Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com
If Republicans really intended to make America great again, and improve life for ordinary Americans, I think they would have done it by now. They’ve had trifecta control for over a year, so we can see what they do with absolute power.
We paid all the tariffs. No new jobs yet, though. They went to war. Nearly everything is more expensive. Inflation keeps rising. The national debt hit a new record.
The stock market is doing well, at least for insider traders. And the vanity projects just keep coming — a golden bunker/ballroom, a triumphal arch, and gold-leafing a bunch of statues.
Life has never been better for the richest Americans. But nothing is in the works to make life better for the rest of us. Instead, after mid-terms, they’re planning to raid the money we paid into Social Security.
And even though they did pass an actual law to release the Epstein files, they keep refusing to obey it. They would apparently rather protect the names they know are listed inside.
I get it. People have been voting Republican their whole lives. Personally, I like to vote for people with plans to make life better for ordinary Americans.
Mid-terms are coming. Republicans know that, and they will be furiously making more promises. Just remember that if they meant to keep any of those promises, they would have. They’ve had all the power they asked for, and they didn’t do anything for us.
Vote them out. Literally anyone else will be an improvement.
Sydney Michalski
Columbia