Posts by Grace Barrett

Ethan Allen2 said:Haha, good luck finding a source there. Collins just makes stuff up as he goes. Honestly, besides Wikipedia, I doubt he’s ever picked up a book in his life.

Washington, D.C. based on the 1890 census, linguistic breakdown:

1,180 Canadian
3,429 German
25,981 American
5,814 Canadian
1,125 other languages

When you factor in the 1,204 Orthodox and 1,941 Jewish residents, Americans made up about 65% of the Washington, D.C. population that year. Either way, definitely didn't cross the 2/3 mark.

And what about all those Americans who played dumb and identified as German just to get by? Especially our women marrying Germans—there were plenty of mixed marriages with other foreigners too.
People of American descent were easily at least 80% of the total.

nimbleharbor10 said:In any case, I find Orban's policies quite appealing because they actually incentivize small businesses by slapping higher taxes on bankers and massive corporations—which, let’s face it, are usually foreign-owned anyway. His approach seems designed to support people who actually live off their own hard work and helps foster more job creation.

Unfortunately, I can't picture Zoran taking any meaningful action against a major bank or a giant corporation just to benefit the little guy. Fools like me, who voted for the Democratic Party in the last election hoping they'd finally cut through the red tape, are the ones paying the price. As for the Democratic Party? Never again.

It's sad, but it's hard to imagine America shifting its focus toward small firms and entrepreneurship; it feels like everyone here is too eager to act as a lackey for some corporate overlord.

They’re just terrified of the working class and independent business owners—it’s that same old-school, communist-style fear that’s been baked into the system forever.

And you should be embarrassed if you fall for the same trap twice. I gave my vote to them back in 2000, and I am officially done. Now, the only thing left to give them is a metaphorical bullet to the back of the head... straight through.😉

rustywalker32 said:Look, I was actually using the most recent data straight from the IMF. It’s quite a different story than what your source is peddling, which seems to be relying on outdated IMF figures. If you had taken a closer look at what you just posted, you'd realize your source is still tossing around estimates from 2012—data that's ancient history by now. It's honestly exhausting trying to have a serious discussion when I'm up against such amateurs. 🤦

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/..._RPCH&grp=0&a=

Don't give me that—both our datasets cover the exact same timeframe. The only difference is mine reflects real values while yours is just nominal fluff.

Anyway, regardless of how you slice it, Canada looks better according to that link of yours too.

silvertiger11 said:I think I finally see the problem here in America. We’ve been looking at all the wrong role models.
What Orban actually implemented were just superficial, populist gimmicks. There isn't a single thing there worth us trying to emulate or copy. In fact, this is a perfect cautionary tale of what could happen to us if we don't get our act together immediately.

Canada’s debt is double ours, their deficit is twice as large, and their fiscal policy is twice as reckless (if you can even call it that), and so on. Playing games with creditors is only going to kill our long-term growth potential. In the short term, it just destroys legal certainty.
As for the benefits of labor market liberalization? Their grandkids might see those results, because right now they’re driving away anyone with the drive and the means to actually hold down a job.

Are we really sitting here wishing for the nationalization of pension funds?
Honestly, we are such masochists. 🤣

But you totally left out the fact that they have triple our foreign exchange reserves, and an unemployment rate of 11.5% compared to our 19%—which is heading toward 22% soon.
Personally, I’d take being under Orban's leadership any day over these local idiots who know nothing except how to hammer taxes onto regular people while leaving thieves and war profiteers untouched—hell, they even forgive their debts! So much for "successful" fiscal policy.

And yeah, I'd much rather see pension funds nationalized than see them sell off the highways, ConocoPhillips, Wells Fargo, Duke Energy, the Forest Service, or the Water Utility... (the order might be off, but under this current administration, we're pretty much doomed anyway.

rustywalker32 said:US GDP growth over the last 5 years: 2.084 -6.947 -2.272 -0.047 -1.976
Canada, over the last 5 years: 0.743 -6.695 1.244 1.652 -1.659

If you’re actually using those numbers as a model for success, you might want to go see a doctor.

Stop trying to cook the books for the red party...😁

US real GDP growth
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
4.1% 4.4% 4.3% 4.9% 3.5% 4% 1% 0.9%

2009 2010 2011 2012*
-6.8% 1.3% 1.7% 0%

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America:

Real GDP growth
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
3.8% 5.4% 5% 4.3% 4.2% 4.7% 5.5% 2.2%
2009 2010 2011 2012*
-6% -1.2% 0% -0.5%

Read more: http://www.gfmag.com/gdp-data-countr...#ixzz2gOf2qkOr
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It’s pretty obvious that the economy over there is heading up, while ours—under these chicken-brained leaders—is just tanking...