Tuesday, September 10, 2024

The Key Question

There is a debate tonight, likely the only one between Trump and Harris. It will be interesting to see if, with coaching and prep, Harris can hold her own against Trump. And to see if Trump can refrain from whining about how badly he's been treated by the Democrats - both in and out of office.

A word of friendly advice: take Trump seriously, but not literally. He 'paints' with a broad brush - exaggerates and uses florid metaphors. This doesn't trouble me, but I know it bothers others. 

Even more so than in prior elections, the key question remains this. Leaving aside the Covid pandemic which was China's or maybe Fauci's fault, was your life better during Trump's four years as President or during the almost four years of the Biden-Harris presidency?

I don't know your individual answer, dear reader, but for Americans in general the Trump four years were better than the Biden-Harris almost four years. Under Trump we had low inflation with high employment and wages. 

The logic of self-government is that we all vote based on our personal self-interest. The electoral process aggregates these and, most of the time, produces a reasonable outcome.