@SenBillCassidy There is one solution that you and your party refused to touch. Raise the social security to income earner above 182k. That would solve the solvency concerns but GOP is bought and paid for
These are the economic numbers going into the midterms:
Inflation when Trump took office: 3%.
Inflation today: 3.7%.
Wage gains when Trump took office: 4%
Wage gains today: 3%
Real wage gains when Trump took office: 1%
Real wage gains today: -0.7%
Cost of a gallon of gas when Trump took office: $3.13
Cost of a gallon of gas today: $4.33
Average monthly job creation in 2024: 122,000
Average monthly job creation since Trump took office: 39,000
Unemployment rate when Trump took office: 4%
Unemployment rate today: 4.2%
GDP growth 2024: 3%
Most recent quarter GDP growth: 2.2% (2026 average so far: 2.3%)
Deficit in 2024: $1.83 trillion
Deficit for 2026: $1.99 trillion
National debt 2024: $35.5 trillion
National debt 2026: $40.1 trillion
30-year mortgage rate when Trump took office: 7%
30-year mortgage rate today: 7.45%
Defense spending 2024: $874 billion
Defense spending 2026: $966 billion* (current OMB estimate)
Republican defense spending request for 2027: $1.5 trillion
@malik_alee66879 If an owner
Feels this way, they should then pay their employees a better wage. Salaries are
Not on the customer to pay. Raise your prices, pay a better wage
If Russia laid down its arms, there would be peace. If Ukraine laid down its arms, there would be no Ukraine.
The fastest way to achieve peace is for Biden to stop pussyfooting around and give Ukraine the weapons it needs to take back its territory. Then Putin will negotiate.
@RepJackKimble You’re so stupid! Do you know how many MD’s from medical schools outside the US are practicing. I think if you want to be a government representative that you must represent all your constituents and half a fully functioning brain
@J_Sus85@egoldie80 Obviously not a deterrent. If it were then there would be
Zero murders in USA. The greatest country in the world need not stoop to the levels of Iran, N. Korea & attempt to put an entertainment spin on a punishment. Killing the prisoner is enough no need turn it into a spectacle
@RobertCSprague Such political BS. You start a war, the prices skyrocket. So to try to minimize the fuck up, you temporarily get rid of the state tax used to maintain our roads. You know who doesn’t feel the price reduction? Big oil! Still making the same record profits as before