By Robin Smith

As the four-month mark approaches of swearing in the 46th president of the United States, are campaign promises made by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being kept and voter expectations being met?

The promise that COVID would be handled much differently is absolutely happening. President Donald Trump fast-tracked multiple vaccines through an unprecedented structure of research, development, and market introduction and tended to view one’s life and livelihood as valued things during the pandemic. On the other hand, President Biden continues to promote fear and government mandates. “The rule is very simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do,” Biden declared, ignoring those who may have active antibodies from having COVID and those who want more data demonstrating safety of the vaccines. Although COVID is a serious virus, its mortality rate is now at 1% for the elderly, and those with existing illnesses are most at risk.

Another Biden campaign promise was to “create jobs,” and there are plenty available. As a matter of fact, the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stunned the Biden-Harris administration. There are, according to David Harsanyi’s analysis of the seasonally adjusted data, “7.5 million jobs available in the United States, but only 270,000 were filled.” A historic number of jobs have been left unfilled, with the labor participation rate being only 0.1% better in April 2021 than October 2020. Biden and Harris were supposed to reverse the dreadful economy because, as the political Left argues, capitalism had failed most Americans. Yet a four-month lurch of socialism is certainly proving a failure to American workers, business owners, and consumers.

As more businesses are forced to compete with big government welfare checks, the cost of labor has increased. That cost is being passed along to consumers, increasing the cost of goods and services across the board. The most recent Consumer Price Index tracked a 4.2% increase in inflation over the last 12 months. This doesn’t even take into consideration the greater price hikes on necessary items verses the lower ones for luxury items. Inflation has arrived in earnest, and citizens are getting less value for their earnings.

Meanwhile, when Donald Trump lost, all drama with Russia was supposed to cease, right? Last week’s gas crisis was caused by a ransomware attack on an American private fuel supplier, raising the cost of getting to work and school. David Kennedy, a former National Security Agency hacker, credits President Vladimir Putin as having ties to this cyberattack aimed to inflict economic pain and enrich those with energy ties outside of America.

Immigration was another hot issue during Biden’s campaign. According to Time magazine’s post-election piece in November 2020, the Biden-Harris pledge was to “undo Trump’s immigration policies” by halting deportation and construction of the border wall. Biden promised forcefully, “There will not be another foot of wall constructed in my administration!” Biden and Harris have absolutely done that. Biden’s promises included plans to “modernize America’s immigration system, welcome immigrants in our communities, and implement effective border screening.” Americans have witnessed these promises being fulfilled. Law enforcement encounters at the southern border have increased from 17,106 in April 2020 to a record-breaking 178,622 individuals just last month. Yes, last month.

We have to admit that Biden and Harris have kept their promises, and that is exactly why they are failing Americans. There is, however, one glaring exception: the promise of uniting our country. A meme circulated last week that captures the change of sentiment of so many in just four months: “I sure could go for a mean tweet and $1.79 gas right now.”

Rational Americans are now united around the reality that the “Anybody but Trump” vote has given us an administration bent on implementing failed socialist policies that will undermine and ultimately destroy the greatness of America.