Democrats SUCK!!

[The Troll]

Why would you think I would suggest such a stupid thing?

  Henry you are always criticizing Obama and don't have one word to say about  your president.  Now you're quoting a speech written by his murders, what in hell is wrong with your fucked thinking.     Tell us Bunky what would you do about this and remembering that your boy is in the Army. 

[Henry Hawk]

  Henry you are always criticizing Obama and don't have one word to say about  your president. 

Obama IS my president.  What MORE do you want me to say?

[Henry Hawk]

So do republicans; only more so.

Nope...not even close.

[The Troll]

 
Obama IS my president.  What MORE do you want me to say?

  So, Henry are you saying that you want Obama to go to Iraq with our troops, with your boy, to fight ISIS, Huh?  Either shit or get off the pot and tell what you want him to do, not just bitch about him.   

[Henry Hawk]

  So, Henry are you saying that you want Obama to go to Iraq with our troops, with your boy, to fight ISIS, Huh?  Either shit or get off the pot and tell what you want him to do, not just bitch about him.   

Troll, show me WHERE I said I wanted to do anything?  All I posted was the last words by the journalist that was murdered by ISIS.

They main complaint I have with Obama over this is his words and his image he is blarring to the world.....first of all, NOT having a play "yet" is stupid and weak.  Second, maybe he should give up his golf game during "trying" times.......just sayin.

[Exterminator]

And he's an uppity negro!

[libby]

Troll, show me WHERE I said I wanted to do anything?  All I posted was the last words by the journalist that was murdered by ISIS.

They main complaint I have with Obama over this is his words and his image he is blarring to the world.....first of all, NOT having a play "yet" is stupid and weak.  Second, maybe he should give up his golf game during "trying" times.......just sayin.

About that "golf game" -- I would guess he plays golf to get away from all the voices -- to calm his mind so he can do some serious thinking   

[me]

And he's an uppity negro!

[Palehorse]

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/29549427-537/rutter-how-indiana-slipped-into-burger-flipping-poverty.html#.VAeH_V5YzIK

". . .After 21/2 terms of fiscal management from governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence, how are you doing? Sorry to break the news. You're probably doing lousy, that's how.

Indiana's average worker pay ranks 42nd in the nation at $776 per week. That does not sound like much because it isn't much.

Indiana's spokesmodels have a different, pithy marketing campaign every month to prove how lousy it would be if you worked in Illinois.

But the average worker there earns $971 a week, just short of $10,000 more a year than his Indiana counterpart.

Of the 50,000 Hoosier jobs added in each of the last two years, more were variations of burger-flipping, just-over-minimum-wage work than in any state in the Midwest.

There's your economic recovery.

If you want to gross 300 bucks a week, Indiana is a land of opportunity. It has the fifth-highest concentration of jobs in the fast-food and janitorial work in the United States.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research notes that the majority of these fast-food workers are adults, of whom 85 percent have a high school degree or more — and more than a quarter are raising children.

The proof of this reality is that Indiana's "business climate" is an ecstatic cauldron of joy. Business owners love to pay burger-flipping wages. Have you not heard of capitalism's joy?

But the millions in Indiana's fast-food battalion are not part of the middle class and never will be. They are citizens of an altered state that the gentle slope downward to working poverty has produced.

Evidence?

The annual Status of Working Families report found that Indiana poverty increased at a faster rate than all but five states. And, more troubling, the spiral shows no signs of slowing. There are more than a million Hoosiers living in poverty, a record-breaking level. There are 2.2 million residents who are officially "low income," meaning they earn less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. That is $22,980 for an individual or $47,100 for a family of four.

We are making this poverty generational — 45 percent of Hoosier children live at or below the poverty threshold. That's higher than any neighboring state. What Indiana teaches them is how little they have a right to expect out of life.

More than 70 percent of new jobs in Indiana paid full-time wages insufficient to pull the worker out of the low-income category. We are poor because employers happily pay a median hourly wage of $15.24, less than all neighboring states except Kentucky. Indiana still has about 173,000 fewer jobs than it did before the Great Recession started in 2007.

Against that backdrop, Pence yanked $2 billion out of Hoosier wallets to bankroll as a surplus. Banks that might loan money to a state love surpluses. It shows Indiana's thriftiness, especially when it comes to working folks.

In this case, the surplus proves mostly that Republicans are gifted hoarders. That was your money. You might have wasted it on better medical care, improved roads and bridges, and state adoption services. So the GOP saved it for you.

You should be thankful they're so fiscally mature.

And before you ask, yes, I would like fries with that.

[The Troll]

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/29549427-537/rutter-how-indiana-slipped-into-burger-flipping-poverty.html#.VAeH_V5YzIK

". . .After 21/2 terms of fiscal management from governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence, how are you doing? Sorry to break the news. You're probably doing lousy, that's how.

Indiana's average worker pay ranks 42nd in the nation at $776 per week. That does not sound like much because it isn't much.

Indiana's spokesmodels have a different, pithy marketing campaign every month to prove how lousy it would be if you worked in Illinois.

But the average worker there earns $971 a week, just short of $10,000 more a year than his Indiana counterpart.

Of the 50,000 Hoosier jobs added in each of the last two years, more were variations of burger-flipping, just-over-minimum-wage work than in any state in the Midwest.

There's your economic recovery.

If you want to gross 300 bucks a week, Indiana is a land of opportunity. It has the fifth-highest concentration of jobs in the fast-food and janitorial work in the United States.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research notes that the majority of these fast-food workers are adults, of whom 85 percent have a high school degree or more — and more than a quarter are raising children.

