The Hill Belches Dem Sweep ‘Would Bring Biggest Boost to Economy’

NewsBusters ^ | 9/29/2020 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

The Hill just did some vomit-inducing PR for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and other Democrats on the economy. It cited economists from an organization that had predicted economic disaster under Trump in 2016.

Also, one of those “economists,” is a Hillary Clinton donor. But, don’t expect The Hill to disclose that.

The outlet pushed a propaganda piece headlined, “Analysis: Biden victory, Democratic sweep would bring biggest boost to economy.” Reporter Sylvan Lane Lane referenced Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist, “registered Democrat,” and Hillary Clinton donor Mark Zandi and associate economist Bernard Yaros, who reportedly modeled four potential outcomes of the November 2020 elections. Not surprisingly, the two economists, showing their leftist bent, “argued that a total Democratic sweep would bring the biggest boost to the economy because of Biden’s plans to spend trillions on infrastructure, education and the social safety net while boosting trade and immigration.” Ridiculously, they “argued that the higher taxes proposed to fund part of these plans would not slow the economy in a meaningful way.”

[The Antiyuppie]

The Hill Belches Dem Sweep ‘Would Bring Biggest Boost to Economy’

This is a true stament, if they are referring to China’s economy.

[Pox]

Of course it would. Everything would magically reopen as the pandemic would be declared over.

But, it would be temporary and the left will drive the economy into the ground, as usual.

[BenLurkin]

Exactly.

[chrisser]

I’m sure the economy of DC will boom.

[hanamizu]

“Of course it would. Everything would magically reopen as the pandemic would be declared over.”

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I really understand your skepticism about the Wuhan/CCP hype. But consider, nations like Britain, France, Spain, Israel are looking at lockdowns much more severe than we are having in most states—and they aren’t having elections in a few weeks. This virus is real and it is dangerous. How dangerous and how dangerous to which populations is becoming clearer.

All that said, of course the left will tank the economy. That’s yet another reason why they must be defeated.

[WKUHilltopper]

Yeah. To their treasonous ass economies.

[Dead Corpse]

Were they asleep during the Obama years? A redeux of his economic policies will produce the same dismal results.

Keep a Capitalist in control for real economic growth.

[CodeToad]

” This virus is real and it is dangerous.”

No, it is not. It is no more dangerous than the flu, common cold, and any other disease that kills people.

[kaktuskid]

With a survival rate of near 100% for those less than 70 years old?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Trump had a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, but the democrats didn’t support the concept.

On the other hand, maybe they are taking into account the economic losses from all the rioting the left will engage in when Trump wins.

[hanamizu]

It is no more dangerous than the flu, common cold, and any other disease that kills people.

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It’s a disease that kills people, and it is apparently killing lots of them. That makes it dangerous in my book. Judging by the reactions of the leaders of virtually every nation on earth, it is something quite serious, or do you think that every one of them has been bamboozled into tanking their national economies?

Now, you might be right, that for people who are young and otherwise healthy, Wuhan/CCP virus may not be all that dangerous, although there are some hints that it may cause long-term damage to important organs to people who survive their first brush with it. This thing is new, and nobody really knows a whole lot about it.

An anecdotal experience. A friend of my wife has come down with Wuhan and is quarantined in her home. She has health issues. Her husband also has health issues—lung disease—and is going into a hospice unit today. His lung condition was terminal anyway, and I expect that if he dies, he will be counted as a Wuhan death. He is dying anyway, but Wuhan looks like it’s hurrying things along. He might well have had another year or so of life.

It may well be that most of the Wuhan deaths are from people who had underlying health problems, but this virus is killing people.

[hanamizu]

With a survival rate of near 100% for those less than 70 years old?

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I saw one statistic that said that the rate was 95% for those of us in our 70s. That said, would you buy a ticket on a plane that had ‘only’ a 5% crash rate?

[antidisestablishment]

Nowhere close to 5%:

The Current Best Estimate Infection Fatality Ratio (by Age) according to the CDC is

0-19 years: 0.00003
20-49 years: 0.0002
50-69 years: 0.005
70+ years: 0.054

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html#

[Mr. Jeeves]

I guarantee a Dem sweep will put an end to my company's future growth plans, and lead to immediate elimination of 20-30% of our staff. It will do the same to most small businesses.

But it might be a good thing for the Multi-nationals with strong Democrat bribery structures in place. So this assertion may be superficially true - even as it speeds up the process of turning the USA into Brazil.

[CodeToad]

So, you’re gullible and believing of all government propaganda numbers. Got it. I don’t discuss issues with idiots.

[Rurudyne]

Sweep out of office maybe....

[nwrep]

This is pretty much the Wall St. consensus - that a Bidenn victory would somehow boost the economy. Research notes from GS and others also are repeating the same.

Only conservatives are arguing that a Biden win will kill the economy. Wall Street is not backing up that assertion.

[M-cubed]

That said, would you buy a ticket on a plane that had ‘only’ a 5% crash rate? <<

No..but that's a bogus argument with a bogus %

and with that said.....would you drive a car if the likelihood of you dying in a car crash was 19 times more likely then in an airplane?

[hanamizu]

Perhaps I’m being thick, but isn’t a fatality ratio of .054 = 5.4%?