That Matt Levine “Certificate of Dumb Investment, lady from the SEC slaps you across the face and calls you a moron” concept but it’s for financial columnists endorsing MAGA Republicans
He got shown a vision of something good, after all—it tempted Christ Himself.
These people were shown a vision of mass deportation camps, banning trans people from participating in society, and trillion dollar budget cuts, and liked it, or thought it meant cheap eggs and free IVF for some reason.
One of the biggest misunderstandings about economics in the last 50 years. The economy was bad for a lot of people during the Biden admin. Just go to LinkedIn to see all those who struggled. But that does NOT mean what Trump wants will be better. Their plans are NOT polar opposites.
Media did a horrible disservice to Biden, not showing world economies to USA. They sure did repeat what trump said. Biden had the pulpit but did not use it. Could have saved the House and Presidency.
2021: Experts say there's a 90% chance we'll have a recession in the next 2 years
2022: Experts say 100% of recession this year, it might have already started
2023: Huh, maybe soft landing without recession
2024: 8% inflation a couple years ago was the worst possible outcome
seriously the local news radio here had an economist, who also had a weekend paid program, banging the drum the entire Biden presidency "Recession any day now!!!"
With another four years available either to him or to Harris, we likely would have seen many of those aspects adopted while also witnessing significant improvements to the stability and earning potential of the working class and middle class.
That's because the Senate was forced to significantly compromise on the Build Back Better agenda. Had the American Families Plan aspect been adopted, then we would have had free pre-K education, paid family and medical leave, partly-free community college education, and health insurance subsidies.
Good legislation takes years to properly pan out and shepherd. If you'd like to see more immediate change, then make sure that you go out and protest. Hound your representatives. Engage in grassroots campaigning and activism. No one will ever fight for your freedom and your future more than you!
That’s exactly backwards. Wages rose the most for low-income workers. It was the first time in 40 years that had happened. The upper middle class and above didn’t like the fact that near-full employment meant that workers had some degree of power and choice.
Well no, but that’s more of an issue with the electorate than Biden. 40 years of Republicans fucking up, Dems getting votes in and fixing some but not all of the fuck-ups, and then voters bring Republicans again who then proceed to fuck things up.
And as we’re seeing now, it’s far easier to destroy than build things. You want lasting change? Get voters to give the Dems several elections of a solid trifecta instead of two years of a bare majority.
Well, he's not wrong. The Biden economy was doing better than other G20 nations. The Trump economy will almost certainly do worse. That gives us quite a long distance to fall.
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He wasn’t perfect but i sure do miss normal times, definitely cheaper eggs😂
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That would be so much better.
These people were shown a vision of mass deportation camps, banning trans people from participating in society, and trillion dollar budget cuts, and liked it, or thought it meant cheap eggs and free IVF for some reason.
America is just a bunch of dumb people on soapboxes. Soapboxes all the way down.
2022: Experts say 100% of recession this year, it might have already started
2023: Huh, maybe soft landing without recession
2024: 8% inflation a couple years ago was the worst possible outcome
And as we’re seeing now, it’s far easier to destroy than build things. You want lasting change? Get voters to give the Dems several elections of a solid trifecta instead of two years of a bare majority.
I think this deserved to have it spelled out.