To the editor:

As 2023 begins, election results haunt me. The majority of voters voted for inflation, massive invasion of illegals including many criminals and even terrorists, crime rampant in our cities, $5 trillion of additional debt already spent and more committed, regulations against the production of oil causing a doubling of prices and that act alone very well might have set off the world’s inflation. Everything depends on oil through transportation. When the USA stopped being self-sufficient in oil it made the commodity less available and resulted in higher prices in all nations.

Interesting that the Dems still try to be elected on emotional and false issues. Take the fallacy that the Dems are for the little guy. The massive inflation hurts guess who the most — the little guy. Crime — the massive crime is primarily in our cities overwhelmingly governed by Democrats. This hurts the little guy living in those cities the most. Many live in fear.

Another fallacy is abortion. Abortion freedom may have been the top strategy for the Dems and yet we still have legal abortion in over 80% of our states. Don’t you think it fair that those states that are predominantly against killing the unborn should be able to control their state in that manner? Abortion is not a constitutional issue, but political and was corrected to eliminate the mistake of 1977.

Immigration — first of all, the cartels are using this invasion as a $20-billion market. They charge delivery, rape, murder and loot their customers, with a great side action in drugs being easier with all the attention on the invasion. Illegal immigration is also increasing our crime in this country and costing we taxpayers billions of dollars in welfare, education and medical services that we provide for free. The invasion is so massive that Biden has to hide the numbers by flying the illegals to other states in the cover of darkness. A scary thought — We have yet to hear from the terrorists that have illegally entered our country.

One huge item that most voters don’t care about is our debt. Imagine the debt is $5 trillion more than when Biden took office and much of his spending has yet to be executed. That has added $15,625 of debt to every man, woman and child in America. Apparently, the voter says, “Who cares as long as I get a free lunch?”

It is fine if the Dems want to live with such un-American issues but why do we conservatives have to pay for it? If we could have a conservative nation, debt free with everyone responsible for their livelihood just like the founding age, what a wonderful place America would be. And believe me, we would take care of those who could not take care of themselves.

I can dream, can’t I?

John Benedict

Cape Coral