Subj : Re: You're not paying attention To : Alan Ianson From : Gregory Deyss Date : Sat Sep 02 2023 09:33:04 AI> I am not really a Biden supporter but an honest look at what he has done AI> does not show anything negative. As the Subject indicates "You're not paying attention" and I'll prove it. 1. His withdrawal from Afghanistan was the most shameful foreign policy calamity in my lifetime. Biden left hundreds of US citizens and as many as 62,000 of our Afghan allies behind enemy lines, and forced NATO allies to abandon their citizens and allies as well. He put the safety of US service members at the Kabul airport in the hands of the Taliban and Haqqani network, a decision that led to the deaths of 13 Americans in a suicide attack. His over the horizon drone strike killed no terrorists but took the lives of 10 innocent people. And he repeatedly lied about the unfolding disaster declaring that al-Qaeda was gone from Afghanistan; that no Americans were having trouble getting to the airport; that no allies were questioning the United States credibility; that none of his military advisers had recommended leaving a residual force; and that his Afghan debacle was an extraordinary success. 2. He failed to deliver on his promise to put his "whole soul" into uniting the country. Biden threatened to veto his own bipartisan infrastructure bill, then went to Capitol Hill and urged members of his own party to take it hostage as leverage to pass Build Back Better. He failed to pass any other major pieces of bipartisan legislation, allowing himself to be captured by his party's radical left wing. 3. His $1.9 trillion in social spending disguised as œcovid-19 relief helped unleash inflation and extreme labor shortages. This was the worst fiscal policy mistake in decades, passed with Democratic votes alone. And despite all that covid spending, shortages of test kits and treatments persisted as the omicron variant arrived. 4. He unleashed the worst border crisis in US history. US Customs and Border Protection reported more than 1.7 million encounters with illegal migrants at the southern border, nearly four times the number the year before, the highest annual total on record including 378,000 who were not from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala. Seizures of deadly fentanyl more than doubled in 2021, and the drug is closely connected to a surge in overdose deaths, which reached a historic high. 5. He showed weakness in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine. It's no coincidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening Ukraine just months after Biden's disastrous retreat from Afghanistan and his capitulation on Nord Stream 2. Then, channeling his inner Neville Chamberlain, Biden offered to hold talks to discuss Russia's concerns on NATO and the possibility of accommodations. Pushing Ukraine to accommodate Moscow under threat of invasion would reward Putin's aggression and invite more of it. 6. He greenlighted Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany. Then Biden inappropriately pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept Russian energy dominance over his country. Democrats impeached President Donald Trump for far less. 7. His war on fossil fuels helped drive domestic production down and gasoline prices through the roof. Then he begged the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) a foreign oil cartel to produce more oil, which will result in the same emissions as domestically produced oil. It's like the 1970s all over again. 8. In the midst of a historic labor shortage, he pushed vaccine mandates. Forcing employers with more than 100 employees to fire unvaccinated workers even if they have natural immunity from previous infection or impose onerous weekly testing requirements would drive more Americans out of the labor force, at a time when businesses can't find workers and there are more than 11 million unfilled jobs. 9. He weaponized the FBI to intimidate parents who show up at school board meetings. Parents are furious about pandemic closures and schools indoctrinating their kids with extremist ideologies. Biden treated them like domestic terrorists. 10. He canceled Operation Legend amid a record crime wave in US cities. At least 12 major cities broke annual homicide records in 2021. Yet Biden ended the Trump Justice Department's Operation Legend, which deployed federal officers to aid local law enforcement and helped arrest more than 6,000 criminals. Now, with Chicago suffering the most violent year in a quarter-century, its mayor is requesting federal help to fight violent crime help that Biden withdrew when he took office. Little wonder that Biden suffered the fastest collapse in public approval of any president in modern history. When he took office, he had almost 56 percent approval and was 20 points above water. In the year of 2021 he was more than 10 points underwater. That's a 30-point swing in less than a year. No recent president has fallen from grace so far, so fast, so early in his presidency. Biden is the worst president in my lifetime. Want more proof ? https://tinyurl.com/2p9a89se https://tinyurl.com/3yxfcrnn https://www.rpc.senate.gov/policy-papers/bidens-bad-year-by-the-numbers or just Google the following "what has biden done that are negative" and you will see for yourself. AI> The economy is doing quite well in spite of MAGA nay sayers. Not by a long shot, it's not that food is more expensive, the dollar is not worth as much as it once was, that is the issue. ie; inflation Printing more and more money is also weakens the dollar as well. What is the dollar based on? Since 1971 the US dollar has been a fiat currency that is backed by the faith and credit of the US government, rather than by gold or any other tangible asset. The value of the US dollar is determined by a variety of factors, including economic fundamentals, geopolitical developments, and market sentiment. Apr 15, 2023 There is the problem, and as time marches forward it is getting worse. A breaking point is coming! When this happens even you, who is in Canada will feel the effects of the financial shock-wave, it will be devastating to most. AI> What is so negative about the "Democratic Party" What does the Democratic Party believe in? The Democratic Party is generally associated with more progressive policies. 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