U.S. Senator Joe Manchin Declared His Ignorance On the Federal Budget With His Latest Quoted Statement.

THOSE WHO SERVE IN CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET FOR REASONS THAT ARE SO OBVIOUS THEY NEED NOT BE REPEATED HERE. YET, sENATOR MANCHIN DISPLAYED HIS IGNORANCE ON THE SUBJECT WHEN HE SAID THE PRESIDENT'S $3.5 TRILLION LEGISLATION WAS "FISCAL INSANITY." IF MANCHIN KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET HE WOULD KNOW THAT THOSE WORDS ACTUALLY DESCRIBE THE GOP'S RECORD FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS AND DOES NOT APPLY TO BIDEN'S PROPOSAL OR THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD. LETS EXAMINE THE FISCAL FACTS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS THAT COVER THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF REAGAN, BUSH 41, CLINTON, BUSH 43, OBAMA AND TRUMP. THE FISCAL FACTS ARE TAKEN FROM THE OFFICIAL BUDGET REPORTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT WHO RECORD AND KEEP THE FISCAL FACTS AND ARE AVAILABLE ON LINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. THE BELOW NUMERS COVER EACH ADMINISTRATIONS FISCAL YEARS WHICH BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1 AND END ON SEPTEMBER 30. TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING, WHICH THE AGENCIES CALL "OUTLAYS" ON THEIR REPORTS FOR THOSE 6 PRESIDENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS: TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING FOR REAGANS 8 FISCAL YEARS WAS UP 75%. 50% IN HIS FIRST TERM COMPARED TO CARTERS 4 YEARS AND 25% IN HIS SECOND TERM OVER HIS FIRST TERM. TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING FOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH'S 4 FISCAL YEARS WAS UP 28% OVER REAGAN'S LAST TERM. TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING FOR CLINTON'S 8 FISCAL YEARS WAS UP 28%. 14% IN HIS FIRST TERM OVER BUSH'S LAST TERM AND 14% IN HIS SECOND TERM OVER HIS FIRST TERM. (THE MOST EVENLY INCEASE OF ALL PRESIDENTS IN THE PAST 40 YEARS) TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING FOR GEORGE W. BUSH'S 8 FISCAL YEARS WAS UP 61%. IT WAS UP 28% IN HIS FIRST TERM OVER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S LAST TERM AND 33% OVER HIS FIRST TERM. TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING FOR BARRACK OBAMA'S 8 FISCAL YEARS WAS UP 25%. IT WAS UP 18% IN HIS FIRST TERM OVER BUSH'S LAST TERM AND 7% OVER HIS FIRST TERM. TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING FOR DONALD TRUMP HAS ONLY BEEN RECORDED FOR TRUMP'S FIRST THREE FISCAL YEARS AND FEDERAL SPENDING FOR THOSE THREE YEARS COMPARED TO OBAMA'S FIRST THREE FISCAL YEARS OF HIS SECOND TERM WAS UP 30%. SO WHEN THE FINAL NUMBERS COMES OUT FOR TRUMPS LAST FISCAL YEAR SPENDING THAT 30% INCREASE WILL BE INCREASED. SO TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING UNDER CLINTON AND OBAMA INCREASED AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE THAN THE 4 OTHER GOP PRESIDENTS BY A WIDE MARGIN. DEFICIT SPENDING: EVERY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN THE LAST 60 YEARS HAS COMPLETED HIS LAST FISCAL YEAR IN OFFICE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRESIDENT CARTER WITH A SMALLER FEDERAL DEFICIT THAN WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE, BUT EVERY GOP PRESIDENT DURING THAT SAME PERIOD LEFT OFFICE WITH A HIGHER FEDERAL DEFICIT AT THE END OF HIS LAST FISCAL YEAR THAN WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE. PRESIDENT CLINTON BALANCED THE BUDGET ALL 4 YEARS OF HIS SECOND TERM AND REDUCED DEFICIT SPENDING EVERY YEAR OF HIS FIRST TERM. NO GOP PRESIDENT HAS DONE THE SAME. NO GOP PRESIDENT HAS BALANCED THE FEDERAL BUDGET SINCE EISENHOWER IN 1960, BUT TWO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS, LYNDON