Serious problems facing our nation

Are we living in a republic for all the people or is this now some kind of system where there are two classes, the international elite comprised of the few who are wealthy and the rest of us, funding through tax dollars their lavish lifestyles though they lack basic intellect or talent?

Frequently we are reminded how insignificant the silent majority’s opinion actually is.

Few of our people know that the vice president of the United States lives not in the White House but in the Naval Observatory blocks from the national cathedral. The vice president is our republic’s second in line for the top elected job, the commander in chief of the military, but he lives in a facility controlled and directed by the U.S. Navy. Which is why it was an even greater surprise to learn that the son of the former vice president, Joseph Biden, the presidential Democratic front runner this year, not only spent time in that Naval Observatory, tooled around at the historic old executive office building, was protected by the Secret Service, was offered an age waiver at age 45 for a naval commission, but Ens. Hunter Biden, while working at NRD Richmond, had affiliations with the government in Kiev, was given a role in an Ukrainian private corporation (formerly a nationalized branch of the former Communist nation) as a member of its board of directors, was an officer of the Navy like Jack Kennedy was, failed his physical, tested positive for an illegal substance, cocaine, and after eight months was “honorably” discharged from active service, while maintaining his security clearance.

Nobody seems to understand the severity of any of this, but I can say that our nation will not long sustain itself with such a double standard for the brave men and women would be court-martialed if ever such a dark stain existed on their character, yet the son of the elite can merely enjoy privileges at the Navy exchange because of his earlier patriotic affiliation. It might be the year 2020, but our leadership still lacks basic vision.

Louis A. Bevilacqua

Shelton