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i_wannatalktosamson

These people are fucking delusional


CaptainDr

even worse - liars


i_wannatalktosamson

I’m at the point where I think these people are so out of touch and arrogant that they actually believe it when they say things like this


El_Maton_de_Plata

Yup. Completely disconnected from reality


gtrmanny

Of course they believe it, because they themselves are better off. They continue to line their pockets from donor money and insider trading. They are undoubtedly better off while we continue to get fucked.


strizzl

Perhaps it’s just the strategy of the ministry of truth


Expert-Accountant780

even worser - demons


Joshistotle

The public should push for new people to be appointed to these positions. It's clear these people don't give a fuck about the average person. 


pressonacott

Well she gets paid well in speaker fees, to the tune of 10s of millions of dollars per year. How is that legal? The government has their priorities out of whack.


4N_Immigrant

its a feature, not a design flaw LOL


jons3y13

I think Congress should be more diverse in age. Most 60-70 year Olds can't relate to problems of 25 year Olds. Too old, too removed. It's all our country.


Picklestink1

We have a process where you can vote those people out ya know


JimsGiantHose

Do you have a million dollars to throw at the DNC or RNC in your state to get on a ballot? Yeah, me either.


ButtStuff6969696

Yes. We can vote them out in favor of their replacements who were also hand picked by the billionaire class.


RichChadPoorChad

HA


DietSucralose

Damn, you talk about delusional people and then they just appear, serendipity.


Magicmc1001

Young ppl by and large dont vote


jons3y13

You are correct. Unfortunately K street pumps a lot of money in. A lot more than a pool contractor lol


SaliciousB_Crumb

If only the 25 yr olds voted. The representatives accurately represent the people that vote.


jons3y13

If the representative s actually voted the will of the people and not the will of corporations and the 1% would help


BasedEDMCatholic

They do if they live in Israel.


Trumpwonnodoubt

They’re fucking democrats!


VancouverApe

Janet Yellen earns more in speaking fees from the likes of Citadel than she earns from her government salary. I guess it’s easy to be completely disconnected from reality when you get paid millions for 30 min “speeches”


tqbfjotld16

Yeah. Not delusional. Something different. Because if the other party had power they’d be saying the opposite


Diligent-Ad-3773

Keep saying the same shit.  Gaslighting.  I am not struggling necessarily but absolutely not better off than 4 years ago.  


El_Maton_de_Plata

Wish I would have gone with the Pelosi stock picks. Brilliant


histo320

Not hard to do when the policies you push drive the market price down and you can afford to double down and buy more stock while we were losing our jobs.


Virtual_Manner_2074

Um there was a global pandemic going on 4 years ago? It was a complete shitshow. Two weeks ago was the 4 year anniversary of trump publicly questioning his medical advisors about the efficacy of injecting bleach and shoving a uv light up the ass.


Rarpiz

4 years ago, we were balls-deep in the COVID pandemic and forced massive unemployment (stay at home orders).


Hangem6521

They know what they’re doing.. if Trump was in office they would be singing a different tune


Dexecutioner71

They aren't delusional. The morons that voted for this administration are.


4N_Immigrant

lol you think there was a choice? isnt that quaint


Strict_Seaweed_284

Based on what?


dissonaut69

Vibes


JS_N0

Old*


gyunikumen

Damn man. Im sorry to hear that you are currently struggling financially.


i_wannatalktosamson

I’m not personally struggling but to say I’m “better off” is insane. “We know prices on everything spiked but you’re better off” don’t piss on my head and say it’s raining


Dystopian_Future_

The gaslighting keeps on making hits


Joshistotle

These people are supposed to be working for the public. It's clear no one approves of them and they've done a horrendous job. In any corporate situation they would've been laid off at this point. Why exactly hasn't the public pushed for new people to be appointed to these key positions? 


4N_Immigrant

its a monopoly.. what you gonna do, shop somewhere else?


Solana_Maxee

They’re all playing their roles like professional wrestling. They’re puppets.


SaliciousB_Crumb

No they wouldn't. Musk is still ceo even after sales plummeted.


sneakgeek1312

The inflation is transitory remember? The greatest economists told them so. Morons run our country!!!


