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To the editor:

One definition of a politician is a seeker or holder of public office who is more concerned about winning favor or retaining power than about maintaining principles. That is what the Democratic party is doing in this election.

When you see the ads published by Kamala Harris, you can see that what she is saying she can not do and has not done. She is appealing to the younger generation promising more child care credit, money to buy a home, punishing price gougers, forgiving student debts, and many other things. Everyone should know that little of this can she accomplish.

Look at Harris’s record as vice president. We know it is difficult for a VP to get credit but in her case, she failed big time on immigration. She did not even go to the Mexican border to see what was happening until a few days ago. Factfinder states that the immigration issue has cost the American taxpayers in excess of $161 billion and keeps rising. Many of the immigrants receive US aid while in the US illegally.

There is nothing wrong in coming to the US if it is done in the proper manner. We have a number of friends who came to this country the correct way and they are good citizens.

Biden and Harris have not been leading the US. Big corporations, lobbyists, Clinton and Obama are the ones making the decisions about what the US is doing. Many congressional candidates get elected to office while they have a low net income but when they leave office, they are millionaires.

How many press conferences has Biden had in his four years? Only one or two, because he cannot think properly when speaking. Harris has not really had a press conference.

Under Biden, the US does not have a working foreign policy.  Russia, China and many other countries know this and are taking advantage of his leadership. Even Turkey, where the US has military bases has turned against the US. Under Biden and Obama billions of dollars were released to Iran who used the money through Hamas to finance a war on Isreal and Syria and create chaos in the middle east. If the US had a strong foreign relationship, they could have recovered the hostages held by the Palestine’s in a few days – not years – if they get any of them out alive.  Biden puts pressure on Israel rather than the Palestine’s.

Our economic situation is a disaster as we all know. Biden and Harris can say all they want to about how well they have advanced the economy but just look at what the prices are at the stores. Look at the taxes added to the utility bills, phone bills, gasoline bills, price of postage stamps, or whatever you purchase. Everything at the grocery store has either gone way up in price or the size of the product has decreased. Fast food prices have skyrocketed. Due to the economy, restaurants are going out of business. Companies are laying off workers.  We all know that when prices increase, they do not ever decease.

What has Biden and Harris done or will do for the retired and ageing people? We are faced with all the rising prices including rent, property taxes and other prices and receive a minimal increase in Social Security or retirement income.  Congress needs to reconsider how increases in social security are calculated.  Congress ignores this issue.

Former President Trump has a lot of problems but knows more about leading a country than Harris. You can say what you want but he did a lot while in office the first time even with all the harassment brought down on him from the Clintons, Obamas and the Justice Department.  These people were so angry when he won that they started problems for him before he even took office. Even a few of the Republicans would not help support some of his objectives.

When he is elected, he has an agenda that will make America great again. I feel that he learned a lot from his first term and will correct a lot of his mistakes. Yes, he needs to stay off the twitting and listen to his advisors which I feel he will do. Trump will talk to China, Russia and the other countries including NATO and try to get things settled in Europe and the Middle East. He will secure the southern border, deport criminal illegals, and demolish foreign drug cartels.

Look at how the national debt has risen under Biden and Harris. Trump will stop out-of control spending to help end inflation. He will also unleash American energy production to lower gas prices which Biden eliminated his first day in office.

You make your own decision when you vote but remember what the last four years have been like and do you want another of the same thing for the next 4 years?

I definitely do not want the same.

Fred Voreh

Bermuda Run