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Re: Banks Collapse After Federal Fiscal Failure
“The inconvenient truth, however, is that SVB collapsed in part because of regulation.” Which is what always happens when sound business practices are superseded by government mandates or woke social agendas. The Great Recession of 2008 resulted from mortgage lenders being required to issue loans with an eye toward “racial equity” rather than strictly on the basis of a data-driven evaluation of the borrowers’ likelihood of repaying the loans. The “excess” defaults could not be covered by rates that “pretended” the risk was lower than borrowers’ credit scores indicated. Sadly, with the new Biden mandate that lenders again subsidize poor-credit borrowers, we’re on a track to repeat that lesson. Buckle up. —Georgia
The banks in question had loses that related to Treasury bonds losing value as interest rates have risen. The loses led depositors to pull funds at a previously unheard of pace. Bad loans were not the root cause of the failures. —Massachusetts
Re: Biden’s Campaign Kicks Off With Gaslighting
Overlooked in the debate over LGBTQIA+ rights, abortion rights, voting rights, etc. is the concept of responsibility. We may have a “right” to drive a car, but if we drive irresponsibly, eventually someone gets hurt. If we deny our responsibility to our progenitors and/or progeny, then our rights become cheap or inconsequential. Lies may satisfy the narcissistic lusts for immediate gratification, but ignoring past lessons will indenture future costs. It is futile to exercise rights without responsibility. Rights without responsibility can neither expand nor secure those rights, but it will always jeopardize those rights by squandering their costs in pursuits of vanity. —Missouri
I’d guess that 90% of voters pay no attention at all to anyone’s “platform.” They are what’s reported as “low-information voters.” Mostly they care about two things only: 1) what letter appears after the name on the ballot, and/or 2) do I like this person? The only other thing that might enter into the equation is summed up by the old adage, “It’s the economy, stupid!” So a few million people will vote for Biden based on criteria #1, and a few more because of criteria #2, but anyone who is not sufficiently influenced by those two main criteria will not vote for Biden. Besides, a “platform” is entirely wishful thinking. —Florida
Re: Where Did All the Biden Illegal Immigrants Go?
Democrat mayors in sanctuary cities across the country are whining about the relative trickle of illegal aliens being sent to their jurisdictions by Texas, which sees a larger influx in the small city of El Paso some weeks than these cities have received in the months since the “free rides north” began. As for requesting federal aid to meet the predictable (and well-deserved) hardships their policies have brought them: Not one cent to deal with illegal aliens for any city that actively undermines the laws against them. Karma isn’t cheap. —Georgia
“When it comes to illegal migration, you’ve seen it come down by more than 90%, and that’s because of the actions that this president has taken.” — White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Yes, and illegal use of marijuana has dropped precipitously in the states in which it’s no longer illegal. The only “action” the Biden administration has taken has been to redefine what’s legal, just as it’s redefined the function of the executive branch from enforcing our duly passed immigration laws to making them from the Oval Office, unilaterally thwarting the expressed will of a majority of the legislature (and by extension, that of their constituents). And they call conservatives a danger to democracy. —Georgia
Re: When Strength, Moral Clarity, Resolve, and Humility Prevailed
Thank you for reminding us of the greatness and wisdom of President Reagan. If only Trump had a modicum of humility and self-control! The parallels between Carter and Biden are striking, except Carter was only inept — Biden is an enemy of Liberty. —Illinois
Alexander’s Reagan profile was very impressive. I think the situation ahead of the 2024 primary is well described and the solution is obvious. Reagan’s approach was right then and now, though the enhanced media toxins are complicating factors. —Texas
Re: Why Are We Letting the Chinese Buy Our Land?
It should be illegal, and it should be illegal for them to buy our food suppliers. The biggest pork producer in the country (Smithfield Ham) is now owned by China. TikTok is a Chinese intelligence-gathering and propaganda social media site and should be banned. They steal our intellectual property and technology with impunity and now have hypersonic missiles that we don’t even have yet. They are building infrastructure in countries all over the world, especially in South America, to make them indebted to China while we waste billions of dollars and military hardware on never-ending regime-change wars. The Chinese’ stated goal is total word domination, and we better start paying attention. —Georgia
No foreign national or dual-citizenship person should be allowed to hold/own any real property in the U.S. Try buying property in Mexico, any Muslim country, Greece, etc. as a U.S. citizen. Ain’t gonna’ happen; no way! Allowing this just weakens our national sovereignty and allows our enemies in under the blankets. —Montana
Re: Still No Justice for the Dobbs Leaker
Given the tendency of leftists to rationalize that their “superior moral position” justifies any action, and the refusal of Democrats to reject even the most egregious incidents (such as the “transgender” attack on a Christian school in Nashville), we can probably expect more attempts on conservative justices’ lives in an effort to change the makeup of the Supreme Court, especially if Biden’s and Schumer’s attempts to pack the Court are thwarted. —Georgia
Re: Kirk Cameron: Courageous Culture Warrior
I’ve liked Kirk Cameron since “Growing Pains” and always admired his unapologetic Christian stance. Now I admire him even more for standing up to the freaks trying to ruin children’s lives by sexualizing them as toddlers. My only question is: Where the heck are the parents of kids being subjected to this garbage? It’s great to have a celebrity doing this, but as he rightly says, real change has to start at home — and that means parents have to put down their phones, act like actual adults, and fight the indoctrination of their kids by schools, government, and media. There’s no second chance at childhood, and once the Rainbow Mafia gets them, they are doomed, as is evidenced by the young people currently supporting this atrocity. —Pennsylvania
Re: Profiles of Valor: Alvin C. York
Thank you for chronicling Sgt. York’s life and for your regular Profiles of Valor. Would that all Americans thoughtfully consider our exceptional history and the courageous men and women who have served for the past 248 years. I will buy you a cup of coffee when I hang up my military spurs. —Michigan