This is, to be clear, a Big Fucking Deal
"Across the 50 years preceding Biden’s tenure in office, the U.S. economy enjoyed only 25 *total* months with an unemployment rate below 4 percent. Biden did it for 27 consecutive months" slate.com/news-and-pol...
The effects of inflation could have been much, much worse.
Eh, "prolonged inflation made people desperate for work" is hardly a winning news story.
I'll take "Things JD Vance says when he sees a couch" for $100, Alex.
For me, the essence of Bidenomics is a long overdue policy rejection of "trickle-down". Trickle down was a scam that took over the West, and it helped no one but the increasingly wealthy 1%. I'm still waiting for other countries to follow Biden's lead. But it's the only way forward.
Even with his support of Israel's atrocities, it feels like Biden has been the best president since the 40's, and is the best president with regards to working class Americans literally ever. LBJ maybe?
Super impressive & still weird to me that they pushed this guy out of the race with the economy doing so well.
This is like being the Babe Ruth of employment.
It's enormous. Historically consequential. And to persuadable voters it's just...nonexistent. They will never believe or understand any of it. Economic data is basically forbidden black magic to like ninety percent of regular people. It's depressing.
Yes, it's also a big effing huge deal, that people don't know. #MediaBetrayedDemocracy
But sure trade this in for economy-ravaging inflation-spurring tariffs and employment-shredding and food-rotting mass deportations, all to enjoy a little racisming and sexisming, if not outright US-style fascism.
So I should feel much much worse about not being able to get an interview anywhere 😁