Cause & Blame

Trump often cites Biden as the person to blame for issues he is solving. Of course, none of that is true.

Biden inherited both the faults of the previous Trump administration, and that of COVID. Biden responded tirelessly to fixing both. And he was successful. Beyond our wildest dreams, he was successful.

Gross Domestic Product rebounded under his policies. Employment grew substantially driving unemployment down steadily. The only reason unemployment remained much at all, is due to fundamental changes in the economy caused by COVID. Entirely new industries appeared during COVID and old ones ebbed away as they became unnecessary. Replacing old jobs with new opportunities took time and still there are those who remain displaced.

Biden’s administration returned America to the international scene with vigor. NATO was reinvigorated. United Nations relations were improved. Trade agreements with the global community prospered. Education, research and renewal within our social order expanded.

The $36 trillion dollar national debt is not Joe Biden’s fault. That is laid solidly with republicans who consistently funded wars, tax breaks and continued social programs without logical budgetary shifts. Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations cost the treasury $4 trillion per year. And they continue to do that. The Afghanistan and Iraq wars cost another $5 trillion with continuing commitments partially of that number.  The tax and spend political party has long been the republicans, not the Democrats.

While republicans have often talked about democrats being to blame for the national debt, the opposite is the truth. Economic historians will tell this tale for those who will listen.

Rather than argue ideologies, why doesn’t the American people talk about what they want from their society and governments. If they do this, Congress will have to do the same, hopefully without the political nonsense they usually spew. Congress needs to understand at last that the public holds them in low regard. This is because they have failed to deal honestly and collaboratively with national problems. Much of the time they have taken no action of any kind on these problems. A fall from grace is one thing, a repudiation of their responsibilities is another.

We need leaders in our nation who actually work on problems as opportunities to collaborate and create workable solutions. Playing political games for personal gains in power and wealth does not advance national prospects.

How about we try that for a few years and see where it gets us?

April 4, 2025

 

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