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Always someone out there that believes what's in the media, more than real life. Apparently you don't buy gas? Groceries? New cars? Get a fkin grp bud, you sound like lamebrain Biden
Um, yeah, if your sole measure of "the economy" is how expensive things are without adjusting for people's ability to pay, it's always getting worse.I agree with you and I'm not in the cult. But the economy does seem kind of wonky to me from my point of view. Products all cost more , we're trying not to get to a price point of no one can afford this shit , amount of orders are down , tips seem down and when I go to the grocery store I am feeling like that bill is quite high.
Um, yeah, if your sole measure of "the economy" is how expensive things are without adjusting for people's ability to pay, it's always getting worse.
People who are sincerely trying to understand it look at stuff like employment levels, growth, inflation-adjusted wages, industrial production, construction, and consumer spending. The problem is that the data isn't cooperating with partisan narratives so we need to change it or just personally attack people who form views based on evidence.
Among people who aren't just total Battisti/Nostra-style hacks, part of the issue is a natural tendency to attribute your raise and better job to your own awesomeness and higher costs to "the economy." So real wages could rise but not so much as people think they should. But also, most people think their personal situation is good and their local economy is good so the biggest part of it is just partisanship/media consumption.But I bought a 12 pack of coke when Trump was president for 4.99, right now it is 6.99, clearly that means the economy is shit and its Bidens fault.
I think you will see prices come down. I am seeing grocery stores around here dropping prices, offering deals. Mickey D's and Wendy's are offering deals. My oldest kid eats the shit out of that Wendy's Biggie bag that is a burger, 4 nuggets, fries and a drink for like 5 bucks. I am old so I eat way cleaner now, so that does not work for me, but can find deals at the grocery store.I agree with you and I'm not in the cult. But the economy does seem kind of wonky to me from my point of view. Products all cost more , we're trying not to get to a price point of no one can afford this shit , amount of orders are down , tips seem down and when I go to the grocery store I am feeling like that bill is quite high.
Gas was 18 cents a gallon when FDR was President in 1940. Bring back FDR.But I bought a 12 pack of coke when Trump was president for 4.99, right now it is 6.99, clearly that means the economy is shit and its Bidens fault.
Among people who aren't just total Battisti/Nostra-style hacks, part of the issue is a natural tendency to attribute your raise and better job to your own awesomeness and higher costs to "the economy." So real wages could rise but not so much as people think they should. But also, most people think their personal situation is good and their local economy is good so the biggest part of it is just partisanship/media consumption.
And incredibly worried about his plan if he gets reelected (across-the-board 10% tariffs, mass deportation, more tax cuts for the rich--all of which are very inflationary).If Americans think their inflation is bad, they need to look around at the rest of the western world.
And they should be incredibly grateful Trump wasn't in office these past few years.
What generally happens is that prices don't come down but wages and wealth levels rise faster. And that's been what has happened recently.I think you will see prices come down. I am seeing grocery stores around here dropping prices, offering deals. Mickey D's and Wendy's are offering deals. My oldest kid eats the shit out of that Wendy's Biggie bag that is a burger, 4 nuggets, fries and a drink for like 5 bucks. I am old so I eat way cleaner now, so that does not work for me, but can find deals at the grocery store.
Shit is more expensive, but we shop smarter. Dont eat out as much. From what I have been reading a lot of other people are doing the same.
Businesses had no reason to drop prices because people were still paying them, even though their costs have gone down. Now people are tightening the belt, you will see the prices continue to come down. It is all supply and demand and our economy since I have been alive has always been peaks and valleys. Hopefully the price drops are a sign coming out of the valley.
The local grocery store we go to, has started offering Buy one get one free deals. My wife works her shopping around the deals. Last week it was chicken so we ate a lot of different chicken dishes, this week it was pork chops so that will be featured a couple times this week.
