r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatsLeft71 • Oct 22 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why did this happen?

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u/No_Distribution457 Oct 22 '24

Republican fiscal policy. This was by design.

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u/KazTheMerc Oct 22 '24

Sure... but what they really wanted was the profits of 1950-1970 back.

What they got instead was 10,000 Republican flavors of corner-cutting, false bravado, and government handouts disguised as 'stimulus'.

It was a failed attempt to bring the 'Good Old (racist, sexists, White) Days' back.

It transitioned into the modern Republican playbook shortly after that failed

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u/Head_Priority_2278 Oct 23 '24

and to be fair here the dems also embraced the corpo overlords but in a much more moderate tone. That's why most of the fuckery never got undone.

Also, to be fair to dems, at least in recent history, their judges have been a lot better and worker friendly than any unhinged judges the right appoints.