So instead of rainbows and acceptance, you get inflation, military leaks, war, tariffs, gutting of federal programs like FEMA, SS, and DOE, and the list continues :rofl:
Inflation - Has Trump spurred inflation? It's been 3 months and the inflation rate is at 3%.
Military leaks - You're comparing a successful strike on Houthi targets to 13 dead as "American-occupied Afghanistan" crumbled into dust.
War - Has Trump started a war that I'm not aware of? We all know how poorly Biden handled the Russo-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts.
Tariffs - Yep
Gutting Federal Programs - If only. Compare 2019 and 2023 expenditures. Non-defense discretionary spending grew twice as quickly as inflation. Spending on welfare increased by 50%, food stamp expenditures doubled, Medicaid spending increased by 44% as a result of Biden administration giveaways.
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One reason is the Biden Administration let Democratic states ease eligibility verifications and use federal Medicaid funds to pay for other social spending like homeless housing, food and mini-refrigerators. Biden officials also let states use accounting tricks to wring more Medicaid money out of Washington. Consider California, where 37% of residents are covered by Medicaid. The state has extended Medicaid to undocumented immigrants and waived asset limits for beneficiaries. Mr. Newsom’s budget forecasts some $190 billion in Medicaid and other health spending this year, $119 billion of which will be picked up by the feds. The latter amount is greater than Florida’s annual budget.
Cutting egregious government waste is precisely what Trump was elected to do.
This post was edited by bogie160 on Apr 1 2025 02:59pm