You mean like my Daddy only gave me a small million dollar loan is how I made my wealth, when actually he got his demented dad to change the will to fuck his brothers kids out of the will. Also Trump is currently the head of the company his grandma started, but yeah Trump is self made.
The fact Trump has told the small million dollar loan lie for 40+ years in my mind makes him a fucking psycho, when its so easily disproved. Also Trumps Dad would lose millions on purpose in Donny's failure casino's to keep his loser son afloat, which at the end of the day did not work.
Let me guess, you think Trump is some self made dude, who inherited damn near a billion from his father, when adjusted for inflation. You wearing a diaper yet to own the Libs?
You mean like my Daddy only gave me a small million dollar loan is how I made my wealth, when actually he got his demented dad to change the will to fuck his brothers kids out of the will. Also Trump is currently the head of the company his grandma started, but yeah Trump is self made.
The fact Trump has told the small million dollar loan lie for 40+ years in my mind makes him a fucking psycho, when its so easily disproved. Also Trumps Dad would lose millions on purpose in Donny's failure casino's to keep his loser son afloat, which at the end of the day did not work.
Let me guess, you think Trump is some self made dude, who inherited damn near a billion from his father, when adjusted for inflation. You wearing a diaper yet to own the Libs?
I'm not arguing Trump is some legendary businessman; just a very good one.
Inflation-adjusted; he turned his ~$500m inheritance into ~$7.5b; that's a 15 fold increase!
Apparently I need to ask again; are the claims made by the Biden administration and democrats in the media true that the economy has never been better, and are promising more of the same if you vote for them, or are they lies but it's just bad luck and not their fault? You can't simultaneously say it's great, but also not his fault that it's shit.What did Trump specifically >>> DO <<< for that to be the case? your post proves my point in that you guys give zero specifics, but smugly point to it being cheaper when he was president, as if correlation equals causation.
As time goes on, save for a select few things (for a number of different factors like reduced manufacturing costs and component availability bringing more competing products to market), nearly everything across the world gets more expensive, irrespective of who the U.S. president is... unless there is a major crash in demand, or an overabundance of supply.
The real clowns are the ones that think that merely because things were cheaper when Trump was in office, Trump should get credit for it (as if he was the reason why) despite doing nothing at all that warrants said credit AND inheriting an already booming economy to begin with.
It's also a shallow and disingenuous interpretation of economic success to be like "Bread costs more, thanks Brandon" what specifically did Biden do to make bread cost more? What would Trump do to make it cost less? I can only speak for myself but I make more money now than I ever have, but can't afford to buy a house as interest rates (even with an 800 credit score) are too high, aside from the skyrocketing prices.
Is that Biden's fault?, does that make the economy "bad"? or is it the fact real estate investors and rental agencies can pay cash for houses (even paying tens of thousands more than asking price), throw a renter in there and make a nice monthly profit, or unload it (if necessary) for liquid capital as less supply drives prices up?
It's also silly to think that corporations don't weigh price increases against what consumers/the market will bear and factor in the absolute fact that a large percentage of people will simply blame the president/government/ party they don't like instead of them. The last few years (and record profits) have merely showed them that they can get away with charging everyone a lot more with no consequence (as any price gouging legislation/investigations get shot down)
Trump has stated for the last 40 years he has accumulated his wealth from a small million dollar loan from his Daddy, which is impossible to believe if you are not in a cult. Trump is currently running the company his grandma started.Are you mad that Joe Biden and his father never seen 2 men kissing?
Here is what people call a "Trump lie"
"Black people love me"
Here is a Biden lie:
"Black people raised me"
$60 Bibles
Where did you get that 7.5 billon from, David Dennison, John Barron or John Miller?I'm not arguing Trump is some legendary businessman; just a very good one.
Inflation-adjusted; he turned his ~$500m inheritance into ~$7.5b; that's a 15 fold increase!
And incredibly worried about his plan if he gets reelected (across-the-board 10% tariffs, mass deportation, more tax cuts for the rich--all of which are very inflationary).