Is America better off now vs a year ago?

[Hardcore troubadour 16,292]

2.69 a gallon 

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Hey @Ron_Artest, is this pole going the way you expected?  

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6 minutes ago, Strike said:

I'm specifically talking about your claim that Trump is underwater on immigration.  I'm not sure that is true.  If I'm being a "twerp" it's only because your posts are dripping TDS and making false claims.

Trump underwater on immigration. And seemingly every other issue. Clearly America doesn’t like how he’s doing … well, anything.

Apparently most of the country has TDS now, because America hates the job your Daddy is doing.  

[Hardcore troubadour 16,292]

So many Americans are going to be feeling a whole lot better when they do their taxes over the next couple of months. 

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7 minutes ago, MDC said:

Trump underwater on immigration. And seemingly every other issue. Clearly America doesn’t like how he’s doing … well, anything.

Apparently most of the country has TDS now, because America hates the job your Daddy is doing.  

Which was my 2nd point -  POLLS!!!!!!  

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1 hour ago, supermike80 said:

Every single politician in the history of politics has said things to get elected that they ended up not doing, or were unable to do.   But for liberals, the only time they care is when it is TRUMPPPPP

Exactly

[Ron_Artest 2,856]

37 minutes ago, Strike said:

1)  Nothing in your links blames us for their current regime.  So, even your own statement is wrong.

2)  You were responding to my assertion that the average Venezuelan isn't pissed at us.  If you're saying you responded to my post not meaning to refute my point but to go off on a tangent, ok.  I guess we're done then since I don't care about the point you want to discuss.

So no you won't be getting an apology from me.  Your links don't even support your statement.

1) We overthrew their government and handed the reigns to Gonzalez.  Who else would they blame?  You need a link to tell you that?

2) You made the assertion that Venezuelans like us following Maduro.  Do you have any source to back up your statement?

[Ron_Artest 2,856]

14 minutes ago, Strike said:

Hey @Ron_Artest, is this pole going the way you expected?  

Yes pretty much exactly as I expected.  And the point was to highlight that you cretins are out of touch with what the rest of America feels.

America 32%

GC  65%

Maybe you fools should look around a little and learn something.

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Just now, Ron_Artest said:

 

2) You made the assertion that Venezuelans like us following Maduro.  Do you have any source to back up your statement?

Moving the goalposts now.  And I didn't claim they liked us.  Don't put words in my mouth.

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Just now, Ron_Artest said:

Yes pretty much exactly as I expected.  And the point was to highlight that you cretins are out of touch with what the rest of America feels.

America 32%

GC  65%

Maybe you fools should look around a little and learn something.

POLLS!!!!!! 

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1 minute ago, Strike said:

Moving the goalposts now.  And I didn't claim they liked us.  Don't put words in my mouth.

Gutterboys new strategy is to just lie. 

[supermike80 2,206]

1 minute ago, Strike said:

POLLS!!!!!! 

Yet.  If you look at the reault of TDS Rons stupid poll, its opposite what his liberal polling sites came up with.  

Polls are fun!

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2 hours ago, Strike said:

ROFLMAO.  I'd love to hear specifics from the libs about exactly what is not better off.  

The #1 metric IMO to judge how a President is doing is unemployment and it is increasing.  One could argue that it started increasing at the end of Biden and I’m not convinced Kamala would have done any better but Trump really hasn’t helped and has done unnecessary things that have contributed to the rise (such as DOGE, what a massive fail DOGE was btw, caused thousands of Americans to lose their jobs yet barely even saved us any money).

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE/

[Ron_Artest 2,856]

25 minutes ago, Strike said:

I'm specifically talking about your claim that Trump is underwater on immigration.  I'm not sure that is true. 

 

[Tree of Knowledge 2,321]

Anyone that cannot see Father Trump pulled us from the precipice of ruin to a new Golden Age is just trolling. Nobody can be that oblivious.  

[TBayXXXVII 2,706]

1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Ok.  So they all believed prices would drop on day one but no one believed Biden was going to cure cancer.  I see some bias here.

Since he ignores me (because I prove him wrong all the time), as him: "Where in that article does it say people voted for Trump because he was going to lower prices... SPECIFICALLY, on DAY 1?"

