Commentary “Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs economists lowered their forecasts for U.S. economic growth in 2022 after Mr. Manchin’s comments regarding the president’s social-spending bill. Goldman wrote in a Sunday note that the bill’s apparent demise ‘has negative implications for near-term consumption.’ They cited the likely end of the expanded child tax credit, which has helped prop up consumer spending during the pandemic but is set to expire at the end of December.” –The Wall Street Journal It doesn’t take an MIT Ph.D. to figure out what this means. When Goldman Sachs lowers its GDP forecasts based on how much money the government will be able to pump into the economy, the economy is basically on life support. Thanks to two rogue senators, Build Back Better, the president’s $3.5 trillion (recently slimmed down to $1.75 trillion) social spending bill, doesn’t appear to have the gas to get through Congress. And because of …