JOHNSON AND BILL CLINTON BALANCED THE FEDERAL BUDGET 5 TIMES IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. JOHNSON BALANCED THE BUDGET IN 1969. THE NATIONAL DEBT: THE NATIONAL DEBT INCREASED 186% IN REAGAN'S 8 FISCAL YEARS IT INCREASED 54% IN GEORGE H.W. BUSH'S 4 FISCAL YEARS IT INCREASED 31% IN CLINTON'S 8 FISCAL YEARS IT INCREASED 105% IN GEORGE W. BUSH'S 8 FISCAL YEARS IT INCREASED 70%IN OBAMA'S 8 FISCAL YEARS IT INCREASED 39% AS OF 3/18/21 ON TRUMP'S WATCH AND WILL INCREASE MORE AS THE FINAL NUMBER COMES IN. THE LARGEST SINGLE FISCAL YEAR DEFICITS TOOK PLACE ON PRESIDENT BUSH 43 WATCH IN HIS LAST FISCAL YEAR BUDGET OF 9/30/09 AT $1.4 TRILLION. TRUMP'S THIRD FISCAL YEAR WHICH ENDED 9/30/20 ENDED WITH A RECORD $3.1 TRILLION AND WHEN HIS LAST FISCAL YEAR BUDGET COMES IN FOR FISCAL 9/30/21 THE DEFICIT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $2 TRILLION WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED. RONALD REAGAN WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO HAVE A $1 TRILLION SPENDING BUDGET. GEORGE W. BUSH WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE A $2 AND $3 TRILLION SPENDING BUDGET AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE A $4, $5 AND $6 TRILLION SPENDING BUDGET. PRESIDENT CLINTON STAYED WITHIN THE $1 TRILLION OF SPENDING DURING HIS 8 FISCAL YEARS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA STAYED WITHIN THE $3 TRILLION RANGE HE INHERITED FROM BUSH. THE FISCAL NUMBERS TELL THE STORY OF A FISCALLY SANE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND FISCAL INSANITY DURING THOSE 4 GOP ADMINISTRATIONS. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE NATIONAL DEBT TODAY WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM IF REAGAN, BUSH 41 AND BUSH 43 HAD BALANCED THE FEDERAL BUDGET AS CLINTON DID. THE BUSH 43 ADMINISTRATION BLEW UP THE FISCAL SANITY OF THE CLINTON YEARS IN BUSH'S VERY FIRST FISCAL YEAR WHEN HE RETURNED THE COUNTRY TO DEFICIT SPENDING THAT LASTED THROUGH HIS 8 FISCAL YEARS. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ALSO PAID DOWN OVER $400 BILLION IN THE NATIONAL DEBT. THE GOP PAID DOWN NOTHING, ZERO. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THOSE 4 GOP PRESIDENTS PRESIDED OVER AN ECONOMIC RECESSION THAT BEGAN ON THEIR WATCH DESPITE THE TAX CUTS BY REAGAN, BUSH 43 AND TRUMP. NO ECONOMIC RECESSIONS BEGAN ON CLINTON OR OBAMA'S WATCH AND CLINTON RAISED TAXES ON THOSE SAME FOLKS WHO RECEIVED THE THREE GOP TAX CUTS AND OBAMA ALLOWED THE BUSH TAX CUTS TO EXPIRE FOR THOSE MAKING OVER $550,000.00 A YEAR. AND CLINTON CREATED MORE JOBS IN 8 YEARS THAN REAGAN, BUSH 41, BUSH 43 AND TRUMP CREATED IN THE 24 YEARS THEY SERVED. MANCHIN USES THE SAME MIS-LEADING STATEMENTS AND LIES OF THE GOP IN TRYING TO DESCRIBE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS THE BIG SPENDING PARTY BUT THE RECORD INDICATES OTHERWISE. SENATOR MANCHIN'S OPPOSITION WITH HIS STATED WORDS CONCERNING BIDEN'S $3.5 TRILLION LEGISLATION IS HOGWASH AND A EXCUSE FOR HIS REAL MOTIVES. hIS IGNORANCE OF BUDGET FACTS THE PAST 40 YEARS SAYS IT ALL ABOUT HIS QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE AS A U.S. SENATOR. BEING OBJECTIVE IS NOT A PART OF GOVERNING FOR THE SENATOR. DEMOCRATIC "FISCAL INSANITY?" FACTS TELL US IT DOES NOT EXIST. BUT THE FACTS DO TELL THE STORY OF A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT HAS GOVERNED WITH "FISCAL INSANITY" FOR TOO MANY YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG THE THE LAST 4 YEARS UNDER TRUMP AND THE GOP. AND THAT REALLY SAYS IT ALL. THIS COMMENTARY WRITTEN BY JOE LORIO NOTE: BIDEN'S $3.5 TRILLION BUILD BACK BETTER LEGISLATION IS PAID FOR OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD WHICH MAKES GOOD BUDGET SENSE AND PROVIDES FOR LONG TERM GROWTH.

