That's what "coming out of a recession" looks like?
Posted on 03/28/2015 9:29:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
Question: How many Americans were forced out of the labor force in 2008? That really, really tremendously deep recession? The one that was totally Bush's fault?
And how many Americans are out of the labor force now, after 6 years of recovery? I think it's only gotten worse.
And how many trillions of dollars have been added to the debt over these past 6 years? Improvement? I don't think so.
And Obamacare -- net gain or net loss to American families?
Are we actually coming out of the recession? Or has it just been deepening for Obama's entire time in office?
Proof that many a so called journalists DO NOT see the forest for the trees.
Yeah, Kudlow suffers from two diseases:
A: He is the eternal optimist about America and the economy.
B: He just deals inside the Manhattan to DC corridor, and never sees the real world.
Too bad - his instincts are great - but he’s out of touch.
But overall, small town America is still hurting and has little means to recover.
What can a small town entrepreneur do, open a hamburger stand, a corner drug store, a neighborhood hardware store, a grocery store?
Someone from out of town already owns that market and the best you can hope for is a $15 an hour job as a manager
The answer is it was the Rat party who did. Before they got the majority in the 2006 election because so many on our site wanted to teach the GOP a lesson, there was nothing wrong with the economy. The economy was thriving and unemployment was practically nonexistent. Things changed when the rats took over.
So no, it was not President Bush's fault, but the rat's fault and those on our site who sat home and let the rats take over
Larry is a bit more than a journo though, he worked for Reagan under Dave Stockman.
I’m not saying I agree 100% but he’s an interesting guy.
That's what "coming out of a recession" looks like?
the rate of homeownership in the United States has fallen to a 20 year low.
Perhaps Larry needs to curb his economic optimism......He’s a super Pollyanna.
The only problem is with the percentage of the US population that is making and accumulating that money.
What you are currently seeing is the consolidation of wealth. This has happened many times throughout history.
This is the tipping point where the US goes from being a republic, and becomes an empire.
And so the story of the US draws to a close.
Less happy talk and more realistic appreciation of this dire situation is called for. Only then will we start solving it.
We seem to be bumping along the bottom.
Every time we hit a bump and go up we feel a tingle go up our leg.
Every time we bump down its just the pits.
Wow. An article that actually calls it.
“..And the government has attacked the high-end movers and shakers with tax hikes and overregulation.
And unfortunately, a damaging business psychology prevails. It says that success must be punished, and that redistribution is the way to solve inadequate growth, inequality, and unhappiness.”
And I would add taxes and regulations on the people and small businesses.
Instead of some garbage about monetary policy, get the government out of businesses and peoples way; remove regulations and taxes, and watch the economy grow like crazy.
It is a "disease" now to be optimistic about America, is it?
And because you are by contrast so much more the pessimist, what you have to say allegedly somehow carries more weight?
Larry's opinions have been published and read since the Reagan years and his optimism -- also scoffed at at the time by liberal "intelligentsia"-- was reflective of the success of that era as well.
Your depression-laced blogs will be forgettable long before you have even composed them, Eddie.
Maybe your opinions will gain some standing when they can garner the media exposure Kudlow has had for 30 years, and demonstrate any credible hope of remaining 1/2 as relevant 30 years later.
Until then, "C. Edmund"'s blogs will rate about the same as might a "Crazy Eddie" blog on "-ludes."
FreeRepublic ought to consider awarding "Eeyore"'s to some depression-driven posters around here the same way the political analysts award "Pinocchio"'s to all the "politi-fibbers."
5%-7% official unemployment
10% more of the adult population early retired/disabled/detached from workforce
So roughly 1/8 not working who used to be
Just stop it Larry. There is no rebound you moron. 93 million people out of work. We are in an ongoing Depression not recovering from a Recession. We have no chance of seeing anything positive for at least 22 months because Barack Hussein Obama works tirelessly to prevent it.
Whoa there aggie - you need to climb down off of your high horse - and do it carefully so you don’t snag your skirt.
It is a disease to be optimistic about America in general? No. Is Kudlow guilty of being overly optimistic? Yes, for many years. But that’s not the point.
To correct your major mistake, optimism under Reagan is well founded. Much of the opportunity we had under Reagan is long gone, thanks primarily to Obama and The Fed. Kudlow has not seemed to understand that. He seems not to understand the disaster main street entrepreneurialism is under.
And I have no depression blogs - you are on crack.
Yet, somehow despite all that, it is he who appears to live inside your head, not the other way around. And for what it is or isn't worth, Rove's and Kudlow’s opinions are sought out and actually get frequent air time in major media, where, quite unsurprisingly and by contrast, yours does not.
Your negativity will forever wilt in the presence of someone who has true intellectual heft:
“I'm optimistic because of you. I'm optimistic because I believe in the American people. And I'm optimistic, because I am convinced, God isn't done with America yet.”
--Ted Cruz, Liberty University, Monday, March 23, 2015
Kudlow’s and Cruz’ optimism will be going strong long after your dated, stale, foul-mouthed, and depressed little blog-lumps of album graecum perpetually fade into the abyss of their ever diminishing price points, even as one such as yourself eventually finds their negativity confined to their own personal treadmill of irrelevance.
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