I am only in my 30s but have seen this cycle play out more than once (not just on Reddit obviously). Republicans branded themselves as the party of “fiscal responsibility” and it has had amazing staying power despite all of the evidence to the contrary
Easy to gargle when the economy is doing well and the potential it could be better. Then reality smacks them in the face, as it does every time, and they want to go back to "economy is doing well but could be better."
What could be better than 20% YOY returns on indexes, low unemployment, inflation under control etc lmao republicans are totally insane. Fox News worked magic tricking magats into thinking Bidens economy was in shambles. He inherited trumps PPP loan induced mega inflation and stabilized us post COVID.
There were and are good reasons why a good stock market is not the only thing that matters. The economy had and continues to have problems, even under Biden.
But Trump has absolutely no plan or desire to fix the problems. He wants to make them worse if anything. They are complex problems with complex solutions.
The thing with Democrats vs Republicans is that most of the bad things I criticize the Dems for the Rs also do, often worse. But there are plenty of bad things that the Rs do that the Dems do not.
Eh, inflation was still high, but it obviously cooled a lot since Trump's last presidency. They spun that message and avoided the fact it was a lot worse.
If you use data to your advantage, you can make it say anything. Fox News and CNN did that for sure.
As I said, in context it was bad or good. Unemployment was a historical high in late 2010s. Consumer spending was at a low. Inflation reached record highs in over 60 years.
Wasn’t that the regular wallstreetsbets sub. This one is way better now that it’s not deep throating Trump daily. Now everyone sees how horrible his failed policies are and the dumbass is losing every trade war
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u/Nice_Put6911 5d ago
I remember when this subreddit gargled on republicans nutsacks daily and bashed Kamala.