Biden is delivering the fastest economic recovery in history. Why hasn't anyone noticed?

[babylonsister]

Biden is delivering the fastest economic recovery in history. Why hasn't anyone noticed?
By Max Burns, Opinion Contributor — 12/09/21 08:30 AM EST


Democrats are faced with a sticky problem: The economy is nearing full employment after businesses added 210,000 jobs in November, labor force participation climbed to its highest level since the pandemic and wages are rising across many industries. Yet most voters are increasingly pessimistic about President Biden’s economic stewardship.

“I’m not exactly sure why what’s happening isn’t being characterized as a booming recovery from a worldwide shutdown,” Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D) mused in a tweet last month. The answer involves a bit of Democratic over-optimism and a whole lot of Republican messaging the Biden administration has been slow to counter.

Schatz is largely right: Under Biden, the American economy has recovered from its Trump-era lows with remarkable speed. Just a year ago, the unemployment rate sat stubbornly at 6.7 percent. Today, only 4.2 percent of Americans are out of work. Similar economic recoveries have normally taken three times as long. The Biden administration is delivering on the fastest sustained economic recovery in American history, yet its messaging struggles to tell that story.

More important for Democrats is that this isn’t a “paper recovery,” where unemployment rates fall because more Americans simply give up looking for work. Much to Democrats’ relief, the opposite is true for the Biden recovery. The labor force participation rate, the percentage of Americans 16 and older who are working or actively looking for work, just hit pre-pandemic levels. That’s a hugely reassuring development for analysts who initially feared the global pandemic would be a drag on the labor force rate for years to come.

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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/584905-biden-is-delivering-the-fastest-economic-recovery-in-history-why-hasnt

[mcar]

1. Because the MSM is intent on taking Biden down. nt

[overleft]

4. The MSM is owned and operated by the same corporations that want Biden to fail.

[DanieRains]

15. A Weak Biden Can't Raise Their Taxes

The only fact that they care about.

[Backseat Driver]

19. IDK, "Haste makes waste." Not what waste but the "who" get wasted

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financially/socially in the process, even unto deaths, when those individuals must necessarily leave the special status behind. TPTB, mostly GOP tribal members during my lifetime and covert trolls of discrimination(s) are very worried it's them and their self-manufactured heartless and lawless chaos and churn in which they find so much opportunity in endless crime, loopholes, and quid pro quos for self-enrichment and "protection" (and fear rightly so according to their deeds, IMHO) when and where everything is for sale VIA THE MEDIA...desperate folks buy their addictions to greed, lust, vices, convenience, health, self-protection, and "awareness in the moment" to protect their singular own piece of a pie. TPTB own THAT feeding of the beast for the power and control of ALL misinformation in the belief they can keep and reap even more at the Devils Bargain Basement penny sale on the highest priorities of a "democracy," whether or not it's the single decision-making vote of an admin's VP or the member of SCOTUS, a State's collective, the electoral college, or the votes of the citizenry tired and angered of failed systems rigged by ROL against growing restless-for-justice groups of them (how could it not be political?), but we continue to thank TPTB for "doing the best they can" first with our money even when they don't, grass-roots and/or the uber-rich stakeholders of twisted opinions and a stranglehold on facts, then next about who should get "wasted" when boundaries of civil respect and/or values are broken. We have little power to enforce that entitled mindset of hateful specialness.

[Escurumbele]

21. I don't fully blame the MSM, Democrats have to go out and tell everyone about it

It is not hard for Democratic leaders to call a TV network and get on it. They also need to send flyers to homes, do very heavy and aggressive marketing.

Democrats need to rebut whatever MSM says, they need to go to these shows. Buttigieg has gone several times on Fox, why don't the others do it as well? Challenge those sick jackasses from Fox to debate what they are saying, make the challenges public, etc., etc.

[wnylib]

22. BINGO!!

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This morning I heard two separate programs on NPR predicting doom and gloom for Democrats in the midterms and in 2024. They cited polls about Biden's unpopularity, including one that said that even only 38% of Dems polled said that Biden is doing a very good job.

These NPR programs said that most people do not believe that the child tax credit and passage of the infrastructure bill have any effect on their personal daily lives. They also said that the general public believes that Biden is not handling the pandemic properly and blame him for the rise in delta cases.

If this is what NPR spews out, the rest of the media has to be even worse.

[Talitha]

31. I heard it too, and couldn't believe my ears.

"most people" and "they"...

Sounds like NPR interviewed the imaginary crowd TFG used to hide behind.

