Posted on 11/04/2023 9:14:43 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a
Call it “The Rich Men North Of Richmond” economy. Where the coastal elites drive the US economy off the cliff with insane spending and borrowing with much of the benefits flowing to big political donors, not the middle class. Think of Span Bankfraud Parboiled as an example.
President Biden loves to spend billions and go on endless vacations (he is in Rehobeth Beach Delaware yet again). He (illegally) forgave student debt, keeps spending billions on Ukraine and keeps spending on failed green energy nightmares.
Biden and his allies will tout the latest GDP numbers as an example of how marvelous Bidenomics is. BUT that GDP report was driven largely by consumer spending.
Since the Covid outbreak in 2020, Federal (public) debt is up 45%! Wow. And consumer debt is up 19% under Biden to cope with inflation (caused primarily by massive Federal spending).
To fuel consumer spending, the personal savings rate has fallen to 3.4%. For point of reference, the personal savings rate in Februray 2020 was 7.7%, so the consumer is running out of gas thanks to inflation and spending.
And with a debt-stressed consumer, earnings call revealed concern about continued demand.
Sam Bankman-Fried (aka, Spam Bankfraud Parboiled) is the face of a rich man north of Richmond .While SBF was found guilty of fraud (and allegly donated $5 million to Biden’s campaign).let’s if they really punish the second largest Democrat donor after George “I hate America!” Soros.
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