Biden did not create global inflation and Trump did not create $2 gas. However, Biden did create the strongest economic recovery in the world and Trump did raise the price of gas before he left office.
INFLATION> The COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and international supply chain breakdowns caused a huge spike in inflation all over the world. Corporate price gouging has been keeping prices high. Please check the receipts in the source links below.
What caused the U.S. pandemic-era inflation? - Brookings 6/13/2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine Is Driving Global Inflation - Barrons 7/2022
Companies use inflation to hike prices and generate huge profits - CBS
However, Joe Biden’s policies have created the strongest economic recovery in the world.
The U.S. Economy Reaches Superstar Status - The Atlantic 6/10/2024
Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. world’s best recovery - WaPo
Trump’s tax cuts for the rich and massive debt increase, set the stage for the spike in inflation.
GAS PRICES> When gas prices dropped below $2 per gallon during the COVID-19 pandemic (when most people stopped driving), Trump cut a deal with Russia and Saudi Arabia to jack up the price of gas.For some reason, Russia and Saudi Arabia have continued the production cuts throughout Biden's first term. Please note the dates in the source links below.
Trump touts 'great' Saudi-Russia oil deal to halt price rout - Reuters
Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Production Sharply to Lift Prices - WSJ 1/5/2021
Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to massive oil cuts - NPR 10/2022
Saudi Arabia, others announce surprise oil production cuts - PBS
Oil prices spike as Saudi Arabia, Russia extend oil cuts - PBS 9/2023
PRICE GOUGING> US food corporations are making record profits by keeping prices high long after their costs have gone back to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic. They get away with it because there is no competition. "A handful of companies now control the food system of the United States, stifling competition in ways not seen since the great trusts and monopolies of the late 1890s."
A handful of companies control US food system - NPR 4/18/2024
U.S. Food Prices Are Up. Are the Food Corporations to Blame? - Time
ECONOMY> Every time Republicans wreck our economy by giving our taxes to the rich (trickle-down economics), Democrats clean up their mess by investing in the middle class, which creates a stronger, more stable economy that works better for all of us.
Goldman Sachs: Harris would boost, Trump would stifle our economy
Debunking trickle-down economics - London School of Economics
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down - CBS 12/17/2020
Republican recessions and Democrat recoveries - USA Today, 5/28/2020
TAXES> Our taxes are high because Republicans give all of our taxes to the rich. If you want lower taxes we have to stop Republicans and get the rich to pay what they owe.
Bush gave away $4.6 trillion to the rich - The Balance 3/2022
Trump tax cuts failed to deliver on GOP's promises - NPR 12/2019
Trump also exploded our debt by $8.4 trillion - The Hill 1/2022
NOTE: Since the 1950's Republicans have shifted our tax burden onto the middle class. After exemptions and loopholes, U.S. corporations pay less than 13% on average. That’s nearly half the rate most people pay. More than 50 Fortune 500 corporations pay no taxes at all and U.S. corporations hold $2.1 trillion overseas to avoid taxes.
IMMIGRATION> Trump sabotaged the strongest border security bill we've ever had because Republicans use immigration to scare people into voting for them. Republicans opened our border with Mexico in the 1980s under Reagan to cripple labor unions and Republicans have been blocking serious border funding since that time.
CRIME> Republicans have been scaring people for decades, claiming that crime is out of control and Democrats are to blame but the opposite is true. U.S. crime rates are way down.
GUNS> Republicans make it too easy for criminals to buy high-capacity guns to mass murder our children. They know they can scare people into voting for them by blocking any form of "a well-regulated Militia." The US is the only country in the world with epidemic gun violence and Republicans are the only thing standing in the way of solutions, every other developed nation has implemented, to eliminate mass shootings. Republicans also blame "mental health" while they block funding for mental health services.
After Mass Shootings, Republicans Expand Access to Guns - NYT
Republicans block assault weapons ban, background checks - The Hill
House GOP takes the worst-of-all-worlds options on gun violence
ABORTION> Republicans know they can use this issue to scare people into voting for them. Republican policies are now forcing young girls to give birth to their rapist's babies. Banning abortions does not reduce them. It only makes them dangerous for poor women. Republicans also oppose every solution that reduces abortions, like free contraception, sex education in schools, and family planning for adults.
Study finds highest abortion rates in countries with legal restrictions
How Colorado Halved Abortion and Teen Birth Rates - Yes Magazine
Abstinence-Only Programs: Harmful and Ineffective - Guttmacher
LGBTQ+> Giving people legal protections that others already have does not take anything away from anyone else. However, Republicans know they can scare people into voting for them by attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Republicans claim their attacks are based on Christian values but Jesus lived with 12 men and none of them said a word about gay people or abortion.
AFGHANISTAN>Trump ignored the Afghan government and negotiated directly with the Taliban to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021. Trump freed 5,000 Taliban prisoners and withdrew 10,500 US troops, leaving only ~2,500 US troops in a country of 41 million Afghans. Biden pushed the deadline to Aug. 31 but with only ~2,500 US troops on the ground and no support from Congress, Biden had no choice but to follow through with the agreement Trump negotiated.
Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Factcheck.org
Fact check: Trump tries to rewrite Afghanistan's history - CNN
Retired generals blame Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal - FOX News
GAZA/ISRAEL> Trump winning is the worst thing that could happen to the 5.5 million Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Netanyahu has done a better job than Hamas of turning the world against Israel. He has blocked every attempt to negotiate a ceasefire and the release of hostages because his own freedom depends on keeping the war going. Netanyahu helped fund Hamas, he knew Hamas was going to attack and he failed to protect the people of Israel on October 7th. To get a ceasefire, free the hostages and get humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza, Netanyahu must go first. If he is replaced by someone as bad, then you have to get rid of that one, and so on until you get a leader who will negotiate a ceasefire.
Leaked Hamas Documents, Reveal Netanyahu's Responsibility for Oct. 7
Netanyahu knew that a violent eruption was looming - Times of Israel
Netanyahu Is Israel’s Worst Prime Minister Ever - The Atlantic
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