Four Years, Five Fiascos: The Toll of Government Overreach

Many Americans believe the Biden administration brought four of the worst years we have encountered in the past half century, if not longer, for the nation and the American spirit. The purpose of presenting here the most damaging actions of those four years is to recall how we allowed ourselves to go off the rails for that time, and the effects wrought, so as to not repeat them or anything similar in our future.

These five failings are presented in the order of significance regarding harm to America: financial, psychological, and social effects.

1. COVID Mandates. Many books will be written to document all the mistakes made in addressing COVID, but the focus here is on specific government mandates and actions to support their positions, at the overt cost of freedom...

... the resulting economic devastation is routinely blamed on the virus itself, instead of the government’s heavy-handed response...

2. Mass Unvetted Migration... Eight million migrants [illegal alien invaders], according to CBP data and independent estimates, entered illegally during 2021–2024, unfettered, virtually welcomed, during the Biden administration. No country in modern history has allowed that level of mass migration...

3. Multiple Trillion Dollar Government Spending Programs... 

Together, these come to about $8 trillion dollars of new government expenditures in its endless quest to expand its reach at the expense of those 50% of families that pay taxes...

4. The New Treatment of Crime and Justice.  This is a manifestation of the “social justice” movement, precipitated from the George Floyd death in Minneapolis in 2020. In the ensuing riots and “mostly peaceful” protests in 140 cities, there was an excess of unpunished crimes...

Another turn involved lawfare against political opponents originating with district attorneys aided by the Department of Justice. Efforts in particular were focused on preventing a Trump second term by means of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, unconstitutional exorbitant fines for fabricated offenses, and the effort in numerous states to take him off ballot for the next Presidency.

Now we have a dilemma the Supreme Court must address: setting a boundary on the jurisdiction of any single district court judge, of which there are 677...

5. The Biden Administration Executive Order to Focus on DEI...

This policy embraced fringe social fads, centered on identity politics as some sort of moral high ground, and was favored over meritocracy...

Biden's National Censorship Regime, by Wendi Strauch Mahoney, American Thinker, 23 April 2025.

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