The Inconvenient Truth About The Economy: Democrats Do It Better

[DGS49]

Here's the thing: All Presidents (and both parties) like to take credit for the Good Stuff that's happening in the economy, and blame the other guys for the Bad Stuff.

But when you try to pin them down and a Democrat is talking (like the OP) about how "things" are better under the Democrats, they can never point to anything that the Democrats have done to make things better in the economy.

More environmental protections? Higher taxes on The Rich? More bureaucracy? DEI? More illegal immigration? More rights for picked-on demographics? NONE of what they do can logically be tied to any tangible improvement in the economy. It is all costly, wasteful, or economically counterproductive.

It is similar to the fifteen minutes many years ago when the U.S. had a balanced budget under President Clinton. They were bragging about that for years and years, and yet they couldn't point to a single thing that Clinton or the Democrats had done to make it happen. Why? It was all Newt Gingrich, Republican Speaker of the House.

Any claim that Democrats make about improving ANYTHING in the economy is bullshit, and the proof is that they can never point to anything they have done to cause the improvement.

 

[rightwinger]

they can never point to anything that the Democrats have done to make things better in the economy.

$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

A bill that Republicans voted against

 

[pknopp]

$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

A bill that Republicans voted against

Paid for by taxes (and make no mistake, not fully paid for) on the poor and middle class when Biden and the Democrats constantly ran on "making the rich pay their fair share".

 

[struth]

I do have to note, the article does not state groceries fell to a 5 year low.

It says groceries biggest drop in cost in five years

 

[pknopp]

It says groceries biggest drop in cost in five years

Right. Not what you said.

 

[struth]

Right. Not what you said.

You think the statements mean something different?

 

[pknopp]

You think the statements mean something different?

It absolutely does.

Prices up 7%. Fall .01%. Fall .01% Up .005%. Fall .04%.

Largest fall in 5 years. Not 5 year lows.

 

[struth]

It absolutely does.

Prices up 7%. Fall .01%. Fall .01% Up .005%. Fall .04%.

Largest fall in 5 years. Not 5 year lows.

Yeah largest fall in five years, making it a five year low

Undoing some of the damage your vote did

 

[SweetTea]

It is a very inconvenient truth for the GOP, that since WW2, the economy has performed significantly better under Democrats than Republicans. The exact reasons are debated, but the numbers are the numbers.

• Economic growth, job creation, and stock-market performance have historically been stronger, on average, during Democratic presidencies.
• Every Republican president over roughly the last 50 years has experienced a recession during their term.
• The overwhelming majority of net job creation over the past half-century occurred under Democratic presidents.
• Deficits widen during Republican administrations and narrow during Democratic ones (often after Democrats inherited large deficits).

Vote with your pocket book next election folks.


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New report finds that the economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrations

For well over a decade economists and other social scientists have documented a strong advantage in economic performance during Democratic administrations. A new Economic Policy Institute report updates this work to the latest data available and confirms that this Democratic advantage persists...

www.epi.org

The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - United States Joint Economic Committee

www.jec.senate.gov

The U.S. economy has performed much better under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents in the modern era. In almost every measure of the U.S. economy including total job growth, unemployment, economic growth, manufacturing job growth, manufacturing investment, small business creation, and contribution to the national debt, economic performance is stronger under Democrats. While there are many factors contributing to these trends, the throughline is clear that Democratic administrations consistently help the U.S. economy perform better than Republican administrations.

But wait. You are supposedly in the top .5%. If that is the case, and we take the far-left Democratic rhetoric at its face, you will be made much, much poorer. 400k was the mark the Democrats set as “rich”. Above and beyond that is just plain greed, so let’s just tax at 100% above 400k. Big talking Democrats need to put their money where their mouth is instead of just playing lip service that makes them look/feel like the ultra wealthy Hollywood elites.

Ultra-wealthy Democrats protect the ultra-wealthy. What they really want is the successful, but not ultra-wealthy, to pay for all their freebees and to satisfy their idealistic tendencies. Their bleeding heart quickly heals if their standard of living is forced to take a hit.

 

[SweetTea]

Feelings over numbers and facts. OK. Maybe Trump will be the first Republican in 50 years to not oversee a recession and balloon the deficit. Odds are low though. Deficit is skyrocketing.

