Today was a busy day. We got some really good news about our economy and some kind of scary news. The warning is coming about our economy. New York has finally found the solution for climate.
The Economy
There’s good news and bad news about the economy. The good news is we had 3.2% GDP for the first quarter of 2019. The Gross Domestic Product measures the value of economic activity within a country. Strictly defined,GDP is the sum of the market values, or prices, of all final goods and services produced in an economy during a period of time (Sparknotes.com). This is huge. Right now, the Trump economy is averaging over 3% for each of the two years of his presidency. To make a comparison, Barack Obama never averaged 3% and I’m not sure his economy even reached 3%.
Now one of the big arguments is that this growth is was from the repairs that Barack Obama made when he took office. He did inherit a crappy economy (he told us every chance he could) and the economy could only go up. It did but very slowly. Usually between 1.5% and 2.5%. This didn’t even keep up with inflation. The thought that the economy is flying because of Obama is horse-pucky. Trump made active changes to the economy including lowering taxes and eliminating regulations that allowed for job growth. His America first attitude also encouraged people to buy American and he has been re-writing trade deal with Mexico and Canada along with going into a trade war with China (though I still hate tariffs).
That’s the good news. But there is some bad news. We are heading toward a debt cliff. We all know that our national debt is at about $21 trillion dollars. But, according to an article on TheHill.com by Shiva Rajgopal, the real national debt is between $70 and $80 trillion. That’s because nanny state programs like social security, Medicade, Medicare and student loans are not calculated in the national debt we know. This is bad. That needs to be paid back.
I cannot remember the last President, including Reagan and Trump, that has taken spending seriously. Trump’s spending is very high also. We need to start becoming fiscally responsible before we end up like Greece did a few years ago. It will change everything about this country.
New York Does It Again
Hey, New York is really trying to embrace this Green New Deal thing. You know, that garbage program that was dreamed up by that hot but really dumb congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Bill “Einstein” de Blasio decided to ban any processed meat including sausage and hot dogs.
No kidding.
They have already banned bags, straws and soda. They are losing almost 200 people a day because of the highest taxes in the country and the heaviest regulations, choking off business. They are planning to ban buildings made of steel and glass because they aren’t climate friendly and want to force land owners to retrofit before 2030. Now they are banning food.
The mayor believes that the banning of processed food will improve air quality by eliminating the carbon from the processing process and eliminating the carbon from grilling the food. Awesome! If grilling causes carbon, that means non-processed food like steak and chicken will be on the list next. or worse, you won’t be allowed to grill at all!
OK, OK…I’m leaving a little something out. They are only banning processed meat with government programs such as schools. They already have “Meatless Mondays” for the “health” of the kids. Now, the kids can’t even have a frigging hot dog on the other days. But de Blasio says if he doesn’t see an improvement in the carbon output, he will expand his ban. Considering one will see a hot dog vendor every fifteen feet on New York City streets, I’m sure that’s going to go over well.
This is so f-ing stupid, I can’t even believe it.
First off, the carbon from food processing and grilling is so little, expansion of de Blasio’s stupid program is inevitable. Next, does anyone already see the problem with the Green New Deal? Our freedoms are being taken away. Now the government is telling me what I can and cannot eat? I don’t need the government telling me what to eat. I understand when I get fat, I should take care of myself. If others don’t, not my problem. Those people should learn a book.
Finally, and most important, there’s another country that banned food. I bet socialist Venezuela probably has great air.
Resources:
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/407633-think-our-20-trillion-debt-is-bad-get-a-load-of-the-real-number
https://www.dailywire.com/news/46431/nyc-considering-banning-hot-dogs-and-other-emily-zanotti
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