The US economy is not nearly as close to the robust economy that the Mainstream Media wants you to believe it is. 

The US Government came out with another very questionable estimate of US GDP in January.  For some time, since the Obama years, we’ve questioned the accuracy of government measurements.  It appeared to us that the Obama numbers always errored up while under Trump economic results were adjusted down.

But even with bogus reporting the government entities that create economic estimates and reports couldn’t downplay President Trump’s results enough to ignore the results of his policies.

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS – Trump Adds Another 273,000 Jobs in February, Unemployment at 3.5% – Trump Adds 7.1 Million Jobs In Same Time Period Obama Lost (1.3) Million

In January the Bureau of Economic Analysis claimed that GDP was up by 2.9% in the 4th Quarter but this makes no sense.

Then looking closer at the numbers it was noted that Americans’ disposable income decreased the most in 2022 since 1932 and the Great Depression.

Context: second worst drop in real disposable income EVER, behind Great Depression year of 1932: https://t.co/0A5VH2ZaY3 pic.twitter.com/hl7sXfvlSJ

— EJ Antoni (@RealEJAntoni) January 26, 2023

But there is more.  One commodity that economists rarely think of is cardboard.  According to Markets Insider cardboard box shipments are at the worst they’ve been since 2009:

An under-the-radar economic indicator is flashing a warning signal to the broader economy as consumer spending slows down. The indicator in question? Cardboard boxes.

According to data from the Fibre Box Association, US cardboard box shipments declined 8.4% in the fourth-quarter, representing the largest quarterly decline since the second quarter of 2009, amid the Great Financial Crisis.

Cardboard boxes are an overlooked barometer of the health of the economy as they are a massive component of  consumer spending. Whether its ecommerce or shipping bulk goods to stores, cardboard boxes play a role.

Demand dropped for cardboard boxes at a time when elevated inflation and high interest rates started to impact the spending habits of consumers. Retail sales have fallen in three of the past four months, which encapsulated the usually busy holiday spending season.

Computer chip sales are also way down.  This past week Intel Corp was warning of one of its worst quarters coming up.

Intel Corp. is forecasting one of the worst quarters in its history, touching off a broader selloff of chips companies as a slowdown in personal-computer sales ravages the industry.

The Mainstream Media that continues to lie to Americans every day is at it again.  The economy is not nearly as strong as the pundits would like you to believe.  But then again this is the gang that told you Obama’s economy was strong, Hillary was good, Trump was a Russian puppet, COVID lockdowns were necessary and the 2020 Election was the most secure in US history.  None of which was true.

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Can we all stop pretending that President Joe Biden is OK?

While the White House insists otherwise, any reasonable person, Republican or Democrat, who’s paid attention for the past two years knows there’s simply no way Biden has the cognitive — possibly also physical — health required to mount a run for a second term in the White House.

It’s a grueling process, to say the least, and it requires sharpness of mind and body, and “sharpness” isn’t a word any honest person can associate with the 80-year-old president.

On the physical health front, even after promising that Biden’s physical exam results for 2022 would be released by the end of the year, it’s now almost the end of January 2023, and nothing has been released yet. It’s easy to presume there’s a strategic reason for that.

Many have criticized the elderly, seemingly fragile president for his constant gaffes and blunders in his speeches. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tennessee) told the Washington Examiner that it’s high time the White House is significantly more transparent about the president’s health and overall state of mind.

“I think it would be important to see a very thorough and comprehensive cognitive function study that is released with transparency to the general public,” said DesJarlais, who practiced medicine before his election to Congress.

“The American people want to know that their commander in chief is fully capable of performing at the highest level to protect the safety and security of our nation,” the GOP lawmaker added.

And he’s exactly right. Biden’s frail public perception has many severe ramifications from a national security perspective.

For a president who essentially ran on a transparency ticket, it’s one of many promises that Biden and his White House handlers haven’t come through on and presumably never will, because the truth is likely too damaging to survive a round of inevitably lousy press that would come along with it.

One Republican official told the Examiner that Americans deserve better than what they’re getting with Biden’s White House.

“Seriously, where is Biden?” the unnamed senior official reportedly asked. “No press interviews, the White House press secretary has no credibility left, and the administration dodges, deflects, and delays on matters that deserve full transparency.

“The American people deserve better than the dishonesty and evasiveness of Biden.”

DesJarlais joins Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, in calling for Biden to come clean about his overall picture of health. Jackson has been a highly outspoken critic of Biden’s cognitive health concerns, even calling Biden’s White House an “assisted living facility” during a rally in October.

In late November of 2022, Jackson doubled down and called on Biden to resign.

“President Biden is 80 years old and mentally unstable. This man is NOT FIT to work the counter at Ben and Jerry’s, let alone to be our Commander in Chief!!! He’s totally incapable of the job, and needs to take a cognitive test immediately or else RESIGN,” Jackson tweeted.

President Biden is 80 years old and mentally unstable. This man is NOT FIT to work the counter at Ben and Jerry’s, let alone to be our Commander in Chief!!! He’s totally incapable of the job, and needs to take a cognitive test immediately or else RESIGN pic.twitter.com/inz9EwhDTX

— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) November 28, 2022

From calling on deceased members of Congress to making embarrassing blunders in what feels like a majority of his speeches, to forgetting names of historically significant figures, Biden’s a total mess, and it’s time to dial up the pressure.

The doctors calling on Biden to take a cognitive test, as other modern presidents have, isn’t a cheap attack line — it’s a valid and critically important measurement that can determine whether or not Biden is capable of leading the most powerful country in the world.

If he’s past his prime, so be it. It happens to everyone eventually. But as a country, we can’t afford to gamble with a leader who appears to be operating at significantly less than 100 percent, at least according to his actions.

At the very least, the White House should immediately release Biden’s physical examination results from 2022. The longer the White House stalls, the more speculation will build that it’s delaying the exam results for reasons unfavorable to the president.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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