Biden’s economy

[Anonymous]

Benefits? That's another argument for universal healthcare. Why should things like that be tied to the employer?

+1 Every small business owner I know is DYING to get out of the health insurance market and actually focus on their business.
And every union rep who’s been fighting for better health benefits would rather be fighting for higher wages.

[Anonymous]

Universal is wildly popular except with 50 Senators.

Maybe if people voted their interests rather than tribes, we could make some progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Pay a living wage, offer benefits, and allow workers to organize and those numbers will skyrocket. The current system is an anachronism.

Offer all those things and you will find a ton of small to medium businesses will close. All those Mom & Pop stores, family owned businesses and small time restaurants, shops and local color will disappear. You'll be left with the ubiquitous chain stores, restaurants and outlets and every community in America will become virtually identical.

And as those small businesses close, you will also see that the number of available jobs will decrease. Family owned businesses will close and 50-100 people will lose their job and Amazon will add 30 people to the workforce in their warehouses or drivers. You'll find more and more people will be making a living doing Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, TaskRabbit...for no benefits and under living wages.

Those of you who advocate for all of those programs work for the government or big business or professional firms. You have no idea how the majority of small to medium businesses are holding on by their fingernails. Many of them were okay, until the pandemic hit. Thousands of businesses have already closed in the last two years and there are more on the brink. If you think that businesses that are operating within 5% of the break-even margin can tolerate those policies, you are really drinking the Progressive Kool-Aid, because any hope of an economic recovery post-pandemic will come crashing down if you try to implement those policies. The only progress that will be made is that the truly wealthy will get wealthier and you'll be feeding the billionaire club and increasing the wealth gap exponentially.

Benefits? That's another argument for universal healthcare. Why should things like that be tied to the employer?

Also, if a business's model is dependent on exploiting its workers for less than a living wage then frankly it's a bad business model. It wasn't always like that. In the '60s and '70s there were still a significant percentage of households that got by with only one breadwinner in the household - and yet could still afford the house and the car and the amenities of life. A living wage. That's steadily declined to the point where most families have both parents working and barely scraping by, more and more living paycheck to paycheck. And to add insult to injury this has happened even as the average American worker has become more and more productive and profitable to their employers. Many American workers are being exploited and that has to change.

Like it or not the reason for this was more women entering the workforce in the 1970s and beyond without there being a need for it. It's now expected that both spouses work where as before it was expected only one spouse would work which is what wages reflect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Universal is wildly popular except with 50 Senators.

Maybe if people voted their interests rather than tribes, we could make some progress.

I’ve been saying Medicare For All would have been an easy win for Biden, in a pandemic when the entire country needs healthcare amid cascading deaths it would have gotten everyone’s support across the aisle.

In addition it would have been a continuation of the Obama successful ACA law and expanded upon it. Instead he tried and failed for massive overreach social welfare bill with a kitchen sink of new programs.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Universal is wildly popular except with 50 Senators.

Maybe if people voted their interests rather than tribes, we could make some progress.

I’ve been saying Medicare For All would have been an easy win for Biden, in a pandemic when the entire country needs healthcare amid cascading deaths it would have gotten everyone’s support across the aisle.

In addition it would have been a continuation of the Obama successful ACA law and expanded upon it. Instead he tried and failed for massive overreach social welfare bill with a kitchen sink of new programs.

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Oh, you sweet summer child. What makes you think the terrorist Republicans in Congress would do anything that’s popular and would be helpful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Universal is wildly popular except with 50 Senators.

Maybe if people voted their interests rather than tribes, we could make some progress.

I’ve been saying Medicare For All would have been an easy win for Biden, in a pandemic when the entire country needs healthcare amid cascading deaths it would have gotten everyone’s support across the aisle.

In addition it would have been a continuation of the Obama successful ACA law and expanded upon it. Instead he tried and failed for massive overreach social welfare bill with a kitchen sink of new programs.

