I think a lot Clinton voters are hoping for a 90's style economic boom. What are the chances?

[Bread and Circus]

[mmonk]

1. That "boom" was the dot com bubble. It was followed by

the housing bubble.

[whatthehey]

31. Strange then that only a tiny % of the added jobs were in high tech

And more people work in that industry now than did in 2000. Oh and housing prices are higher now too.

[mmonk]

36. Due to speculation occurring when the rules were taken away.

Millions of Americans have never recovered from the collapse of 2008 when millions lost most of their savings and jobs.

[Sky Masterson]

2. Zero

We don't have the Dot.Com bubble and the jobs/industry we had left because of cheaper labor thanks to Clintons Trade deals.

[Autumn]

3. Ziltch, zip, nada.

[Sky Masterson]

5. Less than Absolute zero.

[MrMickeysMom]

21. Man...

Ain't NOTHIN movin THERE!

[Octafish]

4. Bubbles

Tech Bubble...Housing Bubble...

[CentralCoaster]

17. Bathtub bubbles.

Only deadlier.

[MattP]

6. Bernies the one that has a 5% gdp in his budget

Which is living in a dream world

[Armstead]

7. That was economic cocaine, and we're suffering the results

[RKP5637]

8. That, was an economic uptick fueled by hi-tech, then, it burst. Often economic trends occur

regardless of who is president.

[egalitegirl]

9. Invention of Windows and Netscape were not due to Clinton

It is silly to believe that the PC boom caused by Windows, Netscape and AOL were somehow due to Bill Clinton.

[Agnosticsherbet]

10. Obama, with damn little help form Congress, has brought the economy back form the brink.

President Clinton, with damn little help from Congress, will continue the general economic policies that a President can manage without a Congress to pass legislation.
So I think very few Clinton supporters expect a 90's style boom.

[jehop61]

11. Starting to sound like our Repub "friends"

Anything done by a Clinton....BAD. Same as Anything done by Obama......BAD. Bless your heart

[Bread and Circus]

16. I asked you what you think the chances are the boom will recur. Any reply?

[Gwhittey]

33. This is not a question that is approved for response

When they follow a script you can not really expect a response.

[MrMickeysMom]

22. Now, jehop61, come down from your stone throwing and actually WEIGH IN on this issue...

Every time you have commentary here about the issues that relate to economic downturns that rely on recalling contemporary history, the response is "crickets".

Do you actually have a THEORY on what the OP asks?

[apnu]

12. I know of not one single Clinton supporter saying this.

Not personally, nor around here. Where do you get this idea?

[Bread and Circus]

18. So you think the chances are low?

[apnu]

24. Can't answer my question?

[Gregorian]

13. For them, it's a pageant.

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Don't look too deep. There's nothing there, as evidenced from the conversations we don't have on this forum. Like why they're voting for a crooked candidate with little to no redeeming value, when the true Democratic candidate of a lifetime is staring them in the face.

[peace13]

14. She thinks $15 Minimum wage will work in the near future.

I feel sorry for anyone who thinks that good things will come for the little people. Balks at single payer, balks at 15 ph...things don't look rosy to me. These are just the little people issues. She will protect Wall Street and the thieving bankers. Past behaviors tell the stories.

[Kip Humphrey]

15. Zero... with Hillary in office.

[astrophuss42]

19. Honestly

I think we would be looking at a negative number.

[Barack_America]

20. Question: Boom for which country?

Certainly not ours, but Clinton's trade policies will benefit others...at our expense.

[JaneyVee]

23. Very good actually. She will be great for entrepreneurs and start ups.

She has outlined a liberal agenda that incentivizes growth, especially for small business, without penalizing them.

[Kelvin Mace]

25. At the moment we are headed for another

economic implosion.

[uponit7771]

26. You mean when the other Clinton was president? lol...this is desperate, next Sanders camp will say i

... it was the conservative congress that brought us the boom

[LibDemAlways]

27. Goldman Sachs will get as good as they give...$$$$.

The rest of us, not so much. You'd have to be incredibly naive to think otherwise.

[rock]

28. Excellent

One of the many reasons I support Clinton.

[Bread and Circus]

29. Cool...how?

[rock]

30. Democraty things

Of course. And NOT Republicky things.

[Dem2]

32. I hadn't even considered the option of a bubble

Do you think it's time for another economic bubble?

[Lizzie Poppet]

34. Virtually zero for a genuine boom.

We might get another bubble...but nothing real. The economic trends that #OWS and Bernie's candidacy have revealed to so many aren't going to reverse themselves without the very sort of action (read: bloody political fighting in DC) that Hillary will never, ever take. Absent a reversal of 30+ years of increasing economic inequality and shift of capital into the hands of an ever-shrinking percentage of the population,there can be no boom for the rest of us.

[bjo59]

35. Yep, dreaming the dream.

And to hell with reality.

[Sivart]

37. It could happen....

it would take a brand new industry - new jobs - taking off in a big way.....like the dot com industry in the 90s.

Could be something energy or clean energy related.

A big ass war could also put a lot of people to work, which is pretty much what we are talking about.

[snot]

38. Low, unless we change current economic policies.

Current policies promote stagflation.

The stimulus went to the top, and there it stayed. We need stimulus at the bottom, and not just in the form of tax cuts. More investment in infrastructure and essential public services would be a start.

We also need to regulate credit derivatives in a more meaningful way, repeal the "bail-in" amendment to Dodd-Frank, restore Glass-Steagall, break up the big banks, and prosecute fraudulent banksters.

Without those kinds of changes, our economy will continue to run on empty, pumped up by cheap credit for high-rollers, while neglecting productive investment; and with a 1% focussed mainly on trying to squeeze additional dimes out of a 99% that's already struggling to make ends meet, while the banksters speculate our meagre lives' savings away.

[hobbit709]

39. The only ones that will benefit will be the 1% and their minions.