12-07-2023, 03:26 PM
(12-07-2023, 02:33 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Yeah, it's definitely a disconnect between "economy" and "personal finances". By some of the conventional metrics, the economy is doing really well. Good GDP growth, very low unemployment, wages are rising. All sounds nice. However, the average citizens personal finances are in shambles. It's really difficult to buy houses. It's a burden to get basic groceries for many. That sucks.
The high level view of the economy isn't indicative of how people are doing in their own personal situations, and many are struggling. I've said this before, but if you asked me a year ago "who wins" between Biden & Trump, the answer would have been Biden without hesitation. He still had OK support, given the circumstances. However, my answer is now pretty solidly Donald and it's tough to see it getting that much better for Joe before November comes along. He has some ground to make up.
Indeed, and all the partisans harping on economic numbers absolutely refuse to acknowledge it. People are hurting. I don't live paycheck to paycheck, I'm very comfortable, and if I'm noticing this it must be crushing anyone on the edge financially. As for Biden, I'll reiterate that I'd be very surprised if he runs again. I think he'll have a "health scare" and decline to run again sometime in the summer, that way he can close things out and open the door to someone entirely new (i.e. not Harris who is unelectable). Then they'll prop up the party nominee of choice, my guess is Newsome who can then say he had no intention of running but with Biden out he's been asked to step up. To me that would be an even worse lose lose scenario than we already face as Newsome is a scumbag par excellence.
