Woah. We're losing jobs under a Republican administration? NO WAY!!!!!!
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026
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Unexpectedly??
Someone had hopes of an economic rebound under this administration?
Coming out of the pandemic the US had one of the best looking economies. If he had done nothing he could have taken all the credit. Instead he decided to shoot himself and the country in the foot.
Idk if he shot himself in the foot. His family gained billions in net worth, and he's still not in prison.
They definitely hamstrung the rest of us though.
Coming out of the pandemic the US had one of the best looking economies.
You sure about that? A devastating health care crisis with life expectancy of an African country, poverty and violent crime rates 5-10 times higher than many industrialized nations, an employment rate more than 10 percentage points below the top countries, rampant homelessness, a staggering prison population, massive public debt, crumbling democratic institutions...
Above average, sure. The Trump admin made things significantly worse, sure. But if there ever was a time when the US had "one of the best-looking economies," it was many decades ago.
Under Biden wages were growing faster than inflation, inflation was coming down, unemployment wasnt growing, stockmarket/business were doing well. Meaning things were doing okay and had the potential to do even better.
Also, a lot of the points you made aren't directly tied to the economy and are systemic to the country. No matter how good the economy is doing, privatized Healthcare is going to cause issues.
In that case, what is "the economy" and why should I care?
That's a fair call out. My comment about systemic issues was to address the fact that it's somewhat unfair to compare apples and oranges. So when I said the economy was doing well under Biden, I meant in regards to the current systems in place in the US.
That being said, the economy is generally measured in how productive the country is. If the economy is doing good, then generally we have lots of people producing lots of things. That doesn't mean we're producing the right things though, as that comes down more to policy and public sentiment/behavior.
"the economy" is the larger system as a whole. you're looking at smaller systems that contribute to it (i disagree with jacksilver that they are not directly tied to the economy, but if you get two economists in a room suddenly you have 8 opinions instead of 2)
Systemic issues that have gone largely unaddressed (by Democratic admins) or have been exacerbated (by Republican admins). And the economy has suffered as a consequence.
No matter how good the economy is doing, privatized Healthcare is going to cause issues.
In fact, several universal health care systems rely less on public health care spending than the US system does.
Unexpectedly? Who were these "economists"?
You can probably find 2 articles a month since last summer alone that say the tariffs are going to make more people unemployed.
from Liberty U probably. or Brigham Young. they've got economics departments that cozy up to republican administrations and tell them whatever they want to hear.
If the juiced numbers are this bad, the real numbers must be absolute dogshit.
"unexpectedly"
This the winning part?
They don't want Jobs, they want AI.
Where'd ya lose'm, not exactly a keyring
"Worries"