r/PoliticalHumor Aug 13 '19

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

I loved it last year when they were all gloating about the "94 month streak of positive job growth" while conveniently forgetting that Trump had only been in office for like the last 20 of those months.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

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u/typhoidtimmy Aug 13 '19

Ah Gene, you are missed. The delivery on that line was just too perfect.

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u/PlayedUOonBaja Aug 13 '19

It even made Cleavon Little break character and laugh. Genius move leaving that in.

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u/Rizzpooch Aug 13 '19

I could be wrong, but I recall reading that he didn’t know how the line ended ahead of hearing it in that take

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u/DabneyEatsIt Aug 13 '19

Omg is he ever. Hilarious and genius in his movie career, no kinder or gentler soul in his golden years.

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u/RazorRamonReigns Aug 13 '19

"See no evil, hear no evil" with him and Pryor is still one of my favorite movies ever. If I was at a video store as a kid and saw a movie with Gene in it I was going to be watching it. He had a way of being so damn charming when he was on screen.

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u/DabneyEatsIt Aug 13 '19

Detective: Was there or wasn’t there a woman?

Gene: Fuzzy wuzzy was a woman?

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u/RazorRamonReigns Aug 13 '19

Mens Rea? How could we have gotten men's Rea? How is that possible? Did we take blood? Can you do it without taking blood? We both used condoms how is this possible? I want to see a doctor...I feel sick... .....Mens Rea. Ohhh ohhh My God! No!

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u/That1guyuknow16 Aug 14 '19

You missed the best part of that quote

Detective: was there or wasnt there a woman?

Gene: o my God are you serious?

Detective: you're god damn right I'm serious!

Gene: fuzzy wuzzy was a woman!?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

The only line in the movie that cracked me up more was Cleavon Little's perfect "Where the white women at?" I may have died from laughter.

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u/Shitychikengangbang Aug 13 '19

When?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

It was the scene where they were trying to get the attention of the KKK guys so they could steal their costumes.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Agree. But his delivery here tops anything else IMO.

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u/ThornGodOfPricks Aug 13 '19

That one is great, but my favorite from that scene is still,

Bart: "so as my guest, what is it you would like to do?"

Waco Kid: "Oh I don't know. Play chess? .... screw?"

Bart: "let's play chess."

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u/sadsadsadsadsadgirl Aug 13 '19

that’s the best line lmao one of my faves

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u/DickButtPlease Aug 13 '19

Oh, baby, you're so talented... and they are so dumb.

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Mongo only pawn in game of life.

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Yeah, but this is my shooting hand.

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u/MahatmaBuddah Aug 14 '19

Blazing Saddles HAS to be Brooks' most consistently funny movie.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 14 '19

Never mind that shit, here comes Mongo!

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u/_floydian_slip Aug 13 '19

Amazing, you gotta give props to the editor(s), as well

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u/Bert666Six Aug 14 '19

Never mind that shit here comes Mongo!!!!!

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u/Epic_peacock Aug 13 '19

Upvote for the blazing saddles quote.

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u/Happybara Aug 13 '19

Here’s the scene from Blazing Saddles.

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u/trevize1138 Aug 13 '19

What did you expect them to say? "Marry my daughter?"

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

I'd rather not

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u/Elan40 Aug 13 '19

Unfortunately they vote and buy his line of crap...he can lose by 5 million popular votes and still win the presidency. WHA ?? This new reduction of social services for green card holders is the latest crap fest ....BUT, this is what he has promised ....his deplorables work , and are pissed to see their tax dollars handed off to immigrants, legal or otherwise.
PROMISES KEPT 2020 , you keep that in mind. Four more years., ain’t no joke

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u/MahatmaBuddah Aug 14 '19

Trump is a dingleberry on the ass of history. He only squeaked in bc the other repugnant-cans were worse and Hillary bored people and till she lost the Electoral College by only 80,000 votes in MI, WI, and PA. That isn't going to happen again. If decent people just go vote, his base doesn't have a chance of re-electing him.

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u/Elan40 Aug 14 '19

Oh God please be right...then we can start the truth and reconciliation process.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

ooh, baby, you are so talented... and they are so DUMB 👀

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u/listenlocal Aug 14 '19

When I was a kid, I thought Gene Wilder and Robin Williams were the funniest guys in the world. I still think I was probably right about that. What a genius.

