And I love how you scream the word FACTS all throughout your post. You then site "analyses by subject matter experts". LOL! Hard to argue with those facts (whatever they are since you don't mention them) presented by "subject matter experts". Do the FACTS 3.6% unemployment mean anything to you. Oh the humanity. Oh the major harm. But how can one possibly argue with your "subject matter experts" and facts - whatever the hell they may be.

I also like how you summarize my point - even though that wasn't anywhere near my point. But that's what you do. Much easier to win an argument that way isn't it?

I know this is going to come off as a word-police kind of thing, but I am compelled to point out the word you meant was "cite," not "site."

Ok... back to the politics...

If you don't like being called a Nazi then don't associate yourself with someone that can't seem to denounce white supremacists. When the current president said "there are bad people on both sides" he was way off base. Associating yourself even in a round about way with a group of tiki torch carrying, Nazi slogan spouting, nationally recognized hate groups might result in others referring to you as a Nazi. Would any American recognize that there bad people on both sides of WW2?

The gloves are off. Don't expect civility in politics if you are a liar, motivated by greed, abuse power, belittle others, ignore facts, let your results justify treating others horribly, etc. The climate has been tainted by the current people in power. Republicans used underhanded tactics during the Garland nomination, used underhanded tactics during the sham Kavanaugh hearing and the fear of continued use of underhanded tactics have caused people to wake up, drop the gloves and swing for the fences. You are part of the mob of cowards and to paraphrase Jeff Daniels, a mob acts on emotion, absent of facts and responsibility where people go to take a break from their conscience. It's a bit ironic that you don't like like the current level of discord in political discussion because in some way you are then against the person that brought it, Donald Trump.

Whether the US is in an expansionary phase or in contraction, tends to tally up with periods of global expansion and contraction. While the US economy is the largest in the world, and therefore has a larger effect on the global economy than any other nation, it falls more into the category of being a contributor rather than a cause of such changes, which historically have been quite regularly cyclical (we are, however, in an extremely long expansionary phase currently; don't worry, though, Winter is Coming).

The way in which the US weathered the last downturn was more to do with the Fed being left alone to re-inflate the balloon than anything else. Of course, Trump has been threatening the previously independent Fed in a way that he reserves for US allies and friends.

LOL!...