1/28/21: It is Donald Trump’s
contention that he leaves the nation he led for four years in fantastic shape,
far better than when he first took the oath of office and then started to
ignore it. According to the Department of Agriculture, another eight million Americans ended up on food stamps
last year, bringing the total to 44 million. That means one of every 7 or 8
persons lacks enough money for food.
Forty-four
million is worse than forty-three million.
Sometimes, it’s “fun” to look back and see what Candidate Don used to say about Barack Obama. On July 21, 2016, in a speech to supporters, he lambasted Mr. Obama for his failures.
And for once, the numbers he used were partly correct!
“President Obama has almost
doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion,” he groaned, “and growing.
Yet what do we have to show for it? Our roads and bridges are falling apart,
our airports are in third-world condition, and 43 million Americans are on food
stamps.”
So, four year later – and no progress on
food stamps.
Also no big infrastructure plan was ever
enacted, as Candidate Don promised. Part of the problem was that Team
Trump never got around to putting together a plan, until July 2020, when Trump was
desperate to get re-elected. Unfortunately, by that time the pandemic was
squeezing the life out of the economy, and we were already sinking in a sea of
red ink.
When I checked, a little after 11:00 p.m. this
evening, our roads and bridges were four years older and still not fixed. The
“Federal Deficit Clock” registered more than $27.8 trillion. Under Mr. Trump’s “guiding hand” the deficit rose almost
nine trillion dollars in one term.
Plus, he bungled the COVID-19 crisis. As of January 27, the CDC reports that 462,435 Americans are dead.
Last, but not least, the Commerce Department reports that the U.S. economy shrank by 3.5% last year.
That’s the worst decline since 1946.
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