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Posted on 04/09/2004 12:22:04 PM PDT by Havoc
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To: discostu
Dodge and distort. Dodge and distort. Still waiting.
581
posted on
04/13/2004 2:57:58 PM PDT
by
Havoc
("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
To: Havoc
You've gotten what you asked for. No dodges no distortions, and saying there are dodges and distortions is MORE LIES from HAVOC THE LIAR.
Now answer the questions asked of you. Talk about dodge and distort. First you LIE about not having your questions answered then you refuse to answer questions. STOP THE LIES HAVOC, START ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH TRUTH.
END HAVOC'S LIES
END HAVOC'S LIES
END HAVOC'S LIES
582
posted on
04/13/2004 3:04:41 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Brick urgently required, must be thick and well kept)
To: discostu
No, I haven't gotten what I asked for. I've gotten your rhetoric; but, you've cited no historical reference showing this theory has been proven correct, much less that it can function absent it's baseline. We had a thread posted last night on this forum noting the blaring absence of the baseline - etc. Cite the reference or admit it's never been proven. Adam smith did it, where's the proof for this?
Cite the publication and the people credited with proving it. Begging the question isn't proof.
583
posted on
04/13/2004 3:12:18 PM PDT
by
Havoc
("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
To: Havoc
Here's your historical data, this is the direction economic indicators have moved since NAFTA, the baseline is pre-NAFTA, the good news is now.
New unemployment claims - DOWN
Unemployment as a percentage - DOWN
Total jobs in the economy - UP
GDP - UP
Manufacturing indexes - UP
Retail sales - UP
Inflation - DOWN
That FULLY answers your question. There's no spin here, no distortion, no dodging. Just the pure simple fact that EVERY SINGLE economic indicator of any merit has moved in the good direction since NAFTA. Every one, no exception. That is the pure and simple truth and no matter how hard you stamp your foot and LIE those facts will not change. Free trade has demonstrably been good for America in EVERY MEASURABLE WAY and anyone that says otherwise is a liar and a moron.
584
posted on
04/13/2004 3:26:52 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Brick urgently required, must be thick and well kept)
To: Havoc; discostu
GDP 1996 Dollars in Billions DATE . VALUE
1987-01-01 6013.328
1987-04-01 6077.162
1987-07-01 6128.104
1987-10-01 6234.441
1988-01-01 6275.851
1988-04-01 6349.841
1988-07-01 6382.344
1988-10-01 6465.242
1989-01-01 6543.842
1989-04-01 6579.392
1989-07-01 6610.567
1989-10-01 6633.538
1990-01-01 6716.279
1990-04-01 6731.749
1990-07-01 6719.404
1990-10-01 6664.243
1991-01-01 6631.350
1991-04-01 6668.541
1991-07-01 6684.870
1991-10-01 6720.889
1992-01-01 6783.316
1992-04-01 6846.759
1992-07-01 6899.654
1992-10-01 6990.599
1993-01-01 6988.724
1993-04-01 7031.150
1993-07-01 7062.012
1993-10-01 7168.662
1994-01-01 7229.370
1994-04-01 7330.238
1994-07-01 7370.163
1994-10-01 7461.109
1995-01-01 7488.689
1995-04-01 7503.300
1995-07-01 7561.352
1995-10-01 7621.904
1996-01-01 7676.440
1996-04-01 7802.935
1996-07-01 7841.922
1996-10-01 7931.305
1997-01-01 8016.391
1997-04-01 8131.947
1997-07-01 8216.564
1997-10-01 8272.897
1998-01-01 8396.345
1998-04-01 8442.912
1998-07-01 8528.466
1998-10-01 8667.853
1999-01-01 8733.171
1999-04-01 8775.518
1999-07-01 8886.934
1999-10-01 9040.072
2000-01-01 9097.421
2000-04-01 9205.711
2000-07-01 9218.681
2000-10-01 9243.840
2001-01-01 9229.932
2001-04-01 9193.054
2001-07-01 9186.413
2001-10-01 9248.762
2002-01-01 9363.225
2002-04-01 9392.446
2002-07-01 9485.579
2002-10-01 9518.238
2003-01-01 9551.991
2003-04-01 9625.513
http://marketvector.com/data/index.htm
Civilian workforce in thousands
