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If Only MAGA Voters Could Hear the Truth About the Economy
They would set aside their stupid social issues, and America could indeed be great again
353,000 jobs were added to the economy in January of an election year. Those numbers should scare anyone from running against the incumbent president. In America 2024, however, roughly half of the electorate gets its information in the form of propaganda, and regrettably, this reality is concealed from sight.
After the loss of 14 percent of the nation’s jobs early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the labor market’s endurance despite aggressive interest rate increases has caught economists off guard.
“I think everyone is surprised at the strength,” said Sara Rutledge, an independent economics consultant. “It’s almost like a ‘pinch me’ scenario (Job Market Starts).”
Economists are pinching themselves to ensure they are awake, and 70 million Americans, many of whom this economy has benefited, plan to vote for an ex-president whose every policy made them worse off economically. Trump’s greatest economic “victory,” in fact, was the passing of a massive tax cut that benefited the top 10 percent of Americans while making the rest foot the bill for generational wealth redistribution.