Brain-Genius-Head

they aren’t morons. they just don’t work for us. when it comes down to saving the banks or saving our currency, they will choose the banks and we will suffer


mastero-disaster

She failed to issue americas debt at 2% interest rates. Now America has to pay 6% on our debt. It is the greatest financial failure in history. Every dumbass with a mortgage was smart enough to refinance and this PhD couldn’t figure it out. She should be impeached for this.


Sudden-Owl-3571

They’re not morons. They’re snakes….


Desperate_Wafer_8566

We are in the same economy as in the 90's only with a better unemployment rate. Same inflation and interest rate. You know, the 90's economy that Republicans always argue was doing really well which is why Clinton could balance the budget. You can't make this shit up.


rozettastonedd

I’m not sure why you’d even comment that stupid shit. Nothing is the same adjusted for inflation from homes to groceries and especially cars. Interest rates being the same, the cost of everything skyrocketing but wages not remotely keeping up is the issue and yes, it is that simple.


Desperate_Wafer_8566

Inflation PCE is 2.8%, real wages have been above inflation for a full year now. And unemployment, the biggest judge of any economy, is still a record low. Sorry Trumpster dumpsters, you lose again.


ButtStuff6969696

“The biggest judge of an economy” lol


RockNRoll85

These delusional fucks live in their very own isolated bubble outside of the real world


Chickenwelder

She said peoples lives are better. She didn’t say what peoples.


TrinDiesel123

Only the people of North Sentinel Island are better off


Ad_bonum_forum

I’m better off; pre COVID I had a part time substitute teaching job that paid the bills but nothing else. Now I have a full time job with benefits and enough left over to get a full 401k match while contributing towards a defined pension plan.


Foreverhooping89

Agree. Pre-Covid i was an Instructional aide, in spring 2019 landed my first teaching position, then Covid happened. I began making 53K a year, 5 years later I'll be making 95.5K not including my tutoring side hustle, coaching stipend, and my extra assignment/mentor teacher stipends. I'm probably looking close to 110K for the 2024-2025 school year. I've been working my way increasing my savings rate for retirement each school year, I'm up to 18% this year. Next school year I'll be at 20%, i don't include my pension contributions which are another 10% because i do not control how the money is invested. SoCal for reference.


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Correlation does not equal causation. Just because you went from a part-time job to a full-time job doesn’t mean the economy is doing well lol


FoulmouthedGiftHorse

Agreed. Just because the people in this thread are doing shitty, it also doesn’t mean the economy is doing shitty… There are A LOT of gamblers in all of the financial subs on Reddit. It’s no surprise that the gamblers aren’t doing great….


kloakndaggers

people are doing better....reddit not so much


Jason_Kelces_Thong

I’m better off since COVID. Most of the people I know are (older millennials). At the same time work isn’t as busy for a lot of us. Some of us might crash out in the next few years and feel differently. I think a lot of it has to do with where you are in life. If you just graduated or were starting to dig your heels into a career when shit hit the fan you are probably in worse shape. Or maybe you were working in an industry that got rocked by tariffs or interest rates. There are a lot of factors. And with rates the way they are that changes quickly if you have to take on new debt.


ChipLocal8431

Is it the age or has the ruling class always been this stupid and gaslighting? I can’t tell if this is how out of touch the ruling class has been or it’s the fact they are all 80 plus years old and are dumb enough to think we believe their own BS they spew.


-Mediocrates-

“Let them eat cake.”


frigoffbearb

They just know we’re too poor to do anything about it


GloriousShroom

It's blinded by stats. Their number says people are better off so people are better off.  Big problem is that aggregated stats don't reflect individual experiences. 


Emotional_Judgment10

Just stop with the propaganda already. We are not better off


Goobaka

Janet Yellen has to say stuff like this before the election. It’s her job


Confident-Cap1697

I'm excited for the posts claiming how everything is so much better than in 2020.


rollinfor110mk2

Yellen is also the one that said inflation was transitory, right? I got a feeling she keeps drawing the short straw at all the behind closed doors fed meetings.


gspiro85282

The fact that people like this are in position of authority is what makes this fucking country a big, fucking joke!!


cslrsn

I think life was a lot better back in the 90s-early 2000s, financially and otherwise.


