Despite Abundant Evidence, People Are Still Falling for the Lie Trump Would Be Better for the Economy

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Twice in the past couple of weeks I have overheard people say or they have told me Donald Trump would be “better for the economy”.

Have you any experiences with people who make that claim?

Republicans have mastered the fine art of projection. They really want people to believe they are the stewards of the economy, the “fiscally responsible” party, despite facts to the contrary.

Never mind that it’s complete bovine excrement; as long as their billionaire-funded right-wing hate media keeps repeating it, there are always going to be the malinformed willing to swallow and regurgitate it.

The corporate media doesn’t help with its relentless obsession with trying to find for Democrats something comparable to the irresponsibility and undemocratic positions of today’s republican party. As a result, we’re fed constant sound bytes about “inflation,” but next to nothing about the corporate price gouging imposed during the pandemic that never returned to pre-pandemic levels.

There’s also virtually nothing about how the economy is actually doing in spite of the greed behind corporations’ record profits causing too many to have to dip deeper into their pockets, leaving a door open to…