BIDEN’S BIG WINS

JOB OPPORTUNITIES INCREASE

• Lowest unemployment rate since WWII (below 4% for nearly two years)

• 14 million new jobs added during Biden admin
  (2.9 million jobs were LOST under Trump)

• 800,000 new manufacturing jobs created
  (Manufacturing jobs DECREASED by 154,000 under Trump.)

• Best job market since the 1960s for young people

INFLATION AND COST OF LIVING DECREASE

• Inflation down since summer of 2022 — 65% decrease
  (Trump kicked off inflation with pandemic spending in 2020.)

• Taxes will decrease by $600 billion during the next four years — despite inaccurate assertions that Biden increased taxes

• Gas prices down — 5.8% decrease in December 2023

• Average worker’s pay is up (and minimum wage is up in many areas), outpacing inflation during the same time frame — 20.5% wage increase since January 2020

• Health insurance cost is down — $800/year reduction for more than 15 million people

• Price gouging on food, which suppliers falsely blamed on production costs, was stopped — resulting from partnership with bipartisan state Attorneys General

• Drug prices significantly lowered for Medicare, and insulin prices capped for seniors

• Internet costs lowered — for more than 22 million families

• Consumers saved billions from a crackdown on hidden junk fees and bank fees — reduced cost of airline tickets, banking, insurance, and apartment rentals

• Education debt canceled for more people than ever in U.S. history — $132 billion canceled for 3.6 million people
  (Trump repeatedly proposed ending student loan forgiveness for public workers.)

  BOOMING ECONOMY

• Economy grew vigorously in 2023, with no recession despite dire predictions — Annual GDP growth was 4.9% for 3rd quarter and 3.3% for 4th quarter
  (This is better than GDP growth under Trump before the pandemic.)

• U.S. had faster, stronger post-Covid economic recovery than Europe and Canada

• National debt came down by trillions — $21.6 trillion in 2020 to $17 trillion in 2023
  (Trump increased the debt from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion.)

• Stock market hit record highs
  (The market broke records under Trump. But… it did even better under Biden.)

• Home ownership rates for Gen Z are above both millennials and GenX at this point in their lives

• Farm income has risen significantly

  ABORTION - PRO-CHOICE

• Biden supports abortion rights and wants to restore the right to abortion that was assured by Roe v. Wade

• He issued executive orders that protect access to abortion, contraception, and the right to travel across state lines for care
  (Trump did more than anyone to overturn Roe v. Wade with his Supreme Court appointments. He refuses to speak against a national abortion ban.)

  HEALTH INSURANCE AVAILABILITY

• More people have health insurance now than ever in U.S. history — increased by 2.4 million during the Biden administration
  (3 million FEWER people had health insurance under Trump, partly because of his refusal to promote the Affordable Care Act.)

• A record number of people got health insurance through the Affordable Care Act in 2024 — more than than 20 million
  (Trump relentlessly tried to repeal ACA — and still threatens to do so. He promised a replacement and delivered nothing.)

• Veterans have the biggest benefits increase in 30 years.

CRIME RATE DOWN

• In 2023, the murder rate declined by 13%, the violent crime rate declined by 6%, and the property crime rate declined by 4% — following an increase during the pandemic
  (The murder rate spiked under Trump, during 2020.)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• Passed the most far-reaching climate legislation in U.S. history

• Major increase in new clean energy jobs — 210,000 jobs

• Huge investment in battery and electric vehicle supply chains — $160 billion

• Lives saved and health problems reduced by stricter limits on soot from industry — will save an estimated $46 billion in net health benefits by 2032

• Exports of liquified natural gas paused in 2024 — heeding the call of climate activists

• Methane pollution from oil and gas companies was cut

• More acres of public land were preserved than under any president since Kennedy — more than 21 million acres
  (The Brookings Institute cites 74 significant actions by the Trump administration to weaken environmental protection in favor of the fossil fuel industry.)

REBUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE

• Passed the biggest infrastructure bill since Eisenhower, fixing roads, bridges, public transit — 33,000 projects across the U.S.
  (Trump promised a trillion-dollar infrastructure upgrade and failed to deliver any infrastructure legislation or improvements.)

GUN SAFETY

• Signed first major bipartisan gun violence legislation in 30 years
  (Trump gutted restrictions on gun access for people proven to be dangerous; he even stopped efforts to promote child safety devices in gun stores.)

• Established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

WORLD LEADERSHIP

• Restored respect for the United States on the world stage

• Strengthened our NATO Alliance.
  (Trump stated that he wants to withdraw from NATO. He loudly praises Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, and other dictators around the world.)

• Supported Ukraine against Russian invasion
  (Trump will not commit to continued support for Ukraine.)

  PANDEMIC RECOVERY

• Revived the economy and health care system

• Fixed massive blocks in the supply chain, making products available again

• Made vaccines available to everyone, lowering the Covid casualty rate

  (Trump delayed his response to COVID, denying the severity of the pandemic while Americans died.)

COURT APPOINTMENTS

• The Senate confirmed 166 federal judges, and 1 Supreme Court justice
  (Under Trump, the Senate confirmed 242 federal judges and 3 Supreme Court justices — and he wants to appoint even more Trump loyalists.)

• Appointed a record number of Black, Hispanic and AANHPI judges

  WORKER AND UNION SUPPORT

• Supported United Auto Workers Strike, joining workers on the picket line

• Strengthened the National Labor Relations Board, to create a fairer playing field for unionization
  (Trump cut federal workplace safety inspectors to their lowest level in OSHA history, opposed any increase in the federal minimum wage, stacked the NLRB with union-busting lawyers, and was — according to the AFL-CIO “catastrophic for workers.”)

  FIGHTING RACISM

• Countered hate crimes, antisemitism and Islamaphobia with the first-ever national anti-racist strategy

• Invested in historically black colleges — $7 billion
  (Trump praised the “good people” who marched in the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charolottesville.)

GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT

• Filled the civil service with skilled non-partisan experts — about 4000 positions

• Rescinded Trump’s executive order that made it possible to fire non-partisan civil servants and replace them with partisan loyalists
  (Trump wants to revive an executive order that would allow him to infiltrate the civil service with his supporters.)

AND LET’S NOT FORGET…

• Biden is a smart, ethical, generous, patriotic American who has dedicated his life to serving his country.
  (Trump is the most corrupt and unpatriotic politician in American history. He praised and incited the Jan. 6 insurrection against his own country. He was found guilty of sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll. He was found guilty of financial fraud in New York State. He stole top-secret papers, lied to the FBI about it, and gave away national secrets. His businesses and his family members accepted millions from foreign governments while he was in office.)

Sources:
White House Report 12/18/23
White House 2023 Summary Sheet
White House 2023 Inflation Reduction Act Update
FactCheck.org report on Biden
FactCheck.org report on Trump
2020 Brookings Institute Report
The Economist 1/5/24
Politico, 1/14/24
Simon Rosenberg’s MSNBC essay 12/27/23
Simon Rosenberg’s Hopium Chronicles Newsletter
2023 Bureau of Economic Analysis Report
Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1/25/24
New York Times, 12/12/23
New York Times, 1/4/24
CNN, 2/10/20
AFL-CIO Press Release, 9/27/23
The American Prospect, 8/28/23
Government Executive, 7/22/22
2024 White House fact sheet on lowering food costs
2024 White House fact sheet on pausing liquified natural gas exports
EPA Report, 1/7/24
Washington Post Quiz, 2/1/24
NBC News, 3/19/24
New York Times, 3/25/24