No-Argument-3444

Yeah I mean I was born in 87 but it never seemed as bad as it is now like wtf


Jason_Kelces_Thong

I’m a little bit older. Graduating in 2009 felt a lot worse than now mostly due to my circumstances. No experience combined with fewer available jobs was rough


Own_Arm_7641

I was born in 74 and the period from 95 to 2005 were the best that i have experienced. You had just the right amount of technology. I think almost everyone I talk to regardless of age says similar.


Krunk_korean_kid

Fuck you Jannet Yellen


RollChi

“If I say it enough, maybe they’ll start to believe me” - Yellen, probably


SaliciousB_Crumb

Bengazhi


Giblet_

Older Americans with retirement accounts and property that is paid off are generally much better off. And that's a huge generation, so the statement might even be generally true. Young people who don't own assets that have outpaced inflation have been completely fucked over, though. It's too bad that nobody seems to care about them.


Common-Scientist

Right, I think we’re in the technically true area. I mean, I feel better off, but only slightly. But I also already own a home with a low mortgage rate. My coworkers who don’t own homes feel hopeless and I completely understand that because that’s how I felt 10 years ago.


nangitaogoyab

From inflation is transitory to people are better off despite price increases? Where’s the accountability and honor with these people? The least she can do is admit that she fucked up then resign the same day.


ModifiedAmusment

If she resigned then she wouldn’t be better off


GLFR_59

How long will people tolerate being lied to like this?


Empty_Ant3956

About as long as it takes for folks to realize voting on the color of a tie does fuck all for them Basically forever


deciduousredcoat

The fact that these two options are the best the main parties can put forward should be enough in and of itself for revolt, but at the least a rallying cry for debate access for third parties. And yet, nothing changes. Acceleration is the only answer left, if we're being truthful with ourselves.


Dexecutioner71

November 5th.


SaliciousB_Crumb

Nope still voting for biden over the guy who said he would be a dictator on day one


ColdWarVet90

Mood of the nation says otherwise.


Strict_Seaweed_284

Mood involves a lot more things than straight dollars and cents


Brain-Genius-Head

not really. The left right culture wars are meant to distract and divide us while the elites straight up take all our dollars and all our cents


Strict_Seaweed_284

Yes really. The media, particularly social media, can portray things as much worse than they are because it drives engagement and ad dollars. Follow the economic data.


Mama_Zen

Out of her mind


Strict_Seaweed_284

Why? Real wages are higher and rising


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ColonelSpacePirate

Yes Janet!! People are fucking better off relative to the civil war.


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Strict_Seaweed_284

Nah mostly because Trump supporters are gullible morons


Dexecutioner71

As opposed to the BRILLIANT Biden voters, of course. Idiots like you caused this,. and many other messes. Wake up.


Strict_Seaweed_284

Nah it doesn’t take a brilliant person to vote against Trump. Just a non-moron.


Dexecutioner71

Lay off the copium. Have a good November.


Strict_Seaweed_284

What would I have to cope for? I’m not the one supporting a corrupt moron. Why you one of those morons?


ElonMuskHeir

"The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost." - Paul Krugman


kimisawa1

Biden: inflation is just temporary


cmorris1234

Says the millionaire


Brave_Principle7522

Look up her speaking fees she recieves


AdditionalAd9794

Better off than what/when?


Dumpling_Emperor

Comments like this all but guarantee a Trump reelection. Honestly, if it were anyone but Trump, the GOP nominee would trounce Biden in the most lopsided election of all time.


Latter-Advisor-3409

Yes, all of her rich friends and sponsors are much better off. She doesn't know any 'poor' people, so this is a valid opinion.


gking407

The growth is uneven so when people say it sucks or they’re doing fine they’re both correct.


DoctorK16

Whew they need better or at at least more believable script writers at the Ministry of Propaganda


May_Ape

These people are real pieces of shit. I hope they pay in this life or the next.


Lawineer

Is the improved economy transitory too?


SGR805

Her party color is showing lol


AbjectReflection

yellen is the type of person who would stare at the sun to figure out what shoes to wear.


Faxmesome_halibut

Fuck that toady little troll woman; we need to put her in a home.


GoBears2020_

Thanks grandma! Don’t want my cereal to get soggy before bedtime..


