Trump's Economic Plan

[StCapps]

Yeah. We should totally run the global economy on charisma and good looks. Wow.

Spring can't come soon enough. I gotta till the garden.

It's not the only thing to run on an economy on, but it sure as fuck helps. Influencing crowd psychology can have a big effect on the economy, Keynes knew.

I agree. It does have an effect. It's having an effect.

That is not a good plan.

It's not the only part of the plan, it is but one facet of the larger plan. It has just been the part of the plan that is on the most prominent display almost two months into Trump's presidency, but that doesn't mean it's the only idea Trump has. It's just the idea the Trump has the most direct control over and he doesn't need congress to wield the bully pulpit to his advantage, which is why he is emphasizing it early and often.

[SuburbanFarmer]

It's not the only thing to run on an economy on, but it sure as fuck helps. Influencing crowd psychology can have a big effect on the economy, Keynes knew.

I agree. It does have an effect. It's having an effect.

That is not a good plan.

It's not the only part of the plan, it is but one facet of the larger plan. It has just been the part of the plan that is on the most prominent display almost two months into Trump's presidency, but that doesn't mean it's the only idea Trump has. It's just the idea the Trump has the most direct control over and he doesn't need congress to wield the bully pulpit to his advantage, which is why he is emphasizing it early and often.

Good luck with that, bub.

[StCapps]

Good luck with that, bub.

The economic policyies that passed under Reagan weren't all that hot, Volker saved his ass, but his use of bully pulpit to create a sense of optimism covered up a lot of other problems in the economy and created a self-fulfilling prophecy, "Morning in America". Trump is just trying to do the same, while hoping his team comes up with an economic plan to make his job easier. Trump is trying to follow the Reagan playbook on this one and it's a great strategy whether the congress comes up with a great economic plan or not, Trump will simply take what the defense gives him and make the best of the best-case, worst-case and anything in between-case scenarios.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I hope that your faith is justified, for your sake. I'll be on the other side.

[StCapps]

I hope that your faith is justified, for your sake. I'll be on the other side.

What faith am I justifying? I see no faith being placed in anyone, in any of my recent posts in this thread. If you think I am putting my faith in Trump or in Congress based on my statements, then you are mistaken.
/shrugs

[SuburbanFarmer]

I hope that your faith is justified, for your sake. I'll be on the other side.

What faith am I justifying? I see no faith being placed in anyone, in any of my recent posts in this thread. If you think I am putting my faith in Trump or in Congress based on my statements, then you are mistaken.
/shrugs

You jumped in to say that this blowoff top, though not based on fundamentals of any kind, is going to be ok because Trump is making everybody so positive and patriotic that stock prices don't matter for the time being.

I'm saying that ends horribly.

[StCapps]

You jumped in to say that this blowoff top, though not based on fundamentals of any kind, is going to be ok because Trump is making everybody so positive and patriotic that stock prices don't matter for the time being.

Never said everything is going to be okay, but it is certainly a possibility that everything will be okay, I think you overrate the chances of it going horribly in comparison, but I never said it can't go horribly because optimism and patriotism alone will make it all okay no matter what. I never said that stock prices don't matter either and I don't see why you need to put words in mouth.

[Martin Hash]

I think Capps has a handle on this. Just countering all the inane anti-Trump sentiment is not being pro-Trump.

[TheReal_ND]

People are still shocked and amazed romans once debased coin.

[Dand]

Trump Budget Proposes Killing All Funding for PBS, NPR and National Endowment for the Arts

http://www.thewrap.com/trump-budget-kil ... adcasting/

Feels very good