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Economy
BIDEN/HARRIS (Democrats)
- Same Base of Goods & Services (Jan 21-Aug 24) PER MONTH: AZ up $1,199; GA up $1,075, MI up $1,032; NV up $1,196; NC up $1,1017; PA up $984; WI up $1,002; AZ up $1,002
- Real Wages Started $65,216 - Current $62,248
- Real Weekly Wages: $368
- Grocery Bill $250
- Gas 20 Gallons: $63-$100
- 30 Year Mortgage: 6-8% Interest Rate
- Cost of Home Ownership: $3,322
- Annual Debt 2023: $6.13 Trillion
- Debt $35 Trillion (Annual Interest $1Trillion)
- Federal Spending as a Share of GDP: 25.8%
- Biden’s Re-Regulation Cost: $47,000 per Family
- Inflation 40 year high (20% in 3 years 6 months). Note (does not include mortgage rates, car loans or credit card rates)
- Cost of Housing: Home Prices Up 33.9%, RentUp 21.4% and Mortgages Up 152.35%
- Native Born Americans Lost 1.3M Jobs in Aug 24
- Foreign Born Workers Gained 1.2M Jobs in Aug 24
- Government Jobs Added (Sep 23-Aug 24) 498K
- Energy Prices Up 35.6%
- Groceries Up 20.78%
- Credit Card Debt Up 44.81%
- Credit Card Debt Explodes, Over $1Trillion
- Building Costs: Steel Up 77%, Power Transformers Up 72%, Drywall Up 48%, Concrete Up 33%,Brick Up 29% and Lumber Up 8%
- New Vehicles Up 2.4%, Maintenance & Repair Up 30.5% and Insurance Up 51.3%
- McDonald’s Big Mac Now $5.29, up 21%
- May 2023 Month over Month Part Time (PT) vs Full Time Jobs: +286K PT and -625K Full Time Workers
- Credit Card Balances At Least 60 Day Overdue: 1Q 2021: 1.1%; 2Q 2024: 2.6%
- Stamps from 55 cents to 73 cents
- Bidenomics!!!
TRUMP (Republicans)
- Real Wages Started $60,151 - Ended $65,216
- Real Weekly Wages: $398
- Grocery Bill $200
- Gas 20 Gallons: $36-$46
- 30 Year Mortgage: 2-4% Interest Rate
- Cost of Home Ownership: $1,746
- Annual Debt 2019: $4.45 Trillion (Before Covid)
- Debt 27 Trillion
- Federal Spending as a Share of GDP: 20.59%
- Trumps Regulation Costs: -$11,000 per Family
- Less than 2% Annual Inflation
- Taxes Cuts for the Poor & Middle Class ($4-6K)
- Revenue Boom After Trump Tax Cuts: $3,31T to $4.89T, Up 47.7%
- Employment from 15% (Covid) to 6% Prior to January 2021
- African American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American and High School Education: Lowest Unemployment in History
- Women’s & Youth Unemployment – Lowest in 50+ Years
- Created 9,000 Opportunity Zones
- Replaced NAFTA with USMCA
- Doubled the Child Tax Credit
- $1.5+ Trillion was Repatriated from Overseas
- Jobless Claims Hit a Nearly 50 Year Low
- Incomes Rose in Every Single Metro Area for First Time in 30 Years
- 160 Million Americans Working, Highest Ever
- Household Net Worth to $112T, All Time High
- Eliminated 8 Regulations for Every One Created
- Jim Cramer, Dem Economist (CNBC Investing Club) If you Care About Paycheck, Vote Trump