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Third, liberals were disappointed that no bankers went to jail for the criminal activities connected with the financial collapse. However, there is the disconnect.
In the last seven years every time a Black man was killed by a White police officer; Obama ordered an immediate investigation with a war-cry to prosecute them to the full extent of the law - many times this was a knee-jerk reaction and he did not even know if they were guilty.
If our President wanted prosecutions; he would have had prosecutions. Or, at the very least, he would have made the attempt. That did not happen.
As far as trusting Dobbs and Franks with creating legislation that helped our banking and economy: I never trusted either one. I think they simply worked for their own best interest and not ours. Franks definitely has a very dubious track record - with plenty of skeletons.
My feeling is that politicians tend to slap themselves on the back for anything good that happens and then take no credit for the wrong.
It is a good measure of how Wall Mart is doing. They realized they have too many stores too close to each other, and many in Brazil which are making a loss. They also realized the experiment with the Mini-WallMarts was a failure.
As a matter of fact, it has nothing to do with the economy.
Oh, please. Per the article, they are closing the Wal-Mart Expresses, which were an experiment to begin with, largely because the Neighborhood Markets fall into that convenience niche and do better. And they are closing some other stores that are out-of-date, and underperforming. They are still opening a lot of new stores.
"Wal-Mart said that it's still sticking to its plan announced last year to open 50 to 60 supercenters, 85 to 95 Neighborhood Markets and 7 to 10 Sam's Clubs in the U.S. during the fiscal year that begins Feb. 1."
In my opinion, The Donald wins if there is a major terrorist incident much more than if the Dow crashed to $14K. But I would agree a market crash helps The Donald and really all potential Republicans against another Democrat candidate.
That is pretty delusional IMO. Why would anyone want Trump as President if there were a major terrorist attack?
Bernie would be in an even better position with a stock market crash IMO. He is the only candidate that would ensure no corporate bailouts. He has stated many times he would break up the big banks to limit our economies exposure to their recklessness and corruption.
He would also try to detach the Fed from the globalist bankers that have hi-jacked it for their own interests. THAT is what the majority of people in this country want, even if they don't realize it.
That is pretty delusional IMO. Why would anyone want Trump as President if there were a major terrorist attack?
Bernie would be in an even better position with a stock market crash IMO. He is the only candidate that would ensure no corporate bailouts. He has stated many times he would break up the big banks to limit our economies exposure to their recklessness and corruption.
He would also try to detach the Fed from the globalist bankers that have hi-jacked it for their own interests. THAT is what the majority of people in this country want, even if they don't realize it.
It's delusional to think voters wouldn't recognize Trump's call to limit Muslims terrorist refugees would have reduced the probabilities of successful terrorist attacks.
Actually, Mr. Sanders was very clear how free college would be paid -- a small tax on stock transactions. The tax would be nearly invisible and since stock trades have been getting cheaper over the decades, it's a tax that causes no pain.
As if THAT would raise the trillion dollars need to fund his plans.
" it's a tax that causes no pain" Right. All those middle Americans that have 401k'a and IRA's, the left claims to be for so much WILL be hit, Hard.
Oh, please. Per the article, they are closing the Wal-Mart Expresses, which were an experiment to begin with, largely because the Neighborhood Markets fall into that convenience niche and do better. And they are closing some other stores that are out-of-date, and underperforming. They are still opening a lot of new stores.
"Wal-Mart said that it's still sticking to its plan announced last year to open 50 to 60 supercenters, 85 to 95 Neighborhood Markets and 7 to 10 Sam's Clubs in the U.S. during the fiscal year that begins Feb. 1."
Nothing in this post refutes anything in Finn's post. In fact, some of it bolsters his statements.
OP may have a point. I have all my nest egg in mutual funds, and I am very concerned. I can see Trump getting elected as all us baby boomers worry about running out of money.
That would only prove that boomers don't understand macroeconomics, either. And, like many other Americans, put entirely too much stock in to the amount of influence a Presidential administration can have over our economy.
Nothing in this post refutes anything in Finn's post. In fact, some of it bolsters his statements.
What point were you trying to make?
The point that closing stores with a failed format and some outdated stores, while opening many new stores, makes the conclusions that Finn was reaching nebulous.
The point that closing stores with a failed format and some outdated stores, while opening many new stores, makes the conclusions that Finn was reaching nebulous.
Fair enough, but the point that I believe you're both agreeing on - and the one that is pertinent to this thread - is that the closing stores are NOT and indication of a poor or slumping economy. Yes?
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