One Term Celebrity Politician - Episode XIV - With Tremendous Anger Comes Tremendous Danger

[Tymon]

If Trump put out a tweet like this, there would be no less than 3 pages within an hour of how its bullshit because reasons. Anyone with basic cognitive functions knows that it only looks so good because these are jobs that were forcibly lost due to Trump the pandemic lockdowns.

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1468333247675437061

1) there were no US pandemic lockdowns
2) a huge majority of those jobs could have been saved had Trump completely bumbled the pandemic response and provided assistance like every other major economy on the planet. it is Trump's fault, 100%, not the pandemic.

[Tymon]

Happened with Obama too right? Like one side tanks shit and then they come in and start fixing it. Giving them artificial numbers...

Obama spent years being blamed for the recession that Bush caused. The recession that Bush caused after Clinton's historic economic surplus.

There hasn't been a GOP president that's been a net positive for the economy in modern history.

[Milkster]

Ronald Reagan ruined the world.

[Xno Kappa]

I’d argue it was the Shayk Al-Islam of the Ottomon Empire.

[Xno Kappa]

But you guys aren’t ready for that discussion.

[Xno Kappa]

It really all started when that stupid fish decided to walk out of the water.

[archibaldcrane]

1) there were no US pandemic lockdowns
2) a huge majority of those jobs could have been saved had Trump completely bumbled the pandemic response and provided assistance like every other major economy on the planet. it is Trump's fault, 100%, not the pandemic.

The American pandemic financial assistance was higher than basically every other country on the planet.

[Tymon]

Clearly it still wasn't nearly enough then. I don't give a shit what the rest of the world did.

[archibaldcrane]

That assistance is powering by far the best recession recovery in US history

[NynJa]

1) there were no US pandemic lockdowns
2) a huge majority of those jobs could have been saved had Trump completely bumbled the pandemic response and provided assistance like every other major economy on the planet. it is Trump's fault, 100%, not the pandemic.

Oh fuck off with this pompous garbage. Would you rather I used the term "shut downs" instead? Schools closed. Restaurants closed. Businesses closed or forced to work from home if possible.

[Milkster]

The American pandemic financial assistance was higher than basically every other country on the planet.

It did suck for the people who still worked and didn't see any raises or any kinds of bonuses during the whole thing.

[archibaldcrane]

It did suck for the people who still worked and didn't see any raises or any kinds of bonuses during the whole thing.

You mean other than the stimulus checks? Or are you referring to the well-off people who earned too much to receive them?

[Gadritan]

You mean other than the stimulus checks? Or are you referring to the well-off people who earned too much to receive them?

Maybe he's referencing workers who had to continue to work while earning less than those who were receiving pandemic assistance.

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[Tyrath]

The American pandemic financial assistance was higher than basically every other country on the planet.

Are you talking per person or the overall package?

[archibaldcrane]

Are you talking per person or the overall package?

As a % of GDP

[archibaldcrane]

Maybe he's referencing workers who had to continue to work while earning less than those who were receiving pandemic assistance.

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It's just unclear whether the argument is that the assistance wasn't enough for the unemployed or too much for the unemployed or not...enough for people who weren't impacted?

[Milkster]

Maybe he's referencing workers who had to continue to work while earning less than those who were receiving pandemic assistance.

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This.

[kuronosan]

It's fucking crazy to assert that people are somehow more well off than they were pre-pandemic.

Slowing down a problem to full reverse is like taking 5 steps forward after you took 10 steps back and acting like it's Usain Bolt.

[Zealot]

https://twitter.com/hugolowell/statu...01268601823236

Trump's people were planning to direct the National Guard to "protect pro-Trump people."

[archibaldcrane]

It's fucking crazy to assert that people are somehow more well off than they were pre-pandemic.

By some metrics they absolutely are. Obviously if you died from COVID you aren't.