1987-01-01 110953
1988-01-01 114016
1989-01-01 116708
1990-01-01 119081
1991-01-01 117940
1992-01-01 117978
1993-01-01 119075
1994-01-01 121966
1995-01-01 124663
1996-01-01 125125
1997-01-01 128298
1998-01-01 130726
1999-01-01 133078
2000-01-01 136609
2001-01-01 137846
2002-01-01 135791
2002-02-01 136450
2002-03-01 136143
2002-04-01 136196
2002-05-01 136487
2002-06-01 136383
2002-07-01 136343
2002-08-01 136757
2002-09-01 137312
2002-10-01 136988
2002-11-01 136542
2002-12-01 136439
2003-01-01 137536
2003-02-01 137408
2003-03-01 137348
2003-04-01 137687
2003-05-01 137487
2003-06-01 137738
2003-07-01 137478
Now show me in this data where all the jobs were lost or where the economy declined after your buddy Clinton got NAFTA passed.
Come on Havoc, focus on the facts and resist the name calling and physical threats.
To: discostu
No, that doesn't answer my question. It isn't proof of anything to do with free trade. I asked you specifically to cite historic reference that shows that the theory has been (A) proven, (B) by whome and additionally (C) that it will function absent the baseline the theory requires to function in the first place.
You've not yet done it. Now, I understand you're handicapped by a lack of understanding of the English language; but, if need be, get a translator and take your time. As I said, Adam Smith's theory was subjected to such proofs. So where's yours. Take your time - in no rush.
586
posted on
04/13/2004 3:44:18 PM PDT
by
Havoc
("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
To: Toddsterpatriot
He'll never even try. All facts that don't agree with his pre-conceived notions are automatically "spin" and "distortions" and any failure to provide data that proves him right is a "dodge". It's not a healthy mentality to start with, but when the person with it has beliefs that bear so little resemblance to reality that they should probably be in therapy it become really bad. Here's what Havoc's answer will be in a nutshell:
typical free traitor, completely unable to prove 1 is 2 and hiding your ineptitude behind spin and distortion, stop dodging the question, prove that 1 is 2 or admit your just a money grubbing scum who hates America!
587
posted on
04/13/2004 3:47:31 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Brick urgently required, must be thick and well kept)
To: Havoc
Yes it does answer your question. It just doesn't answer it the way you like because it proves you WRONG and that apparantly gives you a terrible rash. Buy ointment.
588
posted on
04/13/2004 3:48:34 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Brick urgently required, must be thick and well kept)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Now show me in this data where all the jobs were lost or where the economy declined after your buddy Clinton got NAFTA passed. Get real. Most are making much less than they were just 4 years ago. Millions have gone from good jobs, with pretty good benefits to low end jobs with little or no benefits.
Many have their wifes working now just so they can have medical benefits.
589
posted on
04/13/2004 3:52:27 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Joe Hadenuf
Get real. Most are making much less than they were just 4 years ago. I thought NAFTA was passed in 1993.
To: discostu
We've got an argument that has weight the economy. For the majority of the time since NAFTA was passed the US economy has been chugging along at meterioric rates, unemployment has dropped lower than everSounds good, but in reality, thousands went from good full time positions with benefits, to low end jobs at Walmart and other low end service jobs....Trust me, this is not a good thing.
591
posted on
04/13/2004 3:55:14 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Toddsterpatriot
I thought NAFTA was passed in 1993.You bet, and the negative effects didn't start kicking in until about 4 or 5 years ago....
