This just in: I’m in Alabama this week. The people are great; really friendly. Politics is never brought up. But, the television here is either a hunting show, a home shopping network, some reality show about swamp-living or some version of Fox News.

This is what is available for consumption. This is what forms their opinion about the world.

I watched one Fox-type show for 30 seconds and this is what I heard, “Let’s face it. Trump had solved every problem with immigration.” Interestingly, I didn’t know this.

Then, on the actual Fox News show I heard, “Bidenomics is a failure.” This is in reference to Biden’s impact on economics. Now I have heard this before but only by Fox News. So, if all you watch is this news channel, you get a constant barrage of “the economy sucks and its all Biden’s fault.”

By the way, there are never any solutions offered up; just observations to complain and blame about. The evidence is cherry-picked. There is always someone willing to say, “I paid twice as much for my milk today as I did yesterday.”

So much anger. It comes from what the “Fox watchers” are being fed. To me, it feels like the entire Republican Party is auditioning for the Jerry Springer show. The more ridiculous the better. They are throwing chairs at each other and then turn to the camera and say, “Biden did that.”

How about we just look at a few facts…take the economy for example:

1. Overall job numbers: – Biden: +14 million – Trump: -2.9 million
2. Overall manufacturing jobs: – Biden: +815,000 – Trump: -154,000
3. Highest labor force numbers of presidency: – Biden: 167,930,000 – Trump: 164,546,000
4. Lowest unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 3.4% – Trump: 3.5%
5. Highest unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 6.2% – Trump: 14.7%
6. Lowest black unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 4.7% – Trump: 5.3%
7. Highest black unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 9.9% – Trump: 16.8%
8. Lowest Hispanic unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 3.9% – Trump: 4%
9. Highest Hispanic unemployment of presidency: – Biden: 8.5% – Trump: 18.8%
10. Lowest woman unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 3.3% – Trump: 3.4%
11. Highest woman unemployment rate of presidency: – Biden: 6.1% – Trump: 16.2%
12. Lowest unemployment rate for those without a high school diploma of presidency: – Biden: 4.4% – Trump: 4.9%
13. Overall GDP increase in dollars: – Biden: +$5.6 trillion – Trump: +$2.9 trillion
14. Highest annual GDP growth rate of presidency: – Biden: 5.9% – Trump: 2.9%
15. Lowest annual GDP growth rate of presidency; – Biden: 2.1% – Trump: -2.8%
16. Highest Dow Jones Industrial Average: – Biden: $36,799.65 – Trump: $31,041.13
17. Highest S&P 500: – Biden: $4796.56 – Trump: $3,803.79
18. Highest Nasdaq: – Biden: $16,057.44 – Trump: $13,067.48

And today, the GDP growth from last quarter was 5.2%

Just sayin…

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

This just in: Recent polls from this week suggested that Trump would beat Biden in several Battleground states which could result in Trump winning the presidency. Is this a good thing? Let’s Look.

Trump accomplishments while in office:

1. Put in 3 Supreme Court justices who went on to overturn Roe V. Wade.
2. Broke the treaty with Iran leading to Iran fast-tracking its nuclear program and aggressively funding several terrorist groups; one of which is HAMAS.
3. Signed a major tax cut for the rich which is by far, the number one reason we continue to have soaring deficits.
4. Delayed action on COVID response which, by some estimates, led to over 450,000 avoidable American deaths.
5. Opened up several protect natural habitats for exploitation by Big Oil.
6. Tried to pull the United States out of NATO.
7. Conspired to overturn the election that he lost.
8. Promoted an attack on the capital.
9. Told a documented 30,000+ lies to the American public.

Trump accomplishments outside of office:

1. Found guilt of massive banking and insurance fraud in the state of New York.
2. Found guilty of rape
3. Charged with stealing Top Secret documents.
4. Charges with attempting to overtime the election results in Georgia

Biden accomplishments while in office:

1. Passed the American Rescue Plan which financially protected millions of people adversely affected by COVID.
2. Passed a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to repair roads, waterways, bridges, and railroads and to bring high-speed internet to rural communities.
3. Brought unemployment rate down to 3.5%
4. Ended the Republican war in Afganistan.
5. Steadfastly supports Ukraine
6. Signed the Inflation Reduction Act which includes brining down drug prices for millions of Americans.
7. Passed the CHIPS act bringing microchip production back to the United States.
8. Appointed the first black woman to the Supreme Court.
9. Reestablish America as the leader of the free world.
10. Tamed inflation
11. Last quarter saw a GDP growth rate of over 5%. This is far above anything Trump saw.

What has neither Trump nor Biden done while in office:

1. Immigration is a major problem. Ready workers are at our borders while companies struggle to perform due to a lack of labor in the United States.
2. The Affordable Healthcare Act, meant to be an interim step towards fixing healthcare remains untouched and thus, unimproved.
3. Racism and hate continue to run rampid.
4. Gun violence continues to be normal.
5. Military spending still dominates our budget.

In summary, Trump is a failed president and a convicted rapist facing 91 felony charges. He has no plan on governing beyond imprisoning those that he feels are disloyal to him. Biden has accomplished a lot; all in the name of making America stronger and a better place to live. As far as things not accomplished, presidents are not Gods. However, Biden continues to work on making things better. Trump…not so much.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim