• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I share their opinion but also wish more people would care about metrics other than gdp and stock market indexes when a Republican is in office.

    The news babbles about the real economy and how we’re on the brink of a recession tirelessly whenever a Democrat is in the presidency, then magically when a Republican is even just elected (not even in office yet) all of those “meaningless” numbers are suddenly meaningful, and it turns out there’s actually nothing wrong with using unemployment numbers, the GDP, and the Dow Jones index to determine economic health, even as more go homeless.

    The only well-known politician I’ve seen talk consistently about this regardless of the party in the white house is Bernie.