THE NEWS MEDIA ONCE AGAIN FAILS TO INFORM AMERICA AND ITS PEOPLE DURING TIMES OF DECISION MAKING.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S OBSTRUCTION IN CONGRESS IS WELL KNOWN BUT THE MEDIA FAILS IN ITS RESPONSE AND ACTUALLY ENABLES THE PARTY IN THEIR OBSTRUCTION BY NOT COUNTERING THE OBSTRUCTION WITH FACTS. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE PARTY'S PLEDGE TO OPPOSE RAISING OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DEBT CEILING AND TO ALLOW THE COUNTRY TO DEFAULT ON PAYING OFF ITS OBLIGATIONS THEY THEMSELVES VOTED FOR. THE GOP USES AND HIDES BEHIND THE EXCUSE STATEMENT THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO INCREASE SPENDING. THAT OF COURSE IS A SELF SERVING STATEMENT BY THE GOP WHICH THE MEDIA GIVES A LOT OF ATTENTION TO BUT NEVER POINTS OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING MOST OF THE DEBT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST 50 PLUS YEARS AND THAT IT STARTED BIG TIME WITH THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION. THE MEDIA HAS ALSO FAILED TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS THE GOP THEMSELVES WHO ARE THE BIG SPENDERS AND OWN THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN FEDERAL SPENDING FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS WHICH CONTINUED IN 2020 UNDER TRUMP WHEN FEDERAL SPENDING HIT A RECORD $6.5 TRILLION. DURING THE PAST 50 PLUS FISCAL YEARS THE NATIONAL DEBT INCREASED AS FOLLOWS ON EACH PRESIDENT'S TERM OR TERMS IN OFFICE. 1. RONALD REAGAN 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 186% 2. GEORGE W. BUSH 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 105% 3. NIXON-FORD 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 98% 4. BARRACK OBAMA 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 70% 5. GEORGE H.W. BUSH 4 FISCAL YEARS UP 54% 6. JIMMIE CARTER 4 FISCAL YEARS UP 43% 7. BILL CLINTON 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 31% 8. KENNEDY-JOHNSON 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 18% 9. DWIGHT EISENHOWER 8 FISCAL YEARS UP 6% 10. ROOSEVELT-TRUMAN UP 3% NOTE: TRUMP'S NUMBERS ARE NOT KNOWN YET BECAUSE HIS FOURTH FISCAL YEAR DOES NOT END TILL 9/30/21 BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN THE NUMBER COMES IN IT WILL SHOW THAT THE NATIONAL DEBT INCREASED MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT IT DID ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WATCH AND TRUMP ONLY SERVED 4 YEARS. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEVER REFUSED TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING WHEN THEIR PARTY CONTROLLED THE WHITE HOUSE AND WAS ADDING RECORD DEBT AND SPENDING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL HOUSE. BUT DURING THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY REPUBLICAN NEWT GINGRICH THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE DEBT CEILING, THE GOP DID IT AGAIN DURING OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY AND NOW WITH MITCH MCCONNELL LEADING THE GOP THEY VOTED AGAINST RAISING THE DEBT CEILING AND PROCLAIMED THEIR PARTY WOULD WANT TO SEE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEFAULT ON THE OBLIGATIONS THEIR PARTY HELPED TO CREATE. THE ONLY MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE PUBLIC ON HOW THE GOP ARE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF INCREASED FEDERAL SPENDING, OF INCREASES IN THE NATIONAL DEBT AND THE CREATION OF DEBT, HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT, LOWEST IN JOB CREATION, WORST IN BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET, WORST AT REDUCINT DEFICIT SPENDING AND WORST AT LOWERING UNEMPLOYMENT IS "POLITIDOSE" COMMENTARY OVER THE PAST 9 YEARS. CAN ANY ONE REMEMBER THE NEWS MEDIA EVER GIVING OUT THIS INFORMATION WHILE THE GOP WAS CLAIMING TO BE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING? THEY ARE TO BUSY ENABLING THE GOP AND ITS LIES OF PROPAGANDA. THE RECORD AND FACTS SPEAKS FOR THEMSELVES AS TO WHAT PARTY IS BEST AT GOVERNING AND ITS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH OUT A DOUBT. THE NEWS MEDIA IS JUST IGNORANT OF THE FACTS BEAUSE THE GOP HAS MORE TO SAY FOR THEM TO COMMENT ON EVEN THOUGH THE GOP'S COMMENTS ARE LIES. NOTE; FOR MORE DETAIL CONCERNING FEDERAL SPENDING INCREASES BY THE GOP READ PAST COMMENTARY BY POLITIDOSE. THIS COMMENTARY WRITTEN BY JOE LORIO

The Noise Machine of Division: The GOP, The Conservative Media, The Main Street Media and The Internet.

THE NOISE MACHINE OF DIVISION ARE FLOODING THE AIR WAVES AND THE PUBLISHING WORLD WITH THEIR DIVISIVE AND MIS-LEADING REPORTS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRSATION'S AGENDA WITH A VENGENCE, ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT'S ENDING OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE EVACUATION, AND HIS POLITICAL AGENDA NOW MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS. THEY STILL DO NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT THE U.S. EVACUATED THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, AFGHANS AND ALLIES SUCCESSFULLY DESPITE THE CHAOTIC CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND ITS MILITARY LOSS OF CONTROL AGAINST THE TALIBAN AND THE LACK OF A WILL TO DEFEND THEIR OWN COUNTRY. THE MEDIA STILL TRIES TO DESCRIBE THE END OF THE WAR A FAILURE WITH DIRE PREDICTIONS TO COME FOR THE U.S. THEY USE THE WORDS LIKE THE OPERATION WAS A DISGRACE. ONE GOP MEMBER OF CONGRESS PREDICTED THE TALIBAN WOULD TAKE SO MANY AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE IT WOULD OVER SHADOW THE IRAN HOSTAGE TAKING SITUATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 70'S. THE PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA UNDER CONSIDERATION NOW BY THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE BEING DISCRIBED AS DEAD, IN-FIGHTING BETWEEM MEMBERS WILL DOOM THE LEGISLATION, CHAOIS, ETC, ETC, ETC. NO SOLUTIONS ON THE HORIZON, ITS BIDEN'S FAULT AND SO ON WITH OTHER NEGATIVE STATEMENTS DESIGNED TO HARM THE PRESIDENT. BUT THE FACTS TELL THE STORY OF A PARTY WHO HAS A VERY SLIM MAJORITY AND LEGISLATIVE MATTERS ARE NOT GOING TO RUN SMOOTHLY BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS. bUT IN THE END, THE pRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY WILL WORK OUT THE DIFFERENCE. wHAT COUNTS IS THE PRODUCT, NOT THE TIME IT TAKES TO ACT. THE NOISE MACHINES OF DIVISION WILL CONTINUE ITS FLOOD OF MIS-LEADING INFORMATION CONCERNINC THE SUBJECT MATTERS BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE LEFT. tHEY KNOW A GOOD LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WHEN THEY SEE ONE AND "BUILDING BACK BETTER" IS A THREAT TO THEIR DO NOTHING AND UN-AMERICAN RADICAL IDEOLOGY. THIS COMMENTARY WRITTEN BY JOE LORIO

Opinion Writer Froma Harrop Has A Stock Market Problem.

HARROP'S COMMENTARY IN THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE DATED 9/20/21 TITLED, "BIDEN MARKET SURGES AND TRUMP'S BOASTING FADES" IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH SHE KNOWS ABOUT STOCK MARKET HISTORY AND HOW OPINION WRITERS HAVE FAILED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE FACTS AS THEY TAKE PLACE. HARROP THINKS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE HEY DO NOT BRAG ABOUT HOW WELL THE STOCK MARKET DOES ON THEIR WATCH. tHEN TELLS US HOW MUCH BETTER THE MARKET IS DOING ON BIDEN'S WATCH THAN IT DID ON TRUMP'S WATCH. AND ALL THE WHILE TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE AND PROCLAIMING HOW THE STOCK MARKET WAS THE BEST EVER, OPINION WRITERS REPORTED HIS COMMENTS AS FACT EVEN THOUGH PAST HISTORY OF THE STOCK MARKET TELLS US TRUMP WAS WRONG AND HE KNEW IT. iT WAS SIMILIAR TO HIS JOB CREATION BEING THE BEST EVER AND OPINION WRITERS REPORTED THAT AS FACT AND WAS FALSE ALSO. WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH OPINION WRITERS AND SO CALLED JOURNALIST WHO PROCLAIM THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE TO INFORM THEM HAS BEEN SIDELINED. AND IT STARTED WITH THE NEWT GINGRICH ERA. OPINION WRITERS WHO REPORTED TRUMP'S BRAGGING ABOUT BEING THE BEST AT EVERYTHING KNEW THE HISTORY OF THE PAST SAID OTHERWISE BUT NEVER FOUND TIME TO REPORT THE FACTS TO THE PEOPLE. TRUMP WAS THE NEWS, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED TO THEM. BUT POLITIDOSE IN COMMENTARY OVER THE PAST 9 YEARS HAS LAID OUT THE FACTS HOW DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS ARE BEST AT GOVERNING IN EVERY MAJOR CATEGORY FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR BRAGGING, THE RECORD IS CLEAR OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS. OPINION WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS HAVE FAILED TO REPORT THE FACTS, THE HISTORY AND THE PRECEDENTS THAT BACK IT UP. THE BELOW INFORMATION ABOUT STOCK MARKET GAINS DURING PRESIDENTIAL TERMS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN POLITIDOSE. THE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TO HARROP AND OTHERS WHEN TRUMP WAS DOING HIS BRAGGING BUT THEY CHOOSE NOT TO REPORT IT SO THE PEOPLE COULD SEE THE EVIDENCE. THE INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM DOW JONES HISTORICAL RECORDS. AVERAGE GAINS DJIA FOR PRESIDENTIAL TERMS. 1. BILL CLINTON UP 228.9% 2. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT UP 198.6% 3. BARRACK OBAMA UP 148.3% 4. RONALD REAGAN UP 147.3% 5. DWIGHT EISENHOWER UP 123.7% 6. HARRY TRUMAN UP 75.2% 7. DONALD TRUMP UP 57% Note: Reagan, Bush 43 and Trump all cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy while Clinton and Obama did not and in fact Clinton raised taxes on that same group and Obama allowed the Bush tax cuts to expire for those making over $550,000.00 per year yet the market did better on Clinton and Obama's watch. Average gains for the Standard and Poor during Presidential terms. 1. BILL CLINTON UP 209% 2. BARRACK OBAMA UP 166% 3. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT UP 153% 4. RONALD REAGAN UP 114% 5. KENNEDY JOHNSON UP 71% 6. DONALD TRUMP UP 70% 7. HARRY TRUMAN UP 68% HISTORY AND PRECEDENT TOLD US THE STOCK MARKET WOULD NOT ACCOMPLISH UNDER TRUMP WHAT HE DESCRIBED DESPITE THE TAX CUTS AND ALL THE BRAGGING. BRAGGING DURING TRUMP'S TERM IN OFFICE RECEIVED MORE ATTENTION THAN THE FACTS OR PRECEDENT. AND THAT REALLY SAYS IT ALL. THIS COMMENTARY WRITTEN BY JOE LORIO

