Trump uses the 9% inflation that occurred in the aftermath of COVID to project what will happen if Kamala Harris is elected president. The federal government spent money to jump start the economy and to help people and businesses affected. Of course there was going to be inflation. Pandemics happen less than once in a lifetime. Remarkably the economy has recovered to 2% inflation, low unemployment and the market has reached record high levels. The recession predicted by many economists never happened! What’s wrong with this?
Conversely Trump’s proposal for tariffs is predicted by many economists to increase the cost of items and could reduce the average household’s income by $1,900 to $7,600.
Trump did nothing about the largest economic and environmental issue facing the world today, climate change, and proposes to do nothing about it if elected. We cannot afford another term of Trump.
Paul Mitnik
Vassalboro
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