Economy The [Wall / Government Shutdown] Megathread

[ShadowRun]

I'm pretty much with Trump on this but one thing for federal works/ contractors is getting behind on bills, that effecting your credit which is apart in giving someone a clearance or a clearance being re-newed

 

[IGIT]

Now you're linking to the wrong date even. Six days after she voted against her own bill.

hi Beaver Brownlee,

ok, i see you are confused.

six days later she voted "yea", when the vote was being held for her legislation. that part you understand.

the vote you are excited about that occurred days earlier was on the motion to recommit HJ Res 28 - which the congresswoman understandably voted against.

i ask again, do you understand what a motion to recommit is?

i am asking because this vote, the one you keep citing; http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll043.xml, is not an up or down vote on the congresswoman Lowey's legislation, it is a vote to open said legislation to GOP amendments.

- IGIT

 

[HARRISON_3]

Billionaire Secretary of Transportation Wilbur Ross doesn't understand why missing your pay check is such a big deal.

"Just take out a loan to buy food."

Also, let them eat cake.

This is the GOP, and we endorse this message.

Fuck that puto.

 

[Beaver Brownlee]

hi Beaver Brownlee,

ok, i see you are confused.

six days later she voted "yea", when the vote was being held for her legislation. that part you understand.

the vote you are excited about that occurred days earlier was on the motion to recommit HJ Res 28 - which the congresswoman understandably voted against.

i ask again, do you understand a motion to recommit is?

- IGIT

I get it now, in looking at Rep. Crenshaw's link and comments I misunderstood, as did he apparently.

 

[IGIT]

I get it now, in looking at Rep. Crenshaw's link and comments I misunderstood, as did he apparently.

hi Beaver Brownlee,

all good my friend!

*high fives*

- IGIT

 

[cincymma79]

Why side with the billionaire fucks on this? Maybe wages have not been growing with inflation while the middle class is shrinking, and more and more people are having to work paycheck to paycheck.

The bootlicking towards the rich, I will never get this shit.

Nobody who uses the term bootlicker is not an abject loser

 

[cincymma79]

Well, in your estimation, 80% of the US labor force has fucked up priorities.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/us-economy-workers-paycheck-robert-reich

Yeah that seems about right. The fact the average car payment is what it is alone tells me I’m on the something here. If you are living paycheck to paycheck you should not be making car payments

 

[IGIT]

Yeah that seems about right. The fact the average car payment is what it is alone tells me I’m on the something here. If you are living paycheck to paycheck you should not be making car payments

hi hi cincymma79,

while i understand the sentiment, i wonder what would happen to the US economy if people stopped spending?

- IGIT

 

[cincymma79]

hi hi cincymma79,

while i understand the sentiment, i wonder what would happen to the US economy if people stopped spending?

- IGIT

And had savings? Hard to say. That prosperous period everyone take about had more people with savings. Could be chicken and egg. Funny though I had two months of living expenses saved up backwhen I was 20 and making my 20000 a year. Priorities

 

[hillelslovak87]

Nobody who uses the term bootlicker is not an abject loser

The whores of corrupt leaders typically think along the lines you're trodding upon. It's good to know who thinks it's normal Americans at fault for our economy are.....

 

[cincymma79]

The whores of corrupt leaders typically think along the lines you're trodding upon. It's good to know who thinks it's normal Americans at fault for our economy are.....

I’m not even going to read this
Just going to quote it for when it gets deleted later so people can see this

 

[IGIT]

And had savings? Hard to say. That prosperous period everyone take about had more people with savings. Could be chicken and egg. Funny though I had two months of living expenses saved up backwhen I was 20 and making my 20000 a year. Priorities

hi cincymma79,

though its good to hear a virtuous tale of thrift - it doesn't really speak to my question.

let's say that that people stopped spending. they don't buy a new iphone. they don't buy a new car. they don't stretch for a new house or that new addition. maybe they stop eating out. maybe they stop shopping retail at brick and mortar stores entirely...ebay and amazon all the way!

they save, Japanese style, and just sit on their money.

what happens to the US economy? what happens to job creation and wages when people stop spending? what happens to government revenues that pay for all the good stuff that senior citizens and the military demand?

- IGIT

PS - that prosperous post WW2 period that everyone gets wistful about also was a world where Europe and Japan were basically leveled to the ground, lol. not alot of competition when the rest of the world is in cinders. those conditions are difficult to replicate.

 

[hillelslovak87]

I’m not even going to read this
Just going to quote it for when it gets deleted later so people can see this

Coo, people can know you're ideologically aligned with the Wilbur Ross' of the world, while everyone else is not.

 

[cincymma79]

hi cincymma79,

though its good to hear a virtuous tale of thrift - it doesn't really speak to my question.

let's say that that people stopped spending. they don't buy a new iphone. they don't buy a new car. they don't stretch for a new house or that new addition. maybe they stop eating out. maybe they stop shopping retail at brick and mortar stores entirely...ebay and amazon all the way!

they save, Japanese style, and just sit on their money.

what happens to the US economy? what happens to job creation and wages when people stop spending? what happens to government revenues that pay for all the good stuff that senior citizens and the military demand?

- IGIT

PS - that prosperous post WW2 period that everyone gets wistful about also was a world where Europe and Japan were basically leveled to the ground, lol. not alot of competition when the rest of the world is in cinders. those conditions are difficult to replicate.

Nothing happens
That evil 1% maybe gets less of your money

 

[MicroBrew]

Yeah that seems about right. The fact the average car payment is what it is alone tells me I’m on the something here. If you are living paycheck to paycheck you should not be making car payments

If the car gets reposed, the person may be out of a job.

 

[cincymma79]

If the car gets reposed, the person may be out of a job.

You shouldn’t be making car payments
Pay cash

 

[IGIT]

Nothing happens
That evil 1% maybe gets less of your money

hi cincymma79,

if consumer spending suddenly experiences a precipitous decline, nothing happens?

if demand decreases, nothing happens?

i think you're incorrect, but good talking to you my friend!

- IGIT

 

[Thrawn33]

Are you talking about the Coast Guard? Because DOD is funded. DHS is not funded. Also, a bill was proposed today that would have funded the Coast Guard, nothing else on the bill and Schumer walked away from it. It could have been signed by the president tonight.

Schumer just fucked us. How does one person hold up something like this.

 

[spamking]

...because Wilbur Ross is a senile loon who went on TV and insinuated that the entire US federal workforce is expendable.

Ooooh . . . was he one of the idiots who spoke earlier this morning?

 

[PolishHeadlock]