US employers add 313,000 jobs

[Renae]

I hadn't considered race in the discussion.

You didn't, they do.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

You didn't, they do.

If you aren't me, then you are they. Covers a lot of different people. Is that a strawman?

 

[Conservative]

The racist backlash to a black president is not the fault of the black president, and if Obama could have run against Trump in 2016 Obama would have won in the single biggest landslide quite possibly in U.S. History.

So you give Obama a pass on his poor economic performance because he was black?? I hold Obama responsible for his economic results because those are the results his resume showed he would generate, he was a community agitator with no private sector, leadership, or management experience and he surrounded himself with the same type which the private sector recognized

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

May 2010, January 2012 and October 2015 were the only months during Obama administration with monthly job growth over 330k. Why bring up Obama?

I think you might need to read the article title again

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U.S. stock futures jumped by triple digits on Friday after employers helped drive the best job growth since July 2016.

 

[Renae]

If you aren't me, then you are they. Covers a lot of different people. Is that a strawman?

I'm sorry I made a half hearted jest, I didn't think you'd take it as a personal attack.

 

[tres borrachos]

Of course I knew that which is why the numbers were better under Obama after their takeover

So you agree that any economic changes (aka jobs) are not the result of who is the President, but instead is a result of who controls Congress. I agree.

That's why I keep giving the Republicans in Congress credit for the economy. Not Obama. And not Trump.

 

[tres borrachos]

I hadn't considered race in the discussion.

That's because race has nothing to do with this discussion.

 

[Conservative]

So you agree that any economic changes (aka jobs) are not the result of who is the President, but instead is a result of who controls Congress. I agree.

That's why I keep giving the Republicans in Congress credit for the economy. Not Obama. And not Trump.

But it is the President that provides leadership and the proper focus/direction. The GOP Congress under Obama made some improvements but not nearly as much as they have now that the Republicans have total control. Trump's EO's are an example of that

 

[MTAtech]

Actually it cut taxes on pretty much everyone not just high earners why you have to be dishonest in your argument is well noted.
Actually more disposable income does lead to economic activity this is a fact.

if people have more money to spend then they spend it.

Yes, as Paul Ryan famously said, "that $1.50 a week will pay for her Costco membership."

The middle class got crumbs and the upper class got filet mignon -- but everybody shared the tax cut.

 

[Conservative]

One thing I know for sure, you will run when challenged, ignore the official data only to come back on some other thread with the same lies, distortions, and failure to recognize reality. What is it about liberalism that creates this kind of loyalty? Are you being paid for these rants?

 

[Conservative]

Yes, as Paul Ryan famously said, "that $1.50 a week will pay for her Costco membership."

The middle class got crumbs and the upper class got filet mignon -- but everybody shared the tax cut.

So tell me how much of a tax cut should be given to people who don't pay the taxes being cut?? Nancy Pelosi appreciates the support but the 4 million more Americans working this February vs. Obama's 2016 February and 1.7 million more than last February get it. When will you?

 

[holbritter]

That's true. It's merely part of the progress started under Obama.

And how long will that answer be valid? 2 more years? 1?

 

[Kal'Stang]

Funny how when things are good Democrats and Republicans fight over who should get the credit. When things are not good they fight over who is to blame.

My kids do the same thing...............

 

[tres borrachos]

But it is the President that provides leadership and the proper focus/direction. The GOP Congress under Obama made some improvements but not nearly as much as they have now that the Republicans have total control. Trump's EO's are an example of that

So Obama lead the country out of a hideous situation. That is what I said earlier.

 

[Conservative]

So Obama lead the country out of a hideous situation. That is what I said earlier.

Is that what you truly believe? Some very credible sources disagree including the following

What Ended the Great Recession?

bea.gov

Treasury.org

Bls.gov

But of course the left knows better

 

[holbritter]

Apparently, you don't know how addition works. President Obama added a lot of full-time jobs during his presidency. The fact that we never got back to pre-recession levels just demonstrates how horrible the great recession(which started under Bush who implemented Tax cuts just like the ones Trump did) was. You seem to forget that we lost 2.6 million jobs in just 2008 alone before President Obama was even sworn into office.

The recession which really started in 2006 was caused by the housing bubble bursting, not tax cuts.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

I think you might need to read the article title again

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According to my link from the BLS, it was the largest monthly job growth since October 2015. Is your point that point in time was during the Obama administration? Ok, can't argue that point.

 

[tres borrachos]

Is that what you truly believe? Some very credible sources disagree including the following

What Ended the Great Recession?

bea.gov

Treasury.org

Bls.gov

But of course the left knows better

Not sure what the left has to do with my comment. Does the President provide leadership that impacts employment and the economic climate? Yes or no?

 

[AliHajiSheik]

I'm sorry I made a half hearted jest, I didn't think you'd take it as a personal attack.

Not offended and I didn't see it as an attack. I never know who "they" are so it is usually best to not assume.

 

[tres borrachos]

Funny how when things are good Democrats and Republicans fight over who should get the credit. When things are not good they fight over who is to blame.

My kids do the same thing...............

That's why it's best not to give any one person or role credit. I never do, no matter who is POTUS or who controls Congress.

The American economy is so gigantic and has too many moving parts to do that.

 

[Conservative]

Not sure what the left has to do with my comment. Does the President provide leadership that impacts employment and the economic climate? Yes or no?

Yes, he sure does which is why Employment after the Obama stimulus signed in February 2009 went from 142 million down to 139 million two years later. When the stimulus failed what did Obama do? Promoted ACA and not economic growth and activity with a willing Congress promoting social programs and spending. GDP growth for 2009 was still negative and not one year of the Obama term was 3%. That is a disaster

 

[AliHajiSheik]

That's because race has nothing to do with this discussion.

Why do you think I believed that race had something to do with this discussion? Someone replied to me with something I had no reason to consider on my own, all I did was say that.

 

[Conservative]

That's why it's best not to give any one person or role credit. I never do, no matter who is POTUS or who controls Congress.

The American economy is so gigantic and has too many moving parts to do that.

If you ever ran a business and I did you would understand forward planning and know that business under Trump and the GOP are not going to be punished for success. There isn't class warfare legislation being generated as it was with the Obama Administration

 

[tres borrachos]

If you ever ran a business and I did you would understand forward planning and know that business under Trump and the GOP are not going to be punished for success. There isn't class warfare legislation being generated as it was with the Obama Administration

I never said anything about punishing anyone for success. No clue where you came up with that.

I did run a business. Right now I run a $12 million division of a multinational company. Yes, I do know a thing or two about business.

 

[KLATTU]

The rule is, and always has been thus:

When the economy goes good the President in power gets credit. When it goes bad, he or she ( hey it's gonna happen...soon) gets the blame.
Especiallay the blame part -they get voted out.

It's almost never logical but that's just the way it goes.