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JT45242

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3. To be fair, 132 percent over five years is well above average
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 04:56 PM
Nov 24

From 1970 to 2019 the average gain was about 12 percent per year, which is much less than 142 percent over a five year span.

Of course, a lot of that had to do with how well Biden handled the Covid recovery

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