“The reason is that Republicans peddle an economic fairy tale. That cutting taxes increases revenue and spurs tremendous economic activity. It’s a lie. A fantasy. They wreck the economy. The modern United States has experienced 11 recessions. Ten have happened under Republican presidents.”
alabasterskim on
They’ll realize, respond in kind this fall and in 2028, then completely forget by 2032.
MalevolentTapir on
our literacy rates are going down instead of up so probably never
TemporarySun314 on
The question is not when they realize that but when they truly learn it.
It doesn’t help if they realize it, oust Republicans just to elect them 4 years later and the cycle repeats.
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flippingisfun on
They have recognized it for a long time. It’s a sacrifice they’re willing to make to make rich people richer and black people suffer.
BlotchComics on
They won’t as long as the American media keeps repeating the term “socially liberal, fiscally conservative”.
jimmydean885 on
They have to understand what the economy is first
HereToTalkCrypto on
Short answer: never
DonJuanWritingDong on
Economic data has been available to easily prove this. They simply don’t care, don’t understand, or both.
Finglonger76 on
When we run out of different colors of people to oppress and blame.
army2693 on
Buy they’re business people. Just because business people work to enrich themselves doesn’t mean they don’t want to help others. NOT!
jarena009 on
Those who forget every 4-6 years are always these bewildered, low information swing voters among independents, maybe 10-12% of the voting electorate, who swung 11pts to Trump in 2024 vs 2020, who, and this is no straw man, actually think Presidents set/control prices, Trump’s business experience would enable him to get prices down (He’s a businessman!), really thought mass deportations would only be on criminals, plus expected mass deportations would cause their boss to come in and give them massive raises, drive 6 figure jobs, and/or that somehow more social services would be freed up for themselves (illegals simultaneously have all these great jobs, but are also drawing welfare somehow), plus got wrapped up in “But they want men in women’s sports!”
They started last year at a +1% net approval of Trump but within a few months were at -20% and now -30-40%. “Oh no, I’ve been had! How could this happen.”
Adventurous_Test_296 on
The “we the people” faithful have bought into the delusion that America is an island, and can coerce and cajole nations to do its bidding under 45-47’s MAGA Supreme leadership. He’s the icing on cake that’s gotten thrown at the face of America.
Knighth77 on
Some people can see with their own eyes that the economy is demonstrably worse under Republicans, in real time, and still refuse to believe it. If they couldn’t acknowledge it for the past 50 years, they never will.
Musicman1972 on
Yeah well that needs some actual understanding and reading.
Much easier to ‘do your own research’ and watch a youtuber or Fox News guide you through the tricky stuff to realise rising debt under GOP is better than falling debt under Dems and also, important this, that debt is really bad. But no no not the way your gut instinct tells you. LOOK LOOK cat eating immigrants over there. Focus!
PBPunch on
When will the rest of us learn that’s not why conservatives vote for their candidates.
Orion14159 on
The economy does great under Republicans*
^(*Terms and conditions apply. Must be have at least $100 million in assets to receive benefits. Must be donor to Republican party or Republican PACs to receive benefits. Must be male to receive maximum benefits. Must be white to receive maximum benefits.)
Made_Human_Music on
If they haven’t learned by now they never will. Republicans are cruel, vile monsters who only exist to enrich billionaires and protect pedophiles
TomKansasCity on
Growing up, around 9th grade, politics first came onto my radar. I remember asking my mom to explain it to me, what it all meant and how it worked.
She kept it simple. She said, “All you really need to know is that Republicans represent the rich, and Democrats represent the poor. The rich will always have the money and the motivation to take advantage of the poor.”
That was back in 1983.
So far, from what I’ve seen, my mom hasn’t been wrong.
rasputin_stark on
Democrats do a horrible job of explaining this because it’s an impossible task. My entire idiot maga family has been shown proof, several times by me, like real conclusive proof that would be difficult to deny. 2 months later they either forget about it or it goes in their memory hole. These people are impossible to reach. The machine that counts as media in this country is very hard to overcome.
