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When voters went to the polls this past November, economic concerns and high inflation were cited as the number 1 issue motivating their decision in the voting booth to choose President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. And despite inflation still being far too high, it is also true that the American economy is absolutely on fire right now. As MarketWatch writes, despite the early predictions that the U.S. economy was heading for recession, instead, the American economy has grown an average of almost 3% a quarter since the middle of 2022 — far above what is considered its potential growth rate. Compared to the rest of the world, real GDP in the second quarter of this year was 8.7% higher in the U.S. than at the end of 2019. And as data underscores, our Gross National Income growth was massively higher than comparable democracies like Canada, Japan, and the UK. Moreover, it's important to remind ourselves that life for the average American is drastically more economically prosperous than anywhere else in the world. You may not have voted for him in 2020, and you may not support him now, but President Joe Biden, for all his flaws, deserves a significant amount of credit for the economic revival of the United States of America.
President-Elect Donald Trump hasn’t even taken office yet, and the shadow primary has already kicked off for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2028. Not a single candidate has formally announced, but betting markets have zeroed in on a few frontrunners, including: California Governor Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, former first lady Michelle Obama, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. I believe the biggest litmus test for these potential 2028 Democratic candidates actually came this week, when each candidate was asked for their thoughts on the United Healthcare CEO shooting. And rather than a litmus test of where they stand on health care policy, I believe this is the biggest litmus test in terms of where they rank on sanity. Because the only answer which passes this litmus test of sanity and reason is that murder is bad. No buts, no qualifiers, no justifications - just that murder is always wrong, period. This is the United States of America. We are a nation of laws. All American citizens have a presumption of innocence, and are innocent until proven guilty, and are only convicted upon unanimous agreement by a jury of their peers. There are many places in this world where you can choose to live in which there is widespread lawlessness. And people from those lawless societies literally risk their lives and often die just to come here, because the risk is worth the ability to live in our free society. We need to take a hard look at those celebrating Luigi Mangione as a hero, and ask ourselves how we got here, and how we repair the brokenness that is clearly so pervasive in our society.
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