |
| 319470 |
| pop. |
| labor1 | labor1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 123524 | 22810 | |
| 121211 | 22138 | |
| 116663 | 21290 | |
| 117006 | 22153 | |
| 118033 | 22647 | |
| 119844 | 23216 | |
| 120636 | 23787 | |
| 122558 | 24890 | |
| labor1 | labor1 | |
| force | force | |
| domestic | foreign | |
| born | born | |
| [1000s] | [1000s] |
| PR2 |
|---|
| 68.2 |
| 67.9 |
| 67.2 |
| 67.8 |
| 67.4 |
| 66.4 |
| 66.1 |
| 65.9 |
| PR2 |
| UR2 |
|---|
| 4.7 |
| 7.6 |
| 11.0 |
| 10.6 |
| 8.8 |
| 8.0 |
| 6.5 |
| 5.3 |
| UR2 |
| income3 |
|---|
| 56,436 |
| 54,423 |
| 54,059 |
| 52,646 |
| 51,842 |
| 51,759 |
| 51,939 |
| N |
| income3 |
| median income |
| Recession |
|---|
| Dec 2007 |
| to |
| Jun 2009 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| Year |
|---|
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
| 2014 |
| Year |
| GDP |
|---|
| 1.8 |
| -0.3 |
| -2.8 |
| 2.5 |
| 1.6 |
| 2.3 |
| 2.2 |
| 5 |
| GDP |
| % chg |
| PCE |
|---|
| 0.34 |
| -3.16 |
| -0.01 |
| 2.79 |
| 0.94 |
| 1.32 |
| 2.51 |
| 2.21 |
| PCE |
| U-6 |
|---|
| 8.8 |
| 13.6 |
| 17.1 |
| 16.6 |
| 15.2 |
| 14.4 |
| 13.1 |
| 11.2 |
| U-6 |
| U-2 |
|---|
| 2.5 |
| 4.3 |
| 6.3 |
| 5.7 |
| 4.9 |
| 4.2 |
| 3.5 |
| 2.8 |
| U-2 |
| SSDI |
|---|
| 823,106 |
| 895,011 |
| 985,940 |
| 1,052,551 |
| 1,025,003 |
| 979,973 |
| 884,894 |
| 810,973 |
| SSDI |
1labor: If second labor column (foreign born) is not shown hover the labor (domestic numbers) for foreign born numbers.
Source: to find the tables go here Data Retrieval: Labor Force Statistics (CPS)
HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status and nativity. Then
Scroll down to "Retrieve Data"
The data that I include above are from the month of December except for 2014 where November is the last month with data available.
2 PR Civilian labor force participation rate, foreign born and UR unemployment rate, foreign born. See 1 for source.
3income: For the Census Bureau income data go here. Choose "Consumer Income Reports (P60)" then choose "P60-249 Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013" (pdf file).
|
The numbered column headings are for:
The rest of the columns are:
Some columns are combined / omitted to fit desired columns on a PC screen. Use hover to view combined columns.
All values in the numbered-columns are from annualized quarterly sources. The value displayed is for the fourth quarter.
| Table Information |
|---|
| Column headings 1 to 13 |
| I've combined several tables into one. Most of the tables were obtained here: go to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Labor Force Statisics from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Make your selections. I chose quarterly data. I took the fourth quarter data from each table and combined them into the main part of the table above. For the year 2014 I took the third quarter data. |
| pop. Population data |
|---|
| Go here U.S. population and US Census clock, Dec 22, 2014 319.47 million |
| Recession |
|---|
| CENSUS BUREAU, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SOURCES |
| National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Cambridge MA 02138 US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions Link from BLS SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS THE RECESSION OF 2007 – 2009 |
| GDP - Table 1.1.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product (annual rates) |
|---|
| see PCE |
| PCE Personal consumption expenditures |
|---|
| The GDP Personal consumption expenditures percentage US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) If you are not at Gross Domestic Product (GDP) search for it. It should be on page http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm. Then click on
I did not know which tables to look for so I chose to download them all in csv format. I clicked on Section 1 (2852.7k) I used Table 1.1.2. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product |
| U-6 |
|---|
| Hover column for U-2 data. |
| U-1 to U-6 unemployment rates. We know how the "official unemployment rate" is manipulated so I won't include it here. These are annualized monthly data for December. For 2014 I used November. |
| Series Id: LNS13327709 Seasonally Adjusted Series title: (seas) Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of all civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers Labor force status: Aggregated totals unemployed Type of data: Percent or rate Age: 16 years and over Percent/rates: Unemployed and mrg attached and pt for econ reas as percent of labor force plus marg attached. |
| U-2 |
|---|
| U-1 to U-6 unemployment rates. These are annualized monthly data for December. For 2014 I used November. |
| Series Id: LNS14023621 Seasonally Adjusted Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate - Job Losers Type of data: Percent or rate Age: 16 years and over Reasons looking for work: Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs U-2 |
| SSDI |
|---|
| Selected Data from Social Security's Disability Program |
| The following table presents unedited data (including corrections, if any) on disabled worker beneficiaries paid from Social Security's Disability Insurance Trust Fund. In particular, unedited award data may contain duplicate cases. |
| 2014 data are the sum of first three quarters |
Footnotes
N Not available.
Z Represents or rounds to zero.
Stymie
One thing I would love to see in the tax code is:
You can not get more back in your refund than you paid.
Those 'wealthy and politically connected' are the folks who give the fat donations to our 'public servants' who then reward them with tweaks that give them a return of thousands of dollars for every penny 'donated'. Sarah's right - move to a flat tax.
Just saying.
Since this was posted, Sarah’s subscribers have now exceeded 4,500,000.
:D