Commentary
While some Americans are whining about the price of gas at the pump and higher costs at the supermarket, they’re forgetting that wages have risen faster than inflation with lower-income earners seeing the best gains, though modestly ahead of inflation.
From July 2025 to July 2026, wages grew 3.5% vs. 3.4% inflation, marking the first time in months that nominal wage growth outpaced inflation
The U.S. just announced the addition of 163,000 jobs, but with a number of corporations having announced in excess of $14 Trillion in U.S. investments, more jobs and higher wages are on the horizon as manufacturing in America flourishes again.
While the polls have President Trump’s approval ranking at 38 percent and the leftist media reporting that Trump voters have regrets over 2024, you will be hearing one of his favorite words – win – as he intends to campaign for Republicans going into the midterms as if his name is on the ballot.
In fact, I understand that he will be appearing twice at the Republican Midterm Convention this week. And he will be campaigning for Senate and House candidates between now and November.
No doubt, the economy, though booming, isn’t entirely what was expected, but the administration has done so much we can tout over and over.
Trump will be talking about those achievements Politico referred to as things you may have missed. It’s no wonder. There’s not a day that goes by that he hasn’t signed an order reflecting a commitment to strengthening the U.S. economy through targeted tax incentives.
Gasoline Prices
Obviously, the president painted himself in the corner with his predictions of lower prices at the pump, but I continue to believe we will soon see some relief there. A small price to pay since we have stopped Iran’s nuclear ambition. Something no previous president has been able to do.
The next time you catch yourself mumbling at the gas pump, think about some of the things Trump has done to benefit car drivers.
His EPA is saving American taxpayers over $1.3 trillion with the elimination of both the Obama-era 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for all vehicles and engines of model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond.
This historic move restores consumer choice, makes more affordable vehicles available for American families, and decreases the cost of living on all products by lowering the cost of trucks.
The IRS guidance specifies that the deduction is available only for vehicles with final assembly in the United States, a move designed to prioritize American labor and production. This tax break, effective for purchases made in 2025 through 2028, is capped at $10,000 per year in interest deductions. Ensuring the focus remains on middle-income families, the benefit phases out for individuals with incomes above $100,000 or married couples filing jointly with incomes over $200,000,
While you are on the road, be aware that the Transportation Department is making it safer for you as it is cracking down on immigrant drivers of 18-wheelers who do not know the rules nor the English language. In addition, the department is shutting down more than 100 ill-equipped truck driving schools.
Trump Rx is Working
Again, no previous president has followed through on promises to cut the prices of prescription drugs. President Trump did and gained most favored nation in the process.
New data confirms drug prices recorded their largest decline in more than 60 years, the steepest drop since 1963.
In an interesting side note, the Department of Veterans Affairs has locked in more than $109 billion in pharmaceutical savings this fiscal year alone.
More good paying jobs in pharmaceuticals are expected with the plans of Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca announcing billions in U.S. manufacturing facilities.
Speaking of jobs, you will recall President Trump’s promise to cut government jobs, where most of the jobs were added under Obama and Biden.
On his first day in office this term, Trump ordered the heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch to take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person on a full-time basis, allowing exemptions they deem necessary.
At the Small Business Administration, Administrator Kelly Loeffler found that 90 percent of the offices in her agency were vacant due to stay-at-home workers. She phased out 2,700 staff positions under an agency-wide reorganization resulting in the reduction of 43 percent of SBA’s estimated 6,500 employees, generating over $436 million annual savings.
Loeffler noted that the agency had doubled in size during the previous four years, becoming an arm for “a partisan political agenda” under the Biden and that the administration had lost track of SBA’s goal of providing small businesses access to capital.
Sher relocated a number of staff positions from Washington to “main street America” to better serve business entrepreneurs.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management data revealed that the government’s civilian workforce shrank by 12% between September 2024 and January 2026, going from a headcount of 2,313,216 to 2,035,344.
The OPM reported that the majority of employees who left during that time did so voluntarily rather than being forced out.
Trump Accounts
I find it incredible that there are still people who are unaware of Trump Accounts, the innovative federally established tax-advantaged investment accounts for children, seeded with $1,000 from the U.S. Treasury, designed to grow until age 18 and then follow traditional IRA rules.
One Big Beautiful Bill
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), also known as Public Law 119-21, was enacted to extend and expand provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) while implementing new tax and spending measures aligned with President Trump’s second term agenda. It includes hundreds of provisions affecting individual and business taxes, federal programs, defense, immigration, and energy policy.
Deregulation Saves Families
President Biden piled on nearly $2 trillion in new regulations over his four years in office, dramatically increasing costs for everyday working people and businesses — and left billions of dollars more in proposed rules still in the pipeline.
Upon taking office, President Trump immediately blocked these proposed rules and has initiated an aggressive deregulatory agenda that requires substantial cuts in existing regulations for each new agency rule. He is committed to cutting senseless red tape that will lower costs, lead to higher growth, and usher America into its Golden Age.
The Biden Administration added more than $1.8 trillion, or $21,090 per family of four, in new regulatory costs, far surpassing any other administration on record.
Since returning to office, President Trump has saved Americans over $180 billion, or $2,100 per family of four, by halting proposed Biden-era regulations.
Think about that, too, when you’re mumbling at the gas pump or while walking in a supermarket aisle.
Finally, need I remind you how Trump secured the border and deported thousands of illegals and reduced of crime in Washington DC and New Orleans while offering to do so in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.
May Americans come to their senses and recognize that socialism is not the answer to our temporary discontent with President Trump.
