“Together, we Tailor Tax and Advisory Solutions for your Success.” Paul is a NY CPA with over 35 years experience advising NY professionals and business owners.
@hernandezforny Stay focused. We need you and Blateman to take back NY and fund tax cuts with reducing waste, fraud and abuse in so many NYS and NYC run agencies and eliminate Sanctuary state policies to fight the budget deficits and reduce crime.
Truth. Think about this decision in 2024 on the vote with the direction of Harris Waltz, compared to the future direction in this country under Trump Vance
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT.
There are MILLIONS of Americans genuinely struggling right now.
And I'm not talking about people living lavishly or making reckless financial decisions.
I'm talking about ordinary people who:
• Pay rent or a mortgage
• Buy groceries
• Put gas in the car to get to work
• Pay electricity and utilities
• Pay insurance
• Raise their children
• Pay their debts
And after all of that, there's barely anything left.
Sometimes NOTHING.
So when gas jumps another dollar a gallon, somebody sitting comfortably might say:
"It's only another $15 or $20 at the pump."
But for a family already living right on the edge, that $20 matters.
That's groceries.
That's electricity.
That's money that was supposed to go toward the insurance bill.
That's the reality.
And I understand it more than some people may realize.
I'm currently unemployed while trying to build a business. I live in a city. I'm a father of six.
I understand what it means to look at expenses and ask yourself:
Where exactly is this money supposed to come from?
So I'm not going to sit here and tell struggling Americans that better economic numbers automatically mean everything is okay.
It isn't.
The numbers themselves show why people can still feel squeezed. In August, consumer prices were up 3.4% from a year earlier, while inflation-adjusted hourly earnings were actually down 0.3%. Rent was still rising, electricity was still rising, and gasoline had jumped sharply year-over-year.
And remember: when inflation slows, that doesn't mean prices magically return to where they were.
It means they're increasing more slowly from an already HIGHER base.
That's the part Washington often struggles to communicate.
President after President has come and gone. Families don't pay tonight's electricity bill with promises about what America might look like five years from now.
Hope for tomorrow doesn't pay today's bills.
I understand that.
But there's another side we cannot ignore either:
DIRECTION.
We have today's reality, and then we have the direction we're trying to move the country over the next several years.
Those are two different questions.
People should absolutely hold government accountable for what they're experiencing TODAY.
But every voter should also ask:
What policies created today's conditions?
What policies are being implemented now?
What will those policies realistically produce 1, 2, 5 or 10 years from now?
Because short-term pain is REAL.
But decisions made because of short-term pain can have long-term consequences too.
Don't dismiss the struggling family because a spreadsheet says things are improving.
But don't ignore the long-term direction of the country because the improvement hasn't reached your kitchen table yet either.
We have to be capable of understanding BOTH.
@VeBo1991 True. Regrets in NYC as low voter turnout in Mayor race of 39% eligible, 3.4 million voters stayed home and Mayor only won by 207,000 votes.
We need at least a 60% voter turnout across the country, so margins are too big to rig.
True, comparison is important. Also the untold story of the improved economy, job growth across the country with bring back manufacturing, oil industry, steel industry, auto industry etc.
DJT ran on drill baby drill, now for Republicans elections across the country it’s Jobs baby Jobs..
I am very skeptical on the voting Polls integrity.
I remember 2024 also predicting close Presidential races, when in fact DJT won by a landslide.
RNC midterm convention was powerful, DJT and JD Vance out campaigning and Democrats weaker position financially are still strong factors in the Republicans favor.
If the Voting polls integrity is weakened to support the false proposition that it is a close race, so national candidates naturally spend more on the frequency of more polls, it is a self fulfilling objective.
I hope that Voter polls integrity is a true north compass, but I do have my doubts.
Like 2024, there is such a strong silent majority and much like 2024, voter turnout is strong. 💪
Great to begin to communicate such strong economic success.
Spread the wealth as DJT ran on drill baby drill.
Let Republicans across the country run on Jobs baby Jobs. Such a powerful platform that leverages the success of your entire Administration in terms of Private Sector job growth with bringing back Manufacturing etc