BloggeRhythms

Today’s another in which two completely different perspectives can be found regarding the new POTUS’s performance to date. One from the MSM which is consistently negative, and the other from his real world accomplishments which are not only extremely good, but exactly what his constituency desires. 

A major unintentional endorsement came from the Fed yesterday which raised the benchmark interest rate a quarter point. In her commentary at a press conference, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said: "The simple message is the economy is doing well. We have confidence in the robustness of the economy and its resilience to shocks." 

While not specific to President Trump, it’s certainly obvious that it's his economy that’s pushing the envelope, something his predecessor never accomplished during eight years in office. 

Heather Scott @yahoo.com/news, wrote: “The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate a quarter point, amid rising inflation, the second increase since President Donald Trump's election and only the third in a decade. 

“The FOMC statement noted that inflation is moving closer to the central bank's two percent target, and "the labor market continued to strengthen" amid solid job gains, while "economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace." 

“The FOMC once again said it expected those economic improvements to continue with only "gradual adjustments" in the policy interest rate.” 

And if that’s not praise for Trump’s performance, it would be hard to imagine what would be.

Reader labillyboy, provided an astute summary of the issue: “Just amazing... propped up Obama's lousy economic policy with zero rates... the second a Republican is in the White House she's already raised rates twice. Sure, rates should be higher, they never should have been taken to zero in the first place... but this is unabashedly partisan.”

Next comes results from a Fox News poll wherein the statistical results send their own message regarding the true condition of health care coverage in the nation.

As reported by Dana Blanton @FoxNews.com, yesterday: “An overwhelming 93 percent majority of voters say they have health insurance, and more than three in four (77 percent) rate their insurance positively (35 percent excellent and 42 percent good). Those ratings are down a bit from pre-ObamaCare days when 84 percent rated their insurance positively in July 2009 (the last time the question was asked on a Fox poll).”

So, what that means is, with all the time, effort, Executive branch and Congressional involvement and taxpayer money expended, the entire endeavor concerns only 7% of the general public. If that isn't upside down irrationality, what is?

As far as the populace breakdown’s concerned: “Voters ages 65 and over (53 percent), lower-income voters (52 percent), women (56 percent), non-whites (69 percent), and Democrats (86 percent) are among the groups most likely to have a positive view of ObamaCare.”

Which means that the program itself draws attraction from those who’d most likely favor any government action of a socialistic nature.   

What’s also of interest is that: “Over half of voters (54 percent) oppose the GOP plan -- but that doesn’t tell the full story.  Among those against it, two-thirds don’t like it because it makes too many changes to ObamaCare, but one in five complains it doesn’t change the law enough.”
So, here again it isn’t the merits of the Republican health care fix that’s disliked by dissidents, it’s the fear of losing a government handout.   

Then, the next two items break down as should be expected whereas beyond Obamacare itself, the answers reflect the difference between Republican and leftist ideology. “Overall, 34 percent favor the current Republican plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare.  And while a majority of Republicans favors it (69 percent), a sizable minority is either against it (15 percent) or unsure (16 percent).   

“A Fox News Poll in January found that by a 56-41 percent margin, voters believe it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have health care.  Ninety percent of Democrats said it’s the government’s job.  Twenty percent of Republicans agreed.”
The next one also comes from Dana Blanton @FoxNews.com regarding a separate poll that’s consistent with the fact that despite the new POTUS’s delivery on his promises, many voters animosity toward him overrides his accomplishments. 

The column is headed: “Fox News Poll: Trump approval slips, even as more feel economy improving”

“Voters think President Trump is ahead of most previous presidents on fulfilling campaign promises, and the most voters in more than a decade see an improving economy.  Yet that isn’t enough to put the president’s job rating in positive territory, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday. 

“By a 19-point margin, voters feel the economy is getting better rather than worse for their family (48-29 percent).  The 48 percent “getting better” number is the highest since the question was first asked in 2003.  Just five months ago, voters felt the economy was getting worse by an 11-point margin (37 percent better vs. 48 percent worse, October 2016).” 

So, here we have the nation’s economy performing far better than it has in 14 years, yet many voters still refuse to reflect appreciation toward Trump. However, he’s only been at the helm for 50 days at present, which gives him almost eight full years to keep trying to persuade them with positive results for the nation in general.     

The poll also showed that: “Those backing Hillary Clinton in the election overwhelmingly disapprove of Trump’s job performance (93 percent) and a large majority feels his lack of political experience is a negative (84 percent).  

“It’s the opposite among Trump voters:  93 percent give him a thumbs-up and 81 percent feel being a non-politician has helped him do his job.”

Meaning that here again, for many job performance really doesn't matter at all when it comes to politics. And for those on the left, it’s not of much concern as to how the economy performs. Because if funds don’t come from the nation’s productivity, they’ll simply take them from whoever has them elsewhere.

And lastly, an aside comes from two Facebook comments regarding the bill to replace Obamacare and government spending in general. What both items reflect is that considerable numbers of voters are certainly aware of what goes on in politics and provide insight into why Trump was elected POTUS.   

CindyTom Rose wrote: “Instead of focusing on INSURANCE...why aren't they fixing the COST of the actual CARE? It's insane that an X-ray can cost $300+ or an existing and (formally) cheap drug has increased in price a thousand-fold. A night in the hospital shouldn't cost $1200.....the prices of services are what drives up the cost of insurance....fix the problem...not the result of the problems! We shouldn't need to use insurance for a doctors visit or a blood pressure med......”

Cyril Broom pushed the argument farther, writing: “ If you take all the dollars that our government wastes on stupid programs, foreign aid, and fraud then we maybe able to have an affordable health program. Basically the government needs to clean up its act. The citizens of the USA need to push for term limits, no more professional politicians. If we don't take care of ourselves first we will be of little use to others.”

Thus, what the preceding comments and Trump’s election shows is that there truly are many among the populace that know full well how and why the nation works as it does. And as time goes by under the new administration, maybe even the MSM will begin to admit that.

That's it for today folks.

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