Speculation

A certain politician speculated that if asked, most Americans would say they were better off four years ago. Is that accurate?  Let's examine a few statistics:

                                                         Mar                                       Jan

                                                        2021                                      2024

Unemployment rate                        6.4%                                      3.7%

Labor Force Participation Rate       62.5%                                   62.5%

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The inflation rate was 1.5% in March of 2020 and stood at 2.9% in January of 2024. Bear in mind that the inflation rate was 9.1% back in March of 2022. That's a decrease of over 300% from then to now.

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But the biggest difference between now and four years ago is that the Oval Office is not held by a self-aggrandizing narcissistic megalomaniacal man who says he wouldn't defend NATO member nations if they are behind in paying their dues to the alliance. who is facing dozens of federal charges, and who has been found to be inciting acts of violence tied to his rhetoric.    'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults. - ABC News (go.com)

Our democracy is in jeopardy. If #TFG wins the presidency, it may be the last presidential election ever. Take notice of AZ Senate Concurrent Resolution 1014. It proposes to take away the right of the presidential election results to determine who will be awarded the state's 16 electors. It has only a snowball's chance in hell of coming to pass. However, it shows that the politicians who are part of the MAGA crowd would be happy if Trump were to become a dictator.

I did not spend 10 years of my life in the military for someone to usurp our 200+ year democracy.