Under
@POTUS
's leadership, we're on track to reduce this year’s deficit by $1.7 trillion.
That’s the single largest nominal decline in the federal deficit in American history.
.
@POTUS
: “It’s time for the other side to move from their extreme positions because much of what they’ve already proposed is simply, quite frankly, unacceptable.”
"Pointing to figures released this week by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office,
@AndrewJBates46
said that tax cuts to the wealthy would add $3.5 trillion to the United States’ debt over 10 years."
Under the Trump Administration, the deficit went up every single year.
Under
@POTUS
, the deficit has fallen sharply—to the tune of $1.4 TRILLION this year alone.
It’s the largest one-year decline in the deficit in American history.
After 4 years of rising deficits under the previous Administration, we continue to make historic progress reducing the deficit under
@POTUS
.
Down $350 billion last year.
Down $1.7 trillion this year.
Snapshot of the Biden Economy:
-Added 850,000 jobs in June
-Created 3M jobs since POTUS took office
-CBO *doubled* 2021 growth projections to 7.4%
-Unemployment claims dropped to a new pandemic low this week
The President’s economic plan is working.
Bidenomics:
✅13M jobs—including 800k in manufacturing
✅Unemployment under 4%
✅Inflation less than half of what it was a year ago
✅$490B in private investment commitments
✅Job satisfaction at highest levels in 36 years
✅Key
@POTUS
policies overwhelmingly popular
The Biden Boom:
-4 million new jobs
-Fastest monthly job growth in almost a year
-In first half of this year, economy grew at the fastest rate in nearly 4 decades
-Economy has surpassed the pre-pandemic GDP peak
@POTUS
's economic plan is working.
Anita Dunn on
@Morning_Joe
ahead of
@POTUS
's Bidenomics speech on Wednesday:
"Bidenomics says that the way you grow the economy in this country is you grow the middle class."
“How is it possible that 55 of the largest corporations in this country paid ZERO dollars in federal income taxes? … Think about that: zero dollars in federal taxes on $40 billion in profits.”
-
@POTUS
.
@POTUS
’s economic plan at work:
—3.1% growth in 2023
—14.3M jobs added
—Wages + wealth rising
—Consumer sentiment surging
—Inflation falling
—Gas prices down
—401(k)s up
.
@POTUS
: “I’m fighting every single day to continue lowering costs for hardworking families…Congressional Republicans are fighting to slash taxes for the wealthy and big corporations…I won’t let them.”
.
@NerdWallet
: "President Joe Biden, in his ongoing crusade against hidden junk fees, has so far cracked down on event ticketing, airlines, financial companies and rental housing. The next target: junk fees at colleges and in student lending."
Watch
@econjared46
break down Bidenomics in less than 90 seconds.
“A key precept of Bidenomics is that if you’re helping to bake the pie, you ought to get a fair slice.”
.
@SecretaryPete
: “We’re seeing extraordinarily low unemployment, some of the most job creation under any president ever…We’ve seen inflation falling, we’ve seen manufacturing returning to the U.S.”
.
@POTUS
's budget will REDUCE deficits by $3T over 10 years.
Congressional Republicans? They've pitched plans that would INCREASE deficits by $3T over 10 years.
Contrasts don't get much clearer than that.
Romney getting into it w/ Young over Social Security, challenging her to name a sitting lawmaker with a proposal to cut benefits.
Young says there are current members w/ records of supporting benefit cuts.
.
@POTUS
cut the deficit $1.7 trillion in his first two years. His budget would reduce it another $3 trillion over 10 years. How?
✅Asking the wealthy + corporations to begin to pay their fair share
✅Cutting subsidies to Big Oil and Big Pharma
WEDNESDAY >>
@POTUS
heads to Chicago to deliver a major address on how Bidenomics is growing our economy from the middle out and bottom up—not the top down.
🧵Monday morning thread on the growing momentum behind Bidenomics:
.
@CNBC
: "President Joe Biden’s economic policies drove an unexpected economic surge that has forced Morgan Stanley to make a 'sizable upward revision' in its GDP forecasts."
.
@ShalandaYoung46
on
@HouseGOP
demanding a wish-list of extreme cuts as a condition of avoiding default:
"Imagine if
@POTUS
said: 'here's my budget. If you don't take it all, I'd be willing to cause a recession & cost millions of people their jobs.' That would be extreme."
.
@RonaldKlain
: “The measure of this president is the results he produces every single day, and avoiding this dangerous default was the latest of these results. You can judge this president by the results he’s producing as president.”
The strongest economic growth in nearly 40 years, powered by the American Rescue Plan, has put the deficit on track to drop by more than $1.3 trillion this year—the largest-ever one-year decline.
.
@POTUS
on the bipartisan funding framework: “moves us one step closer to preventing a needless government shutdown and protecting important national priorities.”