See, when I read it, it says that the 2 biggest factors for voting for Trump were:

• Secure the border & fight illegal immigration.
• Reduce prices back to what they were during his first term.

He's already accomplished his first goal and it took a lot less than 12 months to do it.

I don't see ANYTHING, about lower prices on Day 1.

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10 minutes ago, Strike said:

Hey @Ron_Artest, is this pole going the way you expected?  

It's a "poll," idiot, and this in and of itself explains why stupid people think America is better off than it was a year ago.

Diseases that should have been eradicated years ago have come surging back.

Grocery prices have soared thanks to the tariffs. 

Poorly trained federal thugs are killing Americans and dragging them out of their houses without warrants.

American farmers are hurting because of the tariffs, with countries such as China going elsewhere to buy soybeans, for example

Trump has made us enemies of longtime allies and brought us to the brink of World War III.

Research to find cures for Alzheimer's and cancer has been crippled.

Our military has been sent into cities on false pretenses.

The narcissistic buffoon in the White House continues to embarrass Americans as he circles the mental-health drain and can't go a day without saying or doing something completely crazy and outrageous.

Trump and MAGAs continue to fan the flames of hatred toward groups such as LGBTQ, liberals and various ethnic groups such as Somalis, including the ones who are U.S. citizens and here legally.

Obama did a much better job of reducing the number of illegals in this country, doing so quietly and with more compassion and humanity. 

Lies and misinformation continue to be a terrible disease in this country.

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1 minute ago, FrancieFootball said:

It's a "poll," idiot, and this in and of itself explains why stupid people think America is better off than it was a year ago.

Diseases that should have been eradicated years ago have come surging back.

Grocery prices have soared thanks to the tariffs. 

Poorly trained federal thugs are killing Americans and dragging them out of their houses without warrants.

American farmers are hurting because of the tariffs, with countries such as China going elsewhere to buy soybeans, for example

Trump has made us enemies of longtime allies and brought us to the brink of World War III.

Research to find cures for Alzheimer's and cancer has been crippled.

Our military has been sent into cities on false pretenses.

The narcissistic buffoon in the White House continues to embarrass Americans as he circles the mental-health drain and can't go a day without saying or doing something completely crazy and outrageous.

Trump and MAGAs continue to fan the flames of hatred toward groups such as LGBTQ, liberals and various ethnic groups such as Somalis, including the ones who are U.S. citizens and here legally.

Obama did a much better job of reducing the number of illegals in this country, doing so quietly and with more compassion and humanity. 

Lies and misinformation continue to be a terrible disease in this country.

What a bunch of crap.  TDS central here!  

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3 minutes ago, FrancieFootball said:

Lies and misinformation continue to be a terrible disease in this country.

Everyone is guilty of it too.  The left and right both fall for them.

[Hardcore troubadour 16,292]

Well, the libtards in Virginia have just gone full on communist/ race politics. I’m kind of glad, it gives the country a look see what the democrats have planned for the rest of us. 

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15 minutes ago, Strike said:

Which was my 2nd point -  POLLS!!!!!!  

It’s basically EVERY poll. Face facts: America hates the job Trump is doing.

You can still love Daddy, even if he’s a failure.  

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1 hour ago, HellToupee said:

We voted to close the damn border get all of the bad hombres out of our country 

And to get the trannies out of girl sports

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4 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Everyone is guilty of it too.  The left and right both fall for them.

I don't. I research the crap out of stuff.

I am seeing more misinformation coming out of the left these days, but the vast majority of it still comes from the right. 

I just wish MAGAs would take a hot minute to question what Trump says and not just believe everything.

The Somali threat to our country has been completely overblown. If Trump really wanted to crack down on illegals, he'd concentrate on places where the illegals are, such as Texas, California and Florida. Minnesota ranks 25th and has exponentially fewer illegals in it than those other states.

Trump is roughing up Minnesota because he lost there three times, and MAGAs believe the lies he spins about actually winning there.

It's focking lunacy. 

This clown can't even keep his islands straight, confusing Greenland with Iceland.

 

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6 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Well, the libtards in Virginia have just gone full on communist/ race politics. I’m kind of glad, it gives the country a look see what the democrats have planned for the rest of us. 

The Blue Wave has begun to roll, and MAGAs only have themselves to blame for its creation.

