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LTE: Are you better off now than four years ago?

To The Editor

January 24, 2024 by To The Editor

To the editor:

As an America First populist, I take issue with Walter Haug’s hyperbole and demagogy. The “psychopath” Mr. Haug rails against brought us four years of peace and prosperity. The Trump administration delivered:

  • Unemployment among minorities, including women, was at or near record lows.
  • His tax cuts garnered primarily working-class to middle-management jobs.
  • Real wages grew and households earned an average of $6,000 more annually.
  • Economic growth was high and inflation was low.
  • The economy was humming.
  • We were energy-independent and the largest exporter of natural gas worldwide.
  • There were no new forever wars.
  • The Abraham Accords established unprecedented cooperative relations in the Middle East.
  • Croatia and Serbia instituted mutually beneficial economic ties.
  • Our southern border was secure.
  • A seat at the table.

President Biden has delivered:

  • Astronomical inflation.
  • Unprecedented homelessness.
  • Rampant crime, particularly in urban centers.
  • An invasion of upwards of 8 million untraceable illegal aliens.
  • A war in Ukraine, whose border is unrelated to our national security.
  • An emboldened China is threatening Taiwan, whose sovereignty does affect us.
  • An even more unstable Yemen, with its Houthi rebels on the move.
  • Iran promulgates unrest throughout the Middle East.
  • A $1 trillion dollar annual payment on our ever-growing national debt.
  • Destabilization of the American dollar’s dominance taking hold in the BRICS nations.
  • An (in)Justice Department weaponized against the citizenry.
  • Allegiance to the globalists, the elites, and the corporatists at the expense of the regular working, tax-paying American citizen.

This is not “good governance.” It’s chaos by design, ineptitude, or both. Like millions of others, I look forward to the return of peace and prosperity. 

Laura Tamagno 

Marblehead

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