• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    If you didn’t realize that things were worse in every other modernized nation and that US policy avoided this, then you are pretty ignorant.

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        13 days ago

        It simply isn’t realistic to expect a golden pony when the economy was mostly shut down for the past year and change.

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            12 days ago

            All I’m saying is people need to have realistic expectations. Nobody could magically reverse things so it’s like Covid never happened and lower prices on top of that.

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              12 days ago

              No. You’re saying that people who can’t afford groceries should be ecstatic about being lied to that they’re doing fine.

              And then belittling anyone who says that things ain’t as great as you’re claiming by pretending that they’re expecting the impossible when they just want their own party to accept the reality that they’re not doing well. Which I guess since that party is Democrats, is asking the impossible. After all, everything’s perfect at all times when Democrats are in office and if your lying pocketbook tells you otherwise, it’s only because you want Trump to win.

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                11 days ago

                We aren’t doing fine, but we are doing as well as can realistically be expected. There is nowhere on the planet that isn’t struggling right now. Food insecurity is up everywhere. Cost of living is up everywhere. The global economy is still recovering from Covid and nobody can fix that with a snap of their fingers. It will just take time.

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                  11 days ago

                  We aren’t doing fine, but we are doing as well as can realistically be expected.

                  Democrats didn’t seem to think so during the last election cycle.

                  Cost of living is up everywhere.

                  Gee. If only someone had the opportunity to raise the minimum wage during the past 4 years.

                  The global economy is still recovering from Covid and nobody can fix that with a snap of their fingers. It will just take time.

                  We shoveled a fuckton of money at people who were already rich. The global economy is working just fine for everyone the two major parties actually give a shit about.

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                    10 days ago

                    Gee. If only someone had the opportunity to raise the minimum wage during the past 4 years.

                    By everywhere I mean other countries.

                    The global economy is working just fine for everyone the two major parties actually give a shit about.

                    Get out of here with that “both parties are the same” shit. It only helps Trump.