(09-21-2024, 07:15 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(09-21-2024, 06:51 AM)Sneakers Wrote: Stroud's original question was presented in the past, rather than future tense.  Under which President were you better off?  Aren't you just using semantics to avoid giving Trump credit for anything?  Regardless, let's look at your questions.

UKRAINE - With a victory, will Putin be content or emboldened?  Does he want to restore the Soviet Union?  If so, who's next?
TAX CUTS - Great crowd-pleasing rhetoric when you're thumping the podium.  Who doesn't want to pay less in taxes?  What's the plan to make up the resulting budget shortfall? 
CLIMATE CHANGE - Again, good material for a campaign speech, but electric cars aren't a viable solution, so what's the plan?
CONTROL OF THE BORDER - Hasn't the AMA agreed that TDS can be formally diagnosed based on a patient's response to this single question?
ILLEGAL ALIENS - Deportation ASAP for all those with criminal records or who have committed crimes while here would be a good start.  Or would you prefer to hand out gift cards?
TARIFFS - How else will we ever begin to level the playing field and bring some manufacturing back home?  I don't want to be dependent on China forever, do you?
NATO - Some might question the underlying premise that NATO is still a relevant force.  
CANDIDATES - Too old - Yes, but unless you were saying that about Biden three months ago, it's a biased question.
                      Mentally unbalanced - See the response to CONTROL OF THE BORDER above.
                      Too liberal - Personally, I believe so.  For many, it's a mindless "Anyone but Trump", and nothing else matters.  Not a real smart way to make such an impactful decision.

Under which President was I better off?  I already answered that.  Biden.  I was better off under George W Bush than I was under Bill Clinton.  I was better off under Obama than I was under Bush.  I was better off under Trump than I was under Obama.  And I am better off under Biden than I was under Trump.  That's why I previously answered, "I was better off under Biden than I was under Trump but that doesn't mean anything because things have always gotten better for me as time passes."  

I'll give Trump credit for cutting my taxes, although I don't believe that was the responsible thing to do.  

And by the way, I did say many times that Biden was too old.

You're not really responding to the spirit of Stroud's original question.  Financial position is only one aspect of life and there obviously can be a world of range between any given individuals.  His position (with which I agree) is the country as a whole was better off under Trump.  Do you believe the general population, especially those in lower income levels are better off financially under Biden?

Now what about some of the other things that affect quality of life.  Are store owners dealing with rampant shoplifting better off?  How about the restaurant committed to a ten-year lease with a new homeless encampment next door?  How's the Democratic border policy and "Defund the police" movement working out for them?

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