OPINION:
As prices for everything continue to spiral upward and the Democrats continue to make lame excuses for the Biden administration’s bad decisions, I have a few questions for the “global socialists” in power.
First, who made the decision that Russia should have a monopoly on producing fertilizers for the world? Who made the decision to give Red China a monopoly on producing most of the world’s antibiotics? Who made the decision to give Asia a monopoly on producing computer chips? Almost everything we buy is made in China: car parts, tools, TVs, toys (with lead paint), dog food, everything. Why hasn’t the United States started a massive program to produce our own fertilizers, chips and antibiotics?
Under former President Donald Trump, illegal immigration had gone down to a trickle, but in the past 15 months, 3 million illegals have crossed into the country. They will take jobs and suppress wages and have to be fed, housed, hospitalized and incarcerated at taxpayer expense. Who made that decision?
Then there is oil. Two years ago we were energy independent. Now we are forced to buy oil from our worst enemies, such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela, and at skyrocketing prices. This, in turn, will make everything more expensive.
These are not just bad decisions; these are decisions that are killing the middle class and stealing the wealth of this country.
There has to be a reckoning, and soon! Biden must go.
MICHAEL A. PACER
Paso Robles, California
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