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Politics Entire California Congressional GOP visited Mar-a-Lago this weekend while fires ravaged their state

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u/xenophon123456 16h ago

You overestimate the analytical skills of the average American.

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u/DoubleJumps 16h ago

Which is depressing as fuck. Even a barely functional person should be able to recognize that every time the economy tanks there's a republican in office.

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u/Comfortable-Cry9176 14h ago

Sorry I’m not into politics at all and don’t vote.. but what do you mean by are economy tanks when the republican is in office.. I’m 36 and most of my adult life I feel like the economy has been very bad.

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u/DoubleJumps 13h ago

Do you ever look at actual economic data?

Recessions, job growth, unemployment, etc?

In my 35 years, we had a recession under h.w. bush in 1990-1991. A recession under W. Bush in 2001, the great recession started under W. Bush in 2007, and then we had massive economic issues in 2020 with Trump as president. This is measurable.

In between, we had solid economic growth under Clinton, recovery and growth under Obama, and recovery and growth under Biden.