hokiewolf said:
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Wufpack17 said:
I only vote based on one thing...my personal economics, because that is what makes the world go round. That is what puts food on the table, that is what finances my home, that is what puts clothes on my kids back. Abortion is insanely unimportant, it's a distraction. Transgenderism is a farce, another distraction. Social issues buy and large only exist to anger the populous and divide.
With that said, after seeing some of KamalamaDingDongs voting history and own words coming from her mouth, her economic policy is going to be a disaster for many, myself included and I will not vote for that simply because some woke yuppy thinks Trump is a rapist.
A disaster like the last four years have been "a disaster"?
Every other country in the world would trade our economy for theirs.
Most likely true, but it was much better under Trump's four years. That is where Democrats have no reasonable answer!
What was much better? Do you actually have any idea?
Which economic metrics didn't continue their trends from 2008? If you look at those graphs it's very hard to spot where Trump began. So yeah, I guess he was technically there while the economy was doing well. Until the pandemic, of course, which he helped make as bad as possible.
He certainly gave more tax cuts to businesses and jacked our deficit into the stratosphere, so I guess if you're into stock buybacks those were good times.
Your dollar went further. Inflation was in check. Unemployment rates were manageable. Small business was much better. I do not know your financial situation. I do not know if if you buy groceries, pay mortgage, clothes, gas, etc but from a personal experience I was much better. Also, serious statement as well: I am 59 years old and have dealings with small to mid-major business people. They will tell you hands down that the economic climate in America is historically better under Republican administrations than Democratic runs. years
The funny about inflation, it's what's called a "lagging indicator". What you do now creates or fixes inflation a year or more later. So the inflation (that portion not caused by global factors) that smacked Biden in his first year was actually signed into law by Trump... remember all of those government handouts that Trump shoveled into everyone's pockets? Of course you do. Trump had no choice, of course, because if he hadn't the economy would have imploded.
Bawling about pandemic inflation is as stupid as bawling about getting hit by a hurricane. Yeah, it happened under Biden's watch so you get to play politics, but in reality it was something that he had little control over and had to fix. He fixed it.
I think spiking the inflation football by signing the oxymoronic Inflation Reduction Act probably also had a large impact. You act like Biden is totally innocent from inflation. He is not.
Of course he's not totally innocent. That's intellectually dishonest to claim otherwise.
Just like it's intellectually dishonest to claim that any President is in a very, very tough spot trying to steer the economic ship out of COVID.
Just like it's intellectually dishonest to claim our economy isn't performing quite well, all things considered.
Just like it's intellectually dishonest to claim how every other first world nation is doing is not useful context.
I have zero issues with fair analysis of the Biden economy or the Trump economy or any President's economy.
Around here though the depth of analysis is "But muh Corn Flakes cost bout twuce whut they used tuh, mmmmmayyyy..."
And that analysis doesn't survive any level of critical thought.