Rescue me.

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How you doin’?[1] 

            On a personal note, the increase in Social Security payments made a big difference in our monthly budget.  Now, this has nothing to do with the administration of President Biden.  It was a COLA increase.[2]  But there is a bigger picture of what is taking place.  A lot of people vote based upon how they are personally doing in life.  Millions of seniors are doing better right now.  Those circumstances, in all likelihood, will hold until 2024.

Overall, the bipartisan infrastructure package probably has made the biggest impact on creating jobs for the construction trades.[3]  There are a number of lists available touting Biden’s accomplishments.  Some of them will contain some inaccurate information that was accurate at the time they were created.[4]  Like the student loan forgiveness that the Supreme Court shot down.  MAGA Republicans filed suit against it.  They don’t usually support things that don’t give money to the wealthy.  I think that calling legislation bipartisan because a handful of Republicans broke ranks to vote yes is somewhat misleading though technically correct. 

One of the absolute most dishonorable as well as dishonest things that MAGA Republicans do is when they’re back in their home districts they take credit for what they voted against.  I realize that they are just following in the footsteps of their Ducé Trump but that doesn’t make it any less dishonest.  They have a deep and abiding understanding of the ignorance and gullibility of MAGA heads.  The danger to our nation isn’t as much Trump or Trump wannabes as it is the MAGA heads. 

It's the combination of the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the American Rescue Plan that is and will continue to create all the investment that is taking place in America along with bringing manufacturing jobs back. 

For practically every accomplishment there will be a downside that people will focus on.  Just as an example President Biden, unlike Trump, did withdraw all of our troops from Afghanistan BUT we lost 13 service members and the final withdrawal was to put it mildly a clusterfuck. 

War is like that.

Me, me, me.

At some point we can only hope that there are considerations a voting public will make that supersede ‘what’s in it for me’ or ‘how am I doing’ considerations.  The recent Trump Supreme Court decision where a woman’s right to have a say about our own body was done away with is one such consideration.

I wish that maintaining our form of government was more important to the general population including the tens of millions that never vote. 

Time will tell.

The things

            I have been watching clip after clip of MAGA heads going on about the magnificence that was/is ex-President Trump.  Normally, I wouldn’t have to use “ex” before President when talking about a former President but millions of these people believe that Trump is still President that I feel it necessary in order to maintain historical accuracy.

            They are often asked about why they love their Ducé and they respond that they like everything about him.  I believe that they are completely sincere.  They have more difficulty when answering a question about what Trump accomplished beyond saying “everything.”  Even when asked to just give one example.  In other words, they just couldn’t do it. 

            The ironic part is that they can’t cite what the Trump administration did accomplish.  Any administration will accomplish positive and negative things.  Trump’s administration was no different.[5]  There are lists available on the internet listing his accomplishments.  But it isn’t about his accomplishments for his supporters.  It’s about him.  What it comes down to is the perception of the population that thinks Trump and his beliefs and character are things to strive for.  Whether it’s true or not will be debated.

            President Biden’s accomplishments are also being tracked.[6]  At the end of his Presidency everything will be tallied up just as they have been for previous administrations.  Then people will argue about all the results about …

All the things.

 

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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjA9tI7V2Q

[2] https://www.ssa.gov/cola/

[3] https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-biggest-achievements-first-year-president-1670763

[4] https://thesmilenews.com/2022/09/30/joe-bidens-23-greatest-achievements-as-president-of-the-united-states-so-far/

[5] https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/

[6] https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/bidens-numbers-january-2023-update/