Job Creation and Unemployment for August 2021

THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE ECONOMY ADDED 235,000 JOBS IN AUGUST AND THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAME IN AT 5.2%, DOWN FROM THE 5.4% IN JULY. IT WAS THE SEVENTH STRAIGHT MONTH OF POSITIVE JOB GROWTH IN BIDEN'S FIRST 7 FULL MONTHS IN OFFICE. THE ECONOMIC PUNDITS WERE WRONG ONCE AGAIN WITH THEIR PREDICTIONS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG JUST LIKE THE GOP WHO WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT FAIL BECAUSE THEIR PARTY HAS A TERRIBLE RECORD ON THE ECONOMY, JOB CREATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT. THE JOB NUMBERS ALSO PROVED THOSE GOP GOVERNORS WHO CUT OFF THE UNEMPLOYMENT MONTHLY FUNDS BECAUSE THEY SAID IT ENCOURAGED PEOPLE NOT TO WORK PROVED WRONG BY THE AUGUST JOB NUMBERS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WHEN TRUMP LEFT OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 WAS 6.3%. IT WAS 4.7% WHEN OBAMA LEFT OFFICE IN JANUARY 2017. TH ECONOMY LOST JOBS ON TRUMP'S WATCH, THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE A NEGATIVE JOB CREATION RECORD SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. PRESIDENT OBAMA INHERITED THE GREAT BUSH RECESSION OF 2008 BUT STILL CREATED OVER 11,000,000 NEW JOBS. THE AUGUST NUMBERS TELL THE STORY F AN ECONOMY THAT IS STILL RECOVERING AT AN UNEVEN, BUT STEADY PACE DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE RECESSION, THE PANDEMIC, THE LATEST COVID SURGE (AND OTHERS) AND A LACK OF VACCINATIONS AMONG MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILLING TO PUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AT RISK. THE COUNTRY IS MAKING PROGRESS DESPITE THE NEGATIVE VOICES OUT THERE. THE GDP WAS 6.3% IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND 6.6% IN THE SECOND QUARTER BASED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE ECONOMY HAS ADDED OVER 4,000,000 JOBS ON BIDEN'S WATCH AND WHEN CONGRESS PASSES THE PRESIDENT'S INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND HIS BUILD BACK BETTER BILL THE OUT LOOK FOR CONTINUED ECONOMIC AND JOB GROWTH EXPANSION WILL BE LONG TERM. SO TUNE OUT THE GOP AND THEIR DITTO HEADS WITH THEIR TRASH TALK. AMERICA HAS AN ADULT IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO HAS PLANS AND POLICIES FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY ARE WORKING. THIS COMMENTARY WRITTEN BY JOE LORIO

Out Of Afghanistan: President Biden Ends America's Longest War.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WITHDREW ALL AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN OCCUPYING THAT COUNTRY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS WHICH ENDED AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR. THE WITHDRAWAL INCLUDED THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN, AFGHAN AND ALLIES WHO WORKED WITH THE U.S. FORCES IN A JOINT EFFORT. THE WITHDRAWAL WAS A MASSIVE OPERATION AND ONE OF SUCCESS DESPITE THE CHAOTIC CONDITIONS THAT RESULTED FROM FAILURE BY THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY TO CHALLENGE THE TALIBAN ADVANCES AND TAKE OVER. THEY JUST CUT AND RAN. THE NOISE MACHINE, NAMELY THE GOP, SO CALLED CONSERVATIVES OF ALL STRIPES AND THE PRO WAR GROUPS CONDEMED THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION, ACCUSED THE PRESIDENT OF BEING WEAK AND SAID IT WOULD MAKE AMERICA MORE OPEN TO TERROR ATTACKS. THEIR ONLY SOLUTION IS TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN ANOTHER 20 YEARS AND HAVE NO CLER POLICY ON THE SUBJECT OR HOW TO DISENGAGE. IT IS A RERUN OF WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THE U.S. ENDED THE VIET NAM WAR. THEY SAID THE DOMINO THEORY WOULD BE IN EFFECT, ALL SOUTH EAST ASIA WOULD FALL UNDER COMMUNIST RULE AND AMERICA WOULD BE IN MORE DANGER. WELL, VIET NAM FELL AND NONE OF THOSE PREDICTIONS CAME TO PASS. iN FACT THE OPPOSITE TOOK PLACE AND VIET NAM IS ONE COUNTRY, ONE PEOPLE, UNDER ONE FLAG AND ONE GOVERNMENT. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ENDED THE KOREAN WAR AFTER HE BECAME PRESIDENT. HE UNDERSTOOD THE MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AS SET BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN, THAT MISSION WAS TO STOP N. KOREA FROM TAKING OVER S. KOREA AND AMERICAN AND U.N. FORCES INTERVENTION ACCOMPLISHED THAT. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER KNEW IT WAS TIME TO END THAT WAR AND DID SO. EISENHOWER FACED SOME OF THE SAME NEGATIVE VOICES WE HEAR TODAY, BUT HE MADE THE CORRECT CALL AS PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF. SO NOW PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF BIDEN MADE HIS DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN. HE UNDERSTANDS THE MILITARY AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROTECT AMERICA AND ITS PEOPLE WITHOUT OCCUPYING OTHER COUNTRIES. THE PRESIDENT ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN AND THAT THE COUNTRY'S GOVRNMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTROLLED BY RELIGIOUS FACTIONS THAT THE U.S. WILL NEVER CHANGE. THAT CUSTOM HAS BEEN A TRADITION IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD FOR 4 THOUSAND YEARS. TO THEM, RELIGION IS GOVERNMENT. THE PRESIDENT'S JOB NEVER BECOMES EASIER, AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. IRAQ IS STILL ON AMERICA'S AGENDA AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE THERE WITH AMERICAS SECOND LONGEST WAR, 18 YEARS AND STILL COUNTING. SOONER OR LATER THAT BRIDGE WILL HAVE TO BE CROSSED. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FOREIGN POLICY SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO WORK. fOUR PRESIDENTS WERE GIVEN AFGHANISTAN 20 YEARS TO WORK AND 18 PLUS YEARS IN IRAQ TO WORK. JOE BIDEN, THE FOURTH PRESIDENT TOOK THE FIRST STEP AND MADE A DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN. IT IS A START TO A NEW FOREIGN POLICY UNDER A NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF. THIS COMMENTARY WRITTEN BY JOE LORIO

