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  1.  @OldManYellsAtClouds  people are leaving CA. Also, TX has the second largest population and gas is around $2.30 in some places. The reason is because of the high gas tax.
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  2. People don't base their economic opinion on the macro level. They do on the micro level. Also, as for the numbers on the past two months, that is deceptive. Spending for online sales is up because of the holidays. Along with that, if you look at average xmas spending from 2000 to 2023, 2023 was below the 2019 peak where under Trump it rose by around $160.
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  3. After covid it will be a long time before I ever support a democrat. With the lies they destroyed via the covid restrictions and vaccine mandates and then just brushing it aside, I can't support them.
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  4.  @ncwordman  why did ever democrat Senator voted against making the middle and lower class tax cuts permanent? Why was the deficit as a percent of GDP over 5% under Obama until republicans took over the house and same for Biden? Why did Clinton only get a surplus when Newt Gingrich became speaker?
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  5. Prior to covid those working multiple jobs was steady. Since the, despite labor participation rate being below covid level the percent working multiple has been going up. That is according to FRED stats.
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  6.  seanarel2684  sorry you hate facts. The economy is, at best, back to its pre-covid levels. People's lives have not improved under Biden.
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  7.  @Brozius2512  he was, but mainly in connection that Epstein stayed at one of Trump's hotel and how Trump banned him my Mara-a-Lago
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  8.  @edwardcunha1629  there is some truth on the Xmas gifts. The average spending on Xmas gifts in 2023 was $923. Since 2000 it peaked in 2019 at $942 where it rose from $785 to $942 under Trump. There are many indicators showing that the economy is just now getting back to pre-covid level which is not good. It is why people feel the economy is bad, it has not improved under Biden.
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  9.  @edwardcunha1629  according to the Atlanta Federal Reserve wage growth was over 6% in August of 2022, now it has dropped to close to 5%. And it was only high to begin with because many went from no job to getting a job due to the covid lockdowns. So while yes, currently wage growth is not outpacing inflation, wage growth is dropping. Also, according to FRED labor for participation rate is still below pre covid level. So while unemployment is low, it is because less people are looking for jobs. And according to FRED the percent of those working more than one job has been going up. Our economy is, at best, at pre-covid levels when the economy was strong. Under Biden our economy has not improved like it was under Trump.
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  10.  @michaelk.jensen1611  in the relation from the pandemic that was despite Biden. Look at states that opened up early compared to those that did not. FL, for example, saw their total nonfarm employee numbers reach pre-covid levels come August of 2021. It took CA until May of 2022 to reach their pre-covid numbers. You will see the same trend when you look at other states. States that opened up sooner saw jobs come back sooner and they surpassed their pre covid levels much sooner. So democrat ran states are struggling still. But what that shows is that recovery should not take 4 years. In many states it took less than a year. Inflation is still high. Jobs are not back to normal as labor participation rate is still below pre-covid levels. This guy brought up spending the past two months, that was during the holidays. Also, last xmas the average spending on gifts was $923. In 2019 it was $942. Things have not gotten better. We are, at best, at pre-covid levels where it took 4 years to do that. That is sad. To put it in perspective with Trump, in xmas 2016 average spending on gifts was $785. I just showed you where it was at in 2019. That is how things need to improve. To add on Trump's economy, from 2004 to 2016 homeownership rate dropped from 69.1% to 62%. Under Trump it rose to 67%. Under Biden it is now stagnant at 66%. Fact is things have not improved when they should have. This is why people are fed up with Biden. They know what things were like prior to him and prior to covid and look around and do not see improvements and the numbers indicate that.
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  11.  @edwardcunha1629  you can't blame Trump on covid. He wanted states to reopen their economies, but many refused. For everyone calling Trump a dictator he did all he could do on covid, it was up to the states. He could have easily did federal overreach and force states to go a particular route, but he could not and did not. " Overall trump has a net loss of jobs of 2 million over his 4 years. Biden has a job growth of 13 million which exceeds Trump's job loss." That is simply not true. With Biden those are jobs recovered as states allowed businesses to open back up and operate again. Also, go to FRED stats and look at total nonfarm employee count. States that opened up early like FL made their pre-covid number much sooner than states that did not. FL reach their pre-covid employment number count come August of 2021. CA did not reach it until May of 2022. So all those job numbers you look at are because republican governors decided to open up their states early. "The market is higher than ever. The US produces more oil than ever in our history." Both of those are simply not true, but OK. " Wage growth exceeds inflation " Yeah, after months of it not. If you look at the Atlanta Federal Reserve wage growth tracker it peaked at around June 22 at around 6.7%. It was high mainly because we had people going from earning zero to now something. But also inflation was high. Now it has dropped to 5.2%. So wage growth is dropping. The strong economic numbers under Biden only exist because things were completely terrible when he entered office because many states kept businesses closed or had restrictions such as no indoor dining unless vaccinated. Here we are 4 years later and we are, at best, back to pre-covid numbers. In many numbers are are not such as labor participation rate still low and homeownership rate is still below pre-covid numbers. Fact is the economy is bad.
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  12. The economy was stagnant under Obama and was improving under Trump.
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  13.  @katherineweber8955  I listened. There is a lot of deception here. The economy is, at best, back to pre-covid level. That is why so many feel their lives have not improved as they haven't.
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  14. The economy, at best, is at pre-covid levels based on many numbers. People's lives have not improved under Biden.
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  15.  @supbrahimhammer.421  it is not an oxymoron, it is sad that nearly 4 years later we are just now seeing pre-covid numbers as opposed to having a better economy. Since Biden took office people's lives have not improved. Now a part of it was because many democrats kept pushing covid restrictions. When you look at FL and total nonfarm employees they reached their pre covid numbers in November of 2021. CA did not reach their numbers until May of 2022. So there is that. However, it taking this long to get back to pre-covid levels is sad. We had nowhere to go but up, but this has been slow. Basically what people are seeing that going from Trump to Biden got us nowhere, at best. And in many ways worse with higher prices.
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  16. You do know there is no academic paper that supports MMT.
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  17.  @dannywindham3295  ok, list them. Should be easy
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  18.  seanarel2684  people are leaving blue states to go to red states.
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  19.  @OldManYellsAtClouds  according to the US census that states with the fastest growing populations are TX, FL, SC, ID, Mt, and SD. States there were losing people include IL, LA, CA, NY, WV, OH, MI, PA to list a few.
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  20.  seanarel2684  which state is that? I have the char pulled up right now.
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  21.  seanarel2684  AZ is a state that is growing. As for you comment on TX, by what measures? Also: LA: a recent as 2019 had a democrat governor and over 70% of their governors have been democrat MI: Has a democrat governor PA: a democrat governor Not really red states to me.
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  22.  seanarel2684  so now you are changing your stance on what dictates a red and blue state? Right now democrats control congress in MI. In PA democrats control their house.
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  23.  seanarel2684  do you have a source on TX? I live in TX and things are fine.
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  24.  @MultiBlackmind  I live in TX. That blackout was a one time event. During the summer we are encouraged to keep our AC on. In CA during the summer you have a governor telling its citizens to turn up the temperature of their AC while wearing a sweater.
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  25.  @OldManYellsAtClouds  then explain TX. Also, CA has, by far, the most electric vehicles per capita.
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  26.  @OldManYellsAtClouds  but you are saying demand where I am showing you the demand in CA has been dropping due to a shrinking population and more EVs.
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