New poll results show 53 percent of those surveyed couldn’t recall struggling harder to make ends meet
A majority of Americans now say the cost of living is the worst they can remember — and most of them blame President Donald Trump for their predicament.
Poll results published Friday by Politico showed 53 percent of those surveyed couldn’t recall struggling harder to make ends meet, up from 46 percent in November.
The poll by Public First also found 46 percent felt Trump was fully or mostly responsible for the state of the economy, unchanged from six months ago.
As bad as it is, and yes, before the apologists come in, yes it’s worse under Trump, Quality of life has declined year over year for decades, under Democratic and Republican administrations.
Biden wasn’t an improvement. Neither was Trump’s first term. Things didn’t improve under Obama. Life got objectively harder for all Americans under Bush. Clinton sold out unions and the middle class with NAFTA. Bush Sr. continued all the processes that started this downwards spiral under Reagan.
Americans are entering into almost their sixth decade of a continuous downward spiral of quality of life that has been a cooperative project under Democratic and Republican administrations to carve off and sell America for parts.
The neoliberalism and the white supremecy required to support it are the core of the issue, and that is a collaborative project both Republicans and Democrats participate in.