Finally, Real Presidential Leadership On Afghanistan.

 President Biden's order for the American withdrawal from Afghanistan was once again an American example of true leadership to a problem originated by some one other than himself.  In the face of criticism by the press, the GOP, the pro-war groups and those who want to see his administration fail, the President told all the "buck stops with him."

And in spite of the  cries from the opposition  about chaos taking place, the President's steady leadership has resulted in a steady evacuation of Americans and Afghans who cooperated with the U.S. over the 20 years of war.  As of this writing over 50,000 people have been evacuated and the effort continues.  The evacuation has been successful even though the Afghan government and its military cut and ran instead of fighting for their own country and protecting their own people.  The negative voices in America have a real problem understanding what is so good about America and how difficult the war was.  Those negative voices have no answer to the problem except another 20 years of American occupation.  President Biden understood the past sacrifice of our troops when he said he would not see another American lose his  life in Afghanistan when the Afghan military failed to defend their own country.  

America now has a President wo understands war, its effects, its limitations and its consequences.  Biden's steady leadership on the issues will be the checks and balance against the noise machine out there who want to see he and the country fail.  The media and negative voices will continue to wrongly describe the withdrawal as chaotic being the result of Biden's policies, but the facts tell us the withdrawal is going well considering the fact that the Afghan government and military has been a no show.

History will give the President a thumbs up concerning his handling of the end of this war and the evacuations.  Make no mistake about it.

This commentary written by Joe  Lorio

The Republican Party Continues Its Assault On America's Health As The Delta Variant Soars.

Trump and the GOP were not satisfied with their irresponsible, mis-information and dis-information during the height of the COVID pandemic of 2020.  So  now the GOP is taking it to a more destructive level in the surge of the delta variant in the summer of 2021.

A number of GOP governors have mandated that schools make it optional if students want to wear masks or not.   And several school boards are fighting back and plan to make masks wearing in school mandatory with some exceptions.  And in fact in Florida, a judge ruled that Florida's governor could not stop schools from mandating masks.  

Then there are those GOP members in congress who continue to fight the recommendations of the CDC and are still giving out mis-information about the vaccine.  And they are still making excuses for those who refuse to be vaccinated or wear a mask to stop the spread of the virus.  The GOP's anti-health position, especially for those in school doing their best to receive an education is so out of step with American values and moral responsibility.  The current death toll from the virus of over 600,000 Americans tell the real story of a GOP out of control and out of touch with their sworn duty to serve the people during a health crisis. 

This is the same GOP who made fun of democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden during the 2020 election when he wore a mask while campaigning and limited his public  rallies to avoid the possible spread of the virus.  Well, the country did well when they elected Joe Biden and rejected Trump  and his party.  And its a good thing that America now has a President who understands the health issue and the nature of the problem and willing to take a stand and fight back against the GOP's destructive attitude and mis-information.

President Biden wants to "build back better."  The GOP wants to continue to destroy.  And that really says it all.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio 

 

President Biden's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Passes The U.S. Senate.

 The U.S. Senate by a vote of 69 - 30 approved President Biden and the democratic proposal in a bipartisan vote.  Nineteen republicans joined all 50 democrats in voting yes.  Louisiana's U.S. Senator John Kennedy voted against the bill and followed the advise of his idol Donald Trump.  The bill will  now go to the U.S. House along with the democratic parallel bill being considered by the Senate when that bill is completed.  

