> Reading your comment is just depressing and is a prime example of the Dunning Kruger effect. I have a PhD in economics.
You must think you know a lot.
> No other country has been responsible for lifting more people out of poverty than the U.S.
That's like Microsoft taking credit for putting a PC in every home. In other words, claiming credit for a rising tide you were doing your best to fight.
> China and India are eradicating poverty at record levels because of the open borders for trade with the U.S.
Silly economist, there aren't open borders. Just try to move between China and the USA without unreasonably more money than a Chinese worker could earn.
Also your free trade comes with conditions attached - forced sale of resources for instance, or lowering of safety standards. More temporary income for some can't compensate a country for losing its natural resources at unreasonably low prices.
But yes, that we've outsourced production to them and lowered some existing barriers to trade has sent a lot of money their way. You seem to be operating under the trickle-down delusion though.
> Iraq is seeing rapid growth rates in its GDP,
Of course, get the resources flowing and lift the embargoes and the economy bounds up, though only to a fraction of what it would have been without the invasion.
> as its own government openly embraces us and wants our troops there to stablize its country,
Every dictator we've propped up has embraced us and thanked us for our troops - it's why we picked them.
> so they can safely build its country.
We don't have the government we want in the USA. How likely is it we've given them one they like?
> And guess what? It's working. Iraq's death rates are tumbling
We've stopped killing Iraqis? No? Oh, you just mean we just aren't killing them as quickly.
> and now it's even lower than ours
Bullshit. But even if it were it's another example of claiming credit for your limited role in cleaning up a mess you already started. In this case it just means you're bombing Pakistan more.
> I wish you would rely on actual data and facts for your responses.
I wish your PhD wasn't so narrow you were unable to see the facts for the data.
You must think you know a lot.
> No other country has been responsible for lifting more people out of poverty than the U.S.
That's like Microsoft taking credit for putting a PC in every home. In other words, claiming credit for a rising tide you were doing your best to fight.
> China and India are eradicating poverty at record levels because of the open borders for trade with the U.S.
Silly economist, there aren't open borders. Just try to move between China and the USA without unreasonably more money than a Chinese worker could earn.
Also your free trade comes with conditions attached - forced sale of resources for instance, or lowering of safety standards. More temporary income for some can't compensate a country for losing its natural resources at unreasonably low prices.
But yes, that we've outsourced production to them and lowered some existing barriers to trade has sent a lot of money their way. You seem to be operating under the trickle-down delusion though.
> Iraq is seeing rapid growth rates in its GDP,
Of course, get the resources flowing and lift the embargoes and the economy bounds up, though only to a fraction of what it would have been without the invasion.
> as its own government openly embraces us and wants our troops there to stablize its country,
Every dictator we've propped up has embraced us and thanked us for our troops - it's why we picked them.
> so they can safely build its country.
We don't have the government we want in the USA. How likely is it we've given them one they like?
> And guess what? It's working. Iraq's death rates are tumbling
We've stopped killing Iraqis? No? Oh, you just mean we just aren't killing them as quickly.
> and now it's even lower than ours
Bullshit. But even if it were it's another example of claiming credit for your limited role in cleaning up a mess you already started. In this case it just means you're bombing Pakistan more.
> I wish you would rely on actual data and facts for your responses.
I wish your PhD wasn't so narrow you were unable to see the facts for the data.