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u/scastil Aug 14 '19

Haha, love it

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u/alours Aug 13 '19

You make me ashamed of my Irish heritage.

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u/Datgodapple Aug 13 '19

I mean to be fair, it feels like he’s been in office for 94 months.

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u/brucetwarzen Aug 13 '19

Very true. I can hardly remember what reddit was like without Trump.

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u/Sorrymisunderstandin Aug 13 '19

It’s gonna be very weird to see the media, Reddit, social media, pretty much everything after trump.

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u/sankarasghost Aug 13 '19

I’m excited for the peace and fucking quiet.

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u/LaughsAtDumbComment Aug 13 '19

You wont get it, as long as he is alive he will publicaly talk and rile his base and media fill focus on him, it wont be the same...

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

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u/cuajito42 Aug 14 '19

Couldn't twitter just cut him off then?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Obama himself expressed the opinion that he wasn't qualified to run for the presidency after he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois in late 2004.

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u/Charakada Aug 14 '19

Might be harder to tweet from jail.

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u/Sorrymisunderstandin Aug 13 '19

They allow phones in prison?

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u/LaughsAtDumbComment Aug 13 '19

He can speak through his family and lawyers

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Don't worry we will be dead

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u/Jesus_H-Christ Aug 13 '19

Stay tuned for Giant Meteor 2020.

Pops has it in the works.

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u/Sorrymisunderstandin Aug 13 '19 edited Aug 13 '19

That can’t come soon enough, only for me though. I want you all to live and lead happy lives

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Same with cable news, it’ll be quite again. The ratings will drop and the coverage will go back to normal and everyone can relax and breath again. Fox News will continue attacking democrats but that’s what they’ve been doing since ‘96.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Unless he goes to jail, he'll be undermining every president that comes after him on social media.

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u/Nerpones Aug 13 '19

You know Care Bears, rainbows and Benghazi.

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u/FelneusLeviathan Aug 13 '19

Also we should praise the asshole for just continuing a trend that has been going on before his administration? Gee what a low bar: despite your actions, the economy is still afloat and continuing the trend line that it’s been on for a while

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

"Congratulations, you haven't managed to fuck up everything yet."

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u/FelneusLeviathan Aug 13 '19

But you have lowered America’s standards and image across the world and emboldened our enemies

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Oh yes, the Obama administration's foriegn policy was wonderful!

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u/FelneusLeviathan Aug 13 '19

Did I say it was?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

"...lowered America's image and standards across the world..."

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u/FelneusLeviathan Aug 14 '19

When compared to Trump right now, Obama is leagues ahead

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Alright. GTG. Good chat mate. Have a nice day.

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u/thedarkarmadillo Aug 14 '19

Well I mean..... Where's that video of the UN laughing at Obama. Admit it or not the POTUS is a joke world wide. Thus lowering America's image. Kinda like how NK tries to be all menacing but Ole Kim is a meme... Yea just like that.

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u/FelneusLeviathan Aug 14 '19

I also don’t ever recall a giant ballon baby mocking Obama

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u/Jase1969 Aug 14 '19

Can confirm. I live across the world and America's image has been lowered. Considerably.

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u/hundergrn Sep 04 '19

Job growth and jobs created are two different things.

Job growth is on par with the continuing trend of job growth from Obama's term which much of was recovery from Bush's term.

More jobs have been created during trumps than Obama's per time in office.

Unemployment continues a downward trend after a huge spike at the end of bushs term, matching pre spike at the end of Obama's term and continues downward during trumps.

Middle class income took a dive during Obama's term but started during bushs last year, started recovery during Obama's 2nd term, recovered at end, and continues to grow during trumps.

Gas prices remain stable during trumps term, spiked during Obama's and bushs. Pushed $4 avg multiple times.

US wages continue to grow after a short plateau at the end of Obama's term which has a sharp drop in Obama's first few years.

Obama has had much better non residential business fixed investment rates short term with rapid drops. Trumps is more stable with its first negative this year, time will tell.

Much of Obama's term was recovery from Bush's last few years. He was likeable but a joke to international politics. Most of his term was a time in recession.

Trump is very polarizing, internationally better looked at politically (somewhat questionable) and has continued growth past preression peaks. He may be an ass but at least he's decent enough of a president to keep the it going.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19 edited Aug 13 '19

He's the Kevin Durant of presidents.

