The Biden Recession Thread

bbsam

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FJB

I hope that 2024 brings you the ability to not fall for made-up fake news.

Nobody is satisfied with Biden and he’s not done :censored2:ibg things up yet!
So emotionally charged. Could you provide a list of financial indicators that suggest the U.S. is doing worse now than under Trump?
 

Up In Smoke

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Do you feel your better off now versus 4 years ago?
Us personally, yes. Our business revenues have out paced the cost of operating, our properties have gained nearly 50% greater valuations and our personal wealth is up well beyond any inflation measures. To be fair, other than the property values, our numbers are pretty steady going back 20ish years.
 
Us personally, yes. Our business revenues have out paced the cost of operating, our properties have gained nearly 50% greater valuations and our personal wealth is up well beyond any inflation measures. To be fair, other than the property values, our numbers are pretty steady going back 20ish years.
You're probably the exception

The average person making an average income is suffering pretty good right now
 
Over 1M Veterans living in Poverty, almost 75,000 homeless.
They’re doing great!
SMH
Lots of people are a paycheck for two away from being homeless.
People are using credit to finance their average daily expenses
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bbsam

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Do you feel your better off now versus 4 years ago?
No. And that’s the point. The economic numbers don’t reflect the lifestyle of most Americans. They represent the whims of the “job creators”. Why? When does Main Street catch up to Wall Street? Hell, when does Main Street recoup its lost buying power that 8% inflation brought about? Did anyone’s income jump when prices jumped?

There is no answer under current structure. Heard Trump saying he was going to do away with the payroll tax. Of course the executive branch has no power to do that. And if he did and the market was flooded with more cash, what would happen? A huge stimulus that does what? Drives inflation yet again and supercharges the national debt. How do we know? Because we just did that.

So yeah. The economy is due for and probably needs a crash. Unfortunately whatever administration is in power will probably ride to the rescue again and the economic powerhouses will pat themselves on the back.

0% interest on $30k cars was great back in the day. On $90k pickups the general public can’t even begin to afford to be interested. In a consumer driven economy without consumers…
 
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