U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge tweeted on January 9, claiming that the U.S. is the only major economy in the world stronger than it was before the pandemic. This remark subsequently sparked controversy on Twitter. Many netizens expressed their opposition to Fudge’s remarks, and some netizens directly took the data and said that China is the fastest growing.
Marcia Fudge, who has been secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development since March last year, is the first African-American woman to lead the department. On January 9 this year, she tweeted: “The United States is the only major economy in the world whose overall economy is stronger than it was before the pandemic.”
However, for Fudge’s confident remarks, there are few voices who agree with the comments below Twitter. Some netizens said that Fudge’s so-called “strong economy” refers to the disparity between the rich and the poor in the United States today.
“It’s easy when you define ‘economy’ as ‘how rich are the rich now’.”
Some netizens attached pictures of tent areas where homeless people live in the United States, and satirized the speech of the Minister of Housing and Urban Development.
Some netizens have attached pictures of tent areas where homeless people live in the United States.
And under Marcia Fudge’s Twitter, some netizens quoted data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), indicating that China is the country with the fastest economic growth under the epidemic, “Correction: The United States is the only one in the world that has sacrificed 836,000 lives. A major economy with a meager 2.0% growth. China has the fastest (economic) growth under the dynamic clearing and epidemic prevention policy.” The tweet also became a “hot” in the comment area, and received 792 likes from netizens , 127 people forwarded.
Some netizens corrected that China’s economy grew faster under the epidemic.
A U.S. minister does not even know the most basic facts. From the insights of a minister, he can see the level of the United States.
Data from the OECD compares the economic growth of different countries under the epidemic.
What is the current state of the U.S. economy? According to a previous report by the Washington Post, “Even the Christmas tree will not escape the economic chaos of 2021.” U.S. inflation hit a 39-year high of 6.8% in November. Prices of food, energy, cars, and rent have risen significantly. Bloomberg reported recently, citing data from the U.S. Census Bureau, that more than 21 million Americans did not have enough food to eat in early December as coronavirus relief funds ran out and food prices rose.
There are reports that the irony is that the stock market is rising, the housing market is rising, and those who are already at the top of the wealth chain are getting richer. “Forbes” magazine recently selected the 10 billionaires with the most value in the world in 2021, of which 6 are from the United States. As of Dec. 10, their combined assets have increased by $304 billion in 2021, with a 51% appreciation in net worth per capita.
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