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Originally Posted by fnh
The economy is really good.
No, it really isn't. Economic growth has gradually slowed since trump took office and now is at about 2.1%. In the meantime, annual deficits are now over a trillion dollars, double what it was in the wake of the 2008 meltdown.
The unemployment rate is awesome.
It's only .2% better than it was the day trump took office.
Some got a significant tax cut.
Millions got a tax increase, and there are those trillion-dollar deficits caused by the tax scam.
Lots of people LOVE the trade war with China.
Lots of people can't count to 11 without taking off a shoe. The trade war is a tax on Americans.
Real comments by actual people. The fact that they're mistaken doesn't mean they don't feel that way. They will vote for trump because they like his story.
Remember, trump's essential nature is that he's a con man. And the essence of a good con man is that the mark is a willing victim - he is persuaded to want to go along with it. I never thought trump was a good con man, but apparently he's good enough.
The mass of trump's non-deplorable support is from people he has conned, and who now probably have to continue to believe in the con or else admit to being taken. Thus, they will give him credit but never the blame.
(The rest of trump followers really do look deplorable.)
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It has been estimated that 48% of the adult population of the US in functionally illiterate. They lack the skill to critically summarize a simple 5 paragraph document. As difficult as it may be to realize, 1/2 the adult does not read anything other than a newspaper headline or something required in the performance of their job. Little wonder that politicians can lead voters around with lies and populist soundbites.
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