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Letter: Only half of stimulus is for COVID-19

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Many COVID-19 shots were purchased and fast-tracked by the past administration (Operation Warp Speed). Taking credit for vaccines is not a fact, more like plagiarism.

They tell us to coop up to slow the spread of COVID-19, but say flu season is in winter because we are cooped up inside. It contradicts – or is it a lie?

Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa etc. did better without destroying their economies because they never shut down. The Wall Street Journal reported only $825 billion of the $1.9 trillion package is directed toward actual COVID-19 relief. In other words, more than half of the bill is nothing but pork.

Stopping a pipeline from a friendly nation and restricting drilling on federal lands makes us dependent on foreign oil. How many lives will be lost defending a foreign country’s oil, again?

Fox News reported recently that 185 migrants rapid-tested at the city’s main bus station showed they were infected with COVID-19, ​up from the 108 who tested positive the week before. Opening the borders to COVID-infected migrants while unemployment is high and during a pandemic is a colossal mistake.

When real facts are presented, it is clear our current leaders are morally and fiscally incompetent. They are trying to destroy our Constitution, which is what made America the greatest nation on earth. This does not promote trust, unless of course, you’re a socialist.

Dale RugglesBayfield