Confident doomsaying is always easy and popular on politics threads, and I just don’t buy it here. Before the 2022 midterms, commentators were just as confident that the economy (and inflation!) would hand the GOP a huge victory in Congress. Didn’t happen.
Biden’s done exactly what he said he would, which is to focus on and fight for laws and measures that have a chance of passing the US Congress. Hard to argue with his strategy.
On the economy:
- Consumer prices are up ~15%, not 30 and especially not 50… The twelve month change as of January 2023 was 6.4%.
- The US has 3 million more jobs than before the pandemic, and 1.7 job openings per unemployed job seeker.
Legislative record:
- A trillion dollar infrastructure deal with bipartisan support
- A federal gun control bill with bipartisan support
- A bill that finally recognizes same-sex and interracial marriage at the federal level. Passed the Senate with 12 Republican “yes” votes.
The US left wing has a lot of great ideas and some really really terrible ones that are completely out of the mainstream.
That’s probably specific enough, right?