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WTF is wrong with the left?

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2910 on: November 04, 2022, 05:01:36 PM »
Quote from: Custard on November 04, 2022, 12:28:31 PM
Disrupting supply chains with retarded lockdowns and then pumping trillions of dollars into the economy (creating artificial demand) on the heels of the supply disruption is precisely why we have high inflation. I’ve seen a lot of mental gymnastics done here and other places to deflect from that simple fact, but that’s pretty much it.

Corporate profits are soaring and at record highs, and some want to blame government spending. SMH.

And “retarded lockdowns.” Lmao
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2911 on: November 04, 2022, 05:02:33 PM »
Fox News loves the Custards of the world. “Now get out there and die for the economy!”
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2912 on: November 04, 2022, 09:30:51 PM »
"Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle ..."

That describes this election. Would you rather vote for a clown or a joker? Could always go off the deep end and vote for a loony bin third party. Those make the clowns and jokers seem sane.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2913 on: November 04, 2022, 10:25:41 PM »
I would gladly vote for a 3rd party if it were viable.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2914 on: November 04, 2022, 10:27:30 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on November 04, 2022, 02:34:17 PM


"...it’s clear that lockdowns had huge costs, and there is debate about the utility of any subsequent lockdown measures. School and university closures disrupted education. Closing businesses contributed to financial and social hardship, mental ill health and economic downturns."

There was no pandemic in the 50's, but the people going through the education system back then are pretty damn dumb, so...
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2915 on: November 04, 2022, 10:28:23 PM »
Quote from: Mn on November 04, 2022, 02:58:06 PM
Maybe, just maybe, starting on Feb 1, 2020 the gain of function research advocates could have been a little more honest with the world.

Maybe, just maybe, you don't put covid positive people into nursing homes.

Maybe, just maybe, you don't hold masked kids out of school while adults go out to restaurants.

get a life
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2916 on: November 04, 2022, 11:34:39 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on November 04, 2022, 10:27:30 PM
There was no pandemic in the 50's, but the people going through the education system back then are pretty damn dumb, so...

I don't get it. Were there lockdowns back then?
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2917 on: November 04, 2022, 11:36:46 PM »
Quote from: Tempo34 on November 04, 2022, 10:25:41 PM
I would gladly vote for a 3rd party if it were viable.

Green wackos, libertarian nazis, or socialist worker commies?
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2918 on: November 05, 2022, 02:01:58 AM »
Quote from: illiniray on November 04, 2022, 04:17:56 PM
So when the government invests money; it creates artificial demand? Do people buy artificial food, artificial home repairs, artificial clothing, artificial cars, pay artificial bills ... ?

Seriously? When the government prints money and sends it to millions of households and businesses while suppliers are shut down or limited it creates an artificial demand that outstrips the ability of suppliers to meet that demand. The increased demand and reduced supply causes prices to increase. It’s not rocket science.

Did you never learn the basic economic laws of supply and demand? Yeah you can find all kinds of articles from economists refuting this basic economic principle (who’s in their pocket?!?!) but this is fundamental stuff we are talking about.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2919 on: November 05, 2022, 02:15:52 AM »
Quote from: Tempo34 on November 04, 2022, 05:01:36 PM
Corporate profits are soaring and at record highs, and some want to blame government spending. SMH.

And “retarded lockdowns.” Lmao

Corporate profits are generally unrelated to inflation.

The corporations are profiting because a giant influx of cash hit the consumer market at a time when supplies were historically low due to lockdowns. That invariably causes price appreciation. It’s economics 101.

Source: University of Illinois Economics major

Are you getting your economic info from Parkins as well?
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2920 on: November 05, 2022, 09:52:44 AM »
Quote from: Custard on November 05, 2022, 02:15:52 AM
Corporate profits are generally unrelated to inflation.

The corporations are profiting because a giant influx of cash hit the consumer market at a time when supplies were historically low due to lockdowns. That invariably causes price appreciation. It’s economics 101.

Source: University of Illinois Economics major

Are you getting your economic info from Parkins as well?

Were supplies historically low due to government imposed lockdowns or because of a pandemic?

One of the problems with your analysis is we don't know how the pandemic would have affected behavior without the mandated lockdowns. The evidence points to disorganized voluntary lockdowns. We likely still have global supply chain disruptions, probably  messier.

The inflation itself was caused by the pandemic related global supply side disruptions. Note the word global. Even without US so called lockdowns, there is China, Europe ...

The US stimulus packages may have added  a little, but the alternative would have been worse, and inflation is global, and US inflation is middle of the pack internationally.

« Last Edit: November 05, 2022, 11:04:48 AM by illiniray »
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2921 on: November 05, 2022, 09:57:59 AM »
"Modern conservative economists actually think there are laws of economics, similar to the laws of physics." -- One of my English teachers.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2922 on: November 05, 2022, 11:41:23 AM »
Quote from: Custard on November 05, 2022, 02:01:58 AM
Seriously? When the government prints money and sends it to millions of households and businesses while suppliers are shut down or limited it creates an artificial demand that outstrips the ability of suppliers to meet that demand. The increased demand and reduced supply causes prices to increase. It’s not rocket science.

Did you never learn the basic economic laws of supply and demand? Yeah you can find all kinds of articles from economists refuting this basic economic principle (who’s in their pocket?!?!) but this is fundamental stuff we are talking about.

It's also a gross oversimplification of what happened.

American oil companies could have afforded to increase production during during the recovery.

During the pandemic, due to the combination of low demand and high production by OPEC, the cost of domestic [fracking] production largely exceeded the low price. This led to losses and they cut production.

During the recovery, the combination of higher demand and lower production increased prices, making domestic production profitable.

Instead of increasing fracking production, as the historical models would indicate, domestic producers chose to pay dividends, and blamed it on the "regulatory environment."
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2923 on: November 05, 2022, 12:07:54 PM »
There is also this; which was aggravated by the pandemic: "The truck driver shortage is fueling supply chain chaos- What can be done to solve it?"

https://www.allthingssupplychain.com/the-truck-driver-shortage-is-fueling-supply-chain-chaos-what-can-be-done-to-solve-it/
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2924 on: November 06, 2022, 12:53:03 PM »
Politically, Biden gets blamed for crime and inflation because it coincided with his term; just as Pritzker gets credit for balancing the IL budget and improving infrastructure.

In the other thread, I posed the question of what would have happened if there had been no mandatory lockdowns or other things the wing nuts think didn't work like social distancing, mask mandates, vaccines ...

Another question, what would have happened had there been no stimulus packages: QE,  CARES Act, the American Rescue Plan Act. (Specifics included eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, forgivable pay check protection loans, student loan forbearance, and refundable tax credit stimulus checks.)? 
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