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As I understand it there is an organization trying to get a balanced budget amendment passed. I also understand that they have been working on this for years. A majority of citizen in the states have to vote for this amendment in order for it to be passed. Very few office holders support this move because most of them want to serve long enough to become multi-millionaires. Their salaries would not get them to point of being multi-millionaires, but by influence peddling they can find ways to have wealth flowing to them. Joe Biden is the poster boy for becoming a multi-millionaire in public service and he will never be charged with any crime. Other politicians like the idea of being on the take without risk.

Donald Trump has been trying to cut spending but look what is happening. Every attempt he makes is fought by those who are getting money from the government from politicians, government grant receivers, charities, government contractors, local governments, universities, Government Workers and any organization or person who has his hand in the government till. Most of the above listed are shopping around for a radical court judge who will make rulings based on his ideology. People who are depending on deficit spending to enrich themselves are causing government gridlock. Even with all that Donald Trump is trying to do government spending will outpace receipts for years to come.

People who love the United States are concerned by the huge unstainable national debt that is still growing. Those who ride the government gravy train care little about what effect it has on others as long as money keeps flowing their way. I appreciate what Donald Trump is trying to do, but as long is spending outpaces receipts it is not enough. We have a government work force we cannot afford. We have more government programs than we can afford. It is time to make real cuts until we balance government spending with tax money coming in. It would be ideal if our citizens could vote on the government budget instead of Congress.

We need a ramp up of prosecution of people who are destroying property and threatening violence trying to intimidate people they do not agree with. The way to stop the anarchy is to put them in jail. The Democrats approach is to not charge these people, and they continue their bad behavior.

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The United States gave billions in military aid the Ukraine to defend themselves against the Russian Invaders. No one said it was a loan. Now our dear leaders are pressuring Ukraine to consider that money a loan and they need to pay it back. I think our dear leaders are acting in bad faith. It might be an act of kindness if they would try in some way to do some favors for us, but they have no legal obligation to pay it back.

We do not know what our dear leaders are demanding but I am concerned about some of the rumors we are hearing. One rumor is the Russians can keep the land in Ukraine they now occupy but it would be part of Ukraine. Surely this is a joke. If Russia can keep occupying any part of Ukraine it would no longer be a part of Ukraine. Do we have serious people talking to the Russians?

Putin has some serious problems, and his Iron Rule might be in jeopardy. A coup could be forthcoming. If serious sanctions are placed on Russia they might not be able to continue to finance this unrighteous war. When citizens are suffering financially it might be all that is needed for a quick regime change. It is morally wrong for our dealers to try to force the Ukrainians to cede their land to the Russians. What should be happening is Russia should be forced to withdraw and compensate Ukrainians and the other countries who have given aid. If we allow Putin to have his way it will just be a matter of time before he starts to look at whom to invade next or to invade the remainder of Ukraine. He has recently threatened to invade NATO Countries. Did not the free world learn when they appeased Hitler?

What would Ukraine gain by agreeing to the raw deal our dear leaders are offering? We have already cut military aid. And if Russia started another advance into Ukraine our dear leaders likely would not give them aid. As I understand it, our dear leaders refuse to offer any security deals to Ukraine. Why should Ukraine agree to any talks with the United States? Russia has not suffered enough pain to reverse course. It seems to me the Russians will benefit by keeping the land they have invaded and the United States by receiving mineral rights. And what would Ukraine gain? Maybe a temporary reprieve from being completely taken over by Russia.

The Ukrainians have been able to get the Russian Navy to move their ships further away from Ukraine. If they could ramp up their production of inexpensive drones why not have bombs falling like rain on the Russian Troops. Why not have bombs falling on Russian Cities. Surely turnabout is fair play. Russia needs more pain. We should also make plans for deporting those people who are supporting appeasing the Russians as dangerous to the security of our country. It seems to me our national policy is not to restrain the Russians but restrain the Ukrainians from going after the Russians on their own turf. Apparently, it is OK for the Russians to attack Ukraine but not for Ukraine to attack Russia.

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Universities with multi-million athletic budgets have long pushed the narrative that all their athletes were legitimate students when nearly everyone with a brain knew it was not true. Some would not even qualify for admittance is they were not skilled athletes. Many take easy courses approved by the athletic department where enrollment guarantees a C grade. The Universities steer them into Majors where little is required to pass. Many athletes have tutors who are able to “help them” do any written work required. For tests the tutors have old tests to rely on to coach the athletes. The goal for many athletes is to keep them eligible for four or five years or at least until the pros draft them.

