You Don’t Know How Good You Have It

Once again, the jobs report numbers exceeded even the more optimistic projections. It’s pretty clear we’ve avoid the dreaded recession many thought was unavoidable. US economy adds 353,000 jobs, blowing past Wall Street expectations. The weird thing is that even with a series of great job reports, many Americans are convinced they’re living through the economic equivalent of the story of Job. “A 55% majority of Americans overall say they feel Biden’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the country, while just 26% believe his policies have improved conditions and another 19% say they’ve had no effect – numbers that are nearly unchanged from last summer. A near-universal 91% of Republicans say that Biden’s policies have worsened the economy.” Even if you take Biden out of the question, 71% of Republicans say the economy is getting worse.