To the editor: It appears that the White House and President Biden's re-election campaign are brain dead in their approach to convincing voters that the economy and inflation are moving in the right direction. (“What convinces voters that the economy is worse than ever?” Opinion, May 28)
It's like talking to voters in a language no one understands. “Economy” and “inflation” are words that have no influence among voters. This is the cost of food, gas, housing, and many other items and services.
Biden should focus his attention on this issue with major public forums with experts to address when and why the price increases started, why they have continued, and what the game plan is for lowering the cost of living. Schedule a monthly progress update so people know there will be accountability.
Sid Pelston, Marina del Rey
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To the editor: How can we not feel that the economy is worse when we discover that the prices of some items have doubled or even tripled? When I go to our local market, I leave disappointed and dismayed.
What are people making minimum wage supposed to do with those rising prices? Please don't tell us that the economy is much better when many cannot afford the food on their tables.
Alice Rademacher, Pasadena
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To the editor: While columnist Jonah Goldberg makes valid points about the actual state of the economy conflicting with voters' impressions of it, the main reason people complain is the right-wing media.
Turn on Fox News and you'll think we're in the middle of a depression. He endlessly despises Biden and his administration, even repeating Trump's ridiculous accusation that the FBI was out to assassinate him when he raided Mar-a-Lago.
Hearing this nonsense day after day convinces the MAGA base that the country is failing and nothing will change their minds.
Debbie Cassettari, Chino Hills
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To the editor: Asking someone born half a century or more after the Great Depression to compare it to today is absurd. Seeing is believing and living is commenting.
Mathilde Diaz, New York
