re: Every network has a segment boasting how great the economy is doing.

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Recessions are natural economic occurrences. Endless money printing and having everyone prop up an inflated economy with unnecessary debt is not natural.

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Correct.
The can has been kicked down the road for so long, that everything has become unaffordable.

"Just pay the man" ended up costing all of us.

We are addicted to comfort.

It's actually much more thought out than that.

Interest rates are dropping and will drop more next year which will juice the economy. They will ease some targeted regulations. O&G production is high and they will find some ways to increase it as well and take credit. The loons will be muffled.

They are prepping for the General and trying to take the crap economy off the table. They will hammer with stats that will support their narrative. Have to give the Dems credit, they know how to play the game and most people are too stupid to know they are being manipulated.

Most here are certainly easily manipulated. I mean how many Trump supporters here believe him when he says he will do things he didn't do before. How many think a guy with Caitlyn Jenner at his side will lead the fight to stop the Gender insanity in schools. How many think Trump had zero responsibility for the lockdowns or anything that happened during Covid.

Many of you call me a Ronbot and that's fine but I don't agree with everything he does either. These politicians and the media want you to be tribal. They want you to ignore the flaws in your loyalty to a candidate or party. Then they can use you.

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Interest rates are dropping and will drop more next year which will juice the economy

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Treasury rates are dropping. That is not the same as corporate bond rates.

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everyone is spending like drunken sailors.

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But they’ve been doing this since Bill Clinton told Bush I, “It’s the economy, stupid.” and then told the American people to buy shite to grow the economy.

That’s right about the time we were inundated with cheap shite from China and NAFTA.

Spending like drunken sailors is just what we do now. We are now just consumers existing for the market, when it should be the other way around.

Basically all the marginal job creation this past year has been federal workers.

Our economy is very uncertain right now, anyone that tries to convince you otherwise is dumb.

A good economy is characterized by efficiency. We are not there

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This is why if you think and do and VOTE the exact opposite of what the MSM tells you, you will be right 95% of the time.

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This has been my approach for almost 2 decades now and you’re spot on.

ETA: This is the exact reason I knew the Covid “pandemic” was largely a “scam-demic”.

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everyone is spending like drunken sailors.

But they’ve been doing this since Bill Clinton told Bush I, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

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Theyre running out of credit this time.

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The total U.S. consumer credit card debt has risen to an all-time high of $1.03 trillion in Q2 2023, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data.

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This debt amount is a drastic swing from just a few years ago when consumer protections and consumer spending changes during the pandemic led to a large drop in average credit card balances.

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Interest rates are dropping and will drop more next year which will juice the economy



Treasury rates are dropping. That is not the same as corporate bond rates.

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The greater point is there are many levers the Fed and the Government can pull that will create almost instant growth in the economy so long as you don't care about long term consequences. It's like a shot of adrenaline or a snort of cocaine. All you need is a complicit bureaucracy and media to go with a public too uninformed to understand what is happening.

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We are addicted to comfort.

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I had a guy in my office last week explaining how the country has gone to hell and his reason was, “Americans are too happy”