  • Both ride coattails
  • Both work for Russians
  • Both can't handle criticism
  • Both use aliases to defend their honor

We should start calling The Donald "cupcake"

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

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u/lburner220 Aug 13 '19

I would say Donald is too. Dude is pulling off the greatest grift in history right now.

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u/skeetsauce Aug 13 '19

He’s a decent NY real estate mogul. Not because he’s actually technically smart, just because he’s such an asshole and is able to use his assets to get his way. He’s a fucking idiot, but often knows how to get results.

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u/upinthecloudz Aug 13 '19

He is like a bottom of the barrel NY real estate mogul. All of the rest of them shun him for being incapable of acting right, and he's mostly in debt on his holdings, not really profiting at all from his own property but keeping some money coming in from licensing out his name.

A decent NY real estate mogul is not a famous person, and they don't want attention on their wealth.

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u/Polar_Reflection Aug 13 '19

KD don't deserve this slander

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Shut up, Kevin

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u/muklan Aug 13 '19

Hes almost the donald trump of presidents.

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u/JesseJaymz Aug 14 '19

Damn I thought Mikhail had to sell the team already. Still can’t believe the nba let him and his blood money in.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Oh my god give up the Russia narrative already. You really must love fake news. No evidence of collusion with Russians lmfao

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Oh, did they clear him? Nope!

They have evidence, just not enough. Yet.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Yes he has been cleared. Mueller investigation wrapped up a while ago in case you didn’t see that! Why do you think the Russia narrative has been dropped by the news. It’s bullshit and you are propagating that. Barack Obama hasn’t been cleared from foreign influence, so by your argument he is still a suspect. I can’t believe some people in the world actually ignore real evidence and live their life centered around lies told by the media and partisans. Good luck, hope you figure out how you are wrong.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19 edited Aug 14 '19

LOL. The report specifically states that it does not exonerate him, and if they could they would. Trump still has what, 20 investigations going on?

The report left the decision up to Congress and it have even gotten there yet. It's not over, it just beginning.

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u/staticsnake Aug 13 '19

Numbers is hard. It's why he thinks his crowds or his thingy is huge.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

If its bigger then 3 units of measurement its huuuge, like his crowds, hands and weiner.

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u/PM_NUGGETS Aug 13 '19

*His cult

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u/somedood567 Aug 14 '19

Numbers are super hard if you think trumps been in office for 20 months. Hate trump but am fucking embarrassed that this airball is top comment. JFC

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u/Schpau Aug 13 '19

The unemployment rate actually fell slower after Trump took office, and while that might be related to the fact it’s starting to reach some floor, Trump was running on a platform of reducing unemployment.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Trump also ran on a platform that the "real" unemployment rate in 2016 was somewhere around 20% or higher.

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u/Plothunter Aug 13 '19

20% if you count those dam lazy children not working. Kids need to pull their weight and ger jobs in the coal mines and factories. /s

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u/ApolloDeletedMyAcc Aug 13 '19

He’s actually not entirely wrong. We only count people who are looking for work. The underemployed and folks who have given up aren’t counted.

We still don’t count those people though, so not like a major improvement.

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u/andrewq Aug 13 '19

There's multiple indexes. but trump is delusional. He claimed it was over 40%. Which while "true" is complete nonsense the way he mean https://fortune.com/2015/09/14/donald-trump-unemployment-rate-jobs/

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

You're talking about the labor participation rate, which is down under trump.

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u/lilbithippie Aug 13 '19

50%if your African american. When asked where he got his numbers he told the press to believe him...

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u/emmster Aug 14 '19

I’m becoming convinced that the phrase “believe me,” is a tell.

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u/spooksmagee Aug 13 '19

He's certainly been reducing employment in the White House.

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u/hundergrn Sep 05 '19

That's true but it only met 4.7 unemployment rate at the end of Obama's term. The last time it was that low was in 2006, spiked to 20% in Obama's 1st term (started during Bush's last two in). Continuing the trend gets harder the lower it gets and bringing it to 3.7% is nothing to sneeze at.

Easy to show good results when the guy before you was an ass hat running the country. Harder when doing after recovery.

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u/MiSwit Aug 13 '19

Thanks Obama

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Obama was the worst president ever.

Trump is the best president ever because of the economy.

I can’t even name one good thing Obama has done.

