David J. Silva: It’s clear to most that Obama has wrecked economy
Recently, a friend told me that since the Obama administration took office over 7 years ago, the country is in better shape. After much research, this is what I found. National debt almost doubled from $10 trillion to $19 trillion, at a cost of $400 billion a year to service it. Double the people on food stamps and welfare. The lowest labor participation rate in 40 years. School test scores are dropping. Even though it is against federal law, the government is giving more and more money and services to illegal aliens and the minority crime and murder rate is much higher. More than 60 percent of the people think the economy is in bad shape.
If people were satisfied with the direction our country is going, Donald Trump wouldn’t even be running for president much less be the Republican candidate. After looking over this list, I have come to the conclusion that my friend played football without a helmet.
David J. Silva, Los Banos
This story was originally published May 31, 2016 at 2:30 PM with the headline "David J. Silva: It’s clear to most that Obama has wrecked economy."