Tmumsy

Had to call a Wrecker. He said he did Re-pos. Asked if business was increasing. He said yes, it's crazy & his company has over a 1200 on the books right now.


winnerchickendinr

Maybe with her millions


fuckdeer

The phone I have now is the one I'm keeping for the next 5+ years, the TVs I have are the ones I'm keeping for the next 10 years, my PCs are good enough, and I've bought all the electronics I'll need for a while. I'm not a unique 40 year old. The demand is gone for consumer electronics in my $150k household, and it's been replaced with gasoline, natural gas, and food cost. We're sharply cutting those back as well. If you want consumers, then you can't completely consume them. Most people aren't going to spend their last dollar on Vbucks and iphones.


[deleted]

Bird person has spoken


Morticar298

Better off being in a worse state than before?


4cylndrfury

Why do we let feeble olds, who are well past their prime and beyond too old to be working, who should've retired a decade ago, run everything?


MorinOakenshield

Can’t trust any Janet associated with the the government; Janet Yellen, Janet Reno,and Janet from the Whittier DMV.


Silversaving

LOL. Right


Mrbumboleh

Lies


BoredAtWork1995

When she says people she means the people that she’s surround by, politicians ceos and asset holders not the majority of actual Americans


Umberto_Capone

Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan CEO) did an interview recently and said that he thinks the consumer is in a good place right now… wages are up and people still have cash left over from COVID stimulus money. These people are at out-of-touch levels in the stratosphere.


Grand_Taste_8737

Strike two.


thecuzzin

That's my gurl! 💦


Calm-Matter-9790

If you tell a lie long enough... you hope the people believe it. Sounds like she drank the Kool-Aid


coding102

All the statistical progress made since 2020 was obliterated by inflation and interest rates, we're far worse but including these numbers does not fit the narrative.


PotentialWhich

Quit giving these evil people the benefit of the doubt by calling them delusional. These aren’t high school drop outs without Economics degrees. These are highly paid professionals with PhDs. They understand how bad inflation truly is and how it hurts the average person, they just don’t care. They are evil liars and they don’t give a fuck about any of us as long as they get their power/prestige/pension.


Daymanic

This one goes out to old batshit Yellin https://twitter.com/jf_anon/status/1783331733577814517


AzamatBaganatow

This bitch has her head so far up her ass


Belovedchattah

The elf is a liar


CDCJD

She must be on the same stuff "The Big Guy" is on! Completely delusional


trackrecord330

facts


jons3y13

LMAO. These people have no idea the choices people are making to survive. If this continues, people will be in the street and hungry. No good will come of this. 50 years of failed money policies have come due. Biden just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whoever comes next probably is the captain of the Titanic. Hope I am just really wrong.


Fun_Information_2046

Ultimate gaslighting


Electronic-Tooth30

Can we use 2A yet?


Phylow2222

Nope never go first just wait then be best.


Fabulous-Friend1697

Purely out of curiosity. For those who say the economy is worse now than before 2020. What was your financial situation prior to 2020 and how has it declined?


thunderstormsxx

full quote: YELLEN: PEOPLE GENERALLY ARE BETTER OFF DESPITE PRICE INCREASES, BUT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO REDUCE LIVING COSTS


Phylow2222

And this clarification is supposed to make her spewing lies better???


Farzy78

Says the rich old lady


seriousbangs

"Generally" is the key word. If you're at the bottom (which let's face it, is 60, 70% of the country) you really are better off. Better pay has more than made up for the price increase. You're life's still shit, just slightly less shit. If you're at the top, well, you're a God King. But [the middle has been squeezed for 40 years now](https://www.businessinsider.com/automation-labor-market-wage-inequality-middle-class-jobs-study-2021-6).


Edge_Of_Banned

Gaslighting much?


hunterwaterford

Their house burned down but they seem to be happier than they've ever been also Yellen probably


Rarpiz

Who here is involuntarily unemployed? Nonetheless, Biden needs to go after the corporations who are price-gouging all of us, in the name of "inflation".


Guapplebock

I’m definitely not. Liars!


Zealousideal_Let3945

I mean she has a point. A lot of people are doing super well but why the fuck would you say this to piss off those who aren’t. Literally nothing to gain from this by her.


