5 & 6 are faked statistics. Currently in a depression for the bottom 95% which would be evident with soup lines and massive homeless camps if not for EBT, section 8 housing, etc.
http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2016/09/what-if-were-in-depression-but-dont.html
Yes, agree. The purpose of questions 5 and 6 is to provide an objective measure of the voters’ mood on the economy and jobs.
Now, while the those statistics may have been more relevant 30 years ago, they are certainly less a measure today.
We know clearly that the American electorate is feeling economic pain. This election is clearly a rerun of “It’s the economy, stupid.”
And with that, we can now safely say that 12 of the 13 points in the Election Prediction Model point to Trump!
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And thank you for pointing me to the fantastic and scholarly work of Charles Hugh Smith. I have great interest in his economic charts and his analysis. Much to read.
In fact, maybe FReeper spend too much energy rebutting silly stuff from the NYT, WaPo, and HuffPost. I understand why we do it. You get a chance to vent anger and make jokes.
Still, Smith’s quality economic analysis — because it’s aimed at educating the layman — is highly appropriate here and I hope we’ll see more excerpts of his work here.