President Biden’s Legacy to me will be:
“The man who took away my retirement”
In 2019, I finally retired. In 2024, I must go back to work. Don’t overcomplicate the word INFLATION. It is a vague, vanilla word. Think of inflation as a PAY CUT.
My wife and I are blessed to receive social security disability of roughly $4,000 monthly. In 2024, under Joe Biden, our combined pensions now total $2,800 in buying power. The numbers are simple. Where once I was able to put away a few hundred dollars per month in savings – we now live on $1,200 less per month factoring in inflation. We have cut back a lot, but things are tight, and we even go backwards some months.
I will be going back to work, or trying to make an “author and radio guy” living (a tall order these days). But either way, Joe Biden took away my retirement. I can’t be retired anymore. Money challenges are common with older folks – but at 65, I never thought it would be me going through a financial squeeze, and headed back to work.
In Biden’s near four years, the average American household has taken a $1,000 PAY CUT. During Trump’s four years, the average American household received a $6,000 annual PAY RAISE – 500 bucks more every month! $500 is a lot of money for families, or folks like me who are on fixed incomes.
Do not let any smarty-pants Talking Head or “Newscaster” tell you differently or try to mix you up. The numbers don’t lie. The economy, and the fiscal health of the United States, was better under Donald Trump. Consumer Confidence skyrocketed, look it up.
I joke to my worldly Democrat friends, who insist that life is better as long as Trump is not in the White House, that all I want is my $1.75 TRUMP GAS back. That’s it. And my grocery prices back down to where they were under Trump.
Sure, I liked our Energy Independence, no new wars, a secure southern border, families having more money every month, peace in the Middle East – and the long list of Quantifiable Trump accomplishments and Historic Milestones during his term. Sure, I liked prison reform, where thousands of inmates accused of non-violent drug crimes were released.
These and other trivial facts are irrelevant, according to haughty Democrats and the mainstream media. They mean nothing, because psychiatrically, these people are unable to give President Trump credit for ANYTHING. Or goodness, offer APOLOGIES to Trump for being RIGHT about so many things.
Can you even imagine?...
“President Trump, we apologize. We told the world that Hillary Clinton would have been President had you not colluded with Russia. We now know Hillary concocted it. We were just trying to take you down. We apologize.”
November 5th will be a day to remember in America’s young history. Either way. I believe the everyday voter – including record Democrats, Independents, women and minorities – will vote for Donald Trump. Even if they have to hold their noses and vote.
I think they liked their cheap gas and groceries too.
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Copyright © 2024 by Greg Meakin
gregmeakin2020@gmail.com
*Greg Meakin is a retired Seattle businessman now living in Arizona. He is an author and radio guy in his retirement. His website (including a full Bio) is gregmeakin.com, and his YouTube Channel is @GregMeakin.