The US economy is splitting in 2

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  1. doombug

    doombug Well-Known Member

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    Joe's positioned the US to emerge from this world economic temporary downturn better than every first world country. Patience.
     
  3. Aleksander Ulyanov

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    At which point the rightists will bitch because we're taking advantage of everybody.
     
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    This is basic economics. Who do you think contributes the most money to a Political party?

    The rich and elite!

    Both Party's will cater to the rich and elite as long as they fund their campaigns.
     
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    Hahaha! Bonehead Biden and the dems have done no such thing.
     
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    How long before democrat voters figure that out?
     
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    Nahh, Joe's got this, slow and steady.
     
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    Bingo.

    The MAGA wing of the Republican Party is the party of the working class now. The GOPe wing of it is just the other wing of the Uniparty bird along with the Democrat Party.

    Trump's time in the oval office has made this VERY clear...
     
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    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I have been hearing that for many years. Here in CA, results tell a different story.
     
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    Keep listening, things are improving world wide, Joe's got this.
     
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    Thats the sales pitch. California is a preview of dem control combined with high taxes. This fits the definition of insanity.
     
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    It is not temporary.
    It is not affecting "the world".

    Domestically speaking, there is an ever growing split between the "elite class" (Wall Street) and the "working class" (Main Street). The "elite class" is getting richer off the backs of the "working class".

    Globally speaking, there is an ever growing split between the World Economic Forum (and their allies) and BRICS (and their allies). IOW, a split between "green energy" (wind, solar) and "carbon-based energy" (coal, oil, natural gas).
     
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    Most already figured it out but still are keen on the agenda because of "repeated reinforcement." Basically, if something is repeated over and over again by your favorite people you look up to albeit politicians, actors etc, then you tend to follow their rhetoric through repeated reinforcement. It applies to all political parties as a technique for mass control.
     
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    Democrats have long championed issues related to income and wealth inequality. Welcome to the party. The Gini index, a measure of income inequality, has trended up for decades in the US, no matter which party was in power. However, Republicans never saw a problem with it. They always said: Work harder, if you want to make more. I'm sure, though, more tax cuts for the rich will fix it -- in Trumper world.
     
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    JFC man.

    The right in this country (INCLUDING YOU) has been telling us that if we give rich people money, they will “creat jobs” and everyone will get rich. NOW, your trying to claim that the split is Bidens fault because the rich are getting ridiculously wealthy while the working class are barely making it.

    The right in this country is a joke. If your a working class “republican”, and you championed Trump, and yo championed Reaganomics sit down and stop talking. You were wrong, and everyone told you you were wrong. This is the fruition of 30 years of conservative economic policy and planning.

    The left has been saying for that entire time that Trickle down theory would destroy this country, and in no surprise to none, now that its here, the right blames the left.

    JFC I weep for this country
     
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    I live in the liberals petri dish and you simply cannot make a case than dem control is better. Results speak for themselves.
     
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    Actually he like he did in 2009 is positioning us to not get out of it for a long long time and not better off.
     
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    And yet, the wealth gap has grown SIGNIFICANTLY over the last 2 years. The only thing effective the Democrats have done, is close more mom and pop small businesses and VASTLY increase the wealthy of the large box chains and shrink the middle class at an alarming rate. We are literally following the same path of that of Venezuela!
     
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    So you believe the government is going to make you rich? And no that is not what the right has been telling you you should listen better. What the right has been telling you is that when the government strips the free market of capital the economy cannot expand and jobs will not be created no matter how much money the government hands out. And that IF you want to get rich being able to take risk with your capital and get rewarded for doing so is the best way to do it but that's up to YOU not some other rich people or the government. The working class was doing better than it had in a decade until COVID hit and everyone had a chance to increase their wealth while it did. Now we are back to the policies of 2008 - 2015 where doing so is much more difficult and the promises of "hey we're the government and WE will make you well off" are being fed to the masses along with the hate the rich rhetoric and lies about how if only for them YOU'D be rich. Everything the left tells you about economics is wrong and we are seeing it repeated.
     
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    Republicans are not in power. Biden and the dems are. It is their fault.
     
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    Go try that BS somewhere else BG.

    YOU, and 90% of the righties on this board have been championing trickle down theory since I have been on this board. It was never about “government handouts”, it was about the minimum wage. You know, the thing that you and every other righty said if we raised it would bankrupt big business……The minimum wage has kept wages artificially low since its inception.That isn’t a bug, its a feature…… The minimum wage hasn’t changed in 11 years. Did YOU get a raise in the last 11 years ?

    Now your claiming that its because of government “handouts” ? Do you know that the largest block of poverty in this country is the WORKING POOR. Did you know that a family of 4 with 2 working parents making minimum wage are below the poverty line ? Did you know that 19% of all WORKING Americans qualify for government assistance. But hey if the government increases the minimum wage, it will bankrupt companies right ?

    Now your in here claiming that the government “handouts” caused this ? You cannot be serious. Im gettting ridiculously tired of the right moving every goalpost, and refusing to call their side out. The income, and wealth gaps in this country have widened more in the last 20 years than they did since the beginning of measuring that stat !

    Simple question: Do you support increasing the minimum wage to a wage that is tied to the cost of living in each state ?
     
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    Which Biden policy created this ?
     
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    Exactly. The rich American elite will do well. And if not, and everything goes awry, they have their numerous bunkers that they purchased to hide away in.
     
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    Very true. But let's be honest. There are a lot of crony capitalist Republican and rhino sellouts that want the same thing but answer to different masters.
    I am excited to see a MAGA movement that fights for hard working Americans where we can unite under to save America.
     
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    Did the psychic network tell you that? If anything, this country is turning into a developing country whereas China is working its way to developed country status.
     

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