Leroy wrote on Dec 4
th, 2024 at 12:02pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on Dec 4
th, 2024 at 11:44am:
So - if your figures are correct, some manufacturing jobs were lost in the pandemic lockdowns (2020-2), beyond the control of either Trump or Biden.
Greg has supplied the links re the relevant job creation stats (in #84).
So...do you want to cease government funding of Biden's CHIPS, IRA, and Science acts?
Bidens term and covid are not in the same time span,
Your error: Biden was elected because of the poor economy at the start of his term when the pandemic was coming to an end; Trump would almost certainly have been re-elected if covid hadn't ruined the economy in his last year as prez.
Quote:I don't care if you want to compare two different things to meet your agenda,
I don't; see above.
Quote:Facts are there were more manufacturing jobs in 2019 than there is today.
Greg's link:
"...more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during former President Donald Trump’s single term. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic manufacturing job growth had all but plateaued under the Trump administration".So, how to explain the discrepancy in these "facts"?
Quote:And just to be clear in 2018 there were 14855200 jobs and in 2019 there were 15065200 jobs.
before the pandemic closed down the economy.
Quote:Why not pay for CHIPS, IRA ect with Tariffs.
Because tariffs alone won't pay for those schemes, while higher inflation from tariffs is hurting other businesses who rely on consumers' purchasing power. .
But it's good to see you like Biden's 'big government' policies (costing $trillions in public funding).