Comment by redserk
10 hours ago
The stimulus spending started under the administration prior to the last one.
In the United States, elections were held on November 2020. A new administration would’ve started in January 2021.
10 hours ago
The stimulus spending started under the administration prior to the last one.
In the United States, elections were held on November 2020. A new administration would’ve started in January 2021.
Oh, come on. Why don't you mention the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)? Which actually stoked the inflation by increasing government spending when the labor market was very tight?
IRA's pie in the sky green energy cost reductions were going to take years at least to show any benefits - assuming there were any benefits.
High inflation belongs to Democrats just as much as it belongs to Republicans.
Would you care to quantify IRAs spending vs the amount spent by the government buying securities in 2020?
The extent to which media and the public both blame Biden for events prior to his administration's start is deeply concerning.
They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words.
They have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors.
They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.