| ▲ | slg 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
>This is like me saying "economic productivity has a well-known right-wing bias" or something goofy like that. It's funny that the counterexample you chose does more to support OP's point than your own. From Wikipedia[1] >Since World War II, according to many economic metrics including job creation, GDP growth, stock market returns, personal income growth, and corporate profits, the United States economy has performed significantly better on average under the administrations of Democratic presidents than Republican presidents. The unemployment rate has risen on average under Republican presidents, while it has fallen on average under Democratic presidents. Budget deficits relative to the size of the economy were lower on average for Democratic presidents.[1][2] Ten of the eleven U.S. recessions between 1953 and 2020 began under Republican presidents.[3] Of these, the most statistically significant differences are in real GDP growth, unemployment rate change, stock market annual return, and job creation rate.[4][5] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_p... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | kortilla 3 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The President has very little to do with the economy apart from things that are acutely destructive like tariffs. | |||||||||||||||||
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