Can journalists please stop asking low-information voters how they “feel” about the economy? Jeez!
@AskTheDevil @johnldeboer sometimes they're low information voters because they're working three jobs and figuring out how not to starve rather than listening to politics or pundits. Still, when they're asked, the data should show that they felt shitty about the economy for the past x number of presidents and Biden is no different. He can't solve systemic inequality in a 4 year term but he can set things in motion to make your kids live in a better economy and I think he's helped with that.
@hallmarc @johnldeboer Thank you for your based and thoughtful response.
@AskTheDevil @johnldeboer I would note however that there are plenty of low information voters who are not poor, in particular, lots of MAGA folk. I don't want to fucking hear about their feelings.
@hallmarc @johnldeboer I think not listening to their feelings until they curdled and were ripe for exploitation by a horrible grifter might be part of what brought us to this pass.
We're always our sibling's keeper.
@AskTheDevil @johnldeboer that would be my mom in the 70s with two kids. She was just learning english.
I never forget some of my family is still in that world.
@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN @johnldeboer And that's why when _you're_ doing well, it makes me happy! : )
@AskTheDevil And that’s Biden’s fault? Another Trump administration giving more tax breaks to the super rich will improve their lot? Give me a break. Biden, through multiple measures, is trying to improve the lives of the poor. What has Trump done or will do in that regard, other than make it even harder for the poor to climb out of poverty?
@johnldeboer No, it's not all Biden's fault, and I have always said to vote against Trump (and have clarified repeatedly that means voting Biden, too).
If you'd like to put words in my mouth, you can do that without my input.
@johnldeboer Again, thinking that Biden is not good is not the same as thinking Trump is worse. And again, since Biden is the lesser evil, I'm still voting for him and asking people to vote for him.
If you're not going to be happy unless I whole-heartedly adopt your thinking, I suggest you practice being unhappy.
I've been watching Biden for five decades now, and the opinion I've formed watching him is not going away after a couple speeches, or because someone else is worse.
@AskTheDevil I really don’t care how you feel about Biden or Trump. We have a forum here in which to express opinions, and you’re welcome to yours.
@johnldeboer You seem tense, though.
@Wbtphdjd Exactly. All MAGA voters will complain about the economy despite their individual situations.
@johnldeboer Yes. Because the feelings of those of us living in poverty are not important, because we're too stupid and uneducated to know that things are really actually pretty good.
A poor person may not know the true author of their pain, but they can tell you when food costs too much for them to bear, and when they can't pay their bills on time, and when they work a shit job for shit pay and nobody gives a shit.