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25. Ashamed of how badly they have done for some time now in carrying out their supposed reason for being

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Tue Aug 13, 2024, 05:36 PM

Aug 2024

namely keeping Americans informed. An informed America being, supposedly, critical to Democracy!

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59% of Americans wrongly think the U.S. is in a recession, report finds [View all] TheProle Aug 2024 OP

What a shitty job the media had done to inform the public displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #1

ITA. Americans need better financial education too. spooky3 Aug 2024 #4

Steph actually came out and pointed out the flaws in your, "if only more education". look it up. Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #42

Where did I say "only" better financial ed was needed? Nt spooky3 Aug 2024 #43

yeah must be a whole lota things you have the answer for. not interested in 2016. Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #49

Ashamed for what was their plan to get TFG re-elected? No. Dave says Aug 2024 #18

Ashamed of how badly they have done for some time now in carrying out their supposed reason for being displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #25

Their real job has for some time been to manufacture consent and quell unrest Dave says Aug 2024 #27

Trickle down economics Johonny Aug 2024 #2

BINGO Skittles Aug 2024 #7

I believe wage gains have exceeded inflation. Unemployment has been low. What's not to like? Dave says Aug 2024 #20

do you live around people who sometimes choose between rent and medicine? Skittles Aug 2024 #29

Did they have to choose between rent and medicine when Trump was President? DBoon Aug 2024 #32

once again, semantics Skittles Aug 2024 #33

I understand the individual struggles Dave says Aug 2024 #44

and I am telling you Skittles Aug 2024 #52

I think you completely miss the point of 44 Dave says Aug 2024 #55

However a person defines recession it is primarily how that individual Tadpole Raisin Aug 2024 #57

Great post, thank you! Dave says Aug 2024 #58

Not at all! Tadpole Raisin Aug 2024 #59

Oh please Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #65

No. Economists should say exactly what the data is. Tadpole Raisin Aug 2024 #66

See post 44 Dave says Aug 2024 #45

Talking about how wage gains have exceeded inflation is an abstraction as far as most individuals go . . . markpkessinger Aug 2024 #36

See post 44 Dave says Aug 2024 #46

people struggling don't care about people's feelings and beliefs, and debates about words. Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #41

See post 44 Dave says Aug 2024 #47

see 2016 Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #48

gawd I detest the SEE POST ## thing Skittles Aug 2024 #53

Sorry, but would you have me ... Dave says Aug 2024 #56

COPY Skittles Aug 2024 #60

Thank you, I will do that. Dave says Aug 2024 #61

I found out the hard way Skittles Aug 2024 #62

This is what I say XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #31

Inflated prices and interest rates defining a recession is a common misconception andym Aug 2024 #3

People got spoiled with 3 and 4 percent interest rates. 6% is actually damn good. My first house was 8% in the 90's. Deek1935 Aug 2024 #15

Good points (I concede) Dave says Aug 2024 #23

see that's the thing Skittles Aug 2024 #5

That's true, but calling that a recession is incorrect. It would spooky3 Aug 2024 #8

IT'S NOT A GOOD ECONOMY FOR EVERYONE Skittles Aug 2024 #9

A recession means high unemployment, negative gdp growth, etc. spooky3 Aug 2024 #11

I think people who are struggling don't care about semantics Skittles Aug 2024 #28

This is such an important point! markpkessinger Aug 2024 #38

those are the 2016 Hillary Campaign experts talking Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #40

On the upside BannonsLiver Aug 2024 #6

Great Point! ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #24

Great post, and TheProle Aug 2024 #26

how do we fix this? Coexist Aug 2024 #10

A great question--but hard to answer until we understand what spooky3 Aug 2024 #19

You really can't when you have competing narratives from "experts" TheProle Aug 2024 #35

It's mostly the media's fault, but a lot of Democrats are afraid to say the economy is great too... RidinWithHarris Aug 2024 #12

well I did not hear that, hopefully Kamala can reign him in Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #39

Rein him in??? RidinWithHarris Aug 2024 #64

MAGA people will cry about the economy so long as a Dem is in the White House Yavin4 Aug 2024 #13

A recession is when your neighbor loses their job BWdem4life Aug 2024 #14

Crazy Dave says Aug 2024 #16

So 59% of Americans got an F in economics? nt ImNotGod Aug 2024 #17

Too many of the remaining 41% get an F in politics and messaging TheKentuckian Aug 2024 #51

Most people don't know economics. Very very ignorant of it. Deek1935 Aug 2024 #21

Trickle down misinformation from the lazy, not very bright media NewHendoLib Aug 2024 #22

It really is shocking how gullible the media-watching public is. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #30

Gee, I wonder why? snark LoisB Aug 2024 #34

Yall need to get out of your 2016 thinking. I know you might think the economy is great because "mah stocks" Nimble_Idea Aug 2024 #37

It's the motherfucking grocery store! Mysterian Aug 2024 #50

Here's the thing, if it feels tough down here on the bottom, then no, we don't notice GPV Aug 2024 #54

59% of americans don't know what a recession is...... Takket Aug 2024 #63

Just tell me it's not a recession when I pay $5 for a little box of oatmeal Mysterian Aug 2024 #67