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McCarthy, Biden, Congress must work to solve problems

- Glenn Mollette ••• Mollette is the author of several books. Contact him at GMollette@aol. com. Learn more at www. glennmolle­tte.com Like his facebook page at www. facebook.com/glennmolle­tte.

Recently, in a Mexican restaurant in Houston, a patron shot and killed a man who was robbing other patrons. The robber was masked and brandishin­g what appeared to be a pistol. If the man who shot the robber is charged with murder for protecting himself and others from a potentiall­y lethal threat, then we have a serious problem.

We have another problem. Millions of undocument­ed people have crossed our border from El Paso, Texas to San Diego and in between. America is being invaded. We do not have enough free housing, welfare and food stamps to support all these people.

President Joe Biden wants to mobilize 85,000 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents who will find every dollar they can to support the millions of undocument­ed people roaming our nation. How many more dollars can the IRS squeeze out of your pocket? Do you have property that they can seize and sell for a few dollars? There are 85,000 agents who will need to find something to do and most likely they will be checking up on everyone.

Arizona has been patching holes in their border with containers which has been working. Biden ordered that the containers be removed. Over a million undocument­ed people have crossed into America through Arizona during Biden’s presidency.

Can you imagine being a farmer or just living on the southern border? This is 24-hour a day nightmare for these landowners. Do you think anyone wants to buy their property? These same people are coming to your community. They are looking for jobs and housing. They need money and food. Do you have plenty of affordable housing in your community? Do you have big free food banks to feed these people? If you need a reasonably priced apartment, I would suggest you snatch it fast because people are coming who need that apartment and they may have more help from the government than you do to underwrite the costs.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Biden and the United States Congress must bring back every job we have outsourced to China. We can no longer do business with China. The people who have been living in America the last few years need jobs and millions of new undocument­ed workers need jobs. By the way, do you remember when the U.S. Census was a once every 10-year job? Now, Census workers have to work year-round chasing down people who will not complete U.S. Government Census informatio­n. How many full-time census workers will it take to chase down all of these undocument­ed people?

If Biden, McCarthy and Congress do not protect Social Security, your town will probably have to close up. more than 70 million Americans count on Social Security income. Social Security is all or over half of all this number receives each month. As the buying power of the retired population suffers, each community suffers. The government collects social security taxes from people to subsidize us in our old age. Americans will be back into abject poverty if they don’t keep Social Security strong.

Affordable housing, medical insurance and jobs that pay greater than $15 an hour must also be McCarthy and Biden commitment­s. We must be able to buy health insurance across state lines. State government­s need to make it easier for working poor to have health insurance. We need real people to answer the telephones in the state and local government­s. Websites need to be simple and seamless. Working poor Americans feel like their local states aren’t that interested in helping them.

Making medical care more affordable will solve problems for everyone including the insurance companies. Publicly listing the cost of services and surgeries was a good idea that most medical providers don’t seem to be following. Making pharmacy purchases from Canada easier is imperative for struggling Americans.

We have some problems in America. Biden, McCarthy and Congress have a lot to do. Name calling, and aggressive behavior in the House only makes for a few seconds of television stupidity. America has some problems. We need for McCarthy, Biden and Congress to step up and help us solve them.

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