"In 2016, real median household income was $62,898, just $257 above its level in 1999. Over the next three years it grew almost $6,000, to $68,703."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-30/trump-s-economy-really-was-better-than-obama-s … via @bopinion
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Economic policy decisions don't have instant effects. "Obama’s economy" was largely Washington’s.
Some percentage of it was due to factors that predate even Washington. But we treat those as the baseline when comparing one recent year to another. So effectively you're mistaken.
