American economic dominance

[tooblue]

100% agree. The Trump administration cannot end quickly enough.

Ahh, the panacea of Trump leaving office. Trumps policies are a reflection of the US electorates view on immigration on the whole—you can pretend otherwise but much of what Trump is now enforcing was set in motion by the Obama administration and only further entrenched in American bureaucracy by congressional gridlock.

That GDP being touted here in this thread is a part of the challenge. Those in the US who benefit from it don't wanna share.

[Joe Public]

I am so poor, my bank account is a constant reminder that I am safe from identity theft.

I am so poor, that the ducks at the park throw bread at me.

...

I chuckled, tooblue.

[All-American]

Ahh, the panacea of Trump leaving office. Trumps policies are a reflection of the US electorates view on immigration on the whole—you can pretend otherwise but much of what Trump is now enforcing was set in motion by the Obama administration and only further entrenched in American bureaucracy by congressional gridlock.

That GDP being touted here in this thread is a part of the challenge. Those in the US who benefit from it don't wanna share.

I've said before that Trump does not scare me nearly as much as what will follow Trump. His intelligence and lack of qualifications will create natural limits to the extent of damage he can do. But he can take down guardrails that would have held in check that will follow.

Unrelatedly, pretty sure AOC is gonna run.

[Moliere]

LOL ... Jeff sounds like Sally Field at the Oscars: "Right now, you like me!"

Did a quick search on wether GDP is a good measure of economic health, and here is the AI summary:

"Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures a nation's total economic output but fails to reflect actual societal well-being. Its primary pitfalls include ignoring income inequality, hiding environmental degradation, excluding unpaid labor, treating natural disasters as economic boons, and failing to account for the true value of modern digital services."


GDP Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being
https://hbr.org/2019/10/gdp-is-not-a...man-well-being

And then there is this:

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/american...ation-a5795bfa

Dude, you posted an article that basically proves the initial point, which is that Americans make a ton of money compared to Europeans.

[frank ryan]

I've said before that Trump does not scare me nearly as much as what will follow Trump. His intelligence and lack of qualifications will create natural limits to the extent of damage he can do. But he can take down guardrails that would have held in check that will follow.

Unrelatedly, pretty sure AOC is gonna run.

Makes sense in this weird attention economy landscape

[All-American]

On the subject of the next elections, see this from the Bee:



https://babylonbee.com/news/reflecti...rbQ2RdW60cZt7w

[dabrockster]

My Insta has been littered with videos of Europeans and UK folks expressing surprise for how things are in America and it is not what it is portrayed in their country. They are living the World Cup.

It will be interesting to see the influx of immigrants we will see from these countries after the World Cup.

[tooblue]

Dude, you posted an article that basically proves the initial point, which is that Americans make a ton of money compared to Europeans.

lol ... it is a measure of total economic output, not that "Americans" make a ton of money. The more accurate statement is American companies make a ton of money. Most Americans incomes are stagnant:

Wages are falling. Wealth is surging ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...lth-wages.html

[falafel]

LOL ... Jeff sounds like Sally Field at the Oscars: "Right now, you like me!"

Did a quick search on wether GDP is a good measure of economic health, and here is the AI summary:

"Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures a nation's total economic output but fails to reflect actual societal well-being. Its primary pitfalls include ignoring income inequality, hiding environmental degradation, excluding unpaid labor, treating natural disasters as economic boons, and failing to account for the true value of modern digital services."


GDP Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being
https://hbr.org/2019/10/gdp-is-not-a...man-well-being

And then there is this:

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/american...ation-a5795bfa

Your position is that GDP is not a good measure of economic health. Yet your proof is that GDP is not a measure of human well-being. Those two things are not the same. What are you trying to assert here? Because it does not seem like your data matches your conclusion.

[falafel]

On the subject of the next elections, see this from the Bee:



https://babylonbee.com/news/reflecti...rbQ2RdW60cZt7w

That joke feels pretty lazy. Doesn't seem to be backed by anything either. You are a professor, right?

[All-American]

That joke feels pretty lazy. Doesn't seem to be backed by anything either. You are a professor, right?

Professor? No. I'm too dumb. Ducks don't even bother throwing bread at me because they think I'll choke on it.

[tooblue]

Your position is that GDP is not a good measure of economic health. Yet your proof is that GDP is not a measure of human well-being. Those two things are not the same. What are you trying to assert here? Because it does not seem like your data matches your conclusion.

Brilliant—you figured out that a strong GDP does not equate to or reflect social well-being :thumbs up:

Oh, sorry—edit: USA USA USA!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Brilliant—you figured out that a strong GDP does not equate or reflect social well-being :thumbs up:

Cope.

[tooblue]

Cope.

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[Moliere]

lol ... it is a measure of total economic output, not that "Americans" make a ton of money. The more accurate statement is American companies make a ton of money. Most Americans incomes are stagnant:

Wages are falling. Wealth is surging ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...lth-wages.html

There is a ton of data that Americans make a lot more money than most countries. In Europe it might only be Switzerland and maybe Norway that have a higher median wage, but I may be misremembering since it’s been awhile since I’ve researched it.