The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[Moliere]

Do people really think the US would be in the position it is economically if we were not a capitalistic society? SU is correct, socialism retards innovation. The risks/rewards of capitalism is what allows the US to be the innovator of most of the great inventions of the past decade. Sure, once they are invented they are manufactured in China and Malaysia, but there's a reason France isn't inventing state of the art technology.

[Jeff Lebowski]

:smackdown:

Here is another one for you: Find Ireland on that first table he posted and tell me what is wrong.

You must be a crappy accountant if you are willing to let stuff like this slide.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

That is still quite a bit different. Tons of countries missing from your first table.

Don't get me wrong: God Bless America and free enterprise!! We are right up there with oil-rich countries. But no need to fudge the data when the real data works just fine.

This is pretty far away from calling the entire list bogus and then posting a link to your much shittier list from your first post. You live a lot better in Texas on $100k than in California on $110k.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Canada's economy only works because they are adjacent to the United States. Which is not to say SU isn't engaging in hyperbole.

Oh man. I wish I hadn't sworn off politics on my FB feed. I could have a ton of fun trolling with that line.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is pretty far away from calling the entire list bogus and then posting a link to your much shittier list from your first post. You live a lot better in Texas on $100k than in California on $110k.

I agree that the list should be PPP. Absolutely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...PP)_per_capita

But the original list still has lots of errors/omissions.

[byu71]

CNN the other day called on a retired general to give his comments on Trumps water boarding comments. The General went off on a speech about how our army isn't trained to do what the enemy does. Our soldiers are trained to have solid discipline from the commander on down including the President. I believe our soldiersare without doubt the best in the world. They operate the best equipment

The General's last comment gave me pause. He said we don't fight wars the way the savages (or something like that do). The pause was, when was the last time we won a war? World War II. I certainly don't blame the soliers.

I blame the politicians and general public who put in my way of thinking unreasonable constraints on our winning.

[Moliere]

Here is another one for you: Find Ireland on that first table he posted and tell me what is wrong.

You must be a crappy accountant if you are willing to let stuff like this slide.

Sure enough there were some countries left off the list, but why did you link TR nominal GDP list? You probably didn't know the difference between the nominal and PPP lists.

Looks like the US is kicking the crap out of the socialist countries...or at least the ones that aren't totally dependent on oil. I wonder how far Norway will fall in 2015 with crude prices so low.

[pelagius]

Oh man. I wish I hadn't sworn off politics on my FB feed. I could have a ton of fun trolling with that line.

But it isn't true; The Caribou hunting industry is 37.9% of their GDP. Oh wait, that's US tourists. Nevermind, it's right.

[Moliere]

I agree that the list should be PPP. Absolutely.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Sure enough there were some countries left off the list, but why did you link TR nominal GDP list? You probably didn't know the difference between the nominal and PPP lists.

I do know the difference and the PPP list has been posted now and it highlights the same omissions/errors.

Looks like the US is kicking the crap out of the socialist countries...or at least the ones that aren't totally dependent on oil. I wonder how far Norway will fall in 2015 with crude prices so low.

Yes! God bless America.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Look at Singapore and Hong Kong (at least if you think Hong Kong is still kind of its own thing) -- why aren't we trying to be like them? Especially Singapore. Remember back in the day when that American kid painted some graffiti and Singapore sentenced him to a caning? Rather than being outraged, Americans seemed to encourage Singapore to carry out the punishment.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Americans love Singapore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay

Following Fay's sentence, the case received wide coverage by the U.S. and world media.[14] The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times ran editorials and op-eds condemning the punishment.[15] USA Today reported that caning involved "bits of flesh fly[ing] with each stroke."[16] This latter detail was apparently taken from descriptions (originally derived from a 1974 press conference)[17] of a much larger number of strokes, for more severe crimes such as rape and robbery.

Some commentaries treated the Michael Fay affair as a clash of cultures between Asian values and the differing view of human rights common in liberal Western countries.

Public opinion polls were divided, but mostly supportive of Fay's punishment.[18] A significant number of Americans were in favor of the caning, claiming that Singapore had a right to use corporal punishment and that the United States did not mete out severe enough punishment to its own juvenile offenders.[19] Others pointed out that once Americans go abroad, they are subject to the laws and penal codes of the country they visit.[20] The Singapore Embassy received "a flood of letters" from Americans strongly supporting Fay's punishment, and some polls showed a majority of Americans favored it.[21]

[Moliere]

Americans love Singapore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay

I love Singapore but wouldn't want to live there. Benevolent despotic countries are great when the current leaders aren't corrupt. I also like to chew gum....

[creekster]

CNN the other day called on a retired general to give his comments on Trumps water boarding comments. The General went off on a speech about how our army isn't trained to do what the enemy does. Our soldiers are trained to have solid discipline from the commander on down including the President. I believe our soldiersare without doubt the best in the world. They operate the best equipment

The General's last comment gave me pause. He said we don't fight wars the way the savages (or something like that do). The pause was, when was the last time we won a war? World War II. I certainly don't blame the soliers.

I blame the politicians and general public who put in my way of thinking unreasonable constraints on our winning.

I beg to differ. We have won more than one war since WWII. We have just failed to win the peace afterwards.

[Commando]

I love Singapore. I have a buddy that lives there and it is amazing. Everything is immaculate and if you're walking home late at night, you might as well be strolling through Cambridge, Mass. And you can chew gum all you want- it's just not really available for purchase. And GOOD, because Gum chewing is disgusting. Cost of living is ridiculous, but if your company is putting up your living expenses, live the dream!