Now the athletes are considered employees, so they are entitled to a salary. Will we soon be seeing signing bonuses for College Teams? It was a shock seeing college athletes turning down pro offers because they could make more playing ball for the schools with the multi-million- dollar budgets. Now that there is an admission that college athletes are professional, some big changes are needed. First, as the athletes are now considered employees, and they have a right to join a union. This means they can bargain for higher wages, medical insurance, retirement benefits, holiday pay and every other benefit an employee can bargain for. Since they are employees, they should not have the requirement of taking classes. They could take as many courses as they want to prepare for the when they are too old to continue playing sports, but they should have to pay for the courses since they will have good paying jobs. The athletes should be able to play as long as they want to if they can still perform.

Universities rake in millions each year from their sports teams. Sports teams should not be considered a part of the core mission of tax-exempt universities and should be taxed. This should be considered a business by IRS and the colleges should be taxed on their earnings. These college businesses should also be subject to anti-trust laws just like any other business. Winning teams bring in a lot of money from their alumni that goes into the sports team business. This money should be considered income since it is not used for educational purposes.

The core mission of universities once was preparing students for careers. For many the core mission now is earning money from their sports teams and promoting their schools through their professional sports teams. It is high dollar entertainment. Those universities who are still in the education business or cannot afford a sports business should form a new athletic association for amateur athletics and let the NCAA be a professional sports organization. And should I add some people think one of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was an obsession with sports and entertainment.

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I am impressed with the grit shown by the Ukranians in their war with a much larger Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine early in 2022 and still have not been able to take control of all the country. The Ukranians have been innovative in their use of weapons and troops even though they are outnumbered on the battlefield. The Russians, fearing attack from the Ukranians, have moved ships and aircraft farther away from the battlefront. We spend a huge amount for every missile we build. Ukranians have developed much cheaper small missiles, which when launched in a cluster can do major damage to Russia’s ability to wage war.

Our leaders seem to be treating this war as one already won by the Russians and want Ukraine to cede land to the Russians with their promise to stop fighting. Did not the West cede Serbia to the Russians only to find out the Russians were emboldened to take more? What would happen if China or Russia decided to invade the United States? If Biden and the Communists, or Democrats if you prefer, were governing we would surrender. With Trump, the Russians or Chinese invaders would be destroyed. Why not take that approach to the Russian Invaders? Surely the West could provide Ukranians with enough resources to destroy the Russian Forces in Ukraine.

In addition to incompetent government officials, influencers in the media are blaming Ukraine for starting the war. How dare they provoke Russia to attack by wanting to join Nato to protect their nation from a Russian Invasion. Those influencers are also attacking Zelensky for being corrupt. That is laughable since those influencers voted for Biden and the Democrats.

We need to recognize that Putin’s position is not as strong as a lot of enemies of the free world would have you think. Putin had to hire mercenaries from other countries to do some of the fighting. He had to move ships and aircraft far from the front to protect them from Ukranian Attack. He has sent a lot of Russians to Ukraine to die on the battlefield, which has not made him popular in Russia. Some of his soldiers have deserted. This war has cost Russia a lot of money and it has had a very negative effect on the Russian Economy. Some citizens set fire to Putin’s limo zine. His continuance as leader of Russia is not all that certain. This is a good time for the West to really put the pressure on Putin. Making it unsafe for Russian Soldiers to stay in Ukraine would be a good move.

Trump tried to negotiate with Putin and apparently Putin was too unreasonable. I hope Trump learned something. Our new negotiations should begin like this. Remove your troops from Ukraine or they will be destroyed. It is time to exert maximum pressure on Russia, militarily, economic and condemnation from world leaders and the news media. Being nice to tyrants does not work.

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Trump promised a quick end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. That would be a good thing since it is devastating to the citizens of the countries involved in war. But what would be the long-term costs if Trump catered to the demands of Putin? We keep hearing that Ukraine needs to make concessions to end the war. Did not the world powers make concessions to Adolf Hitler hoping to avert a wider war before World War II? How did that work out? As I recall history, Hitler was soon bombing the countries that allowed him to invade smaller, weaker countries close to Germany.

