Are You Better Off Now?

21 September 2024

The Final Argument, by Ben Shapiro, Townhall, 2 November 2024:

... Donald Trump should be elected because his presidency was far more successful for America than her vice presidency.

Under Trump, the economy boomed, inflation remained low, job growth was robust; under Trump, the border remained relatively calm and became increasingly so over time; under Trump, the Middle East was beginning to flower into actual peace thanks to the Abraham Accords and a contained Iran.

Under Harris, the economy had experienced the highest inflation rates in four decades; the border had been purposefully left wide-open, with at least 6.5 million illegal immigrants entering the country; Afghanistan had been handed over to the Taliban in the most cowardly and ignominious fashion possible, resulting in billions in lost military technology and 13 murdered American servicepeople; Iran had unleashed its proxies against Israel, beginning on Oct. 7, continuing through a wave of rocket fire from Lebanon via Hezbollah, and culminating in multiple Iranian attacks directly against Israel; the social fabric had been rent by intersectional wokeness, dividing Americans along racial and sexual lines; the federal government had been weaponized against political opposition and militarized on behalf of friends of the Democratic Party...

Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

 

From An Economic Data Crib Sheet for the Presidential Debate, Breitbart, 10 September 2024:

...In order to allow for a fair assessment of the economic performance and policies of Trump and Harris, we've tried to take out the effect of the pandemic by excluding 2020 and sometimes 2021 from our calculations...

Inflation

  • Peak Inflation for Trump: 2.85%
  • Peak Inflation for Biden-Harris: 8.98%

... The cumulative effect of inflation matters as well. Here we measure it from February at the start of the term through July of the fourth year, the most recent available for the Biden-Harris administration.

  • Cumulative Trump Inflation: 5.9%
  • Cumulative Biden-Harris Inflation: 19% ...
  • Cumulative Trump grocery inflation: 6%
  • Cumulative Biden-Harris grocery inflation: 20.9%

Manufacturing Employment

  • Manufacturing Jobs Added under Trump: 414,500
  • Manufacturing Jobs Added under Biden-Harris: 138,000 ...

Jobs and Wages

  • Trump employment growth: 6.5 million
  • Percent Trump employment growth: 4.3%
  • Biden-Harris employment growth: 2.6 million
  • Percent Biden-Harris employment growth: 1.7%
  • Trump wage gain: 6.54%
  • Biden-Harris wage gain: 0.00% ...

The Border Crisis and American Jobs

  • Foreign born population growth under Trump: 2.2%
  • Foreign born population growth under Biden-Harris: 12.6%

Budget Deficits

  • Trump average budget deficit 2018-2019: $809 billion
  • Biden-Harris average budget deficit 2022-2023: $1.5 trillion
  • Trump budget deficit as share of GDP in 2019: 4.6%
  • Biden-Harris budget deficit as share of GDP in 2023: 6.2% .
  • Peak 30-year mortgage interest rate under Trump: 4.94%
  • Peak 30-year mortgage interest rate under Biden-Harris: 7.76% ...

 

President Trump vs kamala on the economy

 

Prices are now up nearly 20% since Biden took office, Yahoo, 15 May 2024.

Census Report: Household Income Lower Than 2020, Poverty Levels Jump, Geller Report, 14 September 2024. Americans' incomes are lower than four years ago and inflation skyrocketed because of government spending. Poverty increased even after taking into account government assistance, data show. Who would vote for that?

 

The Top 20 Reasons Not to Vote for Kamala Harris

Democrats Want To Keep Border Wide Open As An Electoral Strategy

Biden - Harris Regime policies: lifetime costs of nearly $50,000 per family.

US Families Have Lost $7,400 in Income Due to Harris-Biden Inflation

 

 

Walz: 'We can't afford four more years':

 

 

 

 

Do you hate Trump more than you love America? Do you hate Trump more that you love America?

Are you better off today than you were in 2020 when Trump was President? 

Is the American economy better off today than it was in 2020? 

Do you hate Trump more than you love America? 

Do you hate Trump more that you loved your family’s 2020 lifestyle?

What else do you need to know?

 

Trump and Harris: A Policy Comparison: Here is an overview of the platforms of the Republican and Democratic nominees in the 2024 election [showing Harris flipped positions], Epoch Times, 11 October 2024.