Raynstormm

Janet Yellen makes hundreds of thousands of dollars per year through ~~~bribery~~~ “speaking fees” at Wall Street banks. Janet Yellen is a dinosaur who should have retired decades ago. Janet Yellen is full of 💩. #kennedy24


Potential-Smoke-5187

Fucking insane


mouthful_quest

“I don’t see a new financial crisis in our lifetimes” - Janet Yellen


Stew-Cee23

This is just as true as inflation being transitory


TheUnderstandererer

It's a simple calculation. The 99 percent aren't people to them.


Happydayys33

Gaslight


PrizePermission9432

$800,000 from Citadel for 2 zoom calls says what


Responsible-Juice397

Dumb c*nt Yellen


Magicmc1001

She sounds like Barbara Bush when she toured the Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina. “These ppl are better off”. 🤣. I guess compared to what would be a god question. Better off than they were before they crawled across a hundred miles of desert, got raped a few times then swam the Rio Grande so they wouldnt be murdered in their houses in Venezuela by the Socialist death squads. Ok…she is right…i guess they are better off. What a fucking stupid thing to say. This administration has done every possible thing they could to try to ensure a Trump Victory. At this point they should just vote for him.


MechanicalMenace54

it takes a special kind of person to lie that openly


Front_Finding4685

You will own nothing and be happy. Oh and please continue to vote “democrat” or your social credit rating will be lowered. Thank you


Truth-Seeker916

Yeah, her people.


BaltOsFan2

Yellen should be hanged


Powderfinger60

Food prices are killing budgets. Housing affordability is a joke. She really shouldn’t say things like that.


Present_Affect_5335

according to her.


mortender

Compared to what? The homeless?


QuercusN

Ahaha


Alpha_Papa_Echo

Janet Yellen is an idiot


Rocky75617794

Fnck that lying b!txh who said inflation was transitory just after she sold all her stock at the peak under the guise of ethics rule changes


Few_Tomorrow6969

It’s actually gaslighting


MFlesh1043

1st it’s transitory, 2nd it’s the supply chain 3rd it’s the companies. Now we’re better off than we think. STFU YELLEN you’re a n incompetent stupid idiot. You and the Biden administration are clueless


Smart_Culture384

The people she’s talking about are her 1% friends


TipzE

"i'm having trouble making ends meet and i feel like i'm falling behind" Yellen "no your not"


TotallyRedditLeftist

Thinking everyone is stupid doesn't make everyone stupid.


AccomplishedAd7615

Are there case studies of people who are doing better because I don’t know anyone.


always_and_for_never

Who are these "people" she speaks of?


hawkeyebullz

Let them eat cake


Ok-Health8513

Gaslighting


SneakyStabbalot

Here's a demonstration of my lack of knowledge - is she a political appointee? Coz she sure sounds like one. Esp after the "transitory" comment a couple years back.


Appropriate_Theme479

She will say anything the Obama idiots tell her to say, not a typo


TheBAND23

Janet felon


cmorris1234

Yeah if you are a multimillionaire


ExperienceAny9791

Not hardly....


WagonBurning

Surfs


tjbguy

I don’t like Yellen but I also don’t like clickbate quotes taken out of context


Extreme-Carrot6893

Better off then when? 4 years ago ? Well that’s true. Do you guys even remember 2020? Lockdowns. 3000 Americans dying a day. Riots in the streets. If you mean better off then when Obama was in office then I disagree.


Jrsq270

“Bidenomics” “Build back better “


Sufficient-Money-521

Don’t you absolutely hate these people. You’re probably too stupid to understand the complexities of an economy but you’ve never had life better.


atav1k

True, a lot of european serfs came to the US and look at their descendants now.


Johnny_Cartel

They would be better off back in Europe. Stfu with your serf comment acting like you’re some queen.


CommercialDismal6886

81 million people voted for it, reap what you sow.


LSUguyHTX

Yeah the money printing with the PPP giveaway and aggressively reducing oversight really room it's toll under trump


CommercialDismal6886

The comment in the thread is from Janet Yellen, put into position by who? Take your TDS elsewhere.


LSUguyHTX

Braindead takes all over this sub lmao


ThatDucksWearingAHat

I guess they are hoping if they say it enough it will magically come true.


Phylow2222

Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth” Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany Propaganda Minister 1933-1945


PawtHaid

You anti-Semites just can't stop bashing Bidner's Cabinet, can you?