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David J. Silva: Silence of Democrats deafening

I would like to list some of the accomplishments of the Obama administration in the last seven years. National debt rose from $10 trillion to $18 trillion, the number of food stamp and welfare recipients from 25 to 50 million. More than 40 percent of the babies born are paid for and supported by the taxpayers. The adminstration lied about Benghazi and refused to send help, resulting in the deaths of four brave Americans.

We now have the lowest labor participation rate on a percentage rate in the last 40 years. Oh! I just realized why the Democrats are not complaining about these facts; they can’t blame them on George W. Bush, the Republicans or big business. Or maybe it’s what the Democrats wanted to happen when they re-elected Obama, create a socialist country. Think what would happen if this was a Republican administration; the Democrats would be screaming about all of the debt that our grandchildren are going to inherit. The silence of the Democrats is deafening.

David J. Silva, Los Banos

This story was originally published January 26, 2016 at 11:27 AM with the headline "David J. Silva: Silence of Democrats deafening."

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