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    2 years ago

    In all honesty, the left trying to maintain the illusion that the economy is doing well because of job numbers makes me further question the authenticity of government statistics. The job market is absolutely horrid right now, and any assertions otherwise really set off my BS detector.

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        2 years ago

        Mortgage rates and inflation were at lower points, but most likely due to historic job losses and lack of consumer confidence. In January 2021, when, per Trump, “everything was so good,” unemployment was double its current figure and 95,000 Americans lost their lives to COVID-19.

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      your anecdotal evidence vs. statistics, not even a fair fight. And even if you’re right, at this point I’d rather suffer in a Mad Max scenario than under another Trump presidency. Kind of like Trump’s “I could shoot someon 5th Ave. and people would still elect me”, just vice versa. My anecdotal evidence is that people will accept any hardship if it means no Trump win. Good thing is they don’t even have to.

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        I absolutely do not want to see another Trump presidency. I just don’t like being bald faced lied to about the reality of our current economy.

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          The only way to think of that as a lie is if you subscribe to Rep / Trump talking points…