"Economic growth in the United States has been so strong under President Joe Biden that Republicans have literally found themselves at a loss for words."
As we close out 2023:
—Inflation is down
—Jobs are up
—Wages are rising
—Consumer sentiment is surging
—Our economy is growing
More work ahead, but
@POTUS
’s economic plan is getting us back on track.
There’s nothing fiscally responsible about gutting programs millions of families count on while protecting tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations that add $3.5 trillion to the debt.
.
@danpfeiffer
on Bidenomics:
"President Biden has a long-term strategy to fight inflation, create jobs and raise wages by investing in manufacturing in the United States. This strategy is paying off."
.
@JRubinBlogger
on Bidenomics:
"It has the potential to transform the economy and remake communities that had felt left behind. If so, that would be an economic and political game changer."
"We've seen 13.4 million jobs added since
@POTUS
came into office...at the same time that we continue to see a historically low unemployment rate."
-Acting
@USDOL
Secretary Julie Su
This week in Bidenomics:
✅Economy grew at solid 2% last quarter
✅Annual inflation at lowest rate in 2+ years
✅Real incomes up for Americans
✅Consumer confidence highest in 17 months
✅Signs of a manufacturing construction surge
.
@POTUS
last night on extreme House Republicans pushing us toward a shutdown:
"Funding the government is one of the most basic responsibilities of Congress. And it's time for Republicans to start doing the job America elected them to do."
.
@POTUS
's budget will reduce deficits by nearly $3 TRILLION over 10 years. How?
By asking the wealthy and big corporations to pay their fair share and slashing wasteful spending on special interests.
“Bidenomics is a simple and straightforward principle that the best way to grow the economy is from the middle-out and the bottom-up...
Simply cutting taxes for rich people and hoping that uplifts the middle class—it doesn't work.”
-
@econjared46
.
@WHCommsDir
: "Default is not an option. It would tip the country into a recession and cost us millions of jobs...We're not going to give up the economic gains of the last 2 years."
.
@SecYellen
: "Though some forecasters thought a recession last year was inevitable, President Biden and I did not. Instead of contracting, the economy has continued to grow, driven by American workers and President Biden’s economic strategy."
Extreme House Republicans' chaos has real world consequences. This isn't a game.
If they push us into a shutdown over their reckless demands, it would jeopardize nutrition assistance for nearly 7 million women and children in every state.
.
@POTUS
in new
@WSJ
op-ed on America's historic economic recovery:
"Our hard-won progress over the past two years has reaffirmed my bedrock belief that it is never a good idea to bet against hardworking Americans or the American economy."
KIRBY: "
@POTUS
felt it was important to make the case to the American people why...it’s important for the House to...get [the national security bill] to his desk."
MATTINGLY: “I don’t think it’s any secret...if this bill got to the floor, there are more than 218 votes.”
.
@POTUS
’s economic strategy has unleashed a small business boom across America.
16 million new business applications during his first 3 years in office.
That’s 3 consecutive years with more applications filed than in any year of the prior Administration.
Lael Brainard: “The president is honoring his ironclad commitment to not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 and will cut taxes further for workers and families, paid for by asking corporations and those at the top to contribute more.”
.
@WHCommsDir
: The President is going to make the case that we’ve rebuilt the strongest economy in the world in a way that’s benefited the average American.
—Wages up
—Inflation down 2/3rds
—15 million jobs added
.
@econjared46
on congressional Republican agenda:
-Cut taxes for millionaires & billionaires
-Undo
@POTUS
reforms that lower Rx drug costs
-Make it easier for the wealthy to evade taxes
"None of that is ok with this President because none of that helps working families."
"The Administration is investing in the middle class...Under
@POTUS
's leadership, we've seen 13 million jobs created, we've seen record unemployment rates."
@adrienneelrod
previewing
@POTUS
's Bidenomics speech on
@Morning_Joe
.
“The President definitely trying to show that his priorities are for working people and making things more affordable—with a tax code that taxes rich people more.”
NEW:
@POTUS
on Senate passage of the national security supplemental:
“I urge the House to move on this with urgency. We cannot afford to wait any longer. The costs of inaction are rising every day, especially in Ukraine.”
Under
@POTUS
's leadership, our jobs recovery is one of the strongest ever.
-Nearly 6 million new jobs this year
-Families have more money in their pockets
-The number of Americans filing for unemployment last week was the smallest since 1969
POTUS's Rescue Plan + vaccine program --> faster, stronger economic recovery:
-531,000 new jobs in October
-Unemployment rate down to 4.6%
-5.6 million jobs since POTUS took office
-620k jobs added per month on average
This is very simple.
Extreme House Republicans are demanding a wish-list of reckless cuts to law enforcement, border agents, education, child care, etc.
If they don't get their way, they plan to force a shutdown that will hurt the American people.
