Wager for Trump Supporters

[_Kevin Graham]

OK my fellow Trump supporters. This is your glorious moment and you are in a unique position to prove to the world you were right all along. So in four years we'll know for certain if Trump has the faintest clue about how to run a country. All we have to do is take the numbers from today and compare them to those in 2020. Here are some that come to mind, though I'm sure we could add to the list:

Official unemployment rate: 4.7%
U6 unemployment rate: 9.0%
Labor Participation Rate: 63.0%
Federal debt: $19.8 trillion
Federal deficit: $500 billion
Federal Revenues: $3.34 Trillion
Trade deficit: $40 billion
Social Security Trust Fund: $27 trillion
Manufacturing jobs: 12.33 million
Percentage of Americans without Insurance: 9%
Rate of Home Ownership: 63%
Inflation: < 2%
Cop killings: 46 in 2016
Avg gasoline price:$ 2.15

So unlike Obama, Trump enters office with a Republican Congress at his back willing to pass anything he proposes, so come 2020 there will be no excuse for any of those statistics heading in the wrong direction. I'll frame this post and we'll revisit it in 2020, and if Trump was able to improve on even half of those numbers then I will gladly eat crow. But if they're all worse in 2020 and you still support him, will you then admit that your support for him has nothing to do with a sincere belief that he is a better leader? Sounds like a fair wager to me, so what do you say?

[_Philo Sofee]

Fabulous idea Kevin!

[_Some Schmo]

If I were a moron... er, I mean, Republican, I'd totally take that bet. The world will likely have blown up by then and I'd have to admit nothing.

[_Jersey Girl]

OK my fellow Trump supporters. This is your glorious moment and you are in a unique position to prove to the world you were right all along.

So are you, Kevin.

[_Gunnar]

I like your challenge too, Kevin. We'll see how things go between now and the end of his first term as President. I have a couple of questions, though. On the issue of number of food stamp recipients, would a trend in the right direction be an increase or decrease? Do you mean the number of people too impoverished to make ends meet without them, or the number of such people who actually get them?

On the price of gasoline, would an increase necessarily be a bad thing if it helps discourage wasteful use of energy, and encourage less dependence on fossil fuels?

Would a decrease in that price necessarily be a good thing if it encourages a more profligate use of fossil fuels, and discourages transitioning to more environmentally sound energy sources?

[_Maxine Waters]

Official unemployment rate: 4.9%

Labor participation rate is what should be used from now on.

And you're preaching to the choir. You guys have bullied anyone who leans right off this forum and created your own little bubble. That's why this took you by surprise.

[_Res Ipsa]

Official unemployment rate: 4.9%

Labor participation rate is what should be used from now on.

And you're preaching to the choir. You guys have bullied anyone who leans right off this forum and created your own little bubble. That's why this took you by surprise.

So, add the LFPR to the other stats. Do you want to predict how many of these statistics will be better in four years and how many will be worse?

[_Kevin Graham]

Official unemployment rate: 4.9%

Labor participation rate is what should be used from now on.

And you're preaching to the choir. You guys have bullied anyone who leans right off this forum and created your own little bubble. That's why this took you by surprise.

Excellent idea, so the LPR is roughly 62.5% . So what you're saying is that Trump will get it down to.... what?

I just added this to the list.

[_Bach]

KG is sounding off just like he did post 2014 republican sweep after his months of predicting a liberal landslide back then. He has this impeccable track record of loud mouth before reason. Sounds a lot like Mike Tyson or John Daly explaining why they should still be respected!

Can we be assured you will be on live message board for the 2018 elections when Democrats will be exposed again??!!

Can't wait!!

You are a precious piece!!

[_MissTish]

You guys have bullied anyone who leans right off this forum and created your own little bubble.

You're so full of crap. You were outed as a Stormfront posting white supremacist, which is more than just right leaning. You created a new name, put up a new avatar and are still here.

If your statement above were true you would have been run out of here on a rail.