[wnylib]

36. However, Terry Gross on Fresh Air at 2:00 pm

had an excellent program on Ttump's preparation for a legal electoral takeover in 2024. I am at this moment listening to it again on the 7:00 pm airing.

It is based on an Atlantic article by Barton Gellman called Trump's Next Coup Has Already Begun. I looked up the article. It is very long, but well worth reading.

[Tumbulu]

35. So true, just like Jimmy Carter, they are ruthless!

It is really something horrifying to watch.

[doc03]

2. The only number the media knows is inflation. nt

[Carlitos Brigante]

3. Maybe there should be spokespeople in every network bragging about it nos-stop. I don't give

a shit how repetitive they get. That's what sticks.

[onetexan]

5. Biden admin needs to shout it from the rooftops, every day, beat the drum, pound the cameras of MSM

This lack of acknowledgement also has happened under Obama, so much of what he achieved was not widely acknowledged.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Every Dem needs to shout it

This is a remarkable recovery, Dems need to own it.

[Carlitos Brigante]

8. They have to learn how to brag and how to drown out the fascists. Sometimes

the best defense is a good offense. If it were me, I'd have my people blasting the airwaves with negative shit about these 'Pukes and just how "awesome" we are. Change the narrative. "Hey look over there! The fascists who want to change the fabric of the country. Also happen to" be in disarray"".

[calimary]

7. Stop whining and start TALKING IT UP!!!

[BlueJac]

9. Obvious as hell M$M

They want to torpedo his Presidency!

[Mr. Evil]

26. Gotta have that clockwork chaos.

The republicans are trying to take over the government. Ratings, ratings, ratings! The republicans are lying and cheating again. Ratings, ratings, ratings! Radical gerrymandering and voter suppression. Ratings, ratings, ratings! Democrats want a decent society. The Biden Presidency is in shambles!

Ratings, ratings, ratings!

[The Mouth]

38. TFG made for more eyeballs and clicks

it's all about money.

[elleng]

10. Well, I just 'announced' it on 'my' FB page, and I suggest others FOLLOW.

(Rarely do politics there, mostly birds/nature, but some things demand it.)

[Kingofalldems]

11. Kick this high and deep.

[gratuitous]

12. It's that darned Kamala Harris

If she hadn't bought that expensive piece of cookware and used air buds instead of wired ear phones, the country would be as right as rain. Oh, and she was really mean (we've heard) to one of her staffers several years ago. And that's why we can't have nice things.

[Celerity]

13. Wired earphones are in fashion again. Never really went out of style here in Sweden, but deffo are

trendy in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and the US again. Japan too, and like Sweden, they always were pretty much in style.

Wired Headphones Are the New “It” Accessory — and We Should Have Seen It Coming

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wired-headphones-2021-it-accessory



All the hotties wear wired headphones, or so argues the fast-growing Instagram account Wired It Girls. Launched in October, Wired It Girls is a carefully curated grid featuring women from all over the world (plus a lone Jake Gyllenhaal) proudly sporting wired headphones. In some pics the subjects are looking right at the camera, others are candid pics, or paparazzi shots, taken while they are out and about. Regardless, the point the account is making is crystal clear: Forget wireless, retro-tech is all the rage.

It seemed everyone was lusting over AirPods just a few years ago, but if you've spent some time on the internet in the past few months, you probably noticed that trend starting to decline. Instead of acquiring new AirPods cases, people are reverting to the basics and opting out of the wireless life, whether for practicality, aesthetics, or maybe both.

The wired headphones trend might seem new to the untrained eye, but Shelby Hull, the creator of Wired It Girls, tells Teen Vogue that she’s actually been following this resurgence for some time. “I read Liana Satenstein's Vogue article in 2019 about Bella Hadid 'bringing back the humble wired headphone.' She captured exactly what I had been seeing in blurry IG stories and Twitter selfies from hot girls on the internet," Hull recalls. "After that, I couldn't help but notice all the hot girls who were still committed to the wire."

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[IronLionZion]

17. Airpods get lost easily and the batteries die quickly

I have some but use wired more often.

[LittleGirl]

20. Exactly. The wired ones are cheap too. nt

[peggysue2]

30. I love my air buds

Guess I'm just not hot anymore!

LOL

[keithbvadu2]

14. When Dubya ruined the economy on his way out, Obama brought it back.

When Dubya ruined the economy on his way out, Obama brought it back.

The right wing whined that he did not do it fast enough.

Same/same here?

[Irish_Dem]

16. Dems are always expected to do the mop up after the GOP plunders and wrecks everything.

The GOP never gets blamed, but the Dems are blamed for causing the GOP mess and not cleaning up fast enough.

