Trump Says Biden Plunging U.S. Into Depression. The Stock Market Hit a Record High
Trump Says Biden Plunging U.S. Into Depression. The Stock Market Hit a Record High
Donald Trump claimed that if he was not elected president in 2024, the U.S. would see its economy plunge into a "1929"-era depression.
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stock market =/= economy, this is one of the few times trump is right on something. the biden admin has been trying very hard with damage control with how fragile things are right now.
stock market =/= economy, this is one of the few times trump is right on something.
And I want you to remember this when Trump is elected again and starts using it to measure the economy again.
Somehow these "the stock market isn't the economy" and "unemployment numbers are a lie" "facts" only apply to Democratic presidents. I was alive in 2015/2016 when this rhetoric was just used. Maybe everyone else was brainwormed and forgot but here's the thing: when a Republican gets in there, suddenly everyone starts believing in the numbers even though nothing changed about them.
If people think there's a better objective metric to use, why don't we start proposing to use it or start using it informally?
GDP was invented so that we'd have a measurement of what was even occurring during the Great Depression because other available economic indicators didn't show the underlying problem. That's probably the case again, so let's get some different fucking statistics instead of talking about feels vs reals every thread, and let's use them consistently with both parties.
I'm not talking about partisian shit-flinging though. Granted, trump's idea of "saving the economy" is give corporations free reign to do whatever they want, but outside of that things aren't good, Unrealized losses for banks have been skyrocketing ever since Q1 2022.
GDP was invented so that we’d have a measurement of what was even occurring during the Great Depression because other available economic indicators didn’t show the underlying problem. That’s probably the case again, so let’s get some different fucking statistics instead of talking about feels vs reals every thread, and let’s use them consistently with both parties.
It does to the upper class socialites that consider themselves better for voting blue without wanting anything to change personally so that they can continue to take in money and be proud of voting in capitalists.