6.4 million jobs added, unemployment rate plunged to 3.9%, gained back 84% of the jobs lost during the pandemic.
In 2021, under
@POTUS
's leadership, we achieved the best record of job creation in history.
Extreme House Republicans have demanded reckless cuts to law enforcement, border agents and officers, child care, rail safety, and much more.
If they don't get their way, they want to plow us into a Republican shutdown that will damage our economy and national security.
.
@CNN
highlights some of the ways “you can…tell that the economy is roaring and moving in the right direction.”
⬆️401(k) plans
⬆️Consumer sentiment
⬇️Gas prices
⬇️Mortgage rates
.
@POTUS
: “For too long, some banks have charged exorbitant overdraft fees—sometimes $30 or more—that often hit the most vulnerable Americans the hardest, all while banks pad their bottom lines. Banks call it a service—I call it exploitation.”
.
@AndrewJBates46
: "Joe Biden won’t let Congressional Republicans defund the police, abolish law enforcement agencies like the FBI, gut crime prevention, or rollback landmark legislation critical to the fight against gun crime."
.
@POTUS
: “Thanks to the American people, America now has the strongest growth, the lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world. It's because of you.”
80% of House Republicans—and 100% of their leadership—support a budget that will:
—Cut Social Security + raise the retirement age
—Cut Medicare
—Rip coverage away from millions
—Give more tax cuts to the wealthy
—Raise housing + clean energy costs
.
@SecretaryPete
on the consequences of extreme House Republicans' chaos:
"We now have 2,600 air traffic controllers in training. A government shutdown would stop that training. Even a shutdown lasting a few weeks could set us back by months."
Spectrum: White House warns GOP budget proposal could increase wait times for Social Security and Medicare assistance
"The push marks the White House’s latest endeavor to draw a stark line between Biden and the GOP on health care and associated costs."
Unemployment is near a record low.
The share of working age Americans with jobs is at a 20-year high.
The economy is growing, inflation is falling, wages are rising.
Bidenomics is working.
.
@ShalandaYoung46
: "What we see Congressional Republicans say is: we won't default *only if* we get to cut...programs that help middle class and working families in this country.
We think that's wrong.
Default has to be off the table."
“The President’s plans are working. Low unemployment, high job growth, low inflation. It’s really amazing what’s going on in our economy right now.”
-
@GovWhitmer
on Bidenomics
.
@ShalandaYoung46
on the need for Congress to prevent default and not play politics:
"I can't imagine calling my 94-year-old grandmother in South Louisiana to tell her that people in this town want to cut her Social Security and Medicare" as a condition for doing their job.
The choice is this:
Are we going to continue with an economy where the overwhelming share of the benefits go to big corporations and the very wealthy?
Or are we going to take this moment to set this country on a new path?
-
@POTUS
.
@CNN
: “President Joe Biden called the new proposed rule ‘just one part of my Administration’s broader plan to lower costs for hardworking families,’ calling predatory overdraft fees ‘exploitation.’”
.
@ShalandaYoung46
sums up a key values contrast on
@CNN
:
"
@POTUS
wants to bring down the deficit while investing in the middle class.
The Freedom Caucus put out a proposal to cut programs that help the middle class while not reducing the deficit in order to help the wealthy."
.
@POTUS
's economic plan grows the economy from the middle out and bottom up—cutting taxes for working people & families with children.
House Republicans are laying the groundwork to spend *trillions* on tax cuts skewed to the wealthy and big corporations.
We're facing historic challenges: COVID-19, an economic crisis, climate change, and racial inequity.
Follow along as we work to implement President Biden's vision to build back better and ensure our government works for all Americans.
Bidenomics at work:
✅Economy grew at 2.4% in Q2
✅Unemployment ⬇️ 4% for 17 mo.
✅13.2 million jobs added
✅Inflation down 2/3rds from last year
✅Consumer confidence at 2 year high
.
@VP
at
@MunSecConf
:
"In partnership with supportive, bipartisan majorities in both Houses of the U.S. Congress, we will work to secure critical weapons and resources that Ukraine so badly needs.
And let me be clear: the failure to do so would be a gift to Vladimir Putin.”
Happening Now: Tune in to the Munich Security Conference as I speak about the importance of America’s continued global leadership and our sacred commitment to our NATO allies.
.
@POTUS
’s policies are powering a historic jobs + economic recovery:
-Avg. number of Americans filing for unemployment over last 4wks is at the lowest level since 1969
-Nearly 6M new jobs added
-On avg., Americans have ~$100 more in their pockets each month than they did last yr
Via
@axios
:
—"63% of Americans rate their current financial situation as being 'good,' including 19% of us who say it's 'very good'"
—"66% think that 2024 will be better than 2023"
—"77% of Americans are happy with where they're living"