Comments on: Electoral Calculus http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/electoral-calculus/ Facts, Thoughts, and Commentary Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: JS http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/electoral-calculus/#comment-302664 JS Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:24:20 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=6610#comment-302664 Since it appears Obama will be reelected, does he have an economic plan? Other than protecting government employees whenever possible, there does not seem to be a plan. Just wondering.

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You mean a plan other than the American Jobs Act Obama proposed about a year ago, 97% of which went ignored by the Republican House majority?

And protecting government employees other than the steady drop in teachers, police, fire fighters and other state and local government employees over the last two years, without which the unemployment rate would be closer to 7% today?

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You can’t be.

]]> By: Nhon Tran http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/electoral-calculus/#comment-302339 Nhon Tran Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:33:59 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=6610#comment-302339 Thanks.
I’m holidaying in the US. Been to NYC, Philadelphia and I’m heading for Texas and California from Toronto Canada.
I’m sure the President will be re-elected. Comfortably. I am beginning to wonder how many votes of the 365 he won in 2008 will be chipped away, if at all!!! Demography (support of the minorities) is heavily in his favour and the economy is improving, albeit weakly, so it won’t cost him many votes.
I’m happy with his re-election.
But I don’t like the Dem ads on China. They’re wrong. Putting tariffs on Chinese products hurts the American economy and people, especially those on lower incomes.
Regards

]]> By: save_the_rustbelt http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/electoral-calculus/#comment-302324 save_the_rustbelt Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:07:45 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=6610#comment-302324 Probably correct, a weak positive trend is better than the alternative.

Unemployment is unreported and underemployment is brutal.

How long can people survive on $10 an hour jobs with no benefits? They certainly cannot thrive.

Since it appears Obama will be reelected, does he have an economic plan? Other than protecting government employees whenever possible, there does not seem to be a plan. Just wondering.

The one benefit of the election season is that Geithner’s days are numbered.

]]> By: Nylund http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/electoral-calculus/#comment-301983 Nylund Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:09:21 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=6610#comment-301983 This reminded me of the title of a post from 2009 on Atrios’ blog about housing prices:

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009/04/positive-2nd-derivative.html

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