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Pulse of Briefers- Election Sentiment 8 Months Out
Weird Tolkienish Figure:
--- Quote from: LMAO on March 27, 2024, 07:10:18 pm ---First, there’s the rhetoric
Now for the reality. Here are your average GDP numbers for the last seven presidents as an example
n his eight years in office, U.S. GDP growth averaged 1.62% under Obama, about 70% higher than Trump’s growth rate.
Here’s a look at average GDP growth rates under the last six U.S. presidents:
Jimmy Carter (D): 3.25%
Ronald Reagan (R): 3.48%
George H.W. Bush (R): 2.25%
Bill Clinton (D): 3.88%
George W. Bush (R): 2.2%
Barack Obama (D): 1.62%
Donald Trump (R): 0.95%
In his first four years in office, Trump has had by far the lowest average U.S. GDP growth rate of any of the last seven U.S. presidents.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gdp-growth-under-trump-compares-121008953.html
Keep in mind that Donald Trump did not come into office during any kind of financial or economic crisis
I don’t think it’s unfair to point out that Reagan did increased the federal workforce. It absolutely is a legitimate criticism. But I would love to have a presidential candidate run that would acknowledge that all president after Calvin Coolidge have helped increased our debt and what are we going to do about it going forward
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Ok, there's a lot of factors involved here. Biden is frankly hurting due to inflation. People are fully aware of how much cheaper stuff was under Trump (and earlier) Presidency. Is Biden 100% responsible? Probably not, but this just shows you how detrimental an inflationary environment is to people's living standards and outlook.
cato potatoe:
--- Quote from: roamer_1 on March 27, 2024, 08:23:12 pm ---But yeah. What's still standing of all that today? Scotus. Abortion in the states... What else? Nothing. And he's going after his own abortion success with promises that will turn it federal again. So does that even count?
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Much of Trump's success was fleeting. I would say Joe Biden's moribund presidency is a product of Trump's failure to be presidential, and also his failure to adapt to the rule changes like a rational adult. Americans do not like to fire incumbent presidents - they have to screw up.
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: bigheadfred on March 27, 2024, 12:58:57 am ---Well, don't forget under swampster Reagan, the federal workforce increased by about 324,000 to almost 5.3 million people.
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Most of that was military. Reagan putting soldiers on the payroll to win the Cold War.
bigheadfred:
--- Quote from: Hoodat on March 28, 2024, 05:40:53 pm ---Most of that was military. Reagan putting soldiers on the payroll to win the Cold War.
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Only 26%. :tongue2:
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 27, 2024, 06:58:47 pm ---Sounds like Reagan pointing-up. Was the warm-up act for Donald Trump
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Wait, weren't you just trashing Reagan?
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