Biden’s accomplishments

T he Biden Administration says the economy is humming along but on January 14, a gallon of regular gas at COSTCO was $2.86. Jump ahead to November 12, where a gallon regular gas at COSTCO is $4.38. Is the price increase of $1.53 per gallon success? Biden, please stop the country does not need any more of your success.

Ralph Brax brags about Biden Administration accomplishments usually contrasting them to the Trump Administration and his Letter on November 13 was no exception.

Brax stated the unemployment rate on January 20, 2017, was 4% when it was 4.7%. Seven tenths of a percent may not seem like a much, but it is huge when considering the number of unemployed. Brax also stated the January 2021 unemployment rate was 10% but the actual percentage, according to www.factcheck. org, was 6.3%. A sizable percentage to be sure but nowhere near 10%.

Brax and Biden brag how Biden’s economic policies created millions of jobs. Were they jobs idled due to COVID-19 but now filled? They are not new jobs just unfilled jobs.

Brax says Trump did little to address the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID vaccines became available in December 2020 and over 1M people vaccinated by the time Trump left office on January 20, 2021. Trump left Biden with 800M COVID-19 vaccine doses for Biden to get into residents’ arms.

Brax says Biden promised to bring the troops home from Afghanistan and he did as he said he would. Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was a disaster for the US and NATO allies. American citizens and allies remain in Afghanistan with their only hope of getting out is to rely on former US military members and NGOs.

The current inflation is not transitory as stated by Biden. It will be with us for years, not days or months.

Curt Redecker Lancaster