9 Trillion spent to get .5 GDP..WTG Obama

[Truman62]

Lying?  How was I lying?  All you did was disagree using your OPINIONS.

Feel free to provide facts to dispute me at any time.

Otherwise just stfu

[KensanIV]

My adult life I have heard that "Figures do Not lie, but liars will figure."  I hope that does not apply to any on this current thread. 

[Truman62]

Well here are the words of Carl Icahn, saying the Repocon Congress SUCKS!

Republican lawmakers are suffering from a near "pathological" misunderstanding
of the national economy, and they may be hurting markets and Americans alike,
billionaire investor and Donald Trump  supporter Carl Icahn  told CNBC on Thursday.

Icahn, who Trump had previously suggested  could serve as his Treasury secretary,
warned that markets will have a " day of reckoning " without fiscal stimulus, and
argued that the U.S. government "certainly could do more spending."

"The Republican Party that I used to be more sympathetic with — I'm right in the
middle now, although as you know I'm for Trump — but what I would say is Congress
is in this massive gridlock," he said, explaining that the Republican-controlled body is
"obsessed with this deficit to a point that I think it's almost pathological."

The result of this gridlock and a lack of fiscal stimulus has been that the Federal
Reserve  has been forced to keep interest rates low, and that has created "tremendous
bubbles" and "the wealth gap."

Additionally, worrying about a deficit when there is no significant inflation and the dollar
remains the global reserve currency is not a smart way to govern, Icahn said, adding
that "a country is not a company."

https://www.yahoo.com/

[DaBoz]

Today's data made this look even worse.