The proof of this reality is that Indiana's "business climate" is an ecstatic cauldron of joy. Business owners love to pay burger-flipping wages. Have you not heard of capitalism's joy?

But the millions in Indiana's fast-food battalion are not part of the middle class and never will be. They are citizens of an altered state that the gentle slope downward to working poverty has produced.

Evidence?

The annual Status of Working Families report found that Indiana poverty increased at a faster rate than all but five states. And, more troubling, the spiral shows no signs of slowing. There are more than a million Hoosiers living in poverty, a record-breaking level. There are 2.2 million residents who are officially "low income," meaning they earn less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. That is $22,980 for an individual or $47,100 for a family of four.

We are making this poverty generational — 45 percent of Hoosier children live at or below the poverty threshold. That's higher than any neighboring state. What Indiana teaches them is how little they have a right to expect out of life.

More than 70 percent of new jobs in Indiana paid full-time wages insufficient to pull the worker out of the low-income category. We are poor because employers happily pay a median hourly wage of $15.24, less than all neighboring states except Kentucky. Indiana still has about 173,000 fewer jobs than it did before the Great Recession started in 2007.

Against that backdrop, Pence yanked $2 billion out of Hoosier wallets to bankroll as a surplus. Banks that might loan money to a state love surpluses. It shows Indiana's thriftiness, especially when it comes to working folks.

In this case, the surplus proves mostly that Republicans are gifted hoarders. That was your money. You might have wasted it on better medical care, improved roads and bridges, and state adoption services. So the GOP saved it for you.

You should be thankful they're so fiscally mature.

And before you ask, yes, I would like fries with that.

  Besides screwing the union worker with the Right TO Work law.  The right to work for less, I haven't forgiven "Our Man Mitch:  for selling the taxpayers Toll Road for 75 million which he spent in less than one year and the damn turning the clock back and forward twice a year.   

[Henry Hawk]

Pissin match.....

A year ago, USA Today did a study on the States with the fastest growing economies....

Indiana was 8th.

8. Indiana
> GDP growth: 3.3% (tied for 8th highest)
> Real 2012 GDP: $255.4 billion (16th largest)
> 1-yr. population change: 0.32% (15th lowest)
> 1-yr. employment growth: 0.38% (10th lowest)
Indiana's GDP fell 6% in 2009, one of the biggest contractions in the nation. That year, the U.S. GDP fell by 3.3%. However, since then the state's economy has been one of the fastest growing in the nation. In 2010, its GDP rose 6.4%, second highest in the nation, and in 2011 it rose by 2.2%, also among the higher rates that year. The manufacturing sector was the largest contributor to GDP growth in the state. It accounted for 15.3% of the state's GDP last year, the second highest percentage in the nation. Durable goods output, as part of the manufacturing industry, was responsible for more than half of the state's GDP growth in 2012. Both Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Chrysler, which have manufacturing plants in Indiana, are expected to ramp up hiring in the near term.


Our unemployment rate is 5.7%........well below the National Average.


It is ranked the 21st best state to live in


It is ranked 16th with the highest personal income

2013 Best & Worst States for Business State Rankings  -  Indiana is 5th best.

[Palehorse]

Pissin match.....

A year ago, USA Today did a study on the States with the fastest growing economies....

Indiana was 8th.

8. Indiana
> GDP growth: 3.3% (tied for 8th highest)
> Real 2012 GDP: $255.4 billion (16th largest)
> 1-yr. population change: 0.32% (15th lowest)
> 1-yr. employment growth: 0.38% (10th lowest)
Indiana's GDP fell 6% in 2009, one of the biggest contractions in the nation. That year, the U.S. GDP fell by 3.3%. However, since then the state's economy has been one of the fastest growing in the nation. In 2010, its GDP rose 6.4%, second highest in the nation, and in 2011 it rose by 2.2%, also among the higher rates that year. The manufacturing sector was the largest contributor to GDP growth in the state. It accounted for 15.3% of the state's GDP last year, the second highest percentage in the nation. Durable goods output, as part of the manufacturing industry, was responsible for more than half of the state's GDP growth in 2012. Both Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Chrysler, which have manufacturing plants in Indiana, are expected to ramp up hiring in the near term.


Our unemployment rate is 5.7%........well below the National Average.


It is ranked the 21st best state to live in


It is ranked 16th with the highest personal income

2013 Best & Worst States for Business State Rankings  -  Indiana is 5th best.

GDP doesn't reflect the financial status of the consumer. In fact, wages aren't even in the calculation except as a reflection of overhead, (which surprise, is down 40-50+ %). Sure, they're making more car parts, but they're paying less per hour to the employees doing the grunt work and their leadership, than they did a decade ago. Their benefits are drastically reduced and retirement is a straw man for the lion's share of the workers today. No pensions and very little contributions toward the "almighty 401k" that is supposed to replace the pension programs. (Horsecrap)

Combine this with the slashing of social safety net programs, and 7 years of a do nothing congress, and of course we're going to see government spending drop, and its positive influence on the GDP number. (At the cost of quality of life for the working families).

[Bo D]

It is ranked the 21st best state to live in

From 2005. Got anything more recent?

It is ranked 16th with the highest personal income

Again ... From 2005. Got anything more recent?

2013 Best & Worst States for Business State Rankings  -  Indiana is 5th best.

Great for business. What about the worker?

[Exterminator]

Thanks, Henry, for once again exposing the myth that is trickle down economics.

[me]

Guess ya'll would rather make $100 pr hour just to say you make $100 pr hour even though the COL actually gives you less spendable cash on hand.  Ya'll have a bad habit of over thinking and doing fuzzy math and are confusing yourselves.  You're also missing the fact that if there were no businesses there would be no jobs.