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US economy going strong under Biden – Americans don’t believe it
(www.theguardian.com)
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Do you think unemployment is near a 50 year low?
Do you think GDP is growing?
These are real, quantitative measurements that people are WRONG about. It's not just some dude's word. It's the TRUTH, and you're REJECTING it. It's sad.
Sounds like you're trying to gaslight him bro lmao
Stop gaslighting me dude
Tell that to my back account, the GDP can do whatever the fuck it wants.
https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm
More like 7 years. The workforce participation rate is the only number that matters. I don't care about your games of "well if we don't count everyone unemployed no one is unemployed".
Is that line going up or down lol
The unemployment rate is not the best measure, you're right. But the point is that it's improving substantially, whichever metric you pick.
Lol.
The line is trending around crap. Go ahead and zoom out to what happened in 2008. You told a lie before and I called you out on it with data. Accept it or lol some more but you aren't convincing anyone what they can see with their own eyes. Lol
I don't think this means what you think it means either. You're just going waaaaaaaah economy bad I can't hear your data waaaaaaah
Data shows the economy is improving under Biden. Deal with it.
Workforce participation rate
Is improving
No it's hovering around crap. Call me when we hit 2007 levels.
Then you'd be complaining it's not higher than that.
Oh look we got a mind reader over here. Why don't you defend your point instead of engaging with hypotheticals about what people who disagree with you would say? You know attack the argument not the person.
The real unemployment rate is horrible. How I may or may not react to a good rate does not mean the rate isn't horrible.
It's been improving. Do you deny that?
Yes. Without a reference that means nothing. Improving with respect to what date?
Trump era.