Research the facts

O n October 11th, Jim Gardner wrote; “Obama became a rich man as president.

It should not be the goal of our elected leaders to get rich while on the job, however” (I am not sure if the Press cut off his sentence or if Jim just his lost his train of thought).

Anyway, if Jim would do a little research, he would discover that President Obama was already a wealthy man when he entered the White House and that the lion’s share of the Obama’s fortune came from the books he wrote prior to becoming president.

In addition, while in the White House he also invested wisely in the stock market and real estate.

So tell me Jim, what is the matter with that? Donald Trump made million from real estate and Wall Street. Are you trying to say Presidents should not invest their money?

After leaving office, President Obama also earns money from speaking engagements. Are you trying to say former presidents should not write books or do speaking engagements?

Curt Redecker, wrote on October 12th, moaning and groaning about the high cost of gasoline, along with blaming the increase on President Biden. Gee Whiz Curt, you should do some research and you would soon discover that regardless of political party, the President has very limited control over the shift in gasoline prices. Gasoline prices depend mostly on global supply and demand. The biggest factor in the recent price spike has been the slow but steady economic recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic.

Conservatives will also blame the cancelation of the Keystone XL pipeline. However, they fail to realize that the most of the oil that would have flowed through the line was to be exported. In addition, the pipeline wasn’t operating yet.

Republicans need to research their facts.

George Jung Antelope Acres