‘Soviet-Style Propaganda’: Republicans Rip Biden White House for Redefining ‘Recession’ amid Economi

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‘Soviet-Style Propaganda’: Republicans Rip Biden White House for Redefining ‘Recession’ amid Economic Contraction

Joshua Klein 25 Jul 2022

Republican officials in the House and Senate ripped into the Biden administration after it attempted to redefine what constitutes a recession while concerns mount about a significant decline in economic activity this year.

On Thursday, ahead of a potentially negative GDP report expected later this week — the annualized economic growth rate shrank by 1.5% in the first quarter of this year and appears to have contracted even more in the second — a White House blog post attempted to redefine the term “recession.”

“While some maintain that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute a recession, that is neither the official definition nor the way economists evaluate the state of the business cycle,” it reads, concluding that it is “unlikely that the decline in GDP in the first quarter of this year — even if followed by another GDP decline in the second quarter — indicates a recession.”

In addition, White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese claimed that a second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth was technically “not a recession.”

In response, Republicans took to Twitter to rip the Biden team for seeking to redefine what a recession is.

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These are the same Communist Totalitarians who changed election rules across the entire nation to ensure a Biden victory. This is only the beginning with these fools. They will change the definition of EVERYTHING. Inflation, unemployment, deaths from COVID, will all be, to use their word, 'redefined' to ensure whatever outcome they want. Reality, truth, mean nothing to these fanatical ideologues. The mantra of the American Left has always been, "Reality" is whatever I say it is.

The only issue is recently they are becoming much more in your face about their 'new definitions'. And they are trying to codify their 'beliefs' to be enforced by the American Legal System, making anyone who disagrees with them subject to arrest and incarceration.

[libertybele]

These are the same Communist Totalitarians who changed election rules across the entire nation to ensure a Biden victory. This is only the beginning with these fools. They will change the definition of EVERYTHING. Inflation, unemployment, deaths from COVID, will all be, to use their word, 'redefined' to ensure whatever outcome they want. Reality, truth, mean nothing to these fanatical ideologues. The mantra of the American Left has always been, "Reality" is whatever I say it is.

The only issue is recently they are becoming much more in your face about their 'new definitions'. And they are trying to codify their 'beliefs' to be enforced by the American Legal System, making anyone who disagrees with them subject to arrest and incarceration.

Exactly right.

[Killer Clouds]

The Democrat Communist Party has been changing definitions for a long time. What is a recession is the latest one. Ask any of those morons what is a woman and see what kind of stupid answers you get.

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They can redefined all the economic data and definitions all they want


It doesn’t change what  the American people are feeling

[roamer_1]

They can redefined all the economic data and definitions all they want


It doesn’t change what  the American people are feeling

Nor will it matter when the bill comes due.

[dfwgator]

Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev  are on a train, which comes to a sudden stop. They debate what to do:

Stalin says, “Shoot the conductor.”

Khrushchev says, “No, we should rehabilitate the conductor and reform the train staff.”

Brezhnev says, “Let’s cover the windows with curtains and pretend that the train is moving.”

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