Reply #73: Nevertheless, total job numbers are increasing and the economy is growing

[bhikkhu]

Those are facts which are unspinnable, as far as I know.

When you say that the level of increase or the character of the increase indicates a horrifying drowning debacle of an economy, I may be prone to roll my eyes and suggest that you check your perspective. Things could be better - even in the best of times, people still have troubles - but overall the majority are enjoying an improving picture. Of course you likely know, there are innumerable scenarios involving different decisions and policies where things could easily be very much worse.

If good news on the economic front and a caring and effective president don't fit the narrative you are looking for, you can make the best of it, or deny it, or perhaps pursue valid goals by means of a different sort of argument.