Libhater
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Let's look at some specific metrics. These are just but a few of many more.
Gas is currently $3.84 a gallon compared to $2.62 four years ago.
Four years ago the U.S. was energy independent for the first time since 1957. In 2022, the U.S. imported 8.32 billion barrels per day of petroleum, and the strategic petroleum reserve is depleted. Biden also cancelled oil and gas leases in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. Biden also stopped the transport of fossil fuels by train, preferring far less efficient and more polluting trucks.
Food inflation currently sits at 4.9 percent compared to 1.8 percent four years ago.
In 2022 the national debt was $30.8 trillion. Four or five years ago in 2018 it was $21.4 trillion.
The annual U.S. budget deficit was $665 billion in 2017, rising to $2,772 billion in 2021.This is more than a fourfold increase in spending we don't have.
The current 30-year fixed home mortgage rate is 7.18 percent. Four years ago, it was 3.58 percent, half of the current rate. The average sales price of a house in the U.S. for 2023 is $495K. Four years ago, it was $371K, more than 100K difference.
U.S. credit card debt in 2023 was $1.03 trillion, compared to 4 years ago in 2019 it was at $848 billion, about $150 billion more.
Purchasing power of $100 in 2000 declined to about $68 in 2018 and by 2023 is down to $59.
Four years ago we were not in a proxy war with Russia, the largest nuclear power in the world. Four years ago we were not sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine to fire at Russia, causing death and destruction and contaminating the land, Chernobyl-style.
Four years ago, Afghanistan wasn't fully controlled by the Taliban and 13 U.S. service member serving in Kabul were still alive.
In 2017, there were 61 thousand overdose deaths. Four years later in 2021 there were 98 thousand overdose deaths, almost a 50% increase.
https://www.americanthinker.com/art...r_off_today_than_you_were_four_years_ago.html
Somewhat interesting would be to see if a Demo-rat or lefty can actually say that they or that Americans and or America in general are better off today under this Dem admin-leadership then they were some 4 or 5 years ago under the great and successful leadership of Donald Trump.
Gas is currently $3.84 a gallon compared to $2.62 four years ago.
Four years ago the U.S. was energy independent for the first time since 1957. In 2022, the U.S. imported 8.32 billion barrels per day of petroleum, and the strategic petroleum reserve is depleted. Biden also cancelled oil and gas leases in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. Biden also stopped the transport of fossil fuels by train, preferring far less efficient and more polluting trucks.
Food inflation currently sits at 4.9 percent compared to 1.8 percent four years ago.
In 2022 the national debt was $30.8 trillion. Four or five years ago in 2018 it was $21.4 trillion.
The annual U.S. budget deficit was $665 billion in 2017, rising to $2,772 billion in 2021.This is more than a fourfold increase in spending we don't have.
The current 30-year fixed home mortgage rate is 7.18 percent. Four years ago, it was 3.58 percent, half of the current rate. The average sales price of a house in the U.S. for 2023 is $495K. Four years ago, it was $371K, more than 100K difference.
U.S. credit card debt in 2023 was $1.03 trillion, compared to 4 years ago in 2019 it was at $848 billion, about $150 billion more.
Purchasing power of $100 in 2000 declined to about $68 in 2018 and by 2023 is down to $59.
Four years ago we were not in a proxy war with Russia, the largest nuclear power in the world. Four years ago we were not sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine to fire at Russia, causing death and destruction and contaminating the land, Chernobyl-style.
Four years ago, Afghanistan wasn't fully controlled by the Taliban and 13 U.S. service member serving in Kabul were still alive.
In 2017, there were 61 thousand overdose deaths. Four years later in 2021 there were 98 thousand overdose deaths, almost a 50% increase.
https://www.americanthinker.com/art...r_off_today_than_you_were_four_years_ago.html
Somewhat interesting would be to see if a Demo-rat or lefty can actually say that they or that Americans and or America in general are better off today under this Dem admin-leadership then they were some 4 or 5 years ago under the great and successful leadership of Donald Trump.