[Bayard]

18. This is so frustrating

This message MUST get out there! Drown out the rethuglican bullshit, or we will hugely regret it.

[peggysue2]

23. Why Hasn't Anyone Noticed?

Because the media doesn't want to notice. Not sexy enough, not conflict-driven enough, not the click-bait material of a Hunter Biden faux scandal or an examination of Biden's speech delivery or a Kamala Harris is a bossy boss headline.

The questionable 'news' devisions are too busy talking about how people feel regarding the economy, not the numbers or actual reality.

[dchill]

28. Besides, Bob Dole is still dead, and SOMEBODY burned...

...Fox News' fake giant Xmas tree!

[peggysue2]

29. There you go!

It's always something. It's as if the press has a profound attention deficit disorder. Or thinks the country needs its drama/conflict quotient on a daily basis bc actual data is so-o-o yesterday.

Entertaining ourselves to death!

[Demovictory9]

24. Kick

[Paladin]

25. The hyper-conservative Drudge Report noticed it.

The Drudge Report is way ahead of the once-liberal New York Times opinion section, where good news about the Biden Administration is avoided like a fatal virus...

[LogicFirst]

27. MSM loves the negative because it generates income for them.

That is why they are working to get Trump elected in 2024.

[Moostache]

32. Three words explain this in its entirety:

President.
Re-elect.
Trump.

This is the desired outcome for 2 very influential groups:
1) MAGAts and fascists
2) Craven media whores, bent on chasing the easy $$$ damn the consequences

Trump = ratings.
He is an attention black hole.
He requires nothing of them except recycled opinion panels (i.e. - VERY cheap to produce) and he produces ratings for them (without having to actually work of distinguish themselves).

Fuck the Media.
Fuck Trump.

[GaYellowDawg]

33. Y'all stop with the horsesh*t about the media.

People think the economy sucks because of gas and grocery prices. It's that simple. Until people quit feeling a pinch at the pump or at the register, that impression isn't going anywhere. Quit going on about the media like you're a bunch of damn QAnons.

[Tickle]

37. Agree

I filled my oil tank it cost me $800 compared to last year my first fill up was $550. I bought an electric heater and now carry it room to room with me. I won’t mention gas or food

[onenote]

39. +1

[questionseverything]

41. Unfortunately you are correct

[fescuerescue]

42. People need to understand that gas prices going up is GOOD

Good for the environment.

And our food prices (and gas) are amongst the lowest in the world.

People need to start being grateful and enjoy this great economy that Joe Biden has graciously provided for us.

[iemanja]

43. It means our effective wages are going down

Remember that. Many of those countries with higher prices also have higher standards of living.

[fescuerescue]

44. That has to happen anyway if we are going to combat climate change

We either voluntarily lower our standard of living.

Or we have our standard of living crash when the seas rises.

Might as well do it now.

[iemanja]

45. Why do you wish economic deprivation on those who have the least?

That is what you are doing. It's not the rich people who are affected by inflation. It's the poor and lower middle class.

On a political note, you aren't going to be able to convince people that having less money is good for them, especially when so much is concentrated at the top. As it is, many families can't afford to pay rent since the prices have risen astronomically.

I find your sanguine attitude about poverty to be objectionable.

[fescuerescue]

46. I'm just talking about the way things are

Not the way I want them to be.

And it doesn't matter if people are convinced. Reality doesn't care about our opinion.

[iemanja]

47. If you don't care if the GOP gets in power again

that's the attitude to take.

[fescuerescue]

48. Well I'm not going to lie to people to influence their vote

Better to take the high road, tell the truth and THEN get their vote.

[iemanja]

49. What is the truth?

They better get used to being poorer?

How about examining the causes of inflation instead? It's not like Biden wants inflation. That's why he released the oil reserves.

[lpbk2713]

34. Just wait until he wears a tan suit.

They will indeed notice that.

[Slammer]

40. One scene, two interpretations

The short answer is that the pandemic isn't over.

Responsible people who are doing the prudent thing and who are most likely to be Biden supporters are staying at home as much as possible. And when they're out, they're using masks and it just doesn't seem, even to them, like things are back to "normal".

The people who are out and stirring around, as if nothing is wrong, aren't the kind of people who are Biden supporters and don't credit him with anything good which is happening.

Reporters have the normal "reporter bias" in that they see and talk to the people who are out in public rather than people who are in their homes.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. The media always asks, what has Biden done for the economy?!

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. Thanks, @POTUS ! Yes, the Biden Boom is real, friends.

Link to tweet