Yea I KNOW the experts SAY the economy isn’t so bad…..
Even when they too have to spend MORE on their gas and food purchases….
And?
President Biden announcing he wants to get rid of CHEAP Chinese imports is NOT gonna help……
This is also in addtion to President Biden FAILING BIG TIME to educating people on the results of his infratycture money on local projects and increased employment results…
President Joe Biden is running out of the tools — and the time — he needs to turn around Americans’ gloomy view of the U.S. economy.
On Friday, the nation got the latest sign that it’s in a sustained economic upswing, adding 272,000 jobs in May. But the surprise show of labor market strength is unlikely to sway a downcast public fixated on rising prices, the cost of housing and high interest rates. And Democrats are starting to outwardly despair that the economic tailwinds they once imagined lifting Biden to reelection aren’t materializing, at least not in the eyes of voters.
Lacking big new policy proposals or messaging gambits, the White House has revived some old tactics they hope can drive fresh gains: A renewed pressure campaign on companies to slash prices, coupled with high-volume attacks on the “corporate greed” that Biden blames for driving up costs.
The White House has most recently targeted grocery chains and retailers where higher prices have most visibly pinched people’s budgets, urging the industry in public calls and a series of private conversations to cut prices wherever possible. While the administration has so far refrained from openly criticizing specific companies, senior aides have personally pressed major retail executives behind the scenes to help curb the price hikes hitting family budgets.
“Our focus overall has been trying to make sure companies are passing along savings to consumers,” said Jonathan Donenberg, deputy director of Biden’s National Economic Council. “I think it’s clear there are some companies that answer that call and there are other companies that don’t.”
The push has come amid some fortunately timed developments for the administration: Target, Walmart, Walgreens and others recently announced price reductions or rolled out lower-cost options — moves that retailers say were prompted by shifting consumer behavior but that the White House has seized on to claim credit.
But even if that trend continues, it’s unclear whether voters will give it to them. Inside Biden’s orbit, the fear is that there’s little new the administration can do to change the perceptions of a stubborn electorate that’s living through an upswing — yet simply refusing to believe it….
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“The big problem is the pain points are things they feel every week, every month, every day,” conceded one Biden adviser who was granted anonymity to express the internal sense of dismay. “Is that fixable? It’s unclear.”
Democrats rarely win outright majorities on economic issues, where voters historically favor Republicans. But core to Biden’s electoral strategy was the bet that he could methodically and significantly close the deficit by showing voters the myriad ways his policies improved their lives.
The campaign has centered its message on broadly popular policies like cutting prescription drug costs, limiting so-called junk fees and efforts to revitalize American manufacturing. Biden has spent the last several weeks in swing states highlighting the billions of dollars that legislation passed under his watch poured into local communities, seeking to show how his actions are translating into concrete improvements in infrastructure and job opportunities.
But polls show Biden remains hampered by people’s low awareness of his achievements and heavy focus on the high price of key expenses like groceries, gas and housing. That challenge is especially acute with the younger, poorer and minority voters that Biden needs most but who have also taken the brunt of rising costs and high interest rates….
Note….
President actually have little influence on the economy…
But get blamed for negatives and rewarded for positives….