Now we have a Hitler like person named Putin in control of Russia. Putin annexed Serbia and leaders in many nations did not want to get involved. That got Putin excited, so he decided to annex Ukraine. Now I hear rumors that Trump wants to cede part of Ukraine to Russia for them to stop fighting. I am sorry but I do not think that is right. If we did that it would only be temporary. Then Putin would be eyeing Poland or some other nearby country. What would happen if Russia invaded Alaska? Would we cede Alaska to Russia if they agreed to stop fighting? Trump’s negotiation with Putin reminds me of two school yard bullies agreeing to take the school lunch money of a smaller kid and dividing it up. Does Putin get the mineral rights of the land he invaded, and we get mineral rights to the rest of Ukraine? I do not see a great outcome for this “peace” deal.

Now for the rest of Trump’s meeting expectations. Biden was so senile he did not even show up. He and his Communist Advisors were trying to destroy the United States. Trump has a rather low bar to clear in being an improvement over the Biden Regime. We do not know if all the things Trump is trying to do will be a blessing to this country. Certainly, closing our borders to invaders and deporting criminals will be. Putting restraints on the climate control crazies will be. Reducing the size of government to be affordable for the taxpayers is an idea whose time has come. Cutting spending and trying to eliminate fraud has not been a government policy for many years and what’s not to like about this idea? Making government bureaucrats accountable to the taxpayers will be like living in paradise. Surely the Department of Education was detrimental to the well-being of students across our land.

After seeing our country on the brink of destruction under Joe Biden I am willing to give Trump some slack in his rescue efforts. We were in serious decline under Democrat Mismanagement. I am cheering for Donald Trump to make the United States a great nation again.

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When Russia invaded Ukraine our country was controlled by the most incompetent regime in United States History. When the Russians started massing troops at the Ukrainian Border, the Democrats were too stupid to realize an imminent invasion was about to begin or too stupid to know what to do next. Now at this point the Russians are illegally occupying part of Ukraine and are still murdering Ukrainians daily.

When Donald Trump promised to end the war, I was excited. I thought he would put so much pressure on Russia they would with draw their troops. Now it looks like he is putting pressure on Ukraine with an ultimatum. Why did he not give the Russians and ultimatum? Oh, I forgot. They have big guns that can reach us. The meeting with Zalenski was a disaster. It seems no agreement was made in advance with Zalenski which is shocking to me. I believe Trump had said he saw no reason to meet with Z beforehand. Then the, so called, negotiation was presented before a nation TV audience with Trump and Vance seemingly ganging up on Z to look like they were bullying him. He kept asking for security guarantees which I felt was reasonable, which Trump refused to give. Then Trump tried to convince Z he really had no reasonable options and Vance accused Z of being ungrateful for the aid he had been given.

Trump likes to paint himself as a deal maker. What would Ukraine get out of the deal? It appears no agreement that the United States would defend Ukraine in case of another Russian attack. No guarantee the Russians would not try to take more territory. No guarantee the Russians would give up the territory they now occupy. The Trump Team met with the Putin team. We do not know what was promised. Did the Trump and Putin team agree that Russian could keep the territory they had seized if they stopped fighting? The Trump Team apparently did not meet with Z. Trump often said in recent history he was being treated unfairly. Was Z treated fairly? It appears Ukraine gets to give their mineral resources to pay back the aid the United States gave them. I am not sure what we promised Ukraine. Was there a previous written agreement that the aid would be paid back? If Russia stops fighting Ukraine will need billions to rebuild their country. How will they afford rebuilding their country and repaying the United States at the same time.

Is the real deal an agreement between Russia and the United States to divide up the mineral resources of Ukraine? I voted for Trump three times because I thought he was more competent that his opponent. I do not feel this fiasco was Trump’s finest hour.

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Donald Trump has surely hit the ground running. This is a wonderful thing because it is driving the Radical Leftists insane. The more of them we can get committed to mental institutions the easier it will be to save our country. If they are in mental institutions they cannot riot, set fires loot and look for radical leftist Judges the Democrats installed to ban Government from taking actions to save our country from them. Donald Trump has done a wonderful job of issuing Executive Orders to end the Executive Orders Joe Biden’s Communist Advisors got him to sign. I would be pleased if President Trump could get the Democratic Party labeled a domestic terror organization and also a cartel. With all the millions that poured into Joe Biden’s Pocket, along with other Democrats, from foreign entities the Democrat Party should surely qualify as a cartel. Their attempts to destroy our freedoms should make them eligible for the title of terrorist organization.

