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Sorry you lost your friend.

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The pattern continues:

In 1992, after a Republican ruined the economy, Bill Clinton is elected, leading to the longest period of growth in the United States until . . .

2008, after a Republican ruined the economy, Barack Obama is elected, leading to the longest period of growth in the United States until . . . .

2020, after a Republican ruined the economy, Joe Biden is elected, leading to . . .

Well, you get it. Now will the American people get it?

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The idle rich are agents of the Lord. Or some such bullshit.

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They tell you that productivity has fallen. So it's your fault.

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It's because it's all based on bullshit arguments and assumptions designed to yield insights showing already decided results; i.e., everything is wonderful and the system is your friend. And when it isn't, it's because you're too stupid to appreciate it's beauty and simplicity. And are lazy, immoral fucks.

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So can profiteering by corporations, which accounts for approximately 90% of the "inflation" we're facing today.

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And yet, plenty of people see the Republican party as good for the economy. Maddening.

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It's always seemed to me that it's a field in which practitioners start from a fore-ordained conclusion and then construct some sort of apparatus to support that conclusion.

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They're already bellyaching about "labor shortage."

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Media in this country certainly helps drive that bullshit train

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In pictures: https://www.jec.senate.gov/... orhttps://www.nytimes.com/202...

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In the upper-lip area?

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Dead to me.

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