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karynnj

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20. It surprises me too
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 03:15 PM
Nov 2024

I wonder if it was the same mind trick where the Republicans nearing 2012 spoke of 2008 as if Obama had been President. This, when even blaming him for the job losses and market decline from January 2009 thru about May 2009 which were continuations of the economic collapse in September 2008.

Not to mention, the economy from the Obama years genuinely was strong. The unsustainable tax cuts further stimulated an economy that did not then need it. It also blew up the debt and the deficit. However, no one in 2019 was yet feeling the inflation building. Then Covid froze everything and anything bad was blamed on it.

In 2021, people saw how chaotically the Trump team dealt with things and many not firmly committed to MAGA voted for Biden. I wonder if this time, it was like anger at a "parent" they trusted to make everything all right who could not completely fix everything.

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