Democrats still in denial about Biden’s bad economy

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Democrats, and the opinion-makers who support them, just can’t seem to figure out why voters are still sour on the Biden economy. Writing for New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait made the case that “Paul Krugman Is Right About the Economy, and the Polls Are Wrong.” 

“One of the most uncomfortable arguments to make in America is that the people are wrong,” Chait wrote. “It’s especially uncomfortable when the subject is something you experience in a more comfortable, privileged way than most people. And so when liberal economic elites insist the economy, which opinion polls consistently find the public considers terrible, is actually very good, it makes liberal economic elites come off badly.”

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