Who Made Life In The U.S. Unaffordable?

[Stryder50]

It wasn't flat. It was growing, low unemployment economy.

Trump1 Real GDP growth is in yellow, do you see any growth we didn't see under Obama? I don't.

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And what did Bush and Trump hand off? Steaming pile of crap to dig out of is what they handed off.

Increased government employment and financial hand-outs are not REAL economic or GDP growth (although too many include Guv'mint spending in GDP, which is faulty since it is only redistribution of wealth, not creation).
Obama never did free-enterprise, private for profit economics in his life. Always living off of others, mostly taxpayers' incomes.
Sort of like you it seems.

 

[Stryder50]

Another post, another load of bullshit. You just can't help it can you?

19 of the 26 Republican governors issued shutdown orders with Trump's support.

Not as intense, enduring or repressive of those of the Democrats.

 

[AntonToo]

Increased government employment and financial hand-outs are not real economic or GDP growth.

Bullshit peddler, here is private job growth vs gov job growth under Obama:

 

[AntonToo]

Not as intense, enduring or repressive of those of the Democrats.

Tell me, who pumped you full of silly bullshit like that?

Who did this to you?

 

[Stryder50]

Bullshit peddler, here is private job growth vs gov job growth under Obama:

Mostly recovery of those jobs lost previously due to Democratic controlled government losses of jobs.

 

[AntonToo]

Mostly recovery of those jobs lost previously due to Democratic controlled government losses of jobs.

You are a bullshit peddling hack, you know that right?

I honestly don't know how people like you stand to look in the mirror.

 

[Stryder50]

Tell me, who pumped you full of silly bullshit like that?

Who did this to you?

Who pumped you full of silly Marxist/communist lies and bullshyte, Komrade ?

 

[AntonToo]

Who pumped you full of silly Marxist/communist lies and bullshyte, Komrade ?

Moron, I'm a capitalist.

What would you have to say if not for constant idiotic falsehoods?

 

[Stryder50]

Moron, I'm a capitalist.

What would you have to say if not for constant idiotic falsehoods?

Liar!
You don't talk like one.
You talk like a statist marxist.

 

[longly]

I recall Republicans warning Democrats that sending out all those stimulus checks during the pandemic was a mistake. They argued that we should have focused on putting most people back to work, isolating the vulnerable, and using safety procedures such as masks and distancing to keep the rest safe. What I find almost unforgivable is that the administration insisted inflation was merely 'transitory.' In reality, that so‑called transitory inflation nearly overwhelmed us. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who used that term, later admitted she regretted saying it. In my view, that misjudgment was deeply damaging.

I’m sorry if I sound too harsh here, but Ms. Yellen demonstrated her incompetence and should not be placed in such a position of trust again. President Biden’s policies were a major cause of this inflation, and we should not forget that.

 

[AntonToo]

Liar!
You don't talk like one.
You talk like a statist marxist.

I talk like someone who know basic macroeconomic data and facts.

You sound like a fantasy peddling hack who continiously posts counter-factual nonsense.

 

[AntonToo]

I recall Republicans warning Democrats that sending out all those stimulus checks during the pandemic was a mistake.

You recall wrong.

Republican named Trump is on most of those checks. Trump admin sent out two rounds of checks in 2020, Biden one in 2021.

Trump says Americans will get another round of stimulus payments if Congress can pass another relief deal

Now it's on Congress to pass another round of relief for the White House to sign. There's no word yet on what that package might include.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[shockedcanadian]

I recall Republicans warning Democrats that sending out all those stimulus checks during the pandemic was a mistake. They argued that we should have focused on putting most people back to work, isolating the vulnerable, and using safety procedures such as masks and distancing to keep the rest safe. What I find almost unforgivable is that the administration insisted inflation was merely 'transitory.' In reality, that so‑called transitory inflation nearly overwhelmed us. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who used that term, later admitted she regretted saying it. In my view, that misjudgment was deeply damaging.

I’m sorry if I sound too harsh here, but Ms. Yellen demonstrated her incompetence and should not be placed in such a position of trust again. President Biden’s policies were a major cause of this inflation, and we should not forget that.

Well, one is borrowing to send checks while the other is direct from tariffs. So, Trump can pay down some of the debt and get citizens involved in understanding the importance of the tariffs. What is as important as.inflation is wage growth. If you have real wage growth he should promote it because under Biden wages were stagnant, even going backwards.

 

[longly]

You recall wrong.

Republican named Trump is on most of those checks.

Trump says Americans will get another round of stimulus payments if Congress can pass another relief deal

Now it's on Congress to pass another round of relief for the White House to sign. There's no word yet on what that package might include.

www.businessinsider.com

You are right—Trump sent out two, and Biden did one.

However, the transitory inflationary delaying action was entirely Biden’s responsibility.

 

[AntonToo]

under Biden wages were stagnant, even going backwards.

Horseshit

 

[shockedcanadian]

Horseshit

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I cant see that graph, is that REAL wages? If so, that defies what I have read in the past and will need to respond in the morning.

 

[AntonToo]

You are right—Trump sent out two, and Biden did one.

However, the transitory inflationary delaying action was entirely Biden’s responsibility.

I'm not sure what the hell you've just said, but it sure sounds like a bunch of half-baked special pleading.

When Trump gives out two checks, thats not inflationary, but if Biden does one...it's inflationary.

 

[kyzr]

Horseshit

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Thanks for this graph. It does show that wages (blue line) dropped from July of 2022 thru March of 2025.

 

[Hafar1014]

Not a single thing you've just said has anything to do with monetary policy your prior post was about.

I guess you just badly want to say something back without having anything to say.

Not a single thing you said proves anything. You must be democrat making excuses for failure. The two worst presidents for the economy were Carter and Biden. Reagn reversed the Carter disaster and Trump is reversing the Biden disaster
The solution is the same. Tax cuts regulation cuts energy policy that works and less government.
The message is clear when democrats wreck the economy do the opposite

 

[berg80]

Well, one is borrowing to send checks while the other is direct from tariffs. So, Trump can pay down some of the debt and get citizens involved in understanding the importance of the tariffs. What is as important as.inflation is wage growth. If you have real wage growth he should promote it because under Biden wages were stagnant, even going backwards.

Delayed tariff impact starting to hit, could cause companies to reduce head count in 2026​

President Donald Trump’s tariffs, aimed at reshoring American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could end up lowering domestic head count instead, according to recent statements from corporate executives and economic forecasters.

With the labor market already on its heels in a no-fire, no-hire climate, concerns are rising that the duties on U.S. imports will raise operating costs and force companies to start paring their employment rolls.

For instance, respondents to the Institute for Supply Management’s November survey of factory conditions expressed elevated levels of worry.

“We are starting to institute more permanent changes due to the tariff environment,” one transportation equipment executive wrote. “This includes reduction of staff, new guidance to shareholders, and development of additional offshore manufacturing that would have otherwise been for U.S. export.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/tariff-impact-starting-to-hit-could-cause-reduced-headcount-in-2026.html

Tariffs, as Dotard is employing them, are a lose-lose game.