Commentary: The Democrats’ big mistake

The Big, Beautiful Bill is now the law, so it’s no longer a theoretical discussion about what the bill might do. We’re about to find out what it will do. 

The Democrats have succeeded in frightening Americans into lopsided opposition. On the day it passed the House, a Quinnipiac poll registered just 29 percent public support compared to 55 percent opposition. This has encouraged Democrats to double down on their hysterical warnings of societal collapse — warnings they hope will continue to resonate with the public. 

What they don’t seem to grasp is that you can’t spin the economy. Everybody knows in their own lives exactly how the economy is doing and any politician who tries to tell them otherwise just looks foolish. (Remember Democrats telling us for years that Bidenomics was working?) The only economic indicator that matters is the answer Americans give to this question: “Are you better off today than you were two years ago?”