(07-19-2024, 10:05 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-18-2024, 02:30 PM)copycat Wrote: So in reference to the question, there is nothing Biden has done to earn a vote.

Yes, but it is not the President's job to make the economy "good."  
The government is supposed to manage some things on the margin of the economy, like social safety net when workers get laid of or become disabled.  Then they oversee workplace safety, they punish fraud, they punish workplace discrimination.  
Most workers have no interaction with these things at all most of the time.
Because as far as producing value and earning money off of it, that is entirely up to the private sector.
The President gets too much credit when the economy is good and too much blame when it is bad

The government has a huge hand on the scales of the economy.  Regulations and policy regarding domestic energy, EPA requirements, permitting and licensing, minimum wage laws, OSHA, taxation, trade agreements.  The list goes on and on and on.  Some of these policies are great, others are very burdensome.  The amount of hoops to be jumped through and shifting goal posts are ridiculous.

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