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I mean, maybe not the whole economy, but he's also blocking drilling during the middle of an energy crisis, so... there's that.

THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

Like...it's happening all over the world right now?

Technically, the US has an outsized influence on the rest of the world. The idea that just because there are problems in the rest of the world, too, doesn't mean the US isn't at the heart of it and that politicians aren't at the heart of that. I know people have short memories, but the 2008 recession triggered a worldwide recession.

hypnox posted...

It's because the two parties would rather the general public hate the president and the other party more than the actual problem. The super rich and massive corporations.

lolwut? Those aren't the actual problems by a longshot. And massive corporations are a result of government picking winners and losers, and then bailing out corporations.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's the flip-side of the coin to Clinton getting credit for the economic boom of the 90s in spite of having almost nothing to do with it. People tend to blame or praise the current President for whatever major economic, political, or sociological events and trends happen during their term, even if they have literally nothing to do with it, or it was triggered by the executive decisions from multiple terms ago.

Yeah, but he did help to "fix" unemployment... by moving people onto federal disability programs.

hypnox posted...

I mean they were as shitty as current day Funko Pop dolls

Funko Pop!s are both much better than Beanies and the structure is far more intuitive. There's no particularly good explanation for Beanie Babies, other than a collective fit of madness. At least Funko Pop!s have an intuitive appeal since they provide merch in some cases where no merch was previously available. It's like bitching about t-shirts.

Krazy_Kirby posted...

at least they were soft, like small stuffed animals.
people just keep pops in the box, stacked on shelves.

Which is more practical. Although people also display them out of box.

HornedLion posted...

Its sad because American smart is just European average.

It's cute that you believe this tripe, but people are alike all over. Nothing about this is uniquely American.

TRMDYL posted...

As long as Americans support the bi-partisan government structure they should expect lackluster results in all affairs political or economic.

No government is capable of delivering results acceptable to all Americans because America is too large and diverse for any government to come close to representing all people. The closest you could do is keeping government out of most things, but you'll have issues there, too. As long as America is one nation instead of several smaller nations, you're going to get the slop of compromise.... yet breaking up America dilutes its power on the global stage.