RE: Trump killing jobs
January 26, 2018 at 7:08 pm
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2018 at 7:11 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(January 26, 2018 at 11:39 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:In fairness, I'm not sure that all of that can be laid at Trump's door.
He takes credit for everything that happens so it is indeed fair to lay the blame right at his door. Presidents are like quarterbacks. Too much credit when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses. It's part of the job. If the fucktard doesn't like it, let him resign.
There's rather a large difference between a president taking credit for something he hasn't done and other people assigning him blame for something that's not his fault.
(January 26, 2018 at 2:28 pm)dyresand Wrote:(January 25, 2018 at 4:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: In fairness, I'm not sure that all of that can be laid at Trump's door. The store closings, for example, are largely a result of online market places and would have happened regardless of who occupies the White House. And the anemic state of the coal industry is due to cheap natural gas. Contrary to what some seem to claim, politicians have, at best, a limited impact on market forces in a market economy.
Boru
Yep also in the case of toys r us unless they switch to offering more electronics instead of toys they will be fine.
I couldn't disagree more. It isn't what a retailer sells, but how they sell it that's at issue. A larger and larger segment of the consumer base has taken to shopping online, as opposed to going to a brick-and-mortar. There's no real reason to suspect that this trend won't accelerate. Toys Backward 'R' Us can sell electronics all they like, but as long as people can purchase the same thing online, the physical stores will continue to suffer.
Boru
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