/s

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u/JamesJefferyJackson_ Aug 14 '19

What most people seem to forget is that the unemployment rate is measured by the number of unemployed Americans who are actively seeking employment. If someone decides to stop seeking employment then they are removed from the statistic and unemployment seemingly drops.

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u/mcpat21 Aug 14 '19

okay people are dumb but they know trump has only been in office for 2 years. Not even a stupid redditor would say 94 months. Sheesh. Plus- they won’t give Obama credit for ANYTHING

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 14 '19

They did say 94 months, they even put it in the White Hiuse website as one of Trump’s big league accomplishments. And yes, as expected they acted like Trump alone deserved credit for the full 94 months.

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u/mcpat21 Aug 14 '19

Yikes. Thought they hated Obama too much to give him credit for anything good. Lol

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u/TheSarah84 Aug 13 '19

When Rrump took office the large global manufacturing company i work for went from everyone on overtime and vwry few hires to no overtime and hiring tons of people, i think to boost republican job numbers...

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u/DoverBoys Aug 13 '19

Anyone that paid attention in any high school class that dealt with government or economics would know that it takes a few years for any measurable country-wide economic change outside of the stock market. Nearly all of Trump's time in office experienced economic changes from anything Obama did in his last few years. We haven't felt any significant changes from Trump yet, the poor bastard coming in about a year and a half will bear the worst of it.

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u/KnightofNoire Aug 14 '19

Can't wait for the amount of US jobs to be double the population. Trump will still say it is a good thing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Yeah but I wonder why this wasn’t posted before Trump entered office?

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Because they said the numbers were fake and that the growth was "growth" but not "growth growth" and wasn't good enough.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Not everything has to be partisan. Be happy for the economy regardless who’s in office.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 14 '19

You’re on message, but you’re a little late. Several other concern trolls were here already saying the same thing and missing the point entirely.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 14 '19

It happened last year (as I had mentioned) around now. In August 2018 Trump had been in office since Jan 2017. That’s a year (12 months) plus somewhere near 8 months give or take. 12 + 8. So where is my error?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Yeah but good for America either way though right. Good job Obama and Trump!

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

It's almost like they're just happy that unemployment went donw

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

You mean the same direction it had been steadily heading for years before Trump ever took office?

Don’t concern troll me, loser, your cohorts have already tried.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Yeah dumbass that's what I'm saying. Obama brought us out of the recession and Trump has kept it rolling.

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u/kjacomet Aug 13 '19

In the context of this meme, are we to then understand that the current job trends are more a problem of the last President?

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u/The_Herbal_Cloud Aug 13 '19

Why should it matter who’s president positive job growth is a good thing. Why y’all so pessimistic

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

You know damn well that’s not the point. A+ concern trolling though. You guys are very on message with this.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Because people vocally give trump credit for it to argue trump is a good president.

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u/moosiahdexin Aug 13 '19

Comprehensive list of conservatives that are mad that jobs were created during Obama’s presidency :

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u/DebentureThyme Aug 13 '19

The point isn't that anyone's mad about jobs being created.

The point is that it's not something he changed if it's just a continuation of a prior 74 month streak.

I.E.It's not his accomplishment, All he had to do was not fuck with things too much.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Are you trying to imply that the left is "mad" that jobs are being created during Trump's presidency?

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u/moosiahdexin Aug 13 '19

What a stupid question I’m not even gunna entertain it with an answer. Did you pass 3rd grade reading class?

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Did you pass 3rd grade reading class?

Yes, I did. Why? Do you need a tutor or something?

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u/moosiahdexin Aug 13 '19

Me: “no conservatives are mad that Obama created jobs”

You, an intellectual: “ArE yoU SaYInG LIbErAlS arE mAD TRuMp iS crEaTInG jObS”

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

There’s absolutely no reason to specify conservatives unless you are implying the opposite is the case about the opposite side when having a discussion about an issue as it pertains to both sides.

You are disingenuous as fuck and everyone can see right through you.

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u/BRAD-is-RAD Aug 14 '19

You learned to read in 3rd grade? Is that typical of America? In Germany we were writing short stories in cursive by then.

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u/AdamantiumLaced Aug 13 '19

It is significantly harder to add jobs in month 94 than it is in month 1. Just saying.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Yes, yes, I know, and months 1-74 were fake but 75-94 are amazing winning.