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“The reason is that Republicans peddle an economic fairy tale. That cutting taxes increases revenue and spurs tremendous economic activity. It’s a lie. A fantasy. They wreck the economy. The modern United States has experienced 11 recessions. Ten have happened under Republican presidents.”
They’ll realize, respond in kind this fall and in 2028, then completely forget by 2032.
our literacy rates are going down instead of up so probably never
The question is not when they realize that but when they truly learn it.
It doesn’t help if they realize it, oust Republicans just to elect them 4 years later and the cycle repeats.
[deleted]
They have recognized it for a long time. It’s a sacrifice they’re willing to make to make rich people richer and black people suffer.
They won’t as long as the American media keeps repeating the term “socially liberal, fiscally conservative”.
They have to understand what the economy is first
Short answer: never
Economic data has been available to easily prove this. They simply don’t care, don’t understand, or both.
When we run out of different colors of people to oppress and blame.
Buy they’re business people. Just because business people work to enrich themselves doesn’t mean they don’t want to help others. NOT!
Those who forget every 4-6 years are always these bewildered, low information swing voters among independents, maybe 10-12% of the voting electorate, who swung 11pts to Trump in 2024 vs 2020, who, and this is no straw man, actually think Presidents set/control prices, Trump’s business experience would enable him to get prices down (He’s a businessman!), really thought mass deportations would only be on criminals, plus expected mass deportations would cause their boss to come in and give them massive raises, drive 6 figure jobs, and/or that somehow more social services would be freed up for themselves (illegals simultaneously have all these great jobs, but are also drawing welfare somehow), plus got wrapped up in “But they want men in women’s sports!”
They started last year at a +1% net approval of Trump but within a few months were at -20% and now -30-40%. “Oh no, I’ve been had! How could this happen.”
The “we the people” faithful have bought into the delusion that America is an island, and can coerce and cajole nations to do its bidding under 45-47’s MAGA Supreme leadership. He’s the icing on cake that’s gotten thrown at the face of America.
Some people can see with their own eyes that the economy is demonstrably worse under Republicans, in real time, and still refuse to believe it. If they couldn’t acknowledge it for the past 50 years, they never will.
Yeah well that needs some actual understanding and reading.
Much easier to ‘do your own research’ and watch a youtuber or Fox News guide you through the tricky stuff to realise rising debt under GOP is better than falling debt under Dems and also, important this, that debt is really bad. But no no not the way your gut instinct tells you. LOOK LOOK cat eating immigrants over there. Focus!
When will the rest of us learn that’s not why conservatives vote for their candidates.
The economy does great under Republicans*
^(*Terms and conditions apply. Must be have at least $100 million in assets to receive benefits. Must be donor to Republican party or Republican PACs to receive benefits. Must be male to receive maximum benefits. Must be white to receive maximum benefits.)
If they haven’t learned by now they never will. Republicans are cruel, vile monsters who only exist to enrich billionaires and protect pedophiles
Growing up, around 9th grade, politics first came onto my radar. I remember asking my mom to explain it to me, what it all meant and how it worked.
She kept it simple. She said, “All you really need to know is that Republicans represent the rich, and Democrats represent the poor. The rich will always have the money and the motivation to take advantage of the poor.”
That was back in 1983.
So far, from what I’ve seen, my mom hasn’t been wrong.
Democrats do a horrible job of explaining this because it’s an impossible task. My entire idiot maga family has been shown proof, several times by me, like real conclusive proof that would be difficult to deny. 2 months later they either forget about it or it goes in their memory hole. These people are impossible to reach. The machine that counts as media in this country is very hard to overcome.
https://presidentialdata.org/Recessions24.htm
10 of the last 11 recessions started under republicans.
The only democrat one should probably go Reagan since it started the day he took over.
They don’t vote for economic reasons, that’s the lie, that’s part of the grift. They do it because racism.
When news networks start reporting instead of entertaining. We fucked