Matt Dillon
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That's nice, honey. Fuckin' tard.
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That's nice, honey. Fuckin' tard.
ExpressLane
Verified User
And you think the world's largest economy has no effect on the global economy?
If the US gobbles up more stuff on the market like oil then other countries have to pay more for it. Biden reduce the world oil supply and the price of oil went up and WE had to pay more for it and so did the rest of the world. We had more of our money chasing less world oil. Increase oil price effects everything grown transported or manufactured world wide. Well everywhere that does not produce all of its own energy. Like China which had to raise the price of the things it made. See how that works. 
Lightbringer
Loves Me Some Souls
The last two years you say? Hmmmm.....
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
But he didn't. About 12 million of those were ones that came back after the lockdowns. The rest are a combination of bullshit and economic growth, as stunted as it has been under Bribem. The labor utilization rate stands today at just about the lowest it has ever been.
Was that a yes or a no, Terry?
You're seriously comparing a nation about the same geographical size of California but only with a population of 10.6 million, about that of North Carolina, to a nation of 330 million Americans, Terry? That's the same type of bullshit those you hate so much would pull.
Why do you think Trump lied about the seriousness of pandemic? He found out in December 2019, right? How long before he admitted it was a serious problem?
Lightbringer
Loves Me Some Souls
Are you calling other people out...Max?
Yes, Gullie. Why don't you? Why have you turned to Satan, "Lightbringer"? Why do you pay homage to Lucifer, the "lightbringer"?
Lightbringer
Loves Me Some Souls
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
I'm comparing policies on how Sweden handled the pandemic versus the various US states. Not all states locked down, and the degree to which each did was somewhat different. The most severe and economically damaging lockdowns were entirely in blue Democrat states.
For instance in Arizona, businesses were not forced to close but there were recommendations made. The mask mandate wasn't enforced other than by some individual businesses. The last of those Plexiglas sneeze shields have finally disappeared here too. The rate at which states reopened was also variable, again the blue Democrat ones tended to stay closed longer.
So, the effect on some state's economy varied by how draconian the state was, just as the world economy suffered. Sweden didn't have much of an economic downturn since they didn't lockdown at all.
Sweden's no-lockdown COVID strategy was broadly correct, commission suggests
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sweden-report-coronavirus-1.6364154
Sweden should have shut venues and taken other tougher measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic, though its no-lockdown strategy was broadly beneficial, a commission said on Friday.
Sweden polarised opinion at home and abroad when it chose not to follow most of the rest of the world in ordering lockdowns and adopted a largely voluntary approach of promoting social distancing and good hygiene.
The commission - set up by the government under pressure from parliament - said Sweden's broad policy was "fundamentally correct".
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...-early-response-flawed-commission-2022-02-25/
That first line is a sop by the commission to try and minimize the poor decision making to lockdown most countries made.
I also don't think Trump particularly lied about the pandemic, he's certainly no expert. Anthony Fauci, now there's a fucking liar and half about this. If you recall, Trump got hammered by the MSM and Democrats for imposing travel bans early on in this mess.
ExpressLane
Verified User
Exactly.
That's a lie, Gullie. You're now pretending to be Lucifer, the Lightbringer.
Your misogyny and false accusations only prove me correct about your irrationality. Why do you keep dodging the question about your Satanism, Gullie?
Terry, I know you're an oath-breaker who supports overthrowing the Constitution by fraud or violence, but the 10th Amendment still applies.
Texas wasn't locked down and I wasn't in a state that did, but I support State's Rights per the Constitution even if you do not. Why do you seek to empower the Federal government to dictate to all the States how they should handle a pandemic? Do you think the Pandemic was a hoax, Terry?
BartenderElite
Verified User
And you think the world's largest economy has no effect on the global economy?
Wow - laughing emojis AND a facepalm.
That's gotta mean I was 100% correct.
BartenderElite
Verified User
Biden actually gets credit for getting the vaccine out much more quickly than Trump was able to, and ensuring that people could get back to work more quickly.
Sorry 'bout that.
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
You are not only delusional, but retarded. Your delusions aside,
States have rights, and probably should have a great deal more than they do as the federal government has overstepped its boundaries. The pandemic (small P) wasn't a hoax, but it wasn't some OMG! horror like the MSM, Left, and entrenched government "experts" --who almost uniformly turned out not to be-- tried to claim it was. States like New York were so badly mismanaged, that their leadership not only exacerbated the spread, but caused the deaths of thousands of people who otherwise would have survived.
Government, unlike in your delusional world, isn't the answer to most problems, it is just an added problem.
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
Wrong. Biden didn't do a damn thing in that respect. Not one damned thing. He is taking credit for a program that was already in motion. But I'll bite. Point to some concrete thing Biden did to get the vaccine--the ones that proved marginally effective and often had serious and debilitating side effects--out more quickly.
If that's true, why do you support using Federal law to prevent a state from locking itself down in a pandemic?
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
Depends on how they do it. The federal government does have a role in interstate commerce and interstate relations.
Please give me an example of when the Federal government should step in and dictate to a State how to run their state during a pandemic.
Did any states warrant Federal action under Trump or Biden?
BartenderElite
Verified User
The bolded is a flat-out lie.
When Biden took office, vaccine administration was anemic. In his 1st week, he enacted over a half dozen EO's designed to ramp up the rate of vaccinations, including increasing the # of vaccination sites, using the Defense Production Act, shoring up the supply chain, et al.
And the proof is in the results. Vaccinations increased dramatically in his 1st few months. Trump had felt that just getting the vaccine out there was enough for the feds - but Biden knew that distribution was nothing without proper & efficient administration.
You should read up on the history of it. Without a doubt, that made a significant impact on jobs.