@joe438 The checks were only part of the stimulus package, a mere $293 billion. The total package, the total injected into the economy, was $2.2 trillion. If you're interested, here's a breakdown of where the other $1.9 trillion went.

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/whats-2-trillion-coronavirus-relief-package

@Kwek00 A pot plant that was planted by a 2-year old monkey would do a better job than Trump. Cheers and happy weekend!

@joe438 I'm still confused though, because you never got back to me. You said:


1. So... you grant him that Biden passed a number of bills.

I would like to add, that these bills, were pretty big. And that they were passed through the system, with bipartisan support through consensus building in a political climate with an extremely small majority from the democratic side.

One of the most radical, but not smartest people, said that Biden was walking in the footsteps of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. Which was so remarkable, that Biden used her speech, for his own advertisment.

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The reason why Biden used it, is because if you are a left leaning liberal (liberal used in the sense that it's supposed to be used, not the sense of the smear that figures like Rush Limbaugh popularised in the conservative lexicon) and/or Christian Democrats (used in the sense of the Western European tradition, that uses Rerum Novarum as it's foundation) this is a good thing. You can have ideological issues with it, but this admission, was a huge win for Biden and it shows that the opposition is aware that he's actually doing some really big things here, without having a big majority.

2. You say the administration managed to create record inflation.

What policies did Biden implement that created this huge inflation??? Why blame this administration?

This is where I'll agree, if you are going to mention the idea that Biden continued to ask people to lock down. Because the lockdown, and the restarting of the economy afterwards, did create massive supply chain issues that did create inflation in pretty much every western economy. These lockdowns, started under Donald Trump and were continued under Biden. There is a lot of path dependency here, for both people asked the country to stay home so that the weakest members in society were protected from the consequences of a deadly virus.

However, when @SunshineGirl gives you an example of what Trump did (stimulus checks 2020) that actually has the potential to create inflation. You just wave it away, and say that it's not significant.


And, unlike you, I agree with @SunshineGirl. That in a periode of crisis, where you ask individuals to stay home out of some form of patriotic duty towards your fellow citizens (espescially those with a weak immune system) that the nation as a whole should also support the ones that stay home and often loose their paycheck. Which makes it hard for people to take care of themselves and their family. Now, you can talk about how this policy was implemented. An issue of contention could be the Matthew Effect created by donating money to everyone equally, but this is again an ideoligical discussion. Just know that I'm okay with the basic principle of what Trump did.

And notice, that it's Trump that inniated the lockdown. This didn't start under Biden, and I don't blame Trump for this at all. I blame him for not acting sooner, considering that he knew how bad it was. And we know that he knew, because he's on record because he was whining to a journalist. Because he was more afraid of his reelection as a consequence of the panic that might ensue.

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I also don't think that the Trump administration was ever going to build down debt. During his first 4 years, he did nothing to work on this issue. And in this second administration, he finally raised taxes... on everyone that is depended on cheap import goods through tarrifs. But the economists (from the center right to the far left) all predict that this will be a failure, for it will not make up for the massive tax cuts the highest earners in the U.S.A. got when the "big beautifull bill" was passed.

Tarrifs, FYI, are inherently inflationary, since it drives up the costs for consumers through taxes. And what is the demographic that needs the cheap goods the most? Well, it's your average Wallmart buyer, people that are largely working on low waged jobs and keep their living standard up by having access to cheap products.

But the people that tell you the story that Bidens' presidency created huge inflatiation without ever pointing to what he did to deserve this blame. Are the same people that tell the myth that:


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Wich is another story, that is pinned on Biden, internalised by a segment of the public and mimicked around as if it's true. But just like the inflation myth, this xenophobic stereotype that has been used for over a 100 years now, hasn't been proven anywhere. But feel free to provide evidence how Biden actively invited people in... and how these people were draining social nets? Because the people that tell this story over and over again, are really bad at prooving why they are right. But people like yourself, seem to accept it without any objections.

@IM5688 Presidents generally become popular with the people, or popular with the world.. Rarely both.. My first official act would be to seize every Trump property, throw out whoever was living there at the time and turn every one of them into free homeless shelters. I suspect that would make me universally popular. And I would still be assassinated before sunset..😷

@RodneyTrotter1 Only, without his policies.

@Rokan
It didn't stop Trump.

@Northwest what does that have to do with me?

@Northwest yeah, i mean 5% GDP growth is abysmal. LOL

@22Michelle Not good... Both parties need able leaders, but are there likely successors?

@ArishMell At the end of the day voters need to vote, and demonstrate ibtelligence.

@ArishMell Certainly not in the Maga crowd

@22Michelle thank god you're in the minority.

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@Elessar GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DUCKS 🐣

@TexChik the dude has some major energy, especially for an 80 year old.

@AbbeyRhode Amen

@DeWayfarer
But it was closed under Biden? Just like they told us? 😆 Oh man.... you're a weird dude.

@carpediem My point is there is no way you can get a closed boarder.

It's like attempting to stop a flock of birds from migrating. You simply can't do it.

Nor can you just let certain birds in and prevent other birds from migrating. It's impossible.

You can only slow it down a tiny bit.

In that Biden was effective. Because he combined his policies with economic aids.

The same aids that this administration totally cut in multiple ways.

You may not like it. Yet this is truly a global situation!

Isolationism just isn't possible.

@boudinMan The border is not nearly as open as it used to be, but it's also absolutely no where near closed...


And that's not even counting the illegals that yes are still coming, at a slower rate, but they certainly have not stopped.

The border is certainly no where near closed.

@Virgo79 Neither does Donald

@whowasthatmaskedman your absolutely right and it's no laughing matter because it has happened before

@Trav2024 " Former" says all we need to know... no need to try and impress us with inflated verbiage Mr Lib. .

@Trav2024

@boudinMan
Nope not well, but still a hell lot better than Donald

@Anniedlr TDS ???