2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

[rothschild]

So you voted for someone just because they play the sax. I'm sure you voted for Obama too just because he plays the skin flute.

No. I voted for Obama because he wanted to give this country HOPE. And he sounded believeable unlike Trump. He wanted to get rid of PACs and pork spending. He seems to be a straight shooter and honest politician even out of the office.

He said he was going to repair the economy, shut down Guantanamo and end the wars that Bush and Cheney started. He did nothing of the kind, and I knew he wouldn't because I understood how politics work in Chicago. He was -- and is -- a neoliberal that was perfectly happy to join the neoconservative cause. He did nothing to undo what Bush and Cheney did. Instead, he advanced what they had set in motion. And he did nothing to help poor blacks. Absolutely nothing.

The good economy? Trump inherited that from Obama.

That "good" economy was the result of the Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy, which is indicative of an economy on life support. Obama did nothing to correct the systemic deficiencies that led to the crisis of 2008. He continued to let Wall Street run the economy, in spite of it's criminal behavior. Trump did nothing to fix the dumpster fire either, but to his credit he resisted shutting it down for the sake of "saving lives". When Biden came in he quickly reversed course and supply chains were decimated.

It amazes me how ignorant people are when it comes to economic policy because by far it has the greatest impact on mortality. Economic downturns result in higher mortality. Biden has done nothing to address this reality. Kamala pays lip service to it because she's running for office. One day she's gushing about the Biden legacy, the next day she acknowledges that the price of bread is too high. She wants to have her cake, and eat it, too. Unfortunately for her a great many Americans know with 100% certainty that she won't undo the damage. Trump probably wouldn't either but at least with him there's a small chance that things will improve.