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The economy

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Aug 18, 2019.

  1. adoo

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    eg, concession vendors at NBA / NCAA basketball games, ​
     
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    Absolutely - and restaurants, movie theaters, airports, etc. The whole service industry, basically.
     
  3. NewRoxFan

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    Sorry, Heather, no conspiracy here. Trump has and always will be incompetent at his job.
     
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    The economy is going to be ravaged by this. Might be worth going cash no matter how much you are down right now
     
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  6. NewRoxFan

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    Dow opens and immediate drops 1,700 points... the CBOE volatility index (VIX) is up 28%.
     
  7. NewRoxFan

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    Its bad enough that trump goes to fox and friends as a source of support, but he has to tweet this then, then retweet his own tweet. Simply shows how desperate he is for validation...

     
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    One more bad market day and the DJIA will be back to where it was when Trump started. 19,805 (currently at 21857)

    His reelection seems kaput. I hate to call it a silver lining.
     
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    There's a hilarious irony about the economy under Trump.

    A great rise which he mostly wasn't responsible for, now a great crash that he mostly isn't responsible for.
     
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    Market lost 1/3 of its value over the last month. My poor 401k :(

    Been sitting on a lot of cash, need to determine what it is going to bottom out at, so I can buy in.
     
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    Responsibility eludes him at every turn.
     
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    I wonder what color the sky is in trump's world?

     
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    "I found sunshine, on a cloudy day..."

     
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    "Reelection"?

    I don't want to go all Bill Maher on this, but one of the first things I suspected last night after the speech was, I wonder if Trump will use this to suspend the election, claiming a national emergency (for which he proved himself extremely ill suited, big surprise)?
     
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    "When it's cold outside
    I've got the month of May.......
    Through which we cannot travel for business reasons at the Fortune 100 company where I work
    Uh, Gotta be busier than a one armed paper hanger to look like I do not shirk
    And don't get downsized along with dozens of other jerks....."
     
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    If he were less of a toxic narcissist and more calculating I'd be more worried about it, but his insistence on denial and pretending everything is fine has kept him from doing this, and it's very hard to get him to change his beliefs. Yeah, we have to hope for that right now.

    Susan Collins, take a bow.
     
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    I just got off the phone with susan collins, she is somewhat concerned...
     

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