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Blame the pandemic: Making accusations even if they are based on misguided assumptions? Blaming the president for the current inflation, violent society, gas prices, COVID, and the list goes on and on? Much of the cause was not because of current political decisions but that of mostly inherited results from the pandemic.
Ignorant comment: Our governor just said the most ignorant thing in the world. He said the unvaccinated our taking the beds in the hospital rooms of the people who are really sick with other diseases. That just means anybody who smokes and gets lung cancer shouldn’t go to the hospital. Anybody who is fat and obese who gets diabetes or a heart condition shouldn’t go to the hospital. This guy is just a loser.
It’s about time: Was that so difficult? Eleven months into his administration, President Biden finally acknowledged former President Trump and his administration for initiating the development of COVID-19 vaccines. How different might today’s COVID-19 scenario be if he had done that in his inaugural address? Possibly no different at all, but it certainly wouldn’t have done any harm.
Broken promises: President Biden has again extended the student loan payment pause. It seems that the president issues a different announcement daily, giving away taxpayer dollars to improve his support. Yet, in a November Quinnipiac poll, Biden’s approval rating dropped to 36% with 53% disapproving of his performance. What’s the problem? When campaigning, the president indicated that he would be a centrist, bringing all citizens together. The midterm elections in 2022 could be a very big disappointment for Democrats because of the president’s broken campaign promises.
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Increase means nothing: I think it’s a joke that the powers-that-be rave about a 2% or 2.5% increase in Social Security. What good is that when the cost of living for everything is going up like 5.7% and in most cases 25%, 100%? What good is that itty, bitty nothing increase in Social Security going to do for anybody? It’s ridiculous.
Remember on Election Day: It seems clear to me that our politicians are more concerned about votes from a certain class of people and the rights of armed criminals than the victims. If you are fine with that, then it’s business as usual. If not, we must all remember this at election time.