Actually middle class wages have risen faster than inflation.
But yes, inflation sucks, and the fact that it is under control now doesn't change the fact that there was a huge and sudden price shock a couple years ago that effected everyone. That's definitely an issue for many still, but in the end that's just one economic data point amongst many, and the thing about the economy is that you can't really convince people that they're economically desperate when they aren't. No matter how much you tell them the economy is bad, if they're still easily able to afford stuff (and spending on leisure and entertainment proves that they can), they'll never feel that economic punch on the gut level it needs to be to be the prime issue.
Also, for what economic pain there really is, you gotta be sure that most people blame Biden/Harris for that, and I don't think they do.
You're refusing to understand the reality tho. Abortion bans mean that women of childbearing age simply do not have the same freedoms as everyone else. These aren't anecdotes - these are actual laws which prevent them from getting all sorts of normal, important health treatments that are available to everyone else, but not to them, even if they just MIGHT be pregnant. This is them being second class citizens, with fewer freedoms than you have. THAT is why it's such a big deal to women. Not because they really want to be able to murder as many babies as they can.
But this is entirely backwards. GDP estimates have been laughably low for the vast majority of the Biden presidency, just up unil late last summer. Economic projections continually said a recession was incoming, and the economy kept easily beating all those projections.
Q2 GDP smashed the estimates - coming in at 3% when estimates were around 2%. This resulted in a Q3 estimate of around 3%, which yes the first Q3 measuremnts have come in slightly lower at 2.8%.
As for spending your way out of economic slowing - yes you absolutely can. And this has been proven without a doubt over past 15 years - nations that spent their way out of the 2009 and Covid crashes are crushing it economically, while nations that tried to respond instead with austerity measures all killed their economies and are still trying to recover.
But again - the idea that economic forecasts have been generous to Biden and bullshit PR for his admin is the exact opposite of the truth - his economy has smashed all the projections, for years now. The economic forecasts are actually more responsible for his negative economic approval than the actual economy is.
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