He was on the path of doing so after his first term until COVID. I guess you missed that we were doing quite well pre-COVID under Trump.

 

[pknopp]

Yeah largest fall in five years, making it a five year low

Undoing some of the damage your vote did

"Trump quickly got groceries prices to fall to a 5 year low".

False.

But don't learn, just lash out.

 

[pknopp]

He was on the path of doing so after his first term until COVID. I guess you missed that we were doing quite well pre-COVID under Trump.

According to MAGA that would have still been the Obama economy.

 

[Hafar1014]

Lets face it democrats cant do anything right
The border
Crime
Inflation
Energy policies
Illegals
healthcare
welfare
Biden is the poster boy for democrat incompetence and Minnesota an example of democrat fraud used to hold power. Then we have CA more fraud. All democrats care about is power and screw the rest of us

 

[BluesLegend]

The Inconvenient Truth About The Economy: Democrats Do It Better​

LMAO said nobody with a brain ever.

 

[BluesLegend]

Carter and Biden were both disasters. Reagan and Trump very successful. Clinton did nothing it was a GOP congress that balanced the budget.

The only thing Democrats do better is steal everyone's money with sky high taxes to line their own pockets. Democrats are the party of government worker moochers.

 

[Hafar1014]

The only thing Democrats do better is steal everyone's money with sky high taxes to line their own pockets. Democrats are the party of government worker moochers.

Look at Minn and CA today billions in tax payer funds stolen

 

[BluesLegend]

Lets face it democrats cant do anything right
The border
Crime
Inflation
Energy policies
Illegals
healthcare
welfare
Biden is the poster boy for democrat incompetence and Minnesota an example of democrat fraud used to hold power. Then we have CA more fraud. All democrats care about is power and screw the rest of us

Yeah by darn it, Democrats 'care'. So they blew billions and only got 2 charging stations installed. So they lost billions to fraud and theft. So California's high speed train doesn't have any trains, or tracks and has mushroomed to $105 billion. But Democrats 'care' so much.

 

[SweetTea]

According to MAGA that would have still been the Obama economy.

No, 3 years into Trump’s term, we will not be blaming Biden for the economy. There is a quite a bit to clean up though and we have to account for the Democrats shutting down the government every time they don’t get what they want. If the MSM’s rhetoric has convinced enough sheep to vote in more Democrats in the mid-terms, the temper tantrum will escalate and we will have to deal with impeachment after impeachment.

 

[Independent thinker]

It is a very inconvenient truth for the GOP, that since WW2, the economy has performed significantly better under Democrats than Republicans. The exact reasons are debated, but the numbers are the numbers.

• Economic growth, job creation, and stock-market performance have historically been stronger, on average, during Democratic presidencies.
• Every Republican president over roughly the last 50 years has experienced a recession during their term.
• The overwhelming majority of net job creation over the past half-century occurred under Democratic presidents.
• Deficits widen during Republican administrations and narrow during Democratic ones (often after Democrats inherited large deficits).

Vote with your pocket book next election folks.


View attachment 1216704

New report finds that the economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrations

For well over a decade economists and other social scientists have documented a strong advantage in economic performance during Democratic administrations. A new Economic Policy Institute report updates this work to the latest data available and confirms that this Democratic advantage persists...

www.epi.org

The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - United States Joint Economic Committee

www.jec.senate.gov

The U.S. economy has performed much better under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents in the modern era. In almost every measure of the U.S. economy including total job growth, unemployment, economic growth, manufacturing job growth, manufacturing investment, small business creation, and contribution to the national debt, economic performance is stronger under Democrats. While there are many factors contributing to these trends, the throughline is clear that Democratic administrations consistently help the U.S. economy perform better than Republican administrations.

Lol. Trump is your president now because democrats were far worse on the economy.

 

[pknopp]

No, 3 years into Trump’s term, we will not be blaming Biden for the economy.

You gave Trump credit for his first two years. The same time frame you are blaming Biden for now.

There is a quite a bit to clean up though and we have to account for the Democrats shutting down the government every time they don’t get what they want. If the MSM’s rhetoric has convinced enough sheep to vote in more Democrats in the mid-terms, the temper tantrum will escalate and we will have to deal with impeachment after impeachment.

$39 trillion in debt. It needs shut down.