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BernieSandersIsGod (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:49 AM Original message |
Are we in the double dip? And is it time to start to panic? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. this "Titanic" has no captain unfortunately nt |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. the problem is the iceberg not the captain |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. What used to be called "dip" is now the new normal. Get used to it. nt |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sigh. No and no. |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. Now is the time to panic. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Don't Panic |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Evidence?! n/t |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Recent data points to evidence of an economic slowdown |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The problem is that we need real structural reform of the economy |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Wrong. The problem is the Teabagger House is blocking every single economic initiative by the WH. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. IF people were feeling good about the economy TBggers couldn't pull off trix. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. I predicted after the 2010 elections that Dem leaders would be happy |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. ITA with you, Cali. n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. BS. "recent" = May? Yet hiring hit a FIVE YEAR high this April and a THREE YEAR HIGH last November. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. WTF are you talking about? The economy is growing, albeit slowly. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. 'Private sector hiring has been hitting highs' |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. In November 2010, it jumped to a three-year high, was up in February and hit a 5-yr high in April. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. "Horror for US Economy as Data Falls off Cliff" |
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Eagle Mall (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Not even close, but that doesn't stop Chicken Littles from popping up daily. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. ADP: U.S. Added Fewer Workers in May |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's obvious the catastrophic numbers are getting in the way of the happy talk. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Bullshit. 38,000 jobs added in May = "catastrophic"?? What credible economist has said that? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. THIS /\ |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. Home and property prices are still falling. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That's no surprise. No one has expected anything different for years. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Not where I live. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It is where I live. However, we digress. I'm talking in general economic terms. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Where is that |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No. I see you live in rural Idaho from your profile. |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. Simmer down |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. and you no doubt would be leading the way. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is about the 6th or 7th prediction of the double dip over ... |
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Eagle Mall (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. or maybe the fools will just be wrong, once again. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. the numbers point to it |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I believe Reich more than the people who trash other DUers. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Just because we have a Democrat in the White House some people around here refuse to take off their |
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BernieSandersIsGod (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Well i'm in panic mode now. NT |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. respond forcefully, don't panic |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. May was mainly an over-reaction to oil prices, plus storms. Chill out. No double dip. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I don't see how those factors effect the housing market |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sure. Let's all panic right now. What kind of panic should we all start? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Ask the 20 million without jobs, and millions being foreclosed |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I'm responding to the silly OP about whether we should panic now |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Sorry about your foreclosure |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. It looks like some very serious people blew off Paul Krugman a bit too much. |
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