It appears Michael Smith lives in La La Land, per his May 4 letter (“Trump’s an underachiever”).
Remember Obama stating, “To increase the national debt is mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren”? He promised to cut the debt in half. The debt at the time was $9 trillion. It is now at $20 trillion (more than double). Obama also stated, “To have to raise the national debt is the failure of the president to lead.”
Of the $800 billion stimulus for shovel-ready jobs, only $100 billion went to that purpose. Note: The recession ended in June 2009—four months after Obama took office and before the “stimulus package” spent a single dime.
The most jobs “created” were part-time, leading to an increase of 50 percent the number of people on welfare (from 30 million to 45 million).
The Congressional Business Office says 24 million will lose insurance if Obamacare is repealed. In 2016, only 11 million signed up. How can 24 million lose their insurance if only 11 million signed up? Take away the 6 million who lost their private insurance because their policies were canceled as not being adequate (no maternity coverage due to age of the insured, unmarried men, etc.) and you have only 5 million that signed up for Obamacare.
Obamacare was to reduce premiums by $2,500 per family. The latest figures show they increased by more than $5,000. The original cost to taxpayers for Obamacare was $900 billion. The cost now, after just six years of implementation, is $2.4 trillion.
This article appears in May 11-18, 2017.
