7th September 2023, 5:16 PM
Yes, I know, you could make a case for Truman, JFK, or perhaps Johnson though for his foreign policy I'd say no to that one, but overall I think Biden might really be the best. He's done fantastically and we've got so much good legislation through, it's been a great few years.
But what do the American people think about this? For his efforts, Biden has gotten terrible approval ratings and tied polls between him and Trump. This despite Trump facing 91 criminal charges and quite possibly being in prison before the next election (here's hoping!). It's incredibly, INCREDIBLY frustrating.
Yes, I get part of it -- there is a housing crisis which is pretty bad thanks to insane prices for buying a home and at the same time a homelessness crisis that surely is partially being caused by the housing crisis, and we had very high inflation last year that has resulted in lasting higher prices for food, but even so, the economy overall is actually doing quite well. Employment is at historic highs, wages are (slowly) going up, there has not been a downturn or crash like many people were predicting... there are issues of course, I mentioned the biggest ones, but on the whole polling is way off on the economy, it's much better off than people seem to think.
And since this is America, nobody cares that we're so much better off than a lot of the rest of the world. A lot of other places HAVE had significant downturns in the past year or two. Our polling on the economy would make you think we have as well, but... we haven't. It's so frustrating.
But what do the American people think about this? For his efforts, Biden has gotten terrible approval ratings and tied polls between him and Trump. This despite Trump facing 91 criminal charges and quite possibly being in prison before the next election (here's hoping!). It's incredibly, INCREDIBLY frustrating.
Yes, I get part of it -- there is a housing crisis which is pretty bad thanks to insane prices for buying a home and at the same time a homelessness crisis that surely is partially being caused by the housing crisis, and we had very high inflation last year that has resulted in lasting higher prices for food, but even so, the economy overall is actually doing quite well. Employment is at historic highs, wages are (slowly) going up, there has not been a downturn or crash like many people were predicting... there are issues of course, I mentioned the biggest ones, but on the whole polling is way off on the economy, it's much better off than people seem to think.
And since this is America, nobody cares that we're so much better off than a lot of the rest of the world. A lot of other places HAVE had significant downturns in the past year or two. Our polling on the economy would make you think we have as well, but... we haven't. It's so frustrating.
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