By Ray Cardello for April 7, 2024, Season 25 / Post 40

I have tried to be respectful as I have been critical of Joe Biden and his Administration, but he has not earned that respect. It is time to call a spade a spade and be blatantly honest about the damage this feeble man and his crew have done to America and Americans. If you had a friend or colleague who lied to you about every aspect of the relationship to favor their position, you would divorce yourself from that connection. Honesty is the cornerstone of every interaction; without that strong foundation, the relationship crumbles. There is nothing honest or sincere about Joe Biden or anyone in his circle, and he has the support of his Administration, Party, and the media in the personal shell game he plays with America.

Joe was in Baltimore on Friday to view the devastation of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and to tout the fake inflated job number reported this week. I qualify the report as fake because nearly every job number in the last three years has been revised down, sometimes by as much as 60%, in the following months. The initial high number is a front page or lead story and is only valuable for supporting Biden’s lie that “his” economy is booming. Nobody looks into the data or ever reports the subsequent revision. The lie lives as the truth is buried. Americans know by their wallet how bad this economy is, but let’s look at the facts.

Biden was correct in saying the March Job Number of 303,000 was amazing. “Today’s report marks a milestone in America’s comeback,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House Friday morning. People standing around him clapped and cheered, and the media echoed his story. His biggest lie was that America was again the manufacturing center of the world. He could not be more dishonest. In the graphic below, there was zero increase in Manufacturing jobs in March. There were, however, 71,000 new government jobs. 23% of the reported job growth is in manufactured government jobs. Another element omitted from the job report is lost jobs. 

Employers in the U.S. announced 90,309 job cuts in March — a 7% increase from February, according to data released Thursday from executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

That amount of planned layoffs marks the highest monthly total since January 2023, when employers announced 102,943 cuts. Companies are cutting jobs as a result of store closures, bankruptcies, organizational restructuring, or general cost-cutting, Challenger said. 

Politicians use numbers to enhance their results, but the media usually works for us by fact-checking and telling us the truth. Not so with Biden. Biden has the media in his pocket, which makes Conservative blogs and podcasts so important. We have to identify the lies and expose the reality. I have about 200 posts before we elect our next President. I pledge to use them to shoot down Biden’s lies and put a spotlight on the facts. We must ensure Biden is retired in November, or our retirements will continue to be bleak.