We Are the Board of Directors of The United States!

By John Porter — Arkansas 

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Here are some issues which I hope you will give honest and serious consideration to when deciding on November 5th, whom we should hire as our president, only eight months from now, if we are to prosper and remain living in safety under a Constitutional Republic of free individuals. And there are more than these, but surely this is enough.

Whether one is a Democrat, Republican, Independent or other-wise, should bear absolutely no consideration. Color of skin, gender, age, (not including ability to function  mentally), size of ego, likes to tweet/or not, gives others nicknames, should bear absolutely no consideration.   

Living in freedom from government enslavement, and safety from both home grown and/or foreign harm to our being or property, and reaping the fruits of our labor and prospering now and forever, And a person who will live by this, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," are the only considerations, period!!
       
All figures here presented, after several days of careful research are factual and represent actual public information data taken on October 19, 2023, from January 20, 2021 unless noted otherwise. These are comparisons, for our edification, to our current president and his immediate predecessor. Both are asking to be re-hired.

1. Socialization of our country running rampant!!!!!
2. Border wide open to illegal foreign invaders, many very dangerous and evil people. U.S. Mexico border apprehensions increased 300%. As of January 2024, over 7,200,000. More than the population of 35 individual states in America. This is not considering those who escaped apprehension.
3. Proposed largest tax increases in U.S. history  $4.9 trillion dollars both individual and corp.
4. Rate of inflation, average 5.7%, up from 1.9%
5. Consumer prices (what we pay for food, energy, etc., living costs) meat up over 20%, fruit and vegetables up 14%, butter up over 27%, chicken up 26%, 1 lb. loaf of bread up 30%, Sugar up 44%, food up 21% overall. This is just to feed you and your family. So you may have a better understanding of the impact other than percentages, here are the cold hard facts in dollars. According to the house budget committee oversight task force, the average family of four is paying $13,717 per year or $1,143 per month more to purchase the same goods and services as in January of 2021.
6. Gasoline prices  Up 50.3%. National average $2.40 per gallon in January, 2021. $3.61 in January 2024. For a 25 gallon tank of gas you are paying $31.75 more to fill up.
7. Home heating costs, US households that rely on natural gas for heating will spend an average of $746 to heat their homes this winter, up 30% from last winter, according to the Energy Information Administration. Home heating oil costs average, beginning 2021,            $1.20 per gallon, currently in 2024 $2.64 per gallon.
8. Average individual weekly earnings Fell by over 5%. The average worker has lost $4,900 per year in real wages. How's this after just seeing how much more we are paying to eat and drive to and from work? Paying more to live, earning less.
9. National debt held by the public up 22.5%
10. Trade deficit for goods & services Increased 24.6%
11. Loss of world respect. Among the foreign affairs experts, 93% say the U.S. is less respected by other countries. A very recent poll of American citizens, 58% doesn't believe the U.S. is respected by other world leaders.

I will dare say, if you were hired as president of a company, or country, and after 3+ years on the job these were the facts of your performance evaluation, the board of directors would without any doubt terminate your employment.

WE ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!  The decision is ours, and ours alone!