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Wounded Bear

(58,685 posts)
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 08:59 PM Nov 2021

Just a reminder about the economic situation with some historical perspective...

In 2016, the economy was NOT THAT BAD!!! Sure, there were pockets that still suffered, largely because the repubs were riding the brakes on Pres Obama for years upon years. But, overall, things were not that bad. Unemployment had dropped under Pres Obama, wages were stagnant (see above about repubs in Congress, but overall people were getting back to work.

The point being, like everything else trumpian, his original "win" was based largely on lies about unemployment and inner city crime and violence that convinced millions of people that we needed a change to him and his "only I can fix it" mantra. With not many policy offerings beyond a useless border wall that "Mexico will pay for" he bullshitted his way in like in everything else he has done through his pathetic existance.

The final point being, we need to make sure that the American people feel better off and know why and how that happened. Most importantly, they need to be told, over and over, exactly who did that and who opposed it. Things are looking up a bit. Pass BBB and they'll get better yet.

Keep the faith and continue the work.

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Just a reminder about the economic situation with some historical perspective... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Nov 2021 OP
And the economy grew at a staggering 6%+ rate the first half of this year unblock Nov 2021 #1
Bunch of Debbie Downers Walleye Nov 2021 #2
But they never complained about the lame trump economy... unblock Nov 2021 #3
Even worse, they let him go on saying that it was the best economy in history. When it was mediocre Walleye Nov 2021 #4
Are we to ignore the truth that economic growth is not a worthy goal? Ron Green Nov 2021 #5

unblock

(52,285 posts)
1. And the economy grew at a staggering 6%+ rate the first half of this year
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:14 PM
Nov 2021

That's more than double the growth rate of a fine economy.

It's really an insanely huge boom!

But all the media can talk about is inflation and port congestion. They can't state the obvious, namely that those are just obvious symptoms of a massively booming economy.

Walleye

(31,035 posts)
4. Even worse, they let him go on saying that it was the best economy in history. When it was mediocre
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:34 PM
Nov 2021

They are actively working against us now. And the right wing has spent decades convincing people the media is on our side. When it’s obvious they aren’t

Ron Green

(9,823 posts)
5. Are we to ignore the truth that economic growth is not a worthy goal?
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 11:57 PM
Nov 2021

Until we abandon GDP and the worship of stock market numbers, we’ve got no chance to build a survivable future, much less a sustainable one.

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