Donald Trump is putting a stop to the Democratic Party’s abuse of children by using their control of Education to indoctrinate children into believing they can change their sex with an operation. Further under Democratic Rule these evil intentions were kept secret from parents. What corrupt educators were doing was Un-Godly and clearly child abuse. They could even, in some states, do child mutilations and keep it secret from the parents. Those so- called educators should go to prison for life.

My favorite thing that Donald Trump is doing is trying to prevent fraud and dismantle the hugely bloated and unnecessary government agencies through Doge. The Democrats are becoming hysterical. These bloated government agencies are part of their power base. The government workers are Union Members whose organizations contribute millions to Democratic Candidates each year. And we do not know if millions are being funneled to public office holders from recipients of government contracts and grants undetected. The things some of our government agencies are spending money on is shocking. It appears that lots of people are getting rich and not many are really being helped.

The Democrat’s Plan to destroy and bankrupt our nation by refusing to protect our borders from unlawful entry has been severely crippled. The Democrats are fighting back mostly through the news media they still control. They think people who do not agree with them, that is the majority who voted for Trump, are wrong and a danger to their plan to take over the government and make the United States a Socialist State controlled by them.

So far, I am pleased by what President Trump is trying to do. What concerns me is that the Democrats want to keep spending money like a drunken sailor and might get their way if they can get enough Republicans to go along with them. If that happens no amount of closing down agencies or shrinking government employment will make any difference.

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The people of the United States have been abused by the Democratic party for a long time. Finally, some Democrats have recognized this and voted Republican in the recent election allowing Donald Trump win by a landslide. Donald Trump, unlike most politicians who win, went to work immediately on carrying out his promises to the Citizens of the United States. He issued executive orders reversing the executive orders Joe Biden made in an effort to destroy the United States. He started reversing trade agreements the Democrats promoted that gave unfair advantages to our enemies and even our allies. He has made it plain that those countries who take advantage of us will pay heavy penalties.

He has been working on removing government over regulation that hampers economic development. He has been working to eliminate all the money flowing to Democratic Party Supporters for their unscientific green agenda. He is exiting us from organizations who use our money for propaganda purposes and to promote counties or organizations whose goal is to destroy us. He is working to end the corruption of the FBI and the Justice Department. He is trying to make the United States safe by making our military strong again. Trump will be a Commander in Chief, not a Commander in Retreat.

He will either do away with the Department of Education or turn it into an organization that supports parents in making sure their children are educated. Under Trump the United States should be energy independent again. He is even now closing the opens borders for illegals the Democrats promoted. Trump will stop the money giveaways to foreign interests that do not benefit our country’s interests. Trump is an advocate for shrinking our bloated government which we do not need nor can afford. The Democrats are screaming like a stuck pig as Trump attempts to dismantle their criminal organization. They see money and power leaving them. The Democrats were involved in so many criminal activities I do not believe they can be reformed. Joe Biden had millions flowing to his family and himself through businesses that seem to be money laundering organizations. Nancy Pelosi’s husband always seemed to know where to invest his money as if he had inside information. If we convicted the Democrats for all the crimes they committed while drawing a government salary we would likely not have enough federal prisons to house them.

After designating the Democratic Party as a Domestic Terror Organization, we should encourage the formation of a new political party made up of people who believe in the United States Constitution. Otherwise, the Republican Party would have total control and could easily become what the Democrat Party is currently.

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Vladimir Putin, the dictator of Russian, who prefers the title of President, apparently has delusions of grandeur. He apparently wants to be a dictator of the world. His plan apparently is to invade smaller nations with the consent of the free world until has conquered every nation. When he tested his plan by annexation of Crimere, the “free nations” stood on the sidelines. This encouraged Putin so he decided to invade Ukraine next. This time Ukraine got a little more help from the free world than Putin expected as military aid came in from the nations of the free world.

In spite of Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine he has his apologists in the left-wing press and among leftist politicians. In their twisted view Putin is not really invading Ukraine, he is just reuniting a part of Russia that was historically part of the Russian Empire. And besides that, Ukraine wanted to become a part of Nato for protection against Russian Invasion. In the view of the twisted left this is a provocation to Putin for Ukraine to dare resist “reunification with Russia” and Putin had a right to order an invasion.

