From: Texas Dan

RE: < You know what I didn’t vote for? >

General points taken , but fuel prices are way down as is inflation. The economy is the one thing he is getting right.

Well Texas Dan,

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I appreciate it. I think discussion, give & take, comparing notes and experiences are a really good thing for Americans to do. Talking may well avoid something worse down the line for this country.

To your point of fuel prices…Before Trump was elected gasoline was $3.24 per gallon locally. Now it is $3.21. That is a decrease of less than 1% since Trump was elected. I wouldn’t call that “way down”, but that is just me.
National average of gasoline was $3.11 on 1/20, Trump’s inauguration day. National average of gasoline today 7/20 is $3.11. So no “down” at all since Trump took office.

As for inflation…the last 5 months of Biden regime inflation was running at 2.82% average. The first 5 months of Trumps reign it is 2.52%. That’s 3tenths of a point difference. Hardly what I would call “way down”. And unfortunately for America the inflation rate under Trump is trending up for the last 2 months (no figures out for July yet). Yeah, up 4tenths of a point in the last two months. So a larger tick up under Trump vs a down tick of 3tenths from Biden to Trump.

Unemployment rate in June 2025 was 4%, unchanged from June 2024. So Trump hasn’t improved the employment situation at all vs Biden as per June numbers.

Also, I will be posting an article in a day or two that shares economic information that is very damning to Trump. In June the average family paid $314 more to cover tariffs under Trump…$314 out of the pockets of the average American family. Not good economic news in my opinion. And horrible news when you look at it on an annual basis…over $3,700 in a year out of the wallets of each American family!!

Now, let’s touch on inflation vs wage increases. The numbers show that inflation increased faster than wage increases. That means, in terms of real wage increase…the average American worker lost ground under Trump last month.

Not looking good when you look at these actual facts and figures. Sorry about that. But maybe Trump can turn around the terrible economic numbers that are showing up so far under his presidency.

This is where I try to look at valid and reliable facts and evidence vs colored by my own bias. And yes, I have bias 😉 When a person listens to bias media, or the outrageous government propaganda that is spewed…well, someone can’t get the real truth, or the whole truth, at all from either.

AH

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