The legislation is a good bill that will benefit every state, add more volume to the economic recovery and create new good paying jobs.  It is another step for the President and his party's plan and policies to move the country forward for the long term.  It is also another example how to govern and address the issues with real plans and policy and not with failed ideology.  Those 19 republicans who supported the bill came to realize their own party's failure to address Infrastructure the past four years and accepted the President's desire for bipartisan support.

So now the attention will turn to the democratic parallel bill in the Senate and the action by the U.S. House on both bills before they become law.  It is a great time for America and its people to see a President who governs by plans and policies and not by hateful divisive rhetoric and ideology.  Will those 19 republicans continue their participation with the democratic party or will they revert to the same old do nothing party.  Time will give us the answer.

In the mean time, President Biden has a good start on "building back a better America."

Democratic President Joe Biden's Policies Rescue Louisiana's U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy's Sorry Record In Congress As Louisiana's Media Fawns.

 During the 2020 campaign, democrat Joe Biden said he would bring policy and plans to the White House if elected to address COVID and the economic recession to reverse the situation and move the country forward.  And one of those plans was "infrastructure" legislation and was a priority.  The President also  said he would work  with the GOP on the issue.  The President and his party did so and produced a bill  with the support of 17 republican Senators of which Cassidy was one.  The bill will now be voted on soon by the full Senate for passage.

Cassidy's support for the bill has been the subject of commentary in the New Orleans Advocate who has praised the Senator for disregarding other GOP opposition to the bill.  Cassidy himself wrote an opinion column in the Advocate dated 8/9 about the subject matter that turned out to be a self serving statement.  Tyler Bridges wrote a long article about Cassady that was flattering on the same day which was silent on Cassidy's many failures during the Obama and especially during the Trump administration.

As a U.S. Senator representing Louisiana Cassady showed little character or courage during the Obama and Trump administration.  It took a democratic administration and Biden's proposed "infrastructure" plan to rescue Cassidy's failed past.  Cassidy followed Mitch McConnell's lead when he pledged to oppose President Obama's legislative agenda and then the last 4 years supported the corrupt Trump administration.  During those years Cassidy being a doctor promised health care legislation and voted to kill the Affordable Care Act that would leave millions of Americans without health insurance.  Cassidy and his party failed to pass their bragged about health care plan.  He also supported Trump's partisan tax cuts under the reconciliation process with out any democratic votes.  Neither Cassidy, McConnell or Trump introduced or even debated immigration reform legislation, infrastructure or DACA during those 4 years even though it was billed by the GOP as a priority.  They just kicked the can down the road to the next administration.  Maybe that is the reason Cassidy is supporting Biden's infrastructure legislation.

Cassidy voted against impeaching Trump the first time even though it was as serious as the second impeachment he voted for because it was about Trump using a foreign government to interfere with a U.S. Presidential election.  The difference was Trump was out of office when the vote was taken for the second impeachment and still in office during the first impeachment.  That was a lack of courage on Cassidy's part allowing Trump to intimidate his vote.

Cassidy also voted against President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief program that the U.S. Labor Department reported contributed greatly to the economic recovery and job creation this year.  He is also on record as opposing the President's proposed $3.5 trillion parallel package that will move along side the infrastructure bill.  Cassidy calls the $3.5 trillion reckless in his 8/9 opinion column but is silent about the fact that in fiscal year that ended 9/30/20 Cassidy and his party set two spending records.  Total federal  spending was $6.5 trillion and the federal deficit came in at $3.1 trillion.  The previous spending record was by the Trump administration also and the previous single year budget deficit was by another republican President George W. Bush when the deficit came in at $1.4 trillion in his  last fiscal year.  

Unlike Trump and past GOP administrations, President Biden's legislative proposals  are paid for.  Trump's tax cuts were not and financed by deficit spending to the tune of $1.5 trillion.  That did not bother Cassidy or the GOP at all because those that benefited from the tax cuts the most were corporations and the wealthy, the same ones who contribute the most financial support to the GOP.

Senator Cassidy's support of the President's legislation is the right position to take but it does not erase his past position of opposition when he had an opportunity to produce for the state and country.  So time will tell if the real Senator Cassidy has character or courage in the future.  Or will his past come front and center once again.  But it is safe to say as of this writing that former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu produced more positive legislation for Louisiana and the country than Senators Cassidy or Kennedy has produced combined.  As for Senator Kennedy, he  is taking up that old science course some teach in Congress, TIME AND SPACE.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio