I absolutely realize that SOME economic polices take years to have effects. Others happen faster. Much of a president's direct impact on the economy happen almost immediately based on the sentiments of business and whether that industry feels like the president's other policies will help or hurt their industry. If a business believes that the new president will introduce regulations to hurt their industry it is unlikely they will look to make large investments in expanding while facing a potentially hostile government. The opposite is also true.

I also realize that what played out during Covid had a far more dramatic and immediate effect than any economic policy ever could. It was unprecedented, and sadly, in hindsight, almost completely unnecessary. I'm not unsympathetic to any people/families that passed away. It was just a huge over-reaction to something that was eventually going to have to run its course regardless of how hard people tried to stop it.

I applaud you for caring about fiscal policy. Most people pretend to, but really don't have the first clue about any of it and don't really care to spend any time learning either. The fact is, if you look at any defecit chart by year, the national debt was at almost the exact same trajectory during the Trump administration as it had been for the previous 20 years...until Covid. Of course the narrative is "Look how much Trump increased the national debt!!!" but almost half of the total defecit occurred during the last 9 months of his presidency. I would have much preferred the defecit to decrease during his term, and at all other times for that matter, but again, everything went out the window with Covid.

Regardless of the results of the election, normal life pretty much just goes on for us regular people. The greatest tragedy of modern politics is people get so caught up in what the news and social media are telling them that they can't just enjoy the "regular" things that make life worth living. We weren't born to obsess over trivial things that other people do. Finding something that fulfills you and makes you feel good day to day is what life is really about.