January 31, 2023

Biden is intellectually dishonest

Lying - to make an untrue statement with the intent to deceive.

Intellectually Dishonest - to make a factual statement out of context with the intent to deceive.

Biden often makes claims that sound like he is doing a great job: reducing debt, lower gas prices, lower inflation, lower deficits, more jobs, etc.  However, if you listen carefully, he makes these claims relative to arbitrary baselines, often influenced by the negative effect of the pandemic. If his claims are looked at in context they are completely intellectually dishonest.

A quick review of Biden's first 2 years:

Fixing the debt problem - NOPE - The US continues to increase the size of its debt and more critical, significantly increasing the size of it's unfunded liabilities (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security.) Money doesn't grow on trees and someday the US will have a big problem with its debt that will require massive cuts to entitlements either directly or indirectly through significant inflation.

Gasoline Prices - NOPE - still higher, still restricting crude production and still stealing from strategic oil reserve.

Natural Gas Prices - NOPE - still higher and still restricting production.

Inflation - NOPE - prices are higher and climbing faster.

Mortgage Rates - NOPE - higher.

Deficits - NOPE - still higher than normal.

Jobs - NOPE - too many people not working




 

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