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While spending the winter in Cambridge, England, with my husband, I was struck by how jealous our British friends and family are of the booming U.S. economy.
After 13 years of conservative austerity and creeping tax cuts for the rich, ordinary Brits are fed up with their stagnant economy, a starved National Health Service that was once the world's model for universal health care, persistent inflation and the fact that many have a choice They have to buy food or fuel to heat their homes.
They marvel at how quickly the U.S. appears to have recovered from the COVID crisis while creating an expanding economy. We are also rebuilding our infrastructure and rapidly developing renewable energy sources.
When President Joe Biden took office three years ago, the economy was on the brink and inflation was rising. So what happened? Biden had the wisdom, courage and imagination to invest in our economy and build from the bottom up – rather than cutting taxes on billionaires and corporations – and we are now starting to see the results. What's notable is that much of Biden's investment has gone to red states, whose Republican representatives in Congress voted against the funds but are now bragging about the money “they” are bringing home.
With our economy growing twice as fast as Europe's over the last three years, our family and friends here in the UK wish their government would invest in them, just as Biden has done in us, with that they could enjoy the same happiness.
Susan Goodwillie Stedman
Westport Island
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