MAGA tears will be flowing come this time next year, and I'll be right here to tell them to STFU because America has voted and they lost, like they have been saying about Trump's victory.

 

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3 minutes ago, FrancieFootball said:

I don't.

This says everything I need to know.

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3 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

This says everything I need to know.

Rusty pretending to be a woman says everything I need to know

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13 minutes ago, FrancieFootball said:

The Somali threat to our country has been completely overblown. If Trump really wanted to crack down on illegals, he'd concentrate on places where the illegals are, such as Texas, California and Florida. Minnesota ranks 25th and has exponentially fewer illegals in it than those other states.

Dude, he's rounding up illegals everywhere.  The only reason you're hearing so much about Minnesota and the Somali's is because the activists are making it a priority.  Just like every issue he's trying to solve.  The libs/activists focus on whatever issue they think will make him look bad.  They protest, cause mayhem, make up narratives like "he's kidnapping 5 year olds!!!!", and the MSM eats it up and reports it without fact checking.  Rinse and repeat.  And Francie's all over the country cry out in disgust.  It's so obvious and predictable, and on some level, effective.  But more and more Americans are seeing through it fortunately.

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32 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Yes pretty much exactly as I expected.  And the point was to highlight that you cretins are out of touch with what the rest of America feels.

America 32%

GC  65%

Maybe you fools should look around a little and learn something.

You literally had every demographic come more towards Trump this time around then they did the last time. 
 

The bigger problem is we have far too many people on the left that think the government is going to fix all their problems. So you froth to these buzz words to try to get people on your side like calling everybody Nazis in these sad pathetic desperate hopes to get power back just praying someone legislates your base who are in Metro hell holes out of their poverty ass situations by taking other people‘s money. As much of it as they can. 
 

 

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6 minutes ago, Strike said:

Dude, he's rounding up illegals everywhere.  The only reason you're hearing so much about Minnesota and the Somali's is because the activists are making it a priority.  Just like every issue he's trying to solve.  The libs/activists focus on whatever issue they think will make him look bad.  They protest, cause mayhem, make up narratives like "he's kidnapping 5 year olds!!!!", and the MSM eats it up and reports it without fact checking.  Rinse and repeat.  And Francie's all over the country cry out in disgust.  It's so obvious and predictable, and on some level, effective.  But more and more Americans are seeing through it fortunately.

I’d love to know where you get your information.

Can you not see that 2000 agents in Minnesota with their own camera crews is a show? Don’t the DHS social media posts with background music give it away? There were no protests happening until the DHS announced they were gonna go en masse to MN. And by the way, ICE has at least a 90% failure rate in MN, as I posted earlier too.

The people “making things up” are in the administration. This thread is full of their lies that have already been exposed. They are even doctoring photos to put tears in people’s eyes. But you seem to think protesters are the issue?

It’s crazy to see somebody so deeply indoctrinated by propaganda that they miss the most obvious possible.

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New ICE policy allows officers to enter homes without a judge’s warrant.

With an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo that allows officers to enter homes without a judicial warrant, the Trump administration is seeking to usurp guardrails that are enshrined in the Fourth Amendment and have protected Americans’ civil liberties for centuries, experts in constitutional law and immigration policy told CNN.

Even in an administration that has always pushed an expansive vision of its law enforcement authority, the directive is notable for the way it tosses aside longstanding prohibitions against warrantless searches on private property — a legal concept that predates the creation of the United States and is among the country’s most foundational principles.

Immigration officials had typically sought the arrests of undocumented people through two means: a judicial warrant, which is signed and authorized by a judge, or an administrative warrant, which is signed by people who work in the executive branch and fall under the purview of the president.

A critical difference between the two is that judicial warrants allow law enforcement to enter and search a person’s home or a non-public area of a business, while administrative warrants do not.

 

Nobody is better off when the govt. blatantly ignores the Constitution. 

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2 minutes ago, Strike said:

Dude, he's rounding up illegals everywhere.  The only reason you're hearing so much about Minnesota and the Somali's is because the activists are making it a priority.  Just like every issue he's trying to solve.  The libs/activists focus on whatever issue they think will make him look bad.  They protest, cause mayhem, make up narratives like "he's kidnapping 5 year olds!!!!", and the MSM eats it up and reports it without fact checking.  Rinse and repeat.  And Francie's all over the country cry out in disgust.  It's so obvious and predictable, and on some level, effective.  But more and more Americans are seeing through it fortunately.

