Disappeared after the pandemic

[Jazzy]

What is something that disappeared after the pandemic?

 

[Lamb]

A good economy.

 

[tango]

Common sense.

 

[Fritz Kobus]

A good economy.

Actually that was more a problem of a stolen election.

 

[tango]

Actually that was more a problem of a stolen election.

Although in fairness pumping vast sums of money into the economy while closing everything down and disrupting supply chains and then suddenly reopening everything at once was bound to cause prices of everything in sight to spike.

 

[Fritz Kobus]

Although in fairness pumping vast sums of money into the economy while closing everything down and disrupting supply chains and then suddenly reopening everything at once was bound to cause prices of everything in sight to spike.

True but we did see our economy rebound quite well from that (before the election), though there are many who did not see the rebound as their businesses were ruined by lockdowns.

 

[Albion]

True but we did see our economy rebound quite well from that (before the election),..

I dunno. The "rebound," such as it was, was brief and artificial. Now we've had two consecutive quarters of economic decline--the definition of a recession--and are working on a third, all the while we're experiencing the worst inflation in approximately 40 years and the economists say that it will continue for at least awhile.

 

[Josiah]

A good economy.

... and being energy self-sufficient (in fact, an energy exporter).


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[tango]

I dunno. The "rebound," such as it was, was brief and artificial. Now we've had two consecutive quarters of economic decline--the definition of a recession--and are working on a third, all the while we're experiencing the worst inflation in approximately 40 years and the economists say that it will continue for at least awhile.

Not all the economists say that. Some of them are paid by the White House....

 

[tango]

 

[Albion]

Not all the economists say that. Some of them are paid by the White House....

Of course, and they are suddenly concerned that we should use a new and different definition of a recession, I've noticed.

 

[Josiah]

Of course, and they are suddenly concerned that we should use a new and different definition of a recession, I've noticed.

Words mean things. Unless you're a Democrat.


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[tango]

Of course, and they are suddenly concerned that we should use a new and different definition of a recession, I've noticed.

Of course. Republicans and their reckless economic policies cause recessions. Democrats and their well-considered economic policies cause a period of economic retraction that is most definitely not a recession.

Words mean things. Unless you're a Democrat.

Words mean things to Democrats. Just not the things you might expect them to mean.