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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It sucks arguably the best and most effective president of my lifetime might lose reelection to a career criminal because he is 3 years older.

What planet are these people inhabiting - they're both career criminals for one, it's not the age it's the collapsing your economy supporting Ukraine and pretending COVID isn't happening that's the problem.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The economic claims all just reveal that these people are making over $100k and living in a bubble. Even people doing reasonably well are noticing shit just keeps getting worse.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fr, ranting about how shit the economy is and everything becoming more expensive is a pretty common conversation piece. Really gives away how out of touch these idiots are.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because they assume that GDP, Stock Market and Job Creation are the only measure of how good the economy is.

Not more relevant statistics like: rent prices, food prices, wages

You can create millions of jobs but it doesn't matter a bit if those jobs can't afford a 1 bedroom apartment in any part of the country. Its the most clearest signal of how privileged the people on that subreddit in particular are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Stock Market

Even stocks are not doing well, the S&P 500 is trading around the same level as it was 2.5 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

so-true The line is going up so everything is fine

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Not like 80% of people under 35 will ever own a house anyway, but mortgage rates are at 8% right now. Even people making good cash would be paying 50+% of their income towards housing right now. What fucking planet are they from that that sounds like a healthy economy?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a career criminal

I love it when liberals accidentally stumble close to the point and then miss it entirely

Yes Trump is a career criminal, but that's because he's a capitalist. These dorks think he's some evil mastermind criminal who's plotting the destruction of America or some shit. They're so close to getting it but then stumble right at the end.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Biden giving the decapitated, post-neoliberal market reforms remains of Ukraine for his worthless son to exploit isn't a criminal career!

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago

the best and most effective president of my lifetime

He sucks, they all suck, is this poster 12 years old

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unironically he might be the best president in my lifetime. He pulled out of a war, that's something. It says more about the state of the competition than his own competence though.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

he started a war with russia. Trump also initiated the afghanistan withdrawal, Biden merely followed through on Trump's plan

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, again it's not a sign that he was good really, it's just that the competition sucks so bad that he comes out looking alright by comparison.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is literally protecting Israel as it does a genocide to start WW3. Possibly one of the worst presidents ever, worse than Trump by miles

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean "US president letting Israel do a genocide" is par for the course since like the 70s. It's not like Donny boy or Obungler would be stopping it. But for sure it's horrific, dude sucks bad. I'm not going to bat for him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

what is happening right now is not par for the course.