This is how I know you only get your information from right wing media.

We're living the reality of a right wing fever dream brought to you by the folks that would eventually become MAGA. You know, the mooks that swore Obama would do to them what they are happily backing the Don for doing to everyone else. At best a bunch of hypocrites that quickly turned into fascists because they lack the capacity for self reflection.

But, never mind I guess. Since you have me as the only person on your ignore list because you can't deal with information contradicting your tiny narrow worldview, you won't respond.

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3 hours ago, Strike said:

  I can easily list specifics on things that are better but I think you can guess what some of those might be.  But no one ever gives specifics on what is going wrong.  

Specifics?   Closing the border and deporting a bunch of illegals is just about the only measurable thing that can be argued made us “better off” IMO.  And of course the impact of illegals on the economy can be debated as well as whether or not the slippery slopes and assaults on the constitution that have happened outweigh potential benefits.

At best, we’re about the same which would still make “No” the correct answer to the poll.

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12 minutes ago, Strike said:

Dude, he's rounding up illegals everywhere.  The only reason you're hearing so much about Minnesota and the Somali's is because the activists are making it a priority.  Just like every issue he's trying to solve.  The libs/activists focus on whatever issue they think will make him look bad.  They protest, cause mayhem, make up narratives like "he's kidnapping 5 year olds!!!!", and the MSM eats it up and reports it without fact checking.  Rinse and repeat.  And Francie's all over the country cry out in disgust.  It's so obvious and predictable, and on some level, effective.  But more and more Americans are seeing through it fortunately.

From what I understand, they took the 5-year-old to McDonald's for a Happy Meal. I checked out and am not getting worked up over this case.

I do take issue with ICE bashing into an American citizen's home and grabbing him.

As I said, Obama did it better and without all the goonish behavior. 

 

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12 minutes ago, cyclone24 said:

You literally had every demographic come more towards Trump this time around then they did the last time. 
 

The bigger problem is we have far too many people on the left that think the government is going to fix all their problems. So you froth to these buzz words to try to get people on your side like calling everybody Nazis in these sad pathetic desperate hopes to get power back just praying someone legislates your base who are in Metro hell holes out of their poverty ass situations by taking other people‘s money. As much of it as they can. 

Wait “the left” thinks leaders are going to solve all their problems? …  

Remind me again which presidential candidate ran on a promise of “I Alone Can Fix It”

 

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1 minute ago, dogcows said:

Wait “the left” thinks leaders are going to solve all their problems? …  

Remind me again which presidential candidate ran on a promise of “I Alone Can Fix It”

 

Yep, and as I said before, the three things I wanted fixed he’s already done it 

Yes, policy wise the left is far more adamant about government running as much of their life as they can. Which is why Joe’s accomplishments are going to pale in comparison after Trump‘s four years. 

[Hardcore troubadour 16,292]

Child tax credit increased, tax brackets increased. Cha Ching! 

[dogcows 1,481]

4 minutes ago, cyclone24 said:

Yep, and as I said before, the three things I wanted fixed he’s already done it 

Yes, policy wise the left is far more adamant about government running as much of their life as they can. Which is why Joe’s accomplishments are going to pale in comparison after Trump‘s four years. 

Captain oblivious

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5 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

Is America better off now vs a year ago?

 

According to the latest New York Times/Siena National Poll (January 2026):

32% of Americans say the country is better off than it was a year ago.

49% of Americans believe the country is worse off.

How do conflate that poll with this one....

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/polls/times-siena-national-poll-toplines.html

 

The trend over the last year has improved and is improving. 

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7 minutes ago, cyclone24 said:

Yes, policy wise the left is far more adamant about government running as much of their life as they can. 

Pretty much everything going on today in the US government contradicts this statement.

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14 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Specifics?   Closing the border and deporting a bunch of illegals is just about the only measurable thing that can be argued made us “better off” IMO.  And of course the impact of illegals on the economy can be debated as well as whether or not the slippery slopes and assaults on the constitution that have happened outweigh potential benefits.

At best, we’re about the same which would still make “No” the correct answer to the poll.

$2.18 a gallon about a week ago.  Half of Biden.