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Under Biden:
— Lower unemployment rate — More jobs — Lower crime levels — Lower Medicare drug prices — More infrastructure investments — More manufacturing job creation — Fewer COVID deaths — More bipartisan legislation — More small business openings — Better stock market — More toilet paper availability — Fewer insurrectionists at the Capitol |
| Cue the poster complaining about random sub-par restaurant closings. |
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Oof. 27% of Americans skipping meals because of skyrocketing food prices
https://www.foodandwine.com/americans-skipping-meals-credit-karma-survey-8660569?hid=ef2a7c8f0fb6c83eb5db6e375f6869c0299ed4d6&utm_campaign=faw-the-dish_newsletter&utm_medium=email&lctg=ef2a7c8f0fb6c83eb5db6e375f6869c0299ed4d6&did=13473595-20240622&utm_source=faw&utm_content=062224 Thanks to Bidenomics food prices have skyrocketed . Now over a quarter of Americans are skipping meals to just make ends meet!! 2/3a of American who are middle class can’t make ends meet https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1804115045061923295 Time to vote with our wallets… |
While the corporations make record breaking profits. MAGAS are really dumb. |
Nope...look at the corporate profits for food producers, grocery chains - records. THAT is your "inflation" |
Profits are down adjusted for inflation and have grown far below government budget increases |
| McDonald's gross profit for the twelve months ending March 31, 2024 was $14.688B, a 9.03% increase year-over-year. McDonald's annual gross profit for 2023 was $14.563B, a 10.26% increase from 2022. McDonald's annual gross profit for 2022 was $13.207B, a 4.98% increase from 2021. |
McDonalds last reported return on equity was -1.8% and its expected return on equity for this year is -1.71%. |
Well you have to pay people to pick those vegetables/fruits and slaughter the chickens and hogs. Do you expect people to work for free and not receive higher wages so that your bananas, corn on the cob, and pork chops remain the same price. |
Keep chanting that. Biden is losing. |
ROE for a company can be impacted by a whole host of things such as writedowns, dividends, or other accounting adjustments. It doesn't say anything about overall macroeconomic health. Any economist will tell you that macroeconomic health is better assessed by looking at the other indicators that you don't seem to like. |