Joe Biden is a habitual liar. The truth is not in him. He lies with no reservation or embarrassment. He sees no problem in outright mistruths or gross embellishments of past events or facts. When you find an individual like this, the simple fact is that you cannot believe anything the man says. You cannot trust him. We cannot trust our sitting president. By extension, we cannot trust the Administration that he runs.
Biden
says inflation is coming down. It is
not. The rate of its increase is slowing. Since June of 2023, it has not declined on a
month-to-month basis. Prior to that, it
had spiked up to nine-plus percent and the rate
of increase gradually declined from that peak through June of 2023. The point is this: Inflation was not a
concern under Trump; it is a curse under Biden.
Inflation is cumulative; the rate of inflation is simply the degree
of difficulty. The rate may slow down or
fall off, but the prior increases remain in place and are permanent increases in the cost of living. The only time prices actually fall is when
inflation reflects a negative rate…that
ain’t gonna happen anytime soon. The
damage the Biden Administration has done to our economy in this area will be with
us for a long, long time. You cannot unwind
that clock.
Facts:
37 months (January/2021 thru
February/2024) into Joe Biden’s presidency…Gas prices are up 38
percent; from the $2.42/gal he inherited from Trump to the $3.33/gal we now
have.
Real
wages (median
weekly real earnings) have gone down under Biden’s Administration; from $373/wk
to the figure of $371/wk.
Mortgage
rates fell under President Donald Trump’s term from 4.1
percent when he took office down to 2.8 percent when he left office; a decline
of 32 percent. When Joe Biden took
office as president, mortgage rates began to rise from the 2.8 percent up to the
current rate of 6.9 percent, an increase of 148 percent.
Under
President Trump, savings rates increased from 5.6 percent when he took office to
12.8 percent when he left; an increase of 129 percent. Under Biden, we have seen those savings rates
fall down to 3.8 percent; a decrease of 170 percent.
In
the 48 months of the Donald Trump presidency, prices increased by 7.6
percent. Under Joe Biden, prices have increased
by 18.5 percent…and that is for 37 months compared to 48 months. The average monthly inflation rate under
Trump was 1.9 percent; the average inflation rate under Biden is 5.6 percent. And remember, it is CUMULATIVE.
Joe
Biden boasts about low unemployment figures, but that
number includes part-time jobs. Facts: full-time employment has fallen under
President Joe Biden. There are fewer
full-time jobs today than when he took office.
The number of part-time jobs under Biden has increased. Why? Because inflation has caused business to
reduce full-time jobs (with benefits)
and replace them with part-time jobs.
Inflation has required people to work multiple jobs to get by and pay
their bills; oftentimes a full-time job plus one or two part-time jobs…or
simply two or three part-time jobs.
In
the past year, the number of full-time jobs is down by 1.35 percent and the number of part-time jobs is up by 7.5 percent. National labor statistics for March of 2024
show that 300,000 new jobs were created.
But how many of those jobs are
full-time and how many are part-time?
In how many instances is there double-counting where the same person has
a full-time job and a part-time job?
Consider this: Of those 300,000 new jobs…ZERO/NONE of them were manufacturing jobs. But…no surprise here…71,000 of them were government jobs. This is not a formula for the “American Dream”.
Since
he first came to Washington, DC as a federal legislator, Joe Biden has been
known as someone who polishes the apple, twists the truth, and quite simply is
unbound from facts and reality. His
performance in this area has been so prevalent and blatant that many people,
led by the mainstream media, have stopped noting his untruths and simply excuse
it by saying… “That’s just Joe Biden
being Joe Biden”. There were
members of the mainstream media who, under the Donald Trump Administration,
used to “fact check” his rhetoric and
keep track of his “lies”. Needless to say, they don’t do that for the
Biden Administration.
There
is an old saying that goes… “If you tell
a lie often enough, it becomes the truth”.
I suppose there is a corollary to that saying that goes… “If you lie often enough, your lies become
acceptable behavior”. NO!
A president who lies constantly and cannot be trusted to tell the truth
is NOT acceptable. We deserve better than that and should demand
it.
