BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
There is a common theme
running throughout most
of the positions taken by the
left recently: Middle income
Americans don’t count. Their
problems do not matter.
Since President Biden
took over, energy prices have
skyrocketed, a direct result
of his administration’s policies.
The strain on American
families has been signifi cant,
and will take a sharp turn for
the worse when home heating
costs will force families to decide
between not freezing or
paying other bills, such as groceries,
mortgage or rent.
Rather than express concern
or contrition for his
anti-affordable energy policy,
Biden is actually doubling
down on it. The Daily Mail has
reported that the White House
is attacking yet another key
cog, closing down Michigan’s
Line 5 oil pipeline.
The hypocrisy of destroying
American energy independence
under the excuse of
environmental consideration
fails to convince, since the
president has favored Russia’s
construction of its Nordstream
pipeline and his request
that OPEC increase its
production. The goal of wiping
out fossil fuel use in the foreseeable
future is unrealistic.
Beyond that, does the president
believe that it is appropriate
that middle income Americans
go bankrupt, in order for
him to please the radical leftist
who seem to oppose all that
makes America strong?
That same progressive
crowd has foisted its no bail,
defund the police ideas on the
nation, to America’s great detriment.
A Utah Law Digital
Commons analysis of jurisdiction
in Illinois notes that
“the new changes to pretrial
release procedures appear to
have led to a substantial increase
in crimes committed
by pretrial releasees in Cook
County. Properly measured
and estimated, after more generous
release procedures were
put in place, the number of
released defendants charged
with committing new crimes
increased by 45%. And, more
concerning, the number of
pretrial releasees charged
with committing new violent
crimes increased by an estimated
33%. In addition, as
reported by the Chicago Tribune,
the Study’s data appears
to undercount the number of
releasees charged with new
violent crimes.”
Once again, the pursuit of
an unrealistic and unviable
progressive goal has harmed
the population, but to leftists,
that doesn’t matter. Only “fundamentally
transforming” the
country counts. Of course,
when anyone asks, what do
they want to “fundamentally
transform” America into, no
intelligent answer is provided.
Polls indicate that Americans,
across the board, are
not in favor of open borders.
Apparently, that doesn’t matter
to Biden or his progressive
supporters. They do not feel
the pain, and it is a very real
pain, that illegal immigration
causes in additional crime,
contagious disease and dollars.
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Texas Attorney General
Paxton outlined the cost to his
state:
Texans pay between $579
million and $717 million each
year for public hospital districts
to provide uncompensated
care for illegal aliens.
Texans paid $152 million to
house illegal criminal aliens
for just one year.
Texans pay between $62
million and $90 million to include
illegal aliens in the state
Emergency Medicaid program.
Texans paid more than $1
million for The Family Violence
Program to provide services
to illegal aliens for one
year.
Texans pay between $30
million and $38 million per
year on perinatal coverage
for illegal aliens through the
Children’s Health Insurance
Program.
Texans pay between $31
million and $63 million to educate
unaccompanied alien
children each year.
The left doesn’t apparently
care. These new arrivals, not
brought up with American
ideals, will assist in their fundamental
transformation.
Don’t complain; you don’t
count.
Nowhere has their attitude
become clearer than in education,
with Virginia’s failed gubernatorial
candidate Terry
McAuliffe openly revealing
the progressive perspective
that the wishes of the majority
of Americans do not matter
by stating that parents should
have no role in what their children
are being taught.
The left has enjoyed the
protection of a friendly media
in hiding their arrogance.
But the disastrous results of
their policies can no longer be
masked.
BY TONY SALIMBENE
Hope everyone had a
happy and healthy Christmas
holiday season, funny but sad
how gift bags and celebrations
featured face masks and
little hand sanitizer bottles.
Now on to the New Year.
If you were thinking of attending
The Department of
NY Mid-Winter Conference,
call the Crowne Desmond Hotel
in Albany directly, now.
I understand masks and
proof of vaccination are required.
At least the dress
code was relaxed to business
casual — Legion shirt,
slacks and shoes, no sneakers.
Caps of course.
Don’t forget 4 Chaplains
Mass, a Legion tradition and
a beautiful story coming
in February at St. Benedict
Church, with a light brunch
afterwards downstairs. More
info/any changes to follow.
All Bronx posts, units and
squadrons are welcome.
Until Next Time: We older
people shouldn’t eat health
food, we need all the preservatives
we can get.
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
CIVIC CENTER
Korony Post 253
BY JOE MONDELLO
Happy New Year fellow
members of Post 620 and to all
of my fans who read this column.
Time to refl ect on the
past year. Look at the highs
and lows, the wins and the
losses, and evaluate them
in a way that will improve
one’s overall performance in
the next year. Refl ection is
like giving feedback to oneself
regarding how one performed
throughout the past
12 months. Welcome 2022.
We’ve been making improvements
in the Post all year
long. In fact, we just received
and installed a new hot water
heater, donated by Westchester
Plumbing. Thank you Bob
and Susan.
On another note, If you
received your 2022 membership
card in the mail, please
forward your payment to the
Post if you haven’t yet paid.
Speaking of membership,
thank you goes out to member
Steve Mulzac who has taken
on the chore of getting Post
620 up online on MyLegion.
org, and to update the Post
membership roster. The Marine
Corp League Toys For
Tots program was a great success.
Our meeting room was
fi lled wall to wall and 5 foot
high with toys and gifts for
needed children. Great work.
On a sad note, our condolence
goes out to Ed McCarthy
and to his family regarding
the passing of his wife. Our
thought and prayers are with
you.
Our fi rst of the year Post
meeting will be on Saturday,
Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. All members,
Boosters and SAL are invited
to sit in. The Department of
New York will host the 2022
Mid Winter Conference on
Jan 21-23, 2022 at the Desmond
Hotel in Albany. Please try
to attend as it is worth your
time.
In closing, we hope that
the changing of the year’s
digit will rescue us from past
habits and holes that we have
dug for ourselves. We dream
of changes that will make us
happier and healthier. Make a
list of resolutions in the hope
that our willpower will be
strong enough to launch us
into a new way of living. For
God and Country.
CIVIC CENTER
Samuel Young
Post 620
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