Some Republicans are asking this question: Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?
There is a hope that most people have a memory so bad that they can’t remember what America was like 4 years ago. They hope that you will sell out the American system of democracy for a price.
Four years ago, the COVID pandemic was mismanaged https://www.mana-now.com/post/the-virus-mismanagement worse in America than most other countries. America had a higher COVID death rate per capita than more than 90% of all other countries around the world. Covid bodies were accumulating in freezer trucks because the morgues were full (1). This was happening not only in NY but in Texas, Arizona, and other states (2). This was still a problem into 2021 (3, 4). Many people could not get surgeries scheduled in hospitals due to the surge of COVID patients. (5)
In one quarter the US had the largest drop in GDP in the history of America (6). There was a larger drop in GDP than anytime in the 2008 recession or in the Great Depression. There was a shortage of many products in stores. Some people were wiping their butts with coffee filters or newspapers because there was no toilet paper in the stores. The unemployment rate spiked up to close to 15%% with more than 20 million unemployed (7, 8). America has had a more rapid recovery from the COVID downturn than most other modern countries. The rapid recovery led to rapidly expanding demand exceeding supply for most products. This led to demand-pull inflation. But there are several other significant factors that caused inflation, in spite of the fact that many people want to blame the government. It is worthwhile to review the causes and solutions for inflation. In 2020, the bottom for the Dow Jones average was around 19,000. Recently, the Dow Jones average has exceeded 43,000. Republicans have been predicting a stock market crash for years, but it recovered from the Trump disaster very nicely.
A few people have tried to look at the facts to answer the 4-year question (9, 10, 11, 12). But it appears that many people are not interested in looking at any facts.
It is now a good time to reflect on how severely the COVID pandemic was mismanaged. We lost more Americans than we lost in WW2. There is an argument that the prior years were good. But if a president only makes one major mistake this bad in 4 years, it is still a disaster of huge proportions. And trumps mental fitness has continued spiraling down, so the possibility of other major mistakes is very high. One thing for sure is that 4 years ago was not the Republican paradise that many people think they remember. The American system of democracy was almost lost 4 years ago https://www.mana-now.com/all-news/categories/the-constitution. The risk is much higher today. Many Americans are willing to risk losing the American system of democracy for the promise of getting a temporary lower price for a gallon of gas.
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