Americans may be richer, but they're not happier

"Take the Clinton administration: The economy performed very well in those years, thanks in part to policies adopted by previous administrations (especially the tax and regulatory reforms of the Reagan years) but mainly due to the spread of personal computers and the emergence of the Internet as an economic engine, neither of which was Clinton controlled."

""nnWhy doesn't President Biden get more credit for the happy state of the economy?nn"

This is a positive sentiment.

"Joe Biden didn't create COVID or break the supply chain, but his advocacy of continued high spending levels has contributed to persistent high inflation."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Think of it this way: If you have a freezer full of hamburger meat, it would have been worth $4 a pound on the day Biden was inaugurated and it is worth $5 a pound today -- that's a 25% gain, on paper, but you don't feel any richer: You still have the same freezer full of hamburger, it just would cost more to replace it."

This is a positive sentiment.

"The Biden administration -- and the Trump administration before it -- has contributed to the current state of the economy by spending wildly on "emergency" priorities long after COVID was a national crisis."

This is a positive sentiment.

"The Biden administration -- and the Trump administration before it -- has contributed to the current state of the economy by spending wildly on "emergency" priorities long after COVID was a national crisis."

This is a positive sentiment.