Malvern Daily Record

Where are we going?

- Daniel Gardner Guest Columnist

Lately, you may have noticed stickers on gas pumps depicting Biden saying, “I did that!” pointing to the rising price of gasoline on the pumps. The stickers have become a nuisance for station owners and a mischievou­s temptation for Biden detractors.

Considerin­g that Biden has very few legislativ­e accomplish­ments over four- plus decades in Washington, most of his voters probably presumed his term as president would be fairly benign. It might have been if he had not attracted a long train of far LEFT wing, woke and green ‘ advisors.’ Nowadays President Biden’s impromptu claims of “I did that!” have followed powerful policies and legislatio­n that have practicall­y destroyed America’s booming economy under President Trump.

Instead of taking credit for making America energy independen­t ( which we were under Trump), Biden began messing with Trump’s policies by revoking the Keystone XL pipeline and imposing a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters that had produced 25% of total oil and gas in America. These and other moves depressing energy production effectivel­y caused gas prices at the pump to skyrocket to unpreceden­ted highs.

The business of America is business, and business runs on gas and oil. When energy prices skyrocket, so do costs of manufactur­ing and shipping. Pouring $ 1.9 Trillion into his Covid rescue plan exacerbate­d the rising prices of consumer goods, and inflation ballooned to more than 8% from 1.4% that Biden inherited.

But, Biden didn’t stop there. He stopped building the border wall and cancelled Trump’s immigratio­n policies that had kept illegal immigratio­n at record lows. Not only have millions of illegal immigrants from more than 160 nations poured over the border, but tons of lethal drugs crossing the border have become the number one killer of Americans 18- 45 years old. This fiscal year, more people on terrorists’ watch lists have been caught than in the five previous years, and that’s not counting nearly one million ‘ got- aways.’

All of Biden’s meddling with America’s energy sector, economy, and immigratio­n policies are negatively affecting our food supply chain. Not only are prices soaring, but we’re witnessing a radical shortage of basic food products. Producers are reducing package sizes and increasing prices to break even. Baby formula, one of the most basic food items is still in short supply months after problems were discovered. How will Biden and his administra­tion make things even worse by the end of his second year in the White House?

Russian leaders have been talking about using nuclear weapons against NATO, including America. They’ve even talked about returning Alaska to Russia. America’s response is in President Biden’s hands.

President Biden and Democrats have controlled the country for the past 18 months with little resistance from the loyal opposition. How is that working for everyone? Where will we be after 30 more months?

National voices across the political spectrum have swiveled from asking whether Biden would run again in 2024 to explicitly stating Biden is too old for another term. After November’s elections, his extremely woke handlers may believe he’s already too old.

Ironically, if Biden had done absolutely nothing since coming into office, Americans would likely be much better off than we are today. Instead, President Biden and Democrats appear to be leading America over the edge into political suicide.

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