I tried to imagine how much better off I am now than in 2020, because Joe Biden says I am far better off than I was. So I took pencil to paper to see exactly how great has has made my life:
1. I am paying over six dollars a gallon for gasoline now and back in 2020 I was paying less than four dollars. Of course the idiot Transportation Secretary in Washington says we should all buy an electric car while many cannot put sufficient food on the table or pay rent. Great solution by Mayor Pete!
2. My food bill has increased about 30% this past year while we eat no better than we did in 2020. In fact, most red meats like steak is off the menu unless it's for making stew or hamburger. Savings for many is just a dream, as there is nothing left at the end of a payday but bills. People living on credit cards with inflationary credit card rates rising.
3. Products we used to use are no longer available due to the lack of production. Add to that the shipping situation, and now we have to do with whatever we can find on the shelves, or on line, and pay the increased pricing. Overpriced cat food is in short supply and even a simple product like cat litter has increased in price about 20%. Automobiles are way overpriced, of course becoming less affordable due to all the new regulations and chip requirements and of course, dealer price gouging.
4. Product shrinkage due to the huge increase in raw materials pricing reduces the amount in packages and even affects toilet paper. Imagine, toilet paper narrower and less sheets on a roll while the price increases.
5. Everything costs more. No matter where it is produced prices have been increasing out of reason. A house is so far out of reach for so many and apartment rents are pushing people onto the streets or out of the state. How can you sustain a $2000 per month roof over your head on a salary of $3200 per month. And that's at $20 per hour no less! The American dream of home ownership has hit the rocks.
6. Electricity and natural gas rates have risen severely especially since the grid is strained and the quest to make everything in our lives depend on electricity. Electric has increased 40 percent in many areas with one kilowatt of power now costing up to 50 cents in some states on peak usage hours. Cities are banning natural gas in favor of electricity while they cannot support the fragile electric grid now. In winter, imagine the cost of heating a home with electric, a typical electric furnace uses about 26 kilowatts a day and 182 kilowatts a week. That equates to between $75 and $90 per week for electric just to heat the home. Natural gas would be about $40 for the same time period, especially since there is no "time of use" penalty for using natural gas while there is for electric.
7. Lack of people to work as a result of governmental handouts over the past 18 months means business has slowed and work doesn't get done in a timely manner. The "Great Resignation" further impacts the economy as people just quit with no future plans to be employed. This results in greater uncertainty in programs like Social Security and Medicare which was funded by those working and whose recipients put in a lifetime of work to receive benefits.
8. Crime is rampant and has increased greatly over the past 18 months. The "no bail" policies along with restricting law enforcement in doing their jobs has emboldened criminals since there seems to be no consequence for their actions. People being let out of jail before the ink on booking forms is dry is sickening. Going after legally owned guns is a battle cry by the left while doing nothing about criminals with guns. It's more likely a criminal will walk out of jail after shooting someone than someone who steals a can of tuna at the market to feed themselves.
9. Selective enforcement of laws on anyone who speaks negatively about the current administration smacks of straight communism and is reminiscent of Russia and China. Rioters can take over the streets and it's called a "protest" with protected First Amendment speech while they damage property, statues, firebomb buildings and injure civilians and the police, with no consequences. But when an opposing group does anything it's called an insurrection or a riot, swiftly curtailed and participants charged, jailed or otherwise harangued. Protests are only acceptable for the leftists and not for those who believe otherwise.
10. Schools used to be for learning the important elements of a future like reading, writing, math and the sciences. In 2022 they are now a bastion of far left ideology where there are no longer educational classes but indoctrination into depravity and forced learning about aberrational behaviors. Kindergartners are being brainwashed into a world of sex when they are not ready for such. Parents who disagree with this indoctrination are called "domestic terrorists" by school boards who then call on the FBI to investigate them.
11. In 2022 we can no longer call people Mr. or Mrs. or he or she. It has now been deemed appropriate to have as many genders or non-genders as you wish and God forbid you call someone by the wrong pronoun as you will be called out. A person born a male who has a beard and wearing a dress will go postal about you addressing "him" as "sir" and a person born a woman may take offense at being noted as a "her." I have now begun to address everyone as "Hey asshole" and that seems to work without any gender identification. And i find those with the stupid gender preferences answer to it quickly as well.
12. And there is a huge increase in illegal immigration. Sure we have always had illegal immigration but instead of a few hundred now we have millions flooding over the border and the current administration sees that as just fine. Catch and release and they never show up for immigration hearings. They end up on our system, from free birthing to medical, food and subsistence benefits and education in our schools. We have so many "English as a second language" courses that take away the learning experience from American students. Criminals from other countries see the US as prime opportunities for gangs, drugs and outrageous criminal behavior. We have lost control of our borders and Washington turns a blind eye. In fact they want to give the illegal aliens an ID card so they can get more benefits while American senior citizens and those needing assistance fall by the wayside.
13. Taxes continue to rise regardless of the economy. When gasoline is at the highest point ever, the idiots in California government would not abate the gas tax increase of July 1, because "the oil companies would make more money." Where that logic came from is bewildering as the motorist pays the tax, not the gasoline company. Instead of stopping that increase the state decided to give money away regardless of whether you drive or not, simply so they can give money to illegal aliens along with Americans who live in California. If they used the DMV registry as the basis as proposed, I suppose many illegals wouldn't get money as they don't register their vehicles anyway, have no license nor insurance. Leave it to Governor Newsom and the idiots in Sacramento to work out a way to give taxpayer money to illegals.
14. This isn't Putin's war or Putin's price hikes as Biden postulates. It's the Democrats war on the American people that has created this. Prices were going astronomical before the Ukraine invasion. Wild spending in Washington that knows no bounds,Willingness to sacrifice America in the quest to go "green" has destroyed many energy sources. Those in control have no backup plans when this all fails. Even the village idiot has a Plan B, even if it means running away. And that's just what the village idiots in Washington must have as their backup plan...run and hide while America suffers.
So, am I better off now than I was 2 years ago? Not only no, but HELL NO.
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