I watched the first debates of the 2020 presidential campaign, first with interest, which quickly turned to disgust and then horror. If this is the best the Democratic Party can produce, America is in deep trouble. I have listened to campaign speeches by every president since FDR. The most famous quote ever made was by Kennedy, who stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” What has happened to Kennedy’s Democratic Party? None of the current candidates can hold a candle to these men of yore!

What I heard was nonstop bribes to get votes — “vote for me and I’ll give you” — promises that can never be kept and are simply hollow words blowing in the wind.

“Free medical care for all” is a joke, especially when including illegal immigrants, which is the goal of the left. The cost is unaffordable! Nothing is free! America simply does not have enough doctors or nurses to properly care for its citizens now. Offering free medical care for all comers will cause an influx from all corners of the world that would totally inundate our medical system.

Most candidates admitted on camera that their goal is to eliminate private medical insurance companies so the medical policy you like and depend on will be eliminated. The concept that the government can run anything efficiently is absolutely preposterous. Consider the Post Office before you answer.

Open borders is their goal as is free health care, free education, free child care, forgiveness of student loans and a thousand dollars a month for all. There is no end to list of freebees being promised. Not one candidate had the courage to stand up and say “no” to even the most ludicrous proposal.

When asked how the country was going to pay for this extravaganza? The answer is always “tax the rich.” This sounds great until you realize the rich are the puppetmasters these angry cry babies are dancing to. Should you somehow find a way to raise taxes on the rich to unbearable levels, the rich will simply stop investing in America, pack up their marbles and move their homes and companies to another country. No, as always it will be the middle class that foots the bill.

They also promise to raise taxes on filthy rich corporations. What these “idiots” do not understand, is that corporations do not pay taxes. They never have! All corporate taxes are passed on to the consumer. You, the private citizen, gets the bill! Corporate taxes are simply another hidden tax on the American citizen, and the poor get hit the hardest. High corporate taxes result in fewer products sold, causing companies to lay off workers, equaling fewer Americans paying taxes. American-made products become overpriced, and fewer will be sold overseas. Thus, more of our industries will close or move abroad to get lower taxes and less regulation.

This is the future under the new socialist Democrats.

Don Sorensen

Albert Lea