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Oh, you sweet summer child. What makes you think the terrorist Republicans in Congress would do anything that’s popular and would be helpful?

Oh, you dear naive one......

Most would see from the response of the federal government to the pandemic that the last thing we need is a government run health care system. Lack of tests, unconstitutional mandates, shortage of therapeutics, etc.....
And, after Kagan's comment during the SCOTUS hearing last week, those of us against a govt. health care system have even more reason to be against it......
“the government is paying for the medical services so they have the right to dictate details of those services”
The federal govt., especially the one run under Biden, has f'ed up just about every issue they have dealt with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Universal is wildly popular except with 50 Senators.

Maybe if people voted their interests rather than tribes, we could make some progress.

I’ve been saying Medicare For All would have been an easy win for Biden, in a pandemic when the entire country needs healthcare amid cascading deaths it would have gotten everyone’s support across the aisle.

In addition it would have been a continuation of the Obama successful ACA law and expanded upon it. Instead he tried and failed for massive overreach social welfare bill with a kitchen sink of new programs.

A bunch of the dem nominees ran on this. Biden was one if the few who opposed it. It was a big issue in the primary. He won. They lost. And that was among democratic voters only. I am unconvinced that Medicare for all is actually very popular with voters.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Universal is wildly popular except with 50 Senators.

Maybe if people voted their interests rather than tribes, we could make some progress.

The majority favor some sort of government option for those who need health coverage, but most people are okay with what their healthcare costs them (67% satisfied with what they pay for health insurance according to Gallup) and 71% are happy with their current insurance plan (CNN poll). I would not call that wildly popular support for a gov taking over the healthcare system. Personally, I would not want whichever party is in control of congress dictating my healthcare coverage, etc. Are you satisfied that if Rs were in charge, abortion would likely be cut as a covered option even if it was a covered benefit under Ds?

Too many chances for too many favors being given to various groups with gov $$$ - big pharma, medical device manufacturers, insurance companies if they remain involved, etc., etc., and so forth not necessarily having the our best interest in mind. Too much power and money in the hands of the few making life and death decisions. I am for states making better options, but I am not for a few people in D.C. being given that responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Inflation is now officially 7%.

I love the tone in the reporting. "Expected by economists..."

You mean the same economists telling us a year ago it was only fake news, then telling us it was only transitionary, and now they "fully expected it."

Sure, dood.

No wonder the media and government officials have such a bad credibility gap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Inflation is now officially 7%.

I love the tone in the reporting. "Expected by economists..."

You mean the same economists telling us a year ago it was only fake news, then telling us it was only transitionary, and now they "fully expected it."

Sure, dood.

No wonder the media and government officials have such a bad credibility gap.

As they say, economists and weather reporters are the only ones who can be wrong most of the time and keep their jobs.
We may want to add politicians to that mantra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inflation is now officially 7%.

I love the tone in the reporting. "Expected by economists..."

You mean the same economists telling us a year ago it was only fake news, then telling us it was only transitionary, and now they "fully expected it."

Sure, dood.

No wonder the media and government officials have such a bad credibility gap.

As they say, economists and weather reporters are the only ones who can be wrong most of the time and keep their jobs.
We may want to add politicians to that mantra.

I can still hear their sardonic ‘it’s transitory’ comments all August - September. As if we couldn’t see with our own eyes it was getting bad. Complete @ssholes.

[Anonymous]

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The three top drivers of inflation:

Gasoline. now $3.34/gal national average, was $3.43/gal in November, trending down. Also, compare to what gasoline cost in 2012-2014, it was much higher then.

Natural gas. Was $20.97/tcf in August 2021, now down to less than $17.4/tcf, trending down. Also, compare to $18.37/tcf August 2019 under Trump.

Spike in cost of used cars: Driven by the fact that the rental companies didn't buy as many new cars and thus didn't release their old fleet cars to the used market. Driven by the pandemic, and not something that will sustain.

[Anonymous]

Nothing to see here, let's focus on nationalizing voting laws