Summary

President Joe Biden highlighted his administration’s economic record, citing consistent job growth and a 2.7% inflation rate drop from its 2022 peak.

December’s jobs report showed 256,000 new jobs and declining unemployment, signaling steady economic growth.

However, inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, and interest rates remain high, impacting homebuyers and businesses.

Public pessimism lingers on affordability as Biden passes a largely strong economy to his successor, Donald Trump.

  • @[email protected]
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    fedilink
    01 day ago

    Undermined by the supreme court? What is he supposed to do about that it’s a separate branch of government.

    The only people to blame for trumps election is the people who voted for him or a 3rd party. Joe Biden will be remembered badly because the right wing were incredibly successful in getting their attacks to propagate through the pop culture.

    • @I_Has_A_Hat
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      020 hours ago

      President has the right to nominate more judges. And with control of the Senate, they could have been sworn in. He wasn’t helpless, he just chose not to use the power he had.

      • @[email protected]
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        fedilink
        111 hours ago

        He cant usurp judges with no reason other than political alignment. The bar for getting rid of a judge is extremely high and has only been done once in the history of the US in 1800s. Biden did all that he could he nominated a great judge when Stephen Breyer stepped down. The things you ask of Biden are out of the realm of possibility.

        • @I_Has_A_Hat
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          18 hours ago

          Never said anything about getting rid of existing judges. Did you know there is NO RULE limiting the Supreme Court to 9 judges?