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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by jandrese on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:28AM (#42063785)
I agree "It's the economy stupid".

Where the Democrats went wrong is they looked at the economic figures for stuff like corporate profit margins and the stock market and said "look how good the economy is!" when those profit margins are high because they've jacked prices and regular consumers are feeling the squeeze. Unfortunately there's little a President can do about that. Corporate consolidation was largely complete before they even took office and monopolistic behavior is to be expected. The pandemic supply chain disruptions gave companies cover to increase their margins and that's what they did.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by pants2 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:25PM (#42065745)
Theodore Roosevelt was well known for monopoly-busting. It is something the president can influence and the U.S. has a dozen major monopolies that should have been busted long ago.