When the free world consented to invasion of Crimere by the Russians it brings to remembrance Great Britain’s Neville Chamberlain who tried to appease Adolf Hitler by letting him invade smaller nearby nations. After all, those people were much like the Germans so they must be Germans. If Hitler could incorporate them into Germany he would be satisfied, and the world would have peace. Soon however, Hitler would be sending airplanes to drop bombs on Great Britain. Crimere also reminds us that the Nation of the Republic of China is claimed by the Communists as part of China. And how does the “free world” including the United States respond. They do not even criticize the Communists for that act of aggression. Their rationale is likely if we criticize the Communists they might invade the Republic of China. Guess what? They have plans, when they think the time is right, to invade the Republic of China. They may have missed their opportunity when they had that Communist Puppet in the White House for four years.

My fears, from reading of likely plans of the Trump Administration, is they will try to cut a deal where Russian can keep the areas of Ukraine they currently occupy if they stop fighting. Then the Russians can regroup and attack another smaller nearby nation or resupply for another attack on Ukraine. Sounds like Biden’s military strategy of retreat and surrender or Chamberlain’s appeasement plan..

We need some tough talk from our leaders. The Ukrainians have been very resourceful in their fight against the Russians using inexpensive drones to inflict heavy damage to the Russians. If we were fighting a war, we would be using expensive missiles that cost millions and might take out one tank. Then we would be looking for a quick way to retreat. The tide may be turning in this war. The Russians have already removed their Navy from one area because of fear of attack. We should be telling Putin if he does not take his troops out of Ukraine, we will be supplying them with thousands of drones to do massive damage to the Russians. We should also tell Putin we will be putting massive economic sanctions in place to cripple the Russian economy if he does not recall his troops immediately. Contact with dissident groups in Russia should also be on the table. I feel confident that dissidents in Russia are looking for a means to rid their country of this evil tyrant.

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There is an old saying in the United States, Hold your horses. No one seems to know the origin of the saying. When I was a child my father used to borrow mules from his uncle, a farmer, to plow our large garden. He would load up a wagon with a plow and disk in the bed of the wagon, hook up the mules to the wagon and drive to our place. Some people used horses instead of mules. I learned a little about these beasts of burden. The horse or mule had a bridle on his head with reins hooked to them. If you pulled on the rein hooked to the left side of the bridle the animal’s head would be pulled to the left and the animal would go to the left making the wagon take a left turn and a right rein pull would take the wagon into a right turn. If you wanted the animals to stop you would pull the reins straight back and the animals learned to stop pulling when that happened. If you kept the reins taut the animals would stay where they were. If you got distracted and loosened the reins the animals would know from experience that a lose rein meant they would be going forward and would probably do so. If they did, they might injure someone getting off the wagon or out of a horse carriage. This is likely where the saying “hold your horses” came from. Today this slang term has come to mean stop or think through what you are going to do before you do it.

The Biden Regime appeared to be incompetent in nearly every thing it tried to do. I do not think it was incompetence. I think Biden had a lot of Marxists in his administration who were trying to destroy our country. We the people voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump and a Republican and Senate Majority to save our country from total destruction. Now I am concerned that President Trump will forget why we voted Republican.

The things we expect from the Republicans are border security, smaller government, lower taxes, control over inflation, the end of censorship, , the end of political lawfare, reduction of the national debt, a strong military to defend us, end to wasteful spending, the end of government over regulation and accountability for government workers who lie to the citizens or break our laws and accountability for non-government people who break our laws.

We need President Trump’s advisors to tell him to stop saying outrageous things like we may need to seize the Panama Canal or invade Greenland. Yes it was a dumb thing that President Carter did in giving the control of the Canal to Panama, but dumb things is what Democrats do. The question is whether what he did was illegal. If it was legal then we should not be talking about seizing it. Greenland may have lots of unmined resources and it may be a strategic place for us to have military bases but neither justify us invading Greenland. Russia’s Putin is trying to justify invading Ukraine, but he is an evil man has no right to do so. We did not vote for Donald Trump be an “American Putin”.

President Trump needs to spend his energy reversing all the things that the Democrat Criminals did to destroy the United States. To use another American slang term, we are not “out of the woods” until President Trump reverses all of Biden, and his Communist Advisors, attempts to destroy the United States.

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