So, sitting next to Merkel was Trump’s expert on trade … his fashion model cum handbag designer daughter. The POTUS told Merkel, “The negotiators for Germany have done a far better job than the negotiators for the United States. But hopefully we can even it out.” Trouble is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
TRUMPISM of the day: Hosting Merkel
February 17th, 2017 - 1:04 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Someone Tell Trump!
SHOWDOWN: FORD NOT scrapping plans to build Mexico factories… APPLE to start India manufacturing…[...]
February 15th, 2017 - 1:59 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Real Estate As An Investment For Wealthy Chinese
When Anna Riley, a Seattle-area real-estate agent, held an open house for a new $2.3 million listing in the tony city of Bellevue late last month, the pool of prospective buyers was different from the usual assortment of tech magnates, sports stars and chief executives. Twenty groups of buyers visit[...]
February 13th, 2017 - 2:28 am § in The Ave Scene
The State Bank
Here’s a video of the committee hearing Thursday on SB 5464-Creating the Washington Investment Trust (State Bank). Please contact members of the FII committee and ask them to pass the bill out of committee: Sen. Bob Hasegawa – Washington State Senate Democrats – VIDEO: Public hearing for b[...]
Donald Trump Is Handing China the World
President Donald Trump wants to build up the U.S. Navy, a move based on 19th and 20th century imperial conflicts, that could help the United States counter China’s aggressive expansion into the Western Pacific if we are imagining we will fight WWII again. Worse the new, bigger fleet will come too[...]
January 23rd, 2017 - 5:37 pm § in Politics
The truth about “job killing regulations”
“Job-killing regulation,” a phrase invented (or, at least, first popularized by The Great Dissembler, Ronald Reagan), is one of those wonderfully catchy phrases whose propaganda power lies in its ability to sound true even when it isn’t. “But the idea that regulations stunt job growth more b[...]
December 5th, 2016 - 10:46 am § in America
Warren Buffett Doesn’t Think Donald Trump Will Send the Economy Off Course
Reassurance? [...]
December 2nd, 2016 - 10:45 am § in America
Trump Votes Come From America From America’s Sinking Low Productivity Masses
While Donald Trump brags about “saving” assembly line jobs in Indiana, not only did Mrs. Clinton win the popular vote by more than 2.5 million votes, her votes came from Americas new productivity class … the industries located on our coasts. Trump’s populism is not all that n[...]
November 20th, 2016 - 1:36 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
FOOD BANKS AT THE UW
New food banks pop up in unexpected place: the UW The idea of college students living on cheap Ramen noodles has become a trope. But officials on the UW campus say a surprising number are struggling to balance costs, and flocking to a new food-bank program. By Claudia Rowe Seattle Times staff report[...]
David Brewster: Is the Seattle boom a bubble?