The CDC and other health agencies were caught recording COVID-19 deaths even if there was another cause. Flu deaths suddenly plummeted. If you don't know any of this, you stopped paying attention.
44% Yea, 46% Nay. This is such a small difference, that it could just as easily be 46% Yea vs. 44% Nay.
That's not good though, Trump used to get great marks on the economy. That was the only thing he got a good grade on. If he's not 50/50 on that, he's in a bad place heading into November.
I wonder if this is not so much to win over voters (many won't even know or care about this), but for other reasons. For example, if Biden wins and Trump stokes chaos, it could help push the peaceful transfer of power along. Ultimately though, I think the main reason is that Biden is center-left/center-right, like Obama.
The Nobel Prize in Economics Joseph Stiglitz:
It's crazy how many people fall for this nonsense. What happened to critical thinking?
Firstly, Trump's "beautiful economy" was always somewhat of a house of cards. But let's say one has the mindset that he's awful, but good for the economy. If he is now viewed as "meh" about the economy, what value does he bring? Biden's economy, for example, is basically just Trumps, minus the division and slightly more focus on channeling the economics gains towards the middle class.
It's the social media effect. If you had a completely fringe idea at one point, you just published a zine and passed it out on the street as people walked wide circles around you.
Can I kindly ask for your mailing address? Do you live in the US? Framed picture and postage is on me. All I ask for is your vote if you are a US resident. Much obliged.
Well the people polled must have not been in the financial markets, or sold all their investments, because the markets are doing fine, under the circumstances.
Most people don't care about the stock market. Only half of Americans have any stake in the stock market at all and most don't have a large one as 86% of stock is owned by the top 10%. When the rest of the economy is on the rocks, that's not going to save the economy.
Most middle class people that I know, have their retirement money in the stock market.
The super rich in Silicon Valley do care about stocks, and Trump cares very much about them. Actually these people who initially presented themselves as the gurus of the "collaborative economy" and very different from the traditional Goldman Sachs bankers are way worse than Wall Street bankers, and are routinely evading taxes, and transferring the tax burden they should bear to the rest of the taxpayers.
Combined, there is a lot of money in 401k accounts. If the Left could get their greedy hands on the hardworking people's 401k accounts, they sure would.
Only 52% of Americans own stocks directly or indirectly. And only a third of those in the bottom 50% do. And those lower income people that do own stocks, own significantly less stock then those at the top. The stock market is not the determining factor on whether the economy is doing well, as it skews toward the rich and upper middle class. Which is great for them doing well but when the pandemic disproportionately hit the lower 50%, it's not surprising the marks for Trump's economy are mediocre.
That's awesome for them but it's just not supported by the data. According to the latest numbers from the federal reserve, just 52% of Americans own stock. And lower and moderate income families that do have it, own significantly less.
I believe the reason that lower and lower-moderate income families own significantly less or any at all in the stock market (based on my observations within my family) is due to lack of knowledge about the stock market and misconception that the stock market is for rich people. One can be lower income and start investing. There are a lot of examples/formulas online, such as investing $50 or $100 per month (preferably higher such as at least 10% of one's income) and how that investment becomes significantly higher 30 or 35 years ahead. While a few poorer families do not have money to invest, most can by limiting their expenses such as eating out or buying a cheaper vehicle, etc. It is better to invest as early as possible, such as right after college, to reap the true benefits.
What exactly do you mean by "evading taxes and transferring the tax burden...."? Do yo mean to imply that the rich are engaged in criminal non-payment of taxes, which is punishable by law?
Expecting people that are barely scraping by to invest at least 10% of their income in the stock market, seems a little much. I think you are overestimating the amount of money lower income families really have to spend.
He's gone from Nazi, to Zionist Slave.
If he's still around, I 100% expect him to run again in 2024. He's not going to just go away.
Seems like you don't understand the difference between the real economy and the stock market, go read some books.
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