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Under Biden, U.S. economic growth becomes the ‘envy of the world’ (www.msnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mozz@mbin.grits.dev to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The bottom 10th percentile covers people making less than $22,880, according to BLS.

That firmly excludes the ~~median~~ mode of American households, by wages. The vast majority of Americans were not helped by that number. Is it good that it happened? Yeah, absolutely. It wasn't Biden though. And it isn't most Americans. And it isn't the economy as a whole.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, I definitely don't know why I've spent so much time on this 🥲

This is like trying to explain to a drunk person why they can't drive home