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America, The Thriving hurts people, it will be worth it to get rid of Trump.
With regards to a vote for Trump is a vote for recession -
Charlie wrote this article before all hell broke loose in March again, only my humble opinion - the opposite would be true.
2020. Let’s set our sights to exceed this beautiful memory of Can you imagine what would happen to the stock market if
where we were before the Pandemic. It seems almost prophetic someone is elected who has vowed to do away with the use of
in its content. Enjoy. fossil fuel, provide free college, health care for all, reinstate all
the restrictions on business, rejoin the international rush for
We are just finishing up a month-long run across America, “climate control,” a movement that gags on a gnat and swal-
East Coast to West Coast and back and, contrary to the dire lows a camel, ignoring the worst polluters while penalizing
warnings of Democratic politicians and their lap puppy sy- the cleaner nations, exponentially raises taxes and the myr-
cophants in the media, who claim we are on the brink of a iad of giveaway programs that at least one candidate admits
recession, conversely, what I saw was America at work, busy would cost sixteen trillion dollars?
retail outlets, highways full of eighteen-wheelers and rail- Can you envision what would happen to commerce if just
roads with frequent, long, loaded freight trains moving raw the petroleum industry was done away with?
materials and transporting finished goods to markets where And you could say the same for any major industry in
demand is high. America because it’s not just manufacturing or producing
No, I make no claim to being an economist or to having the product that provides jobs, there is an abundance of satel-
any insight into the dealings of America’s corporations and lite businesses that are dependent on any large enterprise, and
future fiscal insanities of government, but I know what I saw the removal of said enterprise can turn a thriving city into a
first-hand, and since two and two is still four, water still does ghost town in a matter of weeks. Apartment complexes and
not run uphill, and if there’s smoke, there’s a fire somewhere retail outlets from the mom and pop variety to the big lots
(cowboy logic); it appears to me that things are popping in the and discount chain retailers find themselves without custom-
hinterlands. ers almost overnight.
We stopped in Midland, Texas to let our driver rest, and I’ve seen this happen; I’ve seen the sad shells of vacant cit-
despite the 112º weather, the entire region resembled a bee- ies, storefronts boarded up, trash blowing around on empty
hive, oil wells pumping, new ones being drilled, new build- streets after the major employer in the area has shut down or
ings going up all over the city, the suburbs and outlying areas, moved away.
and improvised campgrounds everywhere where thousands The truth of the matter is that America is thriving, and
of new workers without permanent housing park their camp- there are reasons for that.
ers and trailers. A business-friendly atmosphere and the lifting of com-
And speaking of housing, there are more housing develop- merce crippling restrictions plus reasonable tax structures
ments and single home and apartment construction projects make for record low unemployment and situations like I saw
going on than you can count. in Midland, Texas, a town bursting at the seams with pros-
Hazel and myself had a great chicken fried steak with all perity.
the trimmings at a blue-collar Texas eating establishment, I would like to see a town hall meeting of the Democratic
and during the course of our meal, this guy that was about 6’ presidential candidates be held in a place like Midland and
5” and at least an ax handle across the shoulders came and sat hear the candidates answer questions about the promises
down at a table across from us. they are all making.
I said to my wife, Hazel, “I would like to see Bernie Sanders I would like to see it explained to these people how doing
come out here and explain to him why he wants to close all away with fossil fuel and all the other ridiculous proposals
of this down.” are going to pay back sixteen trillion dollars after America’s
The claims that a recession looms is - at least in my humble manufacturing and energy sectors have been put out of busi-
opinion - for the most part, politically motivated. The Demo- ness.
crats have tried every trick in the book to get rid of Donald I’ve heard it said that Einstein’s definition of insanity is do-
Trump and have miserably failed and brought to light seri- ing the same thing over and over and expecting a different
ous infractions of the law and, in the process, poised several result.
sharp axes above quite a few heads on their own side of the I guess socialists just have hard heads.
aisle, the ramifications of which still remain to be seen. What do you think?
And since that didn’t work they, with the help of their per- Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.
sonal public relations arm - the mainstream media - are try-
ing to scare off Trump voters by insinuating that they would God Bless America.
be voting themselves into a recession, and some like Bill Ma- — Charlie Daniels
her are actively hoping for a recession, saying that even if it ©Copyright 2020 Charlie Daniels

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