I'm in the same camp, as I mentioned in an earlier comment. I plan to pick my battles much more carefully this time around. I'm fortunate that if basic commodities rise because of the economic turmoil that's bound to happen, I can weather it. Many of Trump's voters may not be so lucky.
All choices have consequences; I no longer see any pu…
I'm in the same camp, as I mentioned in an earlier comment. I plan to pick my battles much more carefully this time around. I'm fortunate that if basic commodities rise because of the economic turmoil that's bound to happen, I can weather it. Many of Trump's voters may not be so lucky.
All choices have consequences; I no longer see any purpose in warning of the dangers to those who choose not to listen. We often learn the hardest life lessons only when we're *not* protected from the consequences of our decisions.
I'm also moving very much into saving rather than spending mode. Completely easy decision for me to do whatever I can to protect and conserve my resources in the current climate.
The discussion that is long overdue in our culture is about how many people who claim that the economy is lousy and inflation is destroying them in fact did not do enough personally to position themselves to weather the storm. I see lots of folks who overspent for years on fun stuff no less than necessities, running up credit card debt and interest payments in kicking the can down the road, to the point of having garages that function largely as storage units, full of junk that they no longer need or use. (People from elsewhere like to say that the behavior is "so American.") They also do not do without what they really want, packing airports and planes and highways for recreational travel, dining out regularly, going to ball games, picking up the latest tech devices instead of making due with what they have, and other things that are not necessities like those eggs that they say were so important at the ballot box. As long as politicians have no magic wand, that too is a factor, and part of the choices-and-consequences issue. Then there is the impact of the free market economy, rather than politics, on pricing. But that is another discussion for another time, albeit just as relevant.
The economy was so bad, Trump was grifting his base to the tune of hundreds of millions a year—mostly to pay his legal fees. We had record consumer spending on goods and services. The stock market reached record levels; over fifty times. And wages increasing faster than inflation for the first time in 50 years.
Yup, I’m sure Trump can do better; he can’t but he’ll take credit for Biden’s performance, while trying to destroy all of his policies, and as long as Biden’s economy can hold up through Trump’s destructive policies, he’ll take full credit, and the “sheeple” will cheer and call the anointed one a miracle worker (eye roll).
The bottom line is many people who struggled under Biden, had also suffered under Trump. It’s all about messaging.
The democrats need their Correctional Captain from the movie “Cool Hand Luke”: “what we have here, is a failure to communicate!”
Plus, we need new, and young blood. No more politicians who play by the rules. This is why we lose, we always appear weak, because we are very deliberate when using the levers of presidential power. IMHO!…:)
I'm in the same camp, as I mentioned in an earlier comment. I plan to pick my battles much more carefully this time around. I'm fortunate that if basic commodities rise because of the economic turmoil that's bound to happen, I can weather it. Many of Trump's voters may not be so lucky.
All choices have consequences; I no longer see any purpose in warning of the dangers to those who choose not to listen. We often learn the hardest life lessons only when we're *not* protected from the consequences of our decisions.
I'm also moving very much into saving rather than spending mode. Completely easy decision for me to do whatever I can to protect and conserve my resources in the current climate.
The discussion that is long overdue in our culture is about how many people who claim that the economy is lousy and inflation is destroying them in fact did not do enough personally to position themselves to weather the storm. I see lots of folks who overspent for years on fun stuff no less than necessities, running up credit card debt and interest payments in kicking the can down the road, to the point of having garages that function largely as storage units, full of junk that they no longer need or use. (People from elsewhere like to say that the behavior is "so American.") They also do not do without what they really want, packing airports and planes and highways for recreational travel, dining out regularly, going to ball games, picking up the latest tech devices instead of making due with what they have, and other things that are not necessities like those eggs that they say were so important at the ballot box. As long as politicians have no magic wand, that too is a factor, and part of the choices-and-consequences issue. Then there is the impact of the free market economy, rather than politics, on pricing. But that is another discussion for another time, albeit just as relevant.
The economy was so bad, Trump was grifting his base to the tune of hundreds of millions a year—mostly to pay his legal fees. We had record consumer spending on goods and services. The stock market reached record levels; over fifty times. And wages increasing faster than inflation for the first time in 50 years.
Yup, I’m sure Trump can do better; he can’t but he’ll take credit for Biden’s performance, while trying to destroy all of his policies, and as long as Biden’s economy can hold up through Trump’s destructive policies, he’ll take full credit, and the “sheeple” will cheer and call the anointed one a miracle worker (eye roll).
The bottom line is many people who struggled under Biden, had also suffered under Trump. It’s all about messaging.
The democrats need their Correctional Captain from the movie “Cool Hand Luke”: “what we have here, is a failure to communicate!”
Plus, we need new, and young blood. No more politicians who play by the rules. This is why we lose, we always appear weak, because we are very deliberate when using the levers of presidential power. IMHO!…:)
As JVL was fond of pointing out, air travel and boat sales were at all time highs during this supposedly terrible Biden economy.