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> Do you think that matters for companies making decisions on where they will locate? You bet it does.

The following link is heavy on "will", sure, maybe lowering the rate is finally something that will make economy strong as opposed to post-WWII US with rates above 40% (sarcasm). But okay, despite the strong "trickle-down economics is good" vibes, you get a point.

> In 2019, the USA hit a 50-year low in unemployment, WITH a labor force participation rate 2 percentage points higher than the best under Biden.

According to FRED charts, 2019 unemployment lowest was 3.4 like under Biden. I hope we agree to exclude COVID spike, especially since it spanned both admins. And the downtrend of unemployment started not with Trump either.

> In the previous admin, there were 40 consecutive months of more job openings than unemployed people.

Again, Trump inherited a good economy, although propped up by low prime rate.

> trade treaties

Well, not everyone is impressed apparently: https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/did-trumps-t.... This article and others can be a godawful left-wing propaganda, so I give you a point here too, something was clearly done and maybe it was even good.

> they passed a paid Family Leave for families

that was Dems push to include it into the bill afaik

> The level of inflation 2017 through 2020 was remarkably low, and still the Fed raised rates 9 times during Trump's presidency.

But they had to back off at 2.4 which is not a high rate.

> What is YOUR party doing right now to end wasteful and inefficient spending?

First of all, Dems is not MY party, second, they are not doing much, agree here, but you still have not convinced me that Reps are doing good things either.

But anyway, my major point is that Reps are not significantly different in the economics department to support them on that merit, especially since in the other departments the most loud Rep leaders want to assist a hostile foreign fascist power to perpetrate genocide, while being openly proud about that position.



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