China’s economy is in trouble, commentary on suppressing lawless demonstrators, etc.

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From left: China’s economy is in trouble

“China has underperformed in almost every economic indicator except for:” [its] The “official GDP” figure is 5.2%, about which there is “widespread skepticism,” says Paul Krugman of the New York Times. “Although not yet in a full-blown crisis, there is reason to believe that China is entering an era of stagnation.” In particular, productivity appears to be stagnant and unsustainable as investment accounts for 40% of GDP while consumer spending remains low. “In some ways, the current Chinese economy is reminiscent of Japan’s post-bubble economy in the 1980s.” And while Japan may have been able to respond well, China may not have been able to respond well. “Most frighteningly,” he said, he might “attempt to distract from domestic difficulties by engaging in military adventurism.” Don’t gloat: China’s economic stumbling blocks may become everyone’s problem.

From right: reins of lawless demonstrators

“Here in cutting-edge New York, a never-ending series of escalating demonstrations are disrupting the functioning of the city and its citizens’ general sense of trust and stability,” enthused Hannah E. Meyers of City Journal. ing. Disrupting the system is more important than everyone else’s daily life. ” “Multiple overlapping policies and political changes” allowed “New York City’s masked, belligerent and solipsistic demonstrators to escape mayhem.” But “if we don’t also enforce the boundaries of what is peaceful and lawful, we are telling these bastards that they enjoy the wonderful but fragile freedom of peaceful and lawful protest.” You can’t convince them. It’s past time for us to start doing that.”

Liberals: Biden’s immigration issue

Even if President Biden were able to drive the economy, “lurking in the weeds is immigration and the border, the second-most important issue for voters,” and “Biden’s approval rating.” Just 18%, marvels Louis Teixeira of Liberal Patriot, the lowest rate “on issues ABC News has measured since 2004.” “Trump has an advantage over Biden” on immigration and the border, “by 30 points, the largest lead on any issue.” Data shows 61% of voters want stronger border security and stronger asylum policies. Overall, voters are “much more likely to say that rules regarding refugee and asylum status should be tightened (53%) than they should be loosened (14%).” Democrats “should have taken concerns about illegal immigration more seriously from the beginning” instead of ignoring them. Could Donald Trump win this? “Yes, it is my sad duty to inform you that there is a good chance of that happening.”

Conservative Party: Stop disenfranchising RFK voters.

The Hill’s Douglas McKinnon says, “We’ve been told for years and decades incessantly, ‘We should listen to every voter,'” but “those votes… has grown in popularity, counterintuitively ignored or vilified by much of the mainstream media and the two major political parties.” Without a doubt, “millions of Americans are now aware of Robert F. I support Kennedy Jr. Do they have a “right to be heard”? They are “disenfranchised by a system rigged to favor the two major parties. Yet there has been little political, media, or public outcry against this injustice.” There should still be no need to waste valuable time and resources fighting partisan regulations designed to deny citizens the right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

Libertarians: Chronic absenteeism is a legacy of lockdowns

“Chronic absenteeism among American schoolchildren has skyrocketed since the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools,” laments Emma Camp of Reason. Chronically absent children “end up with significant achievement gaps” and are “more likely to be unable to catch up after missing out on valuable instructional time, especially in the early grades.” “Absenteeism peaked during COVID-19 school closures, but more students are still missing school than before the pandemic.” “Absenteeism rates in high-poverty school districts in 2022. 36%,” but even in low-poverty school districts the rate reached 21%, a “nearly universal problem in American public schools.” The closure “likely resulted in a permanent increase in absenteeism across the student population.”

— Edited by Post Editorial Board