There
is also an old saying about cattle traders.
It basically observes that cattle traders won’t outright lie to you…you just have to ask them the right
questions. That is a pretty low bar;
but one that can be acceptable when buying and selling cattle. Politics ain’t beanbag and it is fought at an
extremely competitive level. Successful
politicians, even the ones who are basically truthful and trustworthy, have
been known to implement Machiavellian twists and turns into their rhetoric to
either make their points, support their agendas, or avoid uncomfortable
facts. But Machiavellian maneuvers do
not include outright lies. As voters and
citizens, we should be held to account for the obligation of asking the right
questions. Sadly, there was once a time when we could rely on the media to do that
for us; but that is no longer the case.
As public servants…especially presidents…our elected officials should
not be applying cattle trader rules
to their public discourse and damn sure ought to be held accountable for
outright lies.
We
elect a president to be the Chief Executive of our government. He/she is the undisputed, top-ranking
official for our nation. He/she LEADS our country. The first litmus test that should be applied
to his/her performance is the quality of life being experienced by the
citizens. Essentially: Are they an effective CEO? Beyond that standard, there are other
considerations such as inspirational influence, perception by foreign leaders,
ability to communicate with the people, and the need to reflect empathy for the
challenges faced by Americans. All of
that is important; but those concerns are secondary to actually performing the
executive duties of the presidency.
Under
any standard you may wish to employ, Joe Biden’s presidential performance has
been a dismal and resounding failure. The
fiscal condition of America has degraded under his watch. The economy is in crisis. The efficiency of government operations is
pathetic. Our system of justice is
perverted, corrupted, and has become politicized. The people in our country are divided as
never before…in all aspects. Our global standing has been degraded to the point
where we are viewed as incompetent, unserious, and powerless…basically irrelevant. Our sitting president is commonly viewed as a senile old man who is incapable of performing
his job, but he is accepted as a prop
to be supported by a cadre of “behind the
scene and unelected ” forces that control his thoughts and deeds.
The
only people who might view Joe Biden’s presidential performance as inspiring
would include those marketing adult diapers, dementia-related services, and
people who have sold their souls to the Democrat Party and Progressive Movement. In my
lifetime, there has never been an occasion such as Joe Biden’s quest for a
second term that better illustrates the pure political lust for power and the
preservation of it once acquired.
Much
of what I have just written about Joe Biden can be applied to Donald
Trump. From a character standpoint, I
see little if any difference between these two men. But the plain and simple facts are that if
our nation must choose between two flawed candidates for the position of Chief
Executive…then at least let us select the
one who has demonstrated competence to perform the “official” duties prescribed
to the office. By that standard,
Donald Trump is clearly a superior choice to Joe Biden. The facts are undeniable. It is a tragedy that we must settle for this level of expectation
from our president…but this is where we are.
Once again…let us review the actual
numbers:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/04/the-daily-chart-bidenflation-by-the-numbers.php
Perhaps we should consider some of
the people Joe Biden has placed in control of our government agencies that
influence our economy: https://www.city-journal.org/article/lisa-d-cooks-careless-scholarship
Over the last three-plus years, the
Biden Administration has been in basic control of a government that has
received record amounts of tax revenue.
How is that money being spent and managed?
https://reason.com/2024/04/11/nearly-100-billion-in-covid-relief-money-remains-unspent/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2960718/the-authoritarian-biden-presidency/
The Biden Administration, with its
warmed-over Obama State Department, has placed our national security in
jeopardy and pushed the global conflict climate into the red zone. These people are idiots and should not be
trusted to walk dogs, much less be in charge of our nation’s national security
concerns. This is how the Biden
Administration has handled the Middle East conflict…
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/israel-iran-syria/2024/04/12/id/1160849/
https://www.jns.org/the-surreal-echo-chamber-of-lies/
And here is the consequence of
those actions:
For the record…this is the same terrorist-state
that Obama literally sent pallet loads of cash to and that Biden has coddled
with various forms of financial support.
How much of that aid has been funneled into weaponry that enables
attacks like this?
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/iran-launches-attack-on-israel/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/04/a-slow-motion-war.php
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