592
posted on
04/13/2004 3:56:32 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Joe Hadenuf
Sorry that's not the case. In reality the manufacturing sector is a higher percentage of our GDP than it was just prior to WWII, good jobs are thriving throughout the country. Reality is the economy is fine and free trade has at worst been economically neutral. There's a perceptage some are selling that the jobs of America has trended downward, but you shouldn't buy it because the sellers are drunk and hooked on crack.
593
posted on
04/13/2004 3:58:00 PM PDT
by
discostu
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To: Joe Hadenuf
You bet, and the negative effects didn't start kicking in until about 4 or 5 years ago.... So, how many years before we start to recover once we repeal NAFTA?
To: discostu
Home loans and second mortgages -- WAY UP
Credit Card Debt -- WAY UP
Bankruptcies and loan defaults -- UP
Inflation on basic costs of living -- UP Real wages -- DOWN
State and City Income Tax Receipts -- WAY DOWN
Savings -- WAY DOWN
Hedonically adjusted inflation -- WAY DOWN!
People are trained to spend, to borrow to spend, to borrow more to spend ... so
Retail Sales -- UP!
Worry about Tomorrow -- DOWN!
BE HAPPY! :-))
595
posted on
04/13/2004 3:59:55 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: Joe Hadenuf; discostu; Toddsterpatriot
Most are making much less than they were just 4 years ago.I'm sure you have a source to back up this claim.
The plural form of "anecdote" is not "data."
596
posted on
04/13/2004 4:01:07 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Darkdrake Lives!)
To: discostu
No, it doesnt' prove me wrong. All it proves is that the economy has recovered to an extent while under assault by your theory - just like a human body can recover from a cold though it is under seige by cancer. We already know the disastrous impact of this theory. I'm specifically asking you for something you are unwilling to supply because you can't - it's an unproven theory. An unproven theory that is ravaging the middle class of America, lowering incomes to poverty levels here while availing itself of slave rates elsewhere.. etc. It provides a short term appearance of gain while it destroys the tax base and puts people in poverty a little at a time. It's so popular that My company won't even admit publicly that it's outsourcing our helpdesk. One of our local papers called their corporate office and they denied it after telling us they're doing it and giving us dates.
When it's popular and good for ya, they advertise it openly and take all the credit they can scrape up for it. When it's damaging and unpopular to the tune of 70% of Americans, you have to hide and deny - just like you traitors here.. oh, forgot - free traitors.
597
posted on
04/13/2004 4:01:36 PM PDT
by
Havoc
("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
To: Poohbah
Most are making
much less than they were just 4 years ago.
Do you think most means more than 50%?
And exactly what percentage is much?
To: bvw
Home loans and second mortgages -- WAY UP - not related to free trade
Credit Card Debt -- WAY UP - not related to free trade
Bankruptcies and loan defaults -- UP - not related to free trade
Inflation on basic costs of living -- UP - actually not true
Real wages -- DOWN - also not true
State and City Income Tax Receipts -- WAY DOWN - the government has less money to spend and this is a problem how?
Savings -- WAY DOWN - not related to free trade
Hedonically adjusted inflation -- WAY DOWN! - yeah
Retail Sales -- UP! - good news, money makes the economy go round, if people aren't spending then other people aren't earning, that's called a recession
Worry about Tomorrow -- DOWN! - also good news, worry about tomorrow causes people to not spend, which causes other people to not earn, which is still called a recession
599
posted on
04/13/2004 4:03:11 PM PDT
by
discostu
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To: Havoc
And if free trade is destroying the American economy then just how did the economy recover?
See that's where you're proven wrong. If free trade was half as bad for the economy as you insist it is the recession should have turned into a depression a while ago. Meanwhile the most trade restrictive nation in the world, Japan, has been in a recession for 12 years and counting, thus clearly demonstrating that erecting trade barriers is not the answer.
600
posted on
04/13/2004 4:04:56 PM PDT
by
discostu
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