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« Last post by The Lens on Today at 08:48:38 AM »
Goose:
Of course Trump can't fix it. He helped break it during his first term.
Presidents have a very marginal role in the health of the overall economy. Had any of 17 GOP candidates won the nomination in 2016 and then beat Clinton, that president would have signed the tax cuts into legislation. That was classic conservative policy, the kind the GOP used to be about.
And after Covid struck, any GOP president (and any Dem president) also would have signed the bipartisan stimulus package, which also turned out to have stimulated inflation.
Biden and the Dems then enacted even more stimulus. Combined with the strong recoveries for hundreds and hundreds of corporations, and the relatively low work-force participation that led to wage increases, that goosed inflation.
Inflation still exists. It's now growing at roughly the same annual pace as it did from 1960-2022 (3.5% to 3.8%, depending on which numbers one looks at). Firing Powell won't change that.
Although most GDP, employment, corporate earnings and related statistics suggest the economy is quite strong - and although we all know that Trump and his acolytes would be calling this exact economy The Strongest Economy In The History Of Economies! if he were presiding over it - I do agree with you, Lenny, Sultan and others that the data will not matter if enough Americans lack confidence about their own economic situations. And yes, it could be one of the things - maybe even the main thing - that costs Biden his job.
Ironically a lot of polling is showing a majority of Americans are reporting their own situations are good (or better) but they view the economy as down. There is an incredible amount of misinformation out there, for instance... New Harris-Guardian poll: - 56% say US is in recession (reality: 7 straight quarters of positive GDP growth) - 49% say stocks are down YTD (reality: S&P500 up 12%, the Dow is up 2000 points) - 49% say unemployment at a 50-year high (reality: U3 has been under 4% longer than any period since the 1960s) h/t Derek Thompson on X
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« Last post by MuggsyB on Today at 08:46:40 AM »
Carlisle is a very good coach. Let's not get silly here.
He definitely should have fouled that possession imo. I hope you're right but I think Indy is in severe trouble. Tatum did not play particularly well yesterday. The Pacers are an explosive offensive team but they can't really guard and can kick tbe ball away. Not being able to in bound the ball, up 3, with 8.5 secs left, just cannot happen. It's Wojoesque regardless of the fact that Brown was pulling on a jersey.
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Carlisle is a very good coach. Let's not get silly here.
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« Last post by MU82 on Today at 08:40:01 AM »
If Halliburton doesn't lose concentration and kick the ball out of bounds late in regulation, Indiana wins that game. That he did the exact same thing late in OT was stunning.
Plenty of things happened that had nothing to do with Carlisle, the refs, etc, to cost the Pacers the game.
When your best player effs up royally doing the simplest of tasks (simple for an NBA All-Star, anyway), that's how you lose.
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Indiana went down 1-0 to the Bucks. 2-0 to the Knicks.
I know that was a brutal ending, and that the Celtics may win the series, but there is a long way to go.
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That statement kind of makes no sense, Noah fence. Thanks for the insider info though.
“Playing at the combine only really helps, rarely hurts”
“Koleks draft status wasn’t hurt by him not playing”
I get the sentiment, but if the first part is true then the second part can’t really be true.
If players are rarely hurt and only really helped by playing, then TyKo not playing at best didn’t make his status worse, but more than likely or at worst affected the improvement of his status, or in other words hurt his status.
Unless he’s going to the wolves in the top 15 to play the pick n roll with wemby, and his agent has a feeling or has been given the feeling that’s the case, then huh?
basically, not playing at the combine won't hurt someone or cause him to drop. Playing can launch a lesser prospect should a coach fall in love with him while watching. Kolek isn't going to drop in the minds of GMs and scouts for not playing, but someone who may not have been on a team's radar might jump up and get drafter higher than he would have (it happened when my buddy was scouting and his HC fell in love with a guy). The concern of the poster was that not playing would be seen as a negative for Kolek, which it won't.
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« Last post by MU82 on Today at 08:34:51 AM »
Goose:
Of course Trump can't fix it. He helped break it during his first term.
Presidents have a very marginal role in the health of the overall economy. Had any of 17 GOP candidates won the nomination in 2016 and then beat Clinton, that president would have signed the tax cuts into legislation. That was classic conservative policy, the kind the GOP used to be about.
And after Covid struck, any GOP president (and any Dem president) also would have signed the bipartisan stimulus package, which also turned out to have stimulated inflation.
Biden and the Dems then enacted even more stimulus. Combined with the strong recoveries for hundreds and hundreds of corporations, and the relatively low work-force participation that led to wage increases, that goosed inflation.
Inflation still exists. It's now growing at roughly the same annual pace as it did from 1960-2022 (3.5% to 3.8%, depending on which numbers one looks at). Firing Powell won't change that.
Although most GDP, employment, corporate earnings and related statistics suggest the economy is quite strong - and although we all know that Trump and his acolytes would be calling this exact economy The Strongest Economy In The History Of Economies! if he were presiding over it - I do agree with you, Lenny, Sultan and others that the data will not matter if enough Americans lack confidence about their own economic situations. And yes, it could be one of the things - maybe even the main thing - that costs Biden his job.
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« Last post by MuggsyB on Today at 08:32:53 AM »
Is it an unmitigated disaster for Celtics fans? What if you don't have a rooting interest and don't bet? It was an exciting game.
I am rooting for Indians. It was a cataclysmic disaster to throw away a game like that Tower. Can't happen. Carlisle does some dumb things btw.
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Skatastrophy
I thought Lenny made a great point a week or so ago when he acknowledged that our economy was the best compared to the rest of the poor recoveries. My point on the economy has been that I do not understand how people making an average or below average wage are making it. To be honest, I am not sure Trump can fix what I believe to be wrong with the economy. That said, I think Biden is crazy for talking about economic success.
Regarding the bolded, a lot of people live pretty simple, low cost lives. But they are the ones that inflation hurts the most because they don't have the margin for error. But I wholeheartedly agree with your point that the economy can hurt Biden because of the above. I think the economy is always the biggest issue in any election, (2020 was an outlier here) even though the President only has a marginal impact on it.
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« Last post by dgies9156 on Today at 08:08:53 AM »
Oh I agree with you. I never understood why rich folks lived there. But as you note, there are the occasional oasis in the desert.
Little pbiflyer choice of school was because of her goal of building amusement parks and UCF is ground zero for that goal. Currently interning building stuff she’d have to kill you if she told you what it was( the rat is scary that way) 
All the best to Little PBIFlyer. I've worked with companies that have been in disputes with the mouse. He turns into a very nasty rodent very quickly when his interests are threatened!
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