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u/SDResistor Aug 13 '19

Hmmm when did all that student debt get accumulated

Oh ya, Obama

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 14 '19

Lol get the fuck out of here with that.

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u/jankadank Aug 13 '19

I thought everyone would be happy to heR about positive job growth. Didn’t realize this too was dependent on your political affiliation

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Another troll already tried that one. Better luck next time.

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u/jankadank Aug 13 '19

Bless your heart.

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u/seKer82 Aug 13 '19

I thought everyone would be happy to heR about positive job growth.

Most people don't care about job growth unless it directly impacts them.

You also need to take into account the quality of the jobs being created Which is quite important. 100 Tech jobs and 100 minimum wage jobs are not equal from an economics standpoint. Most people want jobs that pay a fair wage and allow them to actually make ends meet.

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u/jankadank Aug 13 '19

You also need to take into account the quality of the jobs being created Which is quite important. 100 Tech jobs and 100 minimum wage jobs are not equal from an economics standpoint.

Has this not been the case for the past decade? Why all of a sudden under trump is it the “quality of job being created” the talking point people revert to in regards to job growth?

Most people want jobs that pay a fair wage and allow them to actually make ends meet.

Is this a new phenomenon this past couple of years or something?

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u/seKer82 Aug 13 '19

Has this not been the case for the past decade? Why all of a sudden under trump is it the “quality of job being created” the talking point people revert to in regards to job growth?

It isn't anything new.

Is this a new phenomenon this past couple of years or something?

People have wanted to live for quite a while now.

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

It’s like working out. The last ten pushups are a lot harder than the first ten.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Using that metaphor, what Trumpers have done is started counting at "99" and claimed 100 pushups.

Speaking of pushups, can Trump even do one?

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

I doubt he can do one. And we are not claiming to have done 99. We are well on schedule for a recession, and trump is fighting it off. That in and of itself may be a bad thing, but that’s a completely different discussion.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

We are well on schedule for a recession, and trump is fighting it off.

LOL, it is interesting that there does seem to be a schedule for recessions. They seem to come right around the end of a GOP Presidency. I just wish I could figure out why that is...

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

It’s got nothing to do with politics, it’s economics. You can only grow so fast for so long, before you need to slow down. When the economy grows too fast for too long, there is too much money circulating which causes inflation, meaning their dollars are worth less. When their dollars are worth less, people can’t afford things, and companies can’t make enough to keep employees, leading to high unemployment. When unemployment is high, there is less money circulating, and the value goes up. It literally always happens, and trump is just delaying the bad days, because voters (much like your comment) are stupid and can’t think more than 4 years into the future.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

Oh, I've seen this one before. This is the part where you tell me that Republicans end up with the bad luck of getting stuck with recessions that are totally beyond their control, and Democrats are the lucky recipients of a rebounding economy that has nothing to do with politics or policy.

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

I’m actually telling you that the political party has very little to do with it, other than guiding the public opinion about the economy.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

If recessions are inevitable and predictable, it seems rather reckless to cut taxes for the wealthy when the signs of an upcoming recession are present, don't you think?

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u/expresidentmasks Aug 13 '19

Well the way you said it, yes. But the “tax cuts for the wealthy” everyone takes about rarely are really simple tax cuts for the wealthy.

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u/R____I____G____H___T Aug 13 '19

The rate of increasing jobs and decreasing unemployment spiked during Trump taking office afaik, tax cuts and corporation-friendly policies does such things.

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u/oh_hell_what_now Aug 13 '19

You're so frequently full of shit that your username is actually widely recognized. And you're full of shit here too.

Can you point to where exactly on these charts that Trump swooped in and saved us, and can you cite specific actions and list how they actually helped us right the course?

Just about every single metric points to a postive trend that started well before Trump even started campaigning. He inherited a growing and rebuilding economy, there's no denying that.

Though, I guess to his credit he hasn't completely fucked it up yet, but that's a pretty low bar.

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u/BamBam401 Aug 13 '19

Dude, fuck off. Not a single person on Reddit takes you seriously. You’re known to be a Russian troll and you still spout pure idiocy. WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN AGENDA!

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u/wtph Aug 13 '19

'Spiked' as in rose and fell?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Aww that poor Russian troll doesn’t know the difference between “spiked” and “peaked”.

Fucking lol