Comments by "boz" (@BOZ_11) on "Bernie Sanders spells out why capitalism is failing us | Down the pub with Bernie Sanders" video.

why do u say that? trump had good economic numbers. low unemployment, rising wages, and withdrew troops from the middle east
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@zeppelincraft1443 sorry, but if trump's numbers stank, you'd have blamed him for it. He's either responsible (and takes credit or blame) or he's not responsible; but you can't have it both ways
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@zeppelincraft1443 Sorry but you’ve said nothing intelligible there. Covid hit during Trump’s presidency, the numbers (real wages and unemployment) moved, and then their trajectory was healthy by the time Biden was inaugurated.
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we need some more working class heroes
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@lisamay5649 data or GTFO
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@allysonbeaulieu7351 BS, Obama's real wages gain (all data taken from each president's first quarter to final quarter) was only 1.15%. What tailwind? That's laughable. Real wages under Trump grew 7% with COVID (and hit 11.6% right before COVID). Biden is by far the weakest, overseeing a -2.41% DROP in real wages. The fiscal deficit is a discussion for id1ots, since deficit spending is not a debt (laymen confuse the deficit with national debt, like yourself)
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@whyplaypiano2844 BS, Obama's real wages gain (all data taken from each president's first quarter to final quarter) was only 1.15%. What tailwind? That's laughable. Real wages under Trump grew 7% with COVID (and hit 11.6% right before COVID). Biden is by far the weakest, overseeing a -2.41% DROP in real wages.
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@rdean150 BS, Obama's real wages gain (all data taken from each president's first quarter to final quarter) was only 1.15%. What tailwind? That's laughable. Real wages under Trump grew 7% with COVID (and hit 11.6% right before COVID). Biden is by far the weakest, overseeing a -2.41% DROP in real wages. The fiscal deficit is a discussion for id1ots, since deficit spending is not a debt (laymen confuse the deficit with national debt, like yourself)
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@practicaliching2311 I'm not surprised. It's easier for me to look at real (inflated adjusted) wages, since I don't need to see how the sausage is made, I wait at the end to sample the wares. To be frank, it's not that Republicans are better, since Bush junior didn't do much for wages, the salient factor is Trump himself.
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@SeeJayPlayGames i'm talking about what should be everyone's favourite economic metric: real wages; and that we can know.
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@Vortex1988 do you thicko's ever research anything? "President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law on Dec. 22, 2017" "The law retained the old structure of seven individual income tax brackets, but in most cases, it lowered the rates. The top rate fell from 39.6% to 37%, while the 33% bracket dropped to 32%, the 28% bracket to 24%, the 25% bracket to 22%, and the 15% bracket to 12%. The lowest bracket remained at 10%, and the 35% bracket was also unchanged. The income bands that the new rates applied to are lower, compared to 2018 brackets under current law, for the five highest brackets" An 11% rise in real AVERAGE wages is NEVER an accident.
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@skyisreallyhigh3333 do you thicko's ever research anything? "President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law on Dec. 22, 2017" "The law retained the old structure of seven individual income tax brackets, but in most cases, it lowered the rates. The top rate fell from 39.6% to 37%, while the 33% bracket dropped to 32%, the 28% bracket to 24%, the 25% bracket to 22%, and the 15% bracket to 12%. The lowest bracket remained at 10%, and the 35% bracket was also unchanged. The income bands that the new rates applied to are lower, compared to 2018 brackets under current law, for the five highest brackets" An 11% rise in real AVERAGE wages is NEVER an accident.
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@suppositorylaxative3179 do you thicko's ever research anything? "President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law on Dec. 22, 2017" "The law retained the old structure of seven individual income tax brackets, but in most cases, it lowered the rates. The top rate fell from 39.6% to 37%, while the 33% bracket dropped to 32%, the 28% bracket to 24%, the 25% bracket to 22%, and the 15% bracket to 12%. The lowest bracket remained at 10%, and the 35% bracket was also unchanged. The income bands that the new rates applied to are lower, compared to 2018 brackets under current law, for the five highest brackets" An 11% rise in real AVERAGE wages is NEVER an accident.
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@skyisreallyhigh3333 This equities market bull crap means nothing to workers. The equity markets hit several new record highs during Obama's 8-year stint, yet wages only increased (from Obama's first quarter to his very last quarter) a little over 1%. "It's also been proven that tax cuts are bad. They stifle the economy because the government has less to invest into the economy." -Haha, who proved it? When was this? The US Govt didn't jack taxes way up to pay for the national COVID plan. Govts spend first, tax after, and the existence of a nearly perpetual fiscal deficit is proof that fiscal balance isn't possible for very long, not unless you want the deepest of all depressions, and for no good reason. People like you are OK with increasing fiscal spending for corporate subsidies and war, just not for giving tax breaks to working people.
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@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 “trump added more to our national debt than every other president combined, and he did the majority of it before covid hit by giving tax cuts to the obscenely wealthy” -The national debt is not and never will be a problem for countries with sovereign control over fiscal and monetary policy. The USA has never defaulted on a treasury security in its entire existence. The money to pay for it, comes from the same place as the treasury securities: thin air. Do you understand that money is manufactured? The only things that constrain creation are the sum of all resources and labor, not the “debt ceiling” (which has only been raised 50 times, with no ill outcomes, so it’s not a ceiling at all). I don’t expect you to know any of this. “We're going to be paying for his "good numbers" for an entire fucking generation” see above “He divided this country, destabilized us, broke our political system, promoted the rise of white nationalism, invited hostile nations to meddle in our elections, and LED A FUCKING ATTEMPTED COUP” America has ALWAYS been a deeply divided country, Trump didn’t invent the dem/repub dichotomy, or the north/south divide, only a fool would say that. If you really think the capitol hill storming was a real coup attempt, I have to question your intelligence, since they were just a bunch of young people whining. A coup that does not make “He was also the only president in American history to leave office with fewer jobs than there were when he came in to office” Are you going to blame Trump for COVID? Silly man
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@nycatlady2314 i already address the sh1tty numbers from Obama. Go read my comment on that (same thread)
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@theduke5355 nonsense, since real (inflation adjusted) AVERAGE wages increased markedly. In fact, prior to COVID, it was the single biggest jump in earnings over any 3 year period in America's history. Pretty wild
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@djangofett4879 -The national debt is not and never will be a problem for countries with sovereign control over fiscal and monetary policy. The USA has never defaulted on a treasury security in its entire existence. The money to pay for it, comes from the same place as the treasury securities: thin air. Do you understand that money is manufactured? The only things that constrain creation are the sum of all resources and labor, not the “debt ceiling” (which has only been raised 50 times, with no ill outcomes, so it’s not a ceiling at all). I don’t expect you to know any of this.
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@jin6000 Obama's real wages gain was only 1.15%. What tailwind? Listen, real wages, convolved with the unemployment rate, are the two biggest indicators of the economic health of workers (the public at large, not capitalists!). It's the ducking equity market obsession which is really all about how rich, the rich, are. Don't play their game.
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@sassy0010 your healthcare system was designed to empty your pockets long before Trump. At least Trump gave the citizenry a double digit percentage increase in real wages. He was in office for 4 years, raised wages and withdrew from Afghanistan/Iraq. You expect so much from one term, yet Obama gave no wage increases, waged more war than both Bushes, and you LOVE HIM EDIT: " There were "good economic numbers" only for those on top or near the top? The rest of us -- nope." Wrong, he increased AVERAGE wages in real terms (adjusted for inflation)
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