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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by schmidtleonard on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @01:46PM (#42067228)
Trump printed $4T in a year, Biden printed $1.5T in 3 years. 80mph vs 10mph.

The 80mph is what got us to inflation town. If someone looks at 80mph and 10mph and says "I'll elect the 80mph guy because 10mph is irresponsible" then yeah, I'm pretty comfortable characterizing that as pure economic ignorance.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by indigo0086 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @01:58PM (#42067440)
Glad someone understands inflation. This is true and all we can hope is that someone close to him understands this.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by nightski on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:14PM (#42067694)
Trump didn't print $4T, the bi-partisan effort in Congress for COVID relief did.

I think the problem in voters eyes is that Biden did not stop after this. He pushed through multiple trillion dollar bills on top of it.

I'm not saying I agree with that stance, but calling the $4T Trump's doing is a really misleading. It was not part of his economic agenda at all.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by nomat on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @03:42PM (#42069048)
> It was not part of his economic agenda at all.

Then why did he make the IRS reprint COVID relief checks so he could add his name to them?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/inside-the-disaster-trumps-si...

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by nightski on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @03:55PM (#42069236)
I mean that is obvious right? It was self-promotion, one of the few things Trump is really good at. That doesn't mean it was in his economic agenda to pass trillions in debt funded covid relief or that he was even responsible for it.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by NobleLie on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @03:36PM (#42068945)
Yep. It was probably the singular reason (of a few) he lost 2020.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by mobilefriendly on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:43PM (#42068136)
Yeah Trumps spending was bipartisan but Biden unilaterally poured fuel on the fire after Covid.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by michaelmrose on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @03:48PM (#42069114)
Inflation is down prices aren't going to come down if we spend less.