Richard Shea: Critical that we send Republicans to Washington and turn things around

To The Daily Sun,

I do not care to see $7,000 of my tax money given to someone buying a $65,000 electric car.

I do not see why I should contribute $10,000 to help pay off the debt of someone who took out a loan for college.

I am alarmed at the size of the national debt, now over $31 trillion and growing. This Congress doesn’t even pretend to be concerned. Spending is all they know.

I am concerned about our lack of border security. Last year, the number of illegal crossings was close to 3 million, more than twice the entire population of the Granite State. Worse, our clueless administration has the audacity to claim that the border is closed. Unbelievable.

I am dismayed at the cost of energy. Electric bills have close to doubled. Gas prices are climbing again. Heating oil is twice what it was a year ago and may well be rationed. Yet the administration refuses to support domestic energy production, the one measure that could lower prices.

I am distressed by the rate of inflation, now well over 8% and showing little sign of easing. Grocery shopping is downright painful.

I’d like to give the Biden administration credit for things they’ve done well, but except for supporting Ukraine, nothing comes to mind.

Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly feel the country is headed in the wrong direction, and they are right.

I hope voters realize that incumbent Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan and Rep. Chris Pappas are fully supportive of the current failed policies and offer nothing beyond more of the same. Something must change. Sending Gen. Don Bolduc to the Senate and Karoline Leavitt to the House will help to establish a Republican majority in Congress and turn things around. It is critical that we do so.

Richard Shea

Alton