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I've seen multiple administrations try to make the numbers seem better than they are but this administration has gone fully into gaslight mode. It's going to ge

I've seen multiple administrations try to make the numbers seem better than they are but this administration has gone fully into gaslight mode. It's going to get a lot worse going into the election too. You're going to see articles like this daily. Whatever numbers the government is publishing do not reflect the experiences of the citizens. Housing is more unaffordable than it has possibly ever been. Grocery prices have skyrocketed. Several of the big jobs reports were actually all part time or government jobs. Full time private employment was flat or down.

dinglestepup 2y ago
"Democrats just need to communicate Biden's success more effectively"
laidoffamazon 2y ago
> administration has gone fully into gaslight mode What exactly does this mean, everything I'm seeing is very positive. I can look at my stock portfolio, my W2, and read the unemployment reports to understand we're basically at full employment. We haven't had this long of a period of sub-4% unemployment in 50 years. We're producing more oil and gas domestically than any time in American history, and the prime age labor force participation rate is as high as it was during the dot-com peak. If anything I'm feeling gaslit by the people constantly parroting economic doom because Cheerios cost $5 instead of $3. Please, gain some perspective. > > Whatever numbers the government is publishing do not reflect the experiences of the citizens. Yes, they do. How do you think they collect this data? What kind of alternate reality are you living in? I'm seeing more air travel this month than in the history of aviation. This isn't something that happens in a bad economy.
- lispisok 2y ago
  K shaped economy. You're talking about your stock portfolio so you're in the top part. Perhaps you should get out of your bubble some time and see how the other half live.
  - archagon 2y ago
    Do you have data about the other half? Or just anecdotes?
    - laidoffamazon 2y ago
      It feels like it's just anecdotes when the lower half had their wages grow the fastest - again, one of the reasons for inflation.

dinglestepup 2y ago

"Democrats just need to communicate Biden's success more effectively"

laidoffamazon 2y ago

> administration has gone fully into gaslight mode What exactly does this mean, everything I'm seeing is very positive. I can look at my stock portfolio, my W2, and read the unemployment reports to understand we're basically at full employment. We haven't had this long of a period of sub-4% unemployment in 50 years. We're producing more oil and gas domestically than any time in American history, and the prime age labor force participation rate is as high as it was during the dot-com peak. If anything I'm feeling gaslit by the people constantly parroting economic doom because Cheerios cost $5 instead of $3. Please, gain some perspective. > > Whatever numbers the government is publishing do not reflect the experiences of the citizens. Yes, they do. How do you think they collect this data? What kind of alternate reality are you living in? I'm seeing more air travel this month than in the history of aviation. This isn't something that happens in a bad economy.

lispisok 2y ago
K shaped economy. You're talking about your stock portfolio so you're in the top part. Perhaps you should get out of your bubble some time and see how the other half live.
- archagon 2y ago
  Do you have data about the other half? Or just anecdotes?
  - laidoffamazon 2y ago
    It feels like it's just anecdotes when the lower half had their wages grow the fastest - again, one of the reasons for inflation.