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I didn't feel like getting into it but my god.... People are really buying in to the whole Bidenomics bullshit

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Start asking people how it's going to do that. They're either going to have no idea whatsoever or they're going to say something so batshit wild that it will make a truly great post here

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Joe Biden gave me this rock and now I don't have to worry about all the tigers. NPR said so.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zifnab, I would like to buy your rock

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Excellent, now I'm off to pay the Homer tax

[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey dudes. I've been in a voluntary news blackout for a few months now so I could mentally recuperate. Can someone give me the bullet points on this inflation reduction act? Not the first post I've seen criticizing it so I'm curious.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does not reduce inflation

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[–] Buchenstr@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

why did he even call it that? The entire act is just cutting taxes for corporations.

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I think that the IRA suffers from the same issues that the stimulus in 08/09 did. It was a ton of tax credits and other gimmicks that didn't actually do very much

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it not? It's hit European green energy and chip industries hard in favour of America's and a few other industries

Not saying it's like, gonna reindustrialize America but it has helped

[–] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago

America's definitely benefiting alright. The gains aren't going to trickle down to the American public however.

[–] gabaghoul@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

One of the biggest furniture manufacturers in my region closed up shop over the weekend and left a note on the gate for employees arriving to work at 7am that said everyone gets today off, and every day after today. All of the three plant facilities employed about 1000 people.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

We are in a huge period of consolidation and monopolization. While certain individual businesses are doing well, it is because their competitors went under and they are eating into their left over demand. What happens when they can't expand anymore and the profit growth dries up? Well, we all know what happens.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

That's gotta be from some lib who wouldn't know industry if it kicked him in the nuts.

I assure you, the messaging about how great the economy is is not working on the two thirds of the country living paycheck to paycheck.