Why does the prospect of Democrats controlling Congress tank stocks?

[Anonymous]

[LazerBean]

Because things are just worse under them. Companies are afraid to spend money, residents are afraid of being robbed. My husband installs security equipment and software for a living. Under Biden, commercial customers were low, scared residents were high. Under Trump, his company has barely been able to keep up with what all the big commercial customers have been wanting and willing to pay for.

[goaded]

10 of the last 11 recessions started under Republican presidents. The economy always does better under democrats.

[exitseven]

@goaded we had a recession with both Obama and Biden, No recession with Trump.

[LazerBean]

@exitseven exactly.

[goaded]

@exitseven OMG, you'll believe anything except facts! Who was president in February 2020? How about December 2007? March 2001? July 1990? July 1981? January 1980? November 1973? December 1969?

TRUMP! Bush. Bush. Papa Bush. Reagan. Carter (at last, a Democrat!). Nixon. Nixon.

[exitseven]

@goaded we had recessions with all presidents except for Clintonna dn Trump

[goaded]

@exitseven Democratic presidents are often elected to fix recessions usually created by Republican policies. What is important is who was in power when the recession started, which absolutely does include Trump.

All those dates I gave are the official start dates of recessions. All the presidents but one were Republicans, and that was Carter, when we were still children.

www.nber.org/.../us-business-cycle-expansions-and-contractions

[exitseven]

@goaded tht is becasue they wer ethr only presidents in office. The reagsn bush yesrs went on for years with only a short period with bill clinton.

[goaded]

@exitseven Once more: 10 of the last 11 recessions started under Republican presidents. Every Republican president in our lifetimes started at least one recession, except Ford who inherited one from Nixon. Clinton left office with a budget surplus that was paying off the national debt; Bush turned that around. These are just facts.

[lilBigPotato]

What is good for the people isn't necessarily good for the billionaires bank accounts.

[DryGermanGuy]

Hear, hear!!! 👏 👏 👏

[msc545]

Because large corporations usually realize that with Democrats in control, they may have to stop all the corruption and bribery and actually just earn money honestly and make safe and effective products instead of dangerous and effective ones.

[BonzoInBitburg]

Every time there's a change of power there's a dip but 6 months after midterms the market has been up 100% of the time. Normal buyer rotation as Republican retail investors sell and Democrat buyers move in and buy the dip.

[FrodoVader007]

People haven't figured out the show yet.
2 years from now we will screaming about the ineptness of Democrats just as we have for Republicans
It's been this way for a long time.

[goaded]

Yes, because Republicans put a time bomb in the bullshit better bill. It comes into effect in January 2027.

[Ariesman81Nshiiit]

Crash the market, invest in assets, buy the dip or move it to green energy or healthcare. Democrat policy 101.

[goaded]

It didn't. It made people reconsider AI investments that have no chance of paying off.

[exitseven]

I heard there is concern about deficits. They may try and get the Fed to print more money

[goaded]

The deficits are because of Republican presidents. Bush inherited a surplus. Trump inherited a reduced deficit and promptly increased it. Just look at the facts!

[exitseven]

@goaded Biden added a lot to the deficit. Trump had to spend billions just to clean up the mess.

[goaded]

Yes, he had to spend billions to reduce spending.

[exitseven]

@goaded no, but there are 20 million illegal aliens that need deporting, a military that needed rebuilding and democrat cities that needed an exterminstor. That cost billions.

[goaded]

They didn't "need" deporting. Especially not the ones who were in the country legally. Hegseth has decimated the military. Trump's "exterminators" murdered multiple people, including two American citizens.

[moddy_the_mod]

Because they're bad for business. Always have been.

[Anonymous]

The dow went up 1500 immediately. Crude oil dropped. No one cares Tesla stock is down.