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You are one of those who forgot how bad it was. So many millions were in danger of eviction that moratoriums had to be passed.
Exactly. Moratoriums were passed. Absolutely nothing was done the past 2 years as prices for everything skyrocketed. People remember that sort of thing. Literally the forst thing Biden did was break his promise and give out stimulus checks that were nowhere near what he campaigned on.
He was able to bring inflation down, but the impacts were felt far and wide. As for stimulus checks those were written and voted on by Congress. Congress was Republican during Bidens presidency. He did sign executive orders to speed up the dispersal and to expand SNAP to try to help families. But if the people who fund the stimulus check (Congress) don't fund it, there is nothing to give out.
The economy recovered such that people were able to pay their rent despite the increases. Moratoriums ended yet mass evictions didn't happen. People were doing far better than under Trump.
People are paying their rent and buying groceries at the expense of everything else in their lives. You have your head buried in the sand if you actually believe people are better off than they were in 2019. Thats what voters remember, that's why Harris lost. The last thing people who are struggling want to hear is that "inflation is going down. The economy is fine" when they can't afford their necessities any more.
You have completely forgot that under Trump people couldn't even pay their rent and groceries. It wasn't "at the expense of everything else." It was not even being able to pay rent much less anything else. It went to "I'll be dead on the streets in a few months under Trump." to "I can pay for rent and groceries but can't save anything under Biden so Biden is worse."
This argument has been enlightening. The fact you are downvoted shows that even on left leaning platform like lemmy, on a politically oriented community, people are still deluded.
It's fascinating to watch.
PS: even if all of what the other people are claiming was true (which it isn't), "do nothing" should still be preferable to "I'm going to destroy the economy so my friends can pick up the pieces: Here's 5 terrible ideas that will make things more expensive while I raise your taxes to give Elon some subsidies".