nonstarter

This was of course wishful thinking as well as a political nonstarter.

Later Friday, Thune rejected a proposal from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, with the Republican leader telling reporters that it’s a “nonstarter.”

Later Friday, Thune rejected a proposal from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, with the Republican leader telling reporters that it’s a “nonstarter.”

So the idea that companies are all going to double their sales, doubling real GDP per capita, in short order, is a nonstarter.

Both were legislative nonstarters just a few years ago.