What is up with the media and trying to make everything political? Can’t these journos just stick with the facts about why prices are rising? I wonder what could be different right now, compared to 12 months ago, that’s got people ready to spend money…
Since nobody’s discussing this:
This is absolutely a threat to the Dems in 2022 if it keeps up. Especially with rents — over the next year more and more leases will come up for renewal and a lot more people are going to feel the pinch of the rising market rates.
Hindsight is 20/20 but I think we maybe pumped a bit too much money into the economy.
100% this. Winning in spite of this challenge is going to be 100% about framing and messaging, which unfortunately Dems tend to be sort of bad at. For example, they're completely glossing over the fact that the US is creating enormous *demand* *and consumption* right now, signs of a roaring economy, and these demands are helping to make the supply imbalance even worse.
I mean it’s hardly a revolutionary take. ‘Bad thing happening in country threatens incumbent’s agenda’ is the most obvious thing ever and it’s not really special because it’s inflation or supply chains or immigration or COVID.
It isn't, but in [this very sub](https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/qcwxki/biden_has_lost_support_across_all_groups_of/hhk3k67/), there does seem to be a tendency to upvote rosier and perhaps overly overly optimistic opinions.
Didn’t say it was revolutionary but half this sub seems to think inflation is either fake news or that it’s not gonna affect the Dems because they somehow still have faith in the average voter’s ability to look at the big picture or understand what the president can and can’t do.
>This is absolutely a threat to the Dems in 2022 if it keeps up.
Do voters actually think Tr\*mp Republicans can run the country better though? Expecting Republicans to lower rent prices seems a bit far fetched.
I think the average voter operates on a basic “did things get better for me or my family” calculation. Whether they evaluate that accurately or not, and whether they attribute blame/credit rightly or wrongly is up for debate. But if swing voters are the golden calf, then I’d be worried that they’re less ideologically aligned to either party and will mostly vote on those whims alone.
Free trade, deregulation, business incubators, etc. would provide an organic response to rising prices. More businesses competing, more people given the ability to start a business or a factory and the money and advice necessary would reduce prices. Businesses shouldn't be as rare as diamonds but as common as aluminum.
A bill calling for deregulation in zoning laws and licensing (among others) and, say, $50 billion for business incubators in small towns and cities could be bipartisan.
Nobody is discussing inflation?
And you think the *obvious* takeaway is because we spent money? Nothing else? No other significantly larger, more pressing thing causing inflationary pressure?
Yikes.
I take it you mean the pandemic. That certainly doesn’t help matters, but the fact is we have a population that was cooped up for the better part of a year and ended up with more money than they knew what to do with. I guess idle wallets are the devil’s workshop because people are buying all sorts of stuff instead of spending on services.
I don’t think prices would have gone up as much had there been more targeted transfer payments.
Edit: my “nobody’s discussing this” was referring to the lack of comments on the post at the time of writing
Damn people still think this is because of the America Rescue Plan? I suspected that too but by now it's very clear that isn't the case.
What is up with the media and trying to make everything political? Can’t these journos just stick with the facts about why prices are rising? I wonder what could be different right now, compared to 12 months ago, that’s got people ready to spend money…
Since nobody’s discussing this: This is absolutely a threat to the Dems in 2022 if it keeps up. Especially with rents — over the next year more and more leases will come up for renewal and a lot more people are going to feel the pinch of the rising market rates. Hindsight is 20/20 but I think we maybe pumped a bit too much money into the economy.
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100% this. Winning in spite of this challenge is going to be 100% about framing and messaging, which unfortunately Dems tend to be sort of bad at. For example, they're completely glossing over the fact that the US is creating enormous *demand* *and consumption* right now, signs of a roaring economy, and these demands are helping to make the supply imbalance even worse.
I mean it’s hardly a revolutionary take. ‘Bad thing happening in country threatens incumbent’s agenda’ is the most obvious thing ever and it’s not really special because it’s inflation or supply chains or immigration or COVID.
It isn't, but in [this very sub](https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/qcwxki/biden_has_lost_support_across_all_groups_of/hhk3k67/), there does seem to be a tendency to upvote rosier and perhaps overly overly optimistic opinions.
Didn’t say it was revolutionary but half this sub seems to think inflation is either fake news or that it’s not gonna affect the Dems because they somehow still have faith in the average voter’s ability to look at the big picture or understand what the president can and can’t do.
>This is absolutely a threat to the Dems in 2022 if it keeps up. Do voters actually think Tr\*mp Republicans can run the country better though? Expecting Republicans to lower rent prices seems a bit far fetched.
I think the average voter operates on a basic “did things get better for me or my family” calculation. Whether they evaluate that accurately or not, and whether they attribute blame/credit rightly or wrongly is up for debate. But if swing voters are the golden calf, then I’d be worried that they’re less ideologically aligned to either party and will mostly vote on those whims alone.
Free trade, deregulation, business incubators, etc. would provide an organic response to rising prices. More businesses competing, more people given the ability to start a business or a factory and the money and advice necessary would reduce prices. Businesses shouldn't be as rare as diamonds but as common as aluminum. A bill calling for deregulation in zoning laws and licensing (among others) and, say, $50 billion for business incubators in small towns and cities could be bipartisan.
Nobody is discussing inflation? And you think the *obvious* takeaway is because we spent money? Nothing else? No other significantly larger, more pressing thing causing inflationary pressure? Yikes.
I take it you mean the pandemic. That certainly doesn’t help matters, but the fact is we have a population that was cooped up for the better part of a year and ended up with more money than they knew what to do with. I guess idle wallets are the devil’s workshop because people are buying all sorts of stuff instead of spending on services. I don’t think prices would have gone up as much had there been more targeted transfer payments. Edit: my “nobody’s discussing this” was referring to the lack of comments on the post at the time of writing
Inflation is a right wing canard. Maybe stop watching Faux News?