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A reminder from John Fugelsang.. (Original Post) Blue 808 Feb 2025 OP
yup Skittles Feb 2025 #1
Bookmarked. Jim__ Feb 2025 #2
Valuable but missing some things Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #3
KNR and bookmarking. niyad Feb 2025 #4
But don't worry - after future numbers are "adjusted," we will all be sunshine lollipops and rainbows. NBachers Feb 2025 #5
This is the last update idahoblue Feb 2025 #6

Johnny2X2X

(23,933 posts)
3. Valuable but missing some things
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 01:53 PM
Feb 2025

Real Wage growth is an important metric for working people and under Biden we saw wage growth considerably in excess of inflation overall. People came out ahead. And other metrics like the net worth growth of the bottom 50% breaking records was important too. Income growth of the bottom 50% actually eclipsed income growth of the top 10%.

The middle class was doing better under Biden is so many ways. More people on health care, more people with jobs, more people with retirement accounts on track.

I was born in 1972, my entire life all I heard was that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, that literally wasn't the case under Biden for the first time in my life.

NBachers

(19,348 posts)
5. But don't worry - after future numbers are "adjusted," we will all be sunshine lollipops and rainbows.
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 03:11 PM
Feb 2025

idahoblue

(452 posts)
6. This is the last update
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 04:02 PM
Feb 2025

We won’t know how much inflation is.
We won’t know the unemployment rate.
We won’t know current GDP.
We won’t know about the next measles outbreak.
We won’t know about a hepatitis outbreak.
We won’t know about food or medication recalls.
We won’t know about any safety recalls.
They will hide stock market information if they can.

All information will be scrubbed, rehatched, just well planned misinformation.

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