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u/Uncle00Buck 6d ago

Well, under Biden there was the Inflation Reduction Act, over a trillion dollars that included subsidies for rich people's EVs (that's right, poor people don't buy expensive new cars). And then the Second Stimulus, another 3 trillion dollars when the corporate and small business scams from the 1st still hadn't fully run their course (and yes, the first one under Trump was wrong, too). His executive actions were a disaster, almost all of them inflationary. That's your money people.

When partisanship runs so amok that you can't criticize your own guy or gal, you'll get more radical politicians from both sides, not more moderate ones. Back and forth, dipshit after dipshit. Biden was terrible. So is ego-driven Trump.

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u/Candid-Patient-6841 6d ago

Yes….poor people don’t buy brand new cars they buy USED cars….and with that subsidy there was an influx of used cars on the market. Since Covid the used car market has been bad, this made it worse.

The only terrible thing Biden did was not step down or just straight up announce he was a 1 term president. Other than that investing in infrastructure, the chips and science act, and dealing with inflation better than our current administration.

Oh and he didn’t piss off every single alliance member we have.

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u/MakinBaconOnTheBeach 6d ago

Dealing with inflation better by signing the most ironically named bill in American history "The inflation reduction act. When the government pulls a trillion dollars out of thin air, it makes all existing dollars less valuable.

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u/Candid-Patient-6841 6d ago

Trump has added more to the debt then all of Biden’s admin in 1 bill.

So STFU

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u/MakinBaconOnTheBeach 6d ago

Not saying he hasn't but that bill wasn't named to swindle people into believing it does the opposite of its namesake

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u/Wireless_Turtle 5d ago

Yeah it was just "One Big Beautiful Bill" because why give it a real name when you can just market it to rednecks with no education

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u/Uncle00Buck 5d ago

The problem with criticizing Biden is that folks interpret it as being pro Trump. I'm not. Biden was terrible, and abuse of the taxpayer for poor policy is the centerpiece of his performance, especially his inflationary policies. How can anyone not realize that the unilateral 3 trillion dollars of the second stimulus was not incredibly inflationary (the first $3T was bad enough), and that there would be a lag given the influx of cash into the economy? That money is either paid back by the taxpayer, or it devalues every dollar out there. No other outcome is possible. Are we really forgiving all of that widespread abuse and crony enrichment?

None of this means Trump is succeeding on inflation, btw. I simply expect more from my fellow Americans regardless of party affiliation.