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In It to Win It

(8,229 posts) Tue Jun 21, 2022, 02:43 PM Jun 2022

I guess I'm a "Democratic Dinkleberry". Yes, I voted for Joe Biden. And yes, I will do it again

I was in a group chat and someone called Joe Biden a "Democratic Dinkleberry" for raises in interest rates. So I guess I'm a Democratic Dinkleberry because I will vote for Joe Biden EVERY. FUCKING. TIME!

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I guess I'm a "Democratic Dinkleberry". Yes, I voted for Joe Biden. And yes, I will do it again (Original Post) In It to Win It Jun 2022 OP

And Saint Reagan's Fed Chairman raised interest rates 20X in the early 1980s Best_man23 Jun 2022 #1

Yup. They also raised rates consistently during the first 2-3 years of Trump. In It to Win It Jun 2022 #2

Best_man23

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1. And Saint Reagan's Fed Chairman raised interest rates 20X in the early 1980s

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2022, 02:47 PM

Jun 2022

In order to tame the inflation roiling the economy at that time.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/09/paul-volcker-the-carter-reagan-fed-chairman-who-beat-inflation-dies-at-92.html

In It to Win It

(8,229 posts)

2. Yup. They also raised rates consistently during the first 2-3 years of Trump.

Reply to Best_man23 (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 21, 2022, 02:49 PM

Jun 2022

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