Leave the goalposts where they are, sir.

I said they "knowingly and intentionally increased inflation" that is different than "wanting inflation". Although, I suppose one could make an argument that at least some dems wanted inflation in order to discourage people from driving and doing other things that use fossil fuels because they value the environment more than the poor and middle class.

You need to keep in mind that there are market forces at play that decide inflation and energy prices. However, as biden has shown us, the US government has a decent amount of control over both.

I wonder why Trump wanted the mass unemployment and slow to no job growth we got during his presidency. The states and districts he represents are highly dependent on welfare and don’t really have a work based culture. Turning every state into rural West Virginia, a place he does really really well must have been his goal.

I saw some stats that its like 7-10 % of Americans have two jobs. Keep in mind minimum wage , no free healthcare . No social safety net......

I do and they got massive raises in wages .
Let’s not kid ourselves, before 2021-22 inflation, having 2 jobs for the bottom was still common ….

https://www.census.gov/library/stori...n-one-job.html

« Over the entire 22-year time period from the second quarter of 1996 to the first quarter of 2018, the multiple jobholding rate has averaged 7.2% of all employed individuals, according to the LEHD data ».

« The multiple jobholding rate increased from 6.8% in the second quarter of 1996 to 7.8% in the first quarter of 2018 ».


Inflation isn’t the problem for the poorest , it’s the god damn bad US economic system that is bad for a very long time , only being profitable for the top tier .

2019 article .

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/min...wage-jobs/#app

« America's unemployment rate is at a half-century low, but it also has a job-quality problem that affects nearly half the population, with a study finding 44% of U.S. workers are employed in low-wage jobs that pay median annual wages of $18,000 ».


In that crazy U.S. economics , only inflation raises wages it seem .
Yeah. I healthcare but who ses fault is it ?
Inflationary ? Not really …..it’s political choices .

Lets see Joe

Oh we may lose the seat in Arizona

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...ot/ar-AA106UUh


But walls do not work??

Another pet peeve of mine is the way people throw out "unemployment rate" to support some political argument, normally how well the economy is doing when their political party of choice is in power, without acknowledging how misleading and flawed this methodology is (intentionally so IMO). You are aware that "unemployment rate" is a cooked number, where authorities discount people they determine aren't actively looking for jobs. Whatever the "unemployment rate," actual participation in the economy by American citizens is extremely low, and determining that most of the people that want to work are working without acknowledging the sad state of affairs that leads to most people not even bothering to try, is very misleading IMO.

Also, inflation is a big problem. Again, the "inflation" statistics we are throwing around are cooked and way undersell the problem (intentionally IMO). Most of the stuff the working class has to buy to live their day to day lives is closer to 30% inflated than 8%. And at that point you have a major problem.

Yeah republicans were pro at it with low unemployment rate claiming amazing economy ….

30% inflation ? Lol .

But would be glad to see some data of where u got them with your narrative .

So how is the economy and how u judge it .
Btw the US still has the best economic situation in the world still .

Ps: in a lot of your post , here , covid tread , and probably others , you often claim the datas are all wrong when it goes against your narrative .
Probably the election data was wrong too right ?

But ou seem to know it’s all wrong manipulate data , so tell us , which and where u get your data to claim it’s all wrong ?
U surely must have a base of reference?

They say the presidency ages you, but wow Joe Biden looks old. Biden needs to color his hair and say that his recent covid infection hued his hair.

Joe Biden needs to pull a Ronald Reagan and dye it but deny it.

Have people start calling him Joseph. Dye his hair black grow a mustache and dye it too.

That will get the fawks and q crowd riled up.

Brilliant take. I'm curious about your solution to global wide inflation. I'm sure it's top notch.

Also, if you're an economic idiot (which you are) don't post stupid ass republican memes. It just makes you look as dumb as the let's go Brandon crowd.

But seriously tell us how to avoid global inflation. What would you do?

If you didn't think let's go Brandon was funny you've got a sense of humor issue.

Especially if you see the original clip that started it

It's juvenile. And its an easy indicator to let me know im dealing with an idiot.

The 2 posters above me are proof positive of that.

If only there was some way to calculate how much prices are rising

http://www.thebillionpricesproject.com/datasets/

Im always amused by localised blame for a global problem obviously and clearly impacting numerous if not all economies.

People who fall for this can be clearly written off as suckers.

It was kinda funny how the far right thought it pissed off Biden voters but nobody actually cared. The extreme Maga Lets go Brandon crowd fundamentally doesn't seem to get that they are in a cult but not everybody is. Being a Trump supporter might be a huge part of their personality and identity, but we just voted for Biden and got on with our lives.

The bike meme is funny. If you didn’t laugh at least a little when Biden fell of his bike there is something wrong with your humor detector. That could also explain why you found no humor in the original let’s go Brandon video. I could see where you could get sick of where the let’s go Brandon meme went to as it approached being over played, but it’s just too funny to let go.

Bucky randomly brining up let’s go Brandon is proof that biden voters are annoyed by it.

If you don’t think the US federal government deserves a massive amount of blame for inflation I must warn you to stop drinking the koolaid. Just because some other governments across the globe made the same mistakes the US government did doesn’t mean the US governments mistakes should be ignored - specifically printing too much money, giving away too much money for people not to work and companies to not keep running and shutting down parts of the economy.

We're on a politics and culture forum. I don't think Bucky is walking around in real life with his face painted for the political candidate he supports like CPAC loons.

This sort of comes back to how political parties end up catering to their most likely voters. For Republicans, this makes them take on more conservative right wing culture war stances that older rural non college educated whites are passionate about. But for dems the exact same effect makes them moderate as they cater to older non white/college educated white non conservatives.

You are missing the point, the point being another administration other than Biden would not have USA in a better place when every country in the G7 is experiencing high inflation.

Sure you could argue there might be a small difference, but in general if its a global problem being experienced by admins of all colours of political administration then the idea the USA would still have low inflation right now if not for Biden is a ridiculous assertion.

It’s not some other governments, it’s all of them…..

The inflation we suffer is about supply chain and oil price by a huge margin .
The « printing of money » arguments is long gone with interest rates raising that much and that fast .
Liquidity in the system gets drained pretty quickly and still Inflation ain’t coming down .
That should give u a hint .

All Biden voters HATE the lets go Brandon thing. All of them. (I can make **** up too.)

Oh wait you said none (I'm sure you talked to all of them).

Baseless statements for $100 Alex

By bahaha logic that must be proof of how mad far right cultural conservatives are over the irrelevance of Lets Go Brandon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-14-...123916913.html

So "the tabloids" have been reporting for awhile how Biden has had numerous meetings with Hunter's business partners (many of whom are linked to foreign governments), despite his clear lie he was never involved. Interestingly, a MSM outlet has actually picked up the story and reported no less than 14 meetings that happened in the White House while he was Vice President. This is of course in addition to all the meetings that happened outside the White House that have been documented on Hunters leaked personal devices.

I find it very interesting that a MSM outlet has actually decided to break ranks and acknowledge this story. Makes me wonder if this is the establishment warning Biden not to run again.

--As an aside I can only imagine how furious Obama, Biden, etc. all are that they were forced to run such an extensive cover up to keep all the shady business dealings under wraps, only for Hunter to blow most of the $$ made on hookers and drugs and keep extensive records of it.