• Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Well, the media has worked very very hard to paint Biden in the worst possible light and not give him credit for anything other than putting on his pants each morning, so its no wonder people feel that way.

    The fact is that our economy is booming. We will need to adjust out GDP upward before the end of the year if the strikes don’t hurt. Virtually every country in the rest of the world has huge economic problems compared to the US.

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      On the other hand, when wage growth continually fails to even come close to inflation, the rah rah economy gaslighting falls a bit flat.

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          Home prices and rent are crazy high, though. Plus student loans are coming back, no wonder everyone feels poor, unless you already managed to buy a home with low interest rates. So things are great for those people, I’m sure.

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            Of course that isn’t inflation. That is individual sector increases, which is something that a President can do little about.

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            3.7 isn’t too bad. Not great, below 3 would be good. But, as long as the rest of the world suffers we will too. Our main trade partners, Canada and Mexico, are doing all right so the chances are we won’t slip into a recession. This is especially true because the US GDP is so good. This is a problem that COVID left the world.

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          They’re using it correctly. When someone tells you the economy is great but you and everyone you know are worse off, that’s gaslighting.

          “Don’t believe your own experience, just take my word for it.”

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            Economic measurements were in the tank in 2010 for everyone except wall street. That was when the term “main street” actually got recognized in the media. There were plenty of articles about it.

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            Yikes

            Do you think unemployment is near a 50 year low?

            Do you think GDP is growing?

            These are real, quantitative measurements that people are WRONG about. It’s not just some dude’s word. It’s the TRUTH, and you’re REJECTING it. It’s sad.

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          I think they used it correctly. This whole thing feels like 2010 all over again. We all know things are on fire and the government/media keeps saying how great it all is.

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      It wasn’t the media that convinced me that my rent went up last year, or that housing prices are going up, or that gas prices are higher, or when I purchase literally anything it is high than before, or that my employer can’t sell anything but the most expensive stuff abroad, or that my health insurance premiums are up, or my stream services bill went up, or that my big raise last year has vanished, or that I couldnt find a job if I lost mine in a resonable amount of time…

      I don’t give a shit that some asshole who inherited 10 houses is sitting pretty, or that the stock market hits higher and higher due to buybacks/consolidations/inflation. I care about the stuff I deal with daily. In the real freaken world I am in big trouble if I lose my job and my money buys less and less.

      Show me a single thing Biden has done that brings a real world bill down.

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      not give him credit for anything other than putting on his pants each morning

      Conservative media doesn’t even give him credit for that much. Or haven’t you heard the rumors Biden has advanced dementia and his team of handlers have to dress him before leading him to public appearances?

      I mean, given how the White House handled Reagan’s Alzheimer’s symptoms in the last years of his presidency, it wouldn’t be outside the bounds of possibility. But still…

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      Pulling your own pants on when you have dementia is no easy feat. He deserves to be celebrated for it.