Lower incomes, higher inflation, and fewer people with private health insurance — such is life under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
One of the seminal moments of presidential debates came in a 1980 tussle between the Republican challenger and the Democrat incumbent. Challenging Jimmy Carter’s record as part of his closing statement, Ronald Reagan asked: “Are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago?”
Last Tuesday, in the very first question of her first presidential debate, Kamala Harris was asked that very thing — are Americans better off than they were four years ago? — and didn’t give a direct answer. But earlier in the day Tuesday, the Census Bureau provided the answer for her: No, they aren’t.
The annual census reports on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage show how Americans’ progress has stagnated over the past four years, thanks to “Bidenomics.” It explains why families consider the economy, and the nation, to be in such poor shape — a problem that Harris’ policies would only make worse.