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treis | 23 days ago

I'm not so sure either have much impact. Economic policy doesn't change much between administrations and Congress has been ineffective for a long time. Politics is mostly culture war things these days.

The Fed seems to be the big driver of the economy. Other than that, the government is moving things at the margins. Even Trumps tariff shenanigans don't seem to have rocked the boat much.

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jmye|22 days ago

> Politics is mostly culture war things these days.

“These days” like, since Eisenhower, or are we just posting absurdist nonsense as apologia? Economic policy doesn’t change much? Ok.