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Sorry, Democrats — the Trump economy is taking off
The Hill ^ | 19 Dec, 2025 | https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5655522-ai-jobs-growth-trump-economy/

Posted on 12/20/2025 11:13:44 AM PST by MtnClimber

Edited on 12/20/2025 12:06:30 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Democrats’ fear-mongering about the Trump economy is looking more and more like sour grapes.

Yesterday’s CPI report, showing inflation of 2.7 percent — well below the expected 3.1 percent — was bad political news for Democrats. Since “Liberation Day” in April, when President Trump rolled out tariffs aimed at resetting global trade in favor of U.S. companies, the left and their media allies have warned voters that the White House’s actions would clobber our economy and set inflation soaring.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; economy; lizpeek; lizzpeek; maganomics; thehill; trump; trumpeconomy

1 posted on 12/20/2025 11:13:44 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

If AI is super intelligent, it would tell Bernie voters to just stop voting like idiots.


2 posted on 12/20/2025 11:13:55 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Democrats’ fear-mongering

Democrats have the right to remain silent but not the ability.


3 posted on 12/20/2025 11:23:27 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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To: MtnClimber

Bad news for democrats is good news for America!


4 posted on 12/20/2025 11:25:10 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: MtnClimber
Reagan assumed office in January 1981. Nothing much happened with the economy, which had been ruined by Carter. Reagan was nearly assassinated in April 1981, and the ATC strike ended with the firing of PATCO; this caused a hit to the economy because of reduced flight schedules with managers working the system.

That action, the firing of the union, made it perfectly clear: new sheriff in town.

Another "big thing" that happened was the release of the IBM PC in August; the significance of this event wasn't apparent immediately.

Things limped along into 1982, with inflation cooling noticeably, but the MSM downplaying it. When they were forced to mention it, they always combined the good news with opinion about how Reagonomics was killing the economy.

Unemployment was dropping, though.

Things kind of limped along in 1982, until October, when the stock market had three remarkable days: Thursday 10/14 through Monday 10/18. Even I remember them, and I was far from being an investor, at the age of 27. That was the beginning of the longest bull market in history, lasting five years, until the October crash in '87.

My point is that it took nearly two years for the changes Reagan was making to begin to be obvious. My memory is that the Republicans did pretty well in the November elections in 1982, others may want to correct me on that.

Don't give up the ship.

5 posted on 12/20/2025 11:36:29 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Vaduz

Trump has the same problem. FYI, I fully support Trump, but you’ve got to think his advisers are often asking, “Did he just say that out loud?”


6 posted on 12/20/2025 11:36:36 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: MtnClimber; All
Thank you for referencing that article MtnClimber.

Sorry, Democrats — [despite the elite Democratic government shutdown,] the Trump economy is taking off


There! Fixed it.

7 posted on 12/20/2025 11:37:07 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: MtnClimber

We have one party in this country that, when out of power openly roots for the economy to tank. Then when they are in power actively works to punish Americans by tanking the economy. And a sizable portion of our population votes for those asshoes.


8 posted on 12/20/2025 11:39:16 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Trump has the doesn’t have a problem he’s on the right track for logic and MAGA he’s far ahead of his foes ability to understand what works and what doesn’t work.


9 posted on 12/20/2025 11:43:39 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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10 posted on 12/20/2025 11:55:59 AM PST by DFG
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To: Vaduz

You gotta admit that he doesn’t have the filer that tells him to not say something.


11 posted on 12/20/2025 12:07:31 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

None required he gets it right it’s what ticks off so many who don’t know how things operate properly.


12 posted on 12/20/2025 12:17:13 PM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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To: MtnClimber

The prices at the grocery store don’t feel like it.


13 posted on 12/20/2025 12:46:17 PM PST by roving
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To: roving

Eggs is cheap.


14 posted on 12/20/2025 1:08:29 PM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: roving

“The prices at the grocery store don’t feel like it.”

Guess it depends on what you buy at the grocery store:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cost+of+Thanksgiving+dinner+down&t=h_&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=milk+butter+cheese+prices+are+down&t=h_&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=egg+prices+are+down&t=h_&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=poultry+prices+are+down&t=h_&ia=web

Beef, however, continues to climb.


15 posted on 12/20/2025 1:15:29 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Steely Tom

For a long time, Democrats faulted Reagan for “wanting to turn back the clock.” Democrats thought that inflation was permanent. Stopping inflation would dramatically worsen employment. Reagan proved them wrong.

Now we’re told that illegal immigrants do the work that Americans refuse to do. I think we can get by. Welfare may be part of the mix. One Trumpian said (as I recall) the safety net is supposed to be a trampoline, not a recliner.


16 posted on 12/20/2025 1:36:14 PM PST by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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To: ChessExpert; Liz; GOPJ; mass55th
One Trumpian said:

the safety net is supposed to be a trampoline, not a recliner.

* * *

Outstanding... an image that's already fixed in my brain!   Thanks, ChessExpert.


17 posted on 12/20/2025 2:41:08 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: ChessExpert
Now we’re told that illegal immigrants do the work that Americans refuse to do.

Even assuming that's true, that's no excuse to bring in human beings to use as chattel to exploit and pay them relatively little for their labor.

That argument they use is ethically suspicious, to say the least.

18 posted on 12/20/2025 3:45:00 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: MtnClimber

Well to paraphrase Ernest Thayer “There is no joy in Democratville tonight’’.


19 posted on 12/20/2025 6:02:04 PM PST by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: poconopundit

Thanks. I can only take credit for repeating it. Now, it’s your turn to pass it on!


20 posted on 12/20/2025 7:40:14 PM PST by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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