Surprise! Biden didn't fix the country. Now what?
Americans are depressed.
The New Year is usually a time of hope and expectation. No matter how bad the last year has been, the New Year offers a chance to start afresh.
In 2021, many Americans pinned their hopes on Joe Biden. The new president had vowed to end COVID, get our economy back on track, and “unite” the nation around moderation and a “return to normalcy.”
Instead, we got two new COVID waves, skyrocketing murder rates, a slumping economy, international embarrassments, and more division than ever before.
Is it any wonder that more than half of Americans are “fearful for what the year 2022 holds in store for the U.S.”? According to a new Axios poll, 54% of Americans are fearful about the upcoming year, an 18% rise since last year. Twenty-six percent more Democrats are more fearful than last year, and 11% more Republicans say the same.
Turns out, President Biden failed to deliver on his promise to fix the country. But here’s the honest truth that the partisans on the left and the right won’t tell you: no president, no matter the party, has the ability to get our nation back on track.
Sure, we’d be in better shape if Donald Trump had won the election. A block of cheese would have done a better job than Joe Biden over the last 12 months.
But the vaccine that can cure our national malaise won’t come from Washington. It will come from the people, the states, and the values and virtues that have made our nation great.
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