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Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Nevada Independents: 28%

Posted on 11/5/24 at 1:25 pm
Posted by TDsngumbo
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Posted on 11/5/24 at 1:25 pm
Posted by tigafan4life
Member since Dec 2006
50613 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 1:26 pm to
Come through indies!!! Vote for ya boy Trump!!!!
Posted by armtackledawg
Member since Aug 2017
14153 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 1:26 pm to
Nevada is looking good
Posted by adamau
Member since Oct 2020
4233 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 1:27 pm to
That's a high quality data 2x4 across the face right there.
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3638 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 2:08 pm to
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Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

Way.

The fact is that Reagan first used that line in 1980. The cumulative inflation from 1976 to 1980 was 44.8%. Obviously, everyone was worse off for that.

The cumulative inflation from 2020 to 2024 has been 21.8%. That's still high, but less than half of what it had been leading up to the 1980 election, and less than the cumulative inflation rate of 26.1% for Reagan's first term.

The fact is that in every election since 1980, people have generally been better off since the previous election. If you're not, it's not the president's fault.
Posted by Buckriggler
Member since Sep 2020
303 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 2:14 pm to
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Way.

The fact is that Reagan first used that line in 1980. The cumulative inflation from 1976 to 1980 was 44.8%. Obviously, everyone was worse off for that.

The cumulative inflation from 2020 to 2024 has been 21.8%. That's still high, but less than half of what it had been leading up to the 1980 election, and less than the cumulative inflation rate of 26.1% for Reagan's first term.

The fact is that in every election since 1980, people have generally been better off since the previous election. If you're not, it's not the president's fault.


Took a while for Reagan to unfrick a fricked economy. Way better over the last 4 years and that's not the president's fault? GTFO
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
19263 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 2:17 pm to
Anyone can objectively see we have a corpse in the White House.
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3638 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:08 pm to
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Way better over the last 4 years and that's not the president's fault?

I'm not sure I understand your question, am I way better off than I was 4 years ago? Without a doubt. Is it the president's "fault"? I would say that President Biden is not responsible for my improved position since he took office.

Are you not better off today than you were 4 years ago? Do you give credit to/blame the president either way? Or is your economic position your own responsibility?
Posted by spslayto
Member since Feb 2004
21583 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:14 pm to
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Or is your economic position your own responsibility?


I go to the grocery store and buy gas. Is that my responsibility the prices skyrocketed?
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3638 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:23 pm to
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I go to the grocery store and buy gas. Is that my responsibility the prices skyrocketed?

No, it's your responsibility to beat the rate of inflation.

Prices always go up. Inflation averaged about 2% per year for the first 3 years of Trump's presidency. Prices were up, does that mean your economic position declined? Probably not.

Inflation has averaged about 5.5% per year over the last 4 years. My investments earned about 12% per year over the same time span - not to mention my property values. My value has therefore gone UP over the last four years, even correcting for inflation.

Stuff is more expensive, but I have more money.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
154431 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:25 pm to
Did you vote for Kamala yet? I hear she’s awesome.
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3638 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:28 pm to
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Did you vote for Kamala yet?

No, I didn't vote for anyone for president this time around. I don't like any of them.
quote:

I hear she’s awesome.

I think she's kind of silly, and not very serious. I can just imagine what Putin would do to that poor woman.
Posted by spslayto
Member since Feb 2004
21583 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:37 pm to
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Prices always go up. Inflation averaged about 2% per year for the first 3 years of Trump's presidency. Prices were up, does that mean your economic position declined? Probably not.



It sure as hell declined now. Comparing inflation from 2016 to 2020 and then 2020 to now is comical. And no my income hasn't kept up with the price of inflation. But that's somehow my fault?
Posted by NimbleCat
Member since Jan 2007
8933 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:40 pm to
You people will try to spin anything.
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The cumulative inflation from 2020 to 2024 has been 21.8%. That's still high, but less than half


These last 4 years have been disastrous. On every metric measured by humankind. Yet, here we are reading your spin on a hard fact.

Posted by dalefla
Central FL
Member since Jul 2024
3128 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:40 pm to
You may make more money but that money doesn't go as far. So tell us how you're better off, please.
Posted by mmmmmbeeer
ATL
Member since Nov 2014
9691 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:42 pm to
Nevadan indies statewide give Harris a 5pt edge per the last Siena poll conducted a couple of days ago.

Crosstabs
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
4169 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:42 pm to
The "independents" always control every election, only thing is, one side rarely wins them by a super wide margin.

If you win independents by 10% that's considered huge.

She could win them by 15% (impossible) and they are still behind.

Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3638 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:49 pm to
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Comparing inflation from 2016 to 2020 and then 2020 to now is comical.

I don't understand your point, inflation is inflation, it's just the rate that changes.

Under Trump it was a relatively acceptable 2% per year - excluding the COVID year. Under Biden it has been an unacceptable 5.5% average, although indications are that it's coming back down to a more acceptable 2.4% rate. I'm not sure why you don't think those numbers can be discussed.
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And no my income hasn't kept up with the price of inflation. But that's somehow my fault?

Whose fault is it that mine has? Are you just looking for someone else to blame for your own shortcomings?
Posted by yakster
Member since Mar 2021
3484 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:54 pm to
How much more money would you have if Trump was in office the last 4 years. Exponentially more. Inflation cut into your gains and you’re happy cause you made money? That’s some strange reasoning.
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3638 posts
Posted on 11/5/24 at 3:56 pm to
quote:

hese last 4 years have been disastrous. On every metric measured by humankind.

You must be young, as you seem to have no idea what "disastrous" really is. Did you lose your job? Were you evicted from your home? Have you been getting meals from the soup kitchen?
quote:

On every metric measured by humankind.

And yet the growth of my net income and personal wealth have more than exceeded the rate of inflation over the past 4 years. Are you saying that's somehow inhuman?

Personally, I don't believe you're as bad off as you claim.
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