Op-ed: Why do polls show Americans don’t think the economy is doing well?

Frida Ghitis: Democrats are losing public support in the U.S. because of their policies, which hamper production, raise prices and allow widespread retail theft.

She says Democrats are desperate to use the same dirty tricks used by the Soviets in the Soviet Union .

Ghitis says it's disheartening to see the same tactics being used by unsuccessful politicians in North America .

Polls show most Americans don’t think the economy is doing well, Ghitis writes.

The mayor of Portland , Portland , has indicated he won’t run for reelection.

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to create city-owned grocery stores.

Justin Trudeau , on the other hand, has threatened a Soviet -style kulaks-and-saboteurs-type response.

Blaming productive people and operations for failures occasioned by government mismanagement worked so well for the now defunct USSR .