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| Rush: Recent Market Turmoil a ‘Dry Run' at a Recession Scare Before 2020 Election |
| 2019-08-17 |
| [Breitbart] Thursday on his nationally syndicated program, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh warned Wednesday market turmoil was a sign of things to come for the 2020 election. According to Limbaugh, there could be an effort shortly before the 2020 presidential election to create a sense of fear about the economy and the potential for a recession to prevent President Donald Trump’s reelection. Partial transcript as follows (courtesy of RushLimbaugh.com): |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 I think he's wrong. The market got jittery because journalists are idiots and were reporting things that they suspected, not the reality. Market corrected the following day when teh true report came out. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2019-08-17 14:05 |
| #4 The economy is run to maximise rent-seeking and GDP is just a measure of this. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-08-17 10:24 |
| #3 After all the stuff that's come out over the last few years about the NSA, the IRS and all the other scandals (Epstein being the latest), you have to be a tinfoil hatter not to believe in conspiracy theories. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-08-17 10:16 |
| #2 I think it is more the fact we are hyper sensitive to the extended length of this economic expansion and knowing that a 2/10 inversion is/will be the eventual final nail in its coffin. |
| Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442 2019-08-17 09:19 |
| #1 Deep State and Federal Reserve exploit the market for personal and political gains? Who knew ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-08-17 00:43 |