Posted on 05/08/2024 5:38:42 AM PDT by Heartlander
Are you better off now than you were, say, five years ago? Is our country better than it was five years ago? These are the questions that really matter heading into the November election. If we judged the state of the nation solely by what Joe Biden says, we would think we are living in the greatest years of American history. The economy is booming. Jobs are up. Diversity is on the rise. We can’t let Donald Trump come back and ruin all the incredible things Biden has accomplished.
Has that been your experience? These politicians govern at your consent, and we are the ones who must live downstream from Washington, D.C.’s effects while the political elites shield themselves from their own policies. What kind of a report card would you give our leaders for the past five years?
Are we more stable than we were five years ago? Is the world closer to world peace or closer to world war — or even nuclear war? Are we more respected in the world today than we were five years ago? Do our foreign adversaries fear us more or less? Is our military more or less prepared for a major war? These foreign policy questions should concern you.
Our problems don’t stop with our international reputation, however. What about the challenges in our own backyard? Are our streets safer than they were five years ago? Are police more respected? If someone commits a crime, are they more or less likely to go to jail? Do you have more trust or less trust in our justice system?
If you don’t trust the justice system, the police, or the government, where or to whom will you go when you have a problem? It used to be that you could go to the media. The media would expose the bad guys, and the government would intervene and take care of it. If the bad guys were the government, then the people would take care of business. Do you have more faith in the government or the media to have your back than you did five years ago?
Then there is our fiscal policy — or lack thereof. Do you have trust that our Treasury and our Federal Reserve have your best interest at heart? Is inflation better or worse than it was five years ago? Do you know our new target for inflation is now 3%? That means the target is 3% of additional inflation every single year.
Inflation doesn’t reverse. A drop in inflation doesn't mean prices have gone down. It means that the growth of price increases has slowed. That means the Federal Reserve’s goal is to have inflation increase 3% per year. Are you on board with that? How about its track record so far? Over the last three years, official inflation was around 12%. It’s probably closer to 20% in reality. If all goes according to plans, inflation will be at least 15% higher by the time the next president’s term ends. Is that in the right direction?
Are gas prices better or worse than they were five years ago? How about the cost of insurance? Is it easier or harder for you to find a house? From your mortgage rate to your grocery bill, I think the answer is clear.
Let’s consider the future we are building for our children. Do you feel our children are more or less safe in their schools than they were five years ago? It was about three years ago when we started finding critical race theory and diversity, equity, and inclusion indoctrination in our kids’ classrooms. Has that given you more or less confidence in your kids' school? Are our children better educated now than they were five years ago? Are our children more stable mentally than they were before this woke agenda erupted into the open?
I can't think of a category that has gotten better. Can you? Every category doesn’t point to health, growth, or flourishing in any way, shape, or form.
A reckoning is coming. When our country goes this far off from securing your freedom and the fundamentals of our Bill of Rights, a reckoning is inevitable. It’s like telling your kids that they’re getting bad grades in school and warning them that they are going to flunk if they don't change course. You can offer to help. You can get them a tutor. But if your kid does not change, the time will come when it’s too late. They’re going to fail.
That's a reckoning, and it’s a natural response to harmful ideas being implemented constantly and without any regard to consequences or any thought of changing course. Until we change our ways, the reckoning will come, and it will be devastating. Right now, we're just moving the chairs on the deck of the Titanic. We can discuss symptomatic issues all the while heading straight for the iceberg. If we don't change, we will crash.
November is the opportunity for us to change the leadership that has been leading us down our current course. Do you want another four years of our current path? If so, there's a reckoning coming. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
According to Biden all we have to do is be patient until Bidenomics kicks in ... in about a hundred years
The gross incompetence without a course correction in an election year concerns me.
Even Clinton changed after the GOP took back the House in 1996.
Biden’s handlers do not seem to care about losing supporters, awful polls or economic data.
It is almost like they know the fix is in (ballot harvesting) or a major event is coming that will distract the nation (Russian use of nuclear weapons)
It’s the same pattern of behavior as the 2020 election.
Do not comply.
Apparently the inflation rate in Washington DC is 4%. However, the inflation rate where I live is about 20%. Tell those Washington economists to come on down and live where we live.
Transitory………
One thing I can say about Glenn Beck is, he was right about bread and milk prices just a couple of years ago.
My grocery bill has doubled in 4 years. I see no end in sight.
DeSantis would get straight to the point on these issues unlike Trump. To think one pundit referred to him as stiff like Dukakis. When people start paying attention 2-3 weeks before an election the ‘flamboyance’ element figures in. B.J., the Kenyan and Reagan had it. Trump especially as it can be negative also.
The DeSantis path to the WH would be best served as Trump’s VP. Just like Bush ‘41. In the case of DeSantis he doesn’t strive to get the left’s approval. He’s detailed, a quality Trump has but doesn’t project.
Just imagine what O’Biden would do in a second term.
Yes, in 2020, Biden was in his basement most of the time, hidden from the press and tightly controlled.
Surrogates were out attacking Trump's handling of Covid along with willing media servants.
Now Biden is hiding again from the press, being tightly controlled and his surrogates only talk about Trump's legal woes and abortion.
They dare not talk about the state of the economy, foreign policy, immigration, etc.
Let’s hope and pray that doesn’t happen. And vote against it too.
Regards,
Only people better off.
Biden and his close family/friends
Illegals
Welfare recipients
The damage is done, that’s why they don’t care. The infiltration of government is thorough, the economy is in shambles, the illegal alien invasion will destroy what’s left, we are no longer respected on the world stage, we’re siding with our swore enemies, our educational institutions are destroyed and our kids are being used as fodder in a color revolution. We’re not voting our way out of this.
What a pantload. Most of what DeSantis has done is sing legislation offered up by a conservative legislature. I’ll give credit where credit is due, but to over inflate one person’s contribution is disingenuous at best. Look at his record in congress.
And he's NOT going to be Trump's VP.
I hope he keeps his promise to support Trump now and goes back to governing his state well. It's his only hope to survive politically.
It is the best economy ever. I don’t have to work as much because 95% of my business has vanished. I don’t have to drive as much because gasoline is back up over $5 a gallon. I don’t eat bad foods like eggs or steak because eggs are $7 a dozen and steak in the $25 a pound range. I don’t have to worry about what to do with all that extra money I use to have because my shop rent is up 30% and everything else is super expensive. Also I am paying my fair share to illegals knowing the $13,000 the IRS says I owed on back taxes since Biden’s installation (still fighting them but tax accountant says pay it first to avoid the compounding penalty). I enjoy seeing squatty brown people who speak no English in my local grocery store pay with EBT cards. While I have to make sure there is money in my checking account before I go shopping. Biden loves me yes I know.... Because the media tells me so.
Shrimp ‘n’ grits!
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