November 14th Letters to the Editor

Dear Edi­tor:

I am a mid­dle school stu­dent and a boy scout. Part of being a boy scout is being involved in your com­mu­nity. I have been lis­ten­ing to all of the ads, news sto­ries and debates for the upcom­ing elec­tion. I want to make peo­ple aware of things that have hap­pened while Pres­i­dent Obama has been in office that are ruin­ing our coun­try. Our national debt has gone from $10 tril­lion to $16 tril­lion, and if he stays in office, it will most likely go to $20 tril­lion. Gas prices have gone from $1.85/gallon to almost $4/gallon through­out his term. He promised to cre­ate jobs and improve the econ­omy, but not only is the unem­ploy­ment rate the same now as it was then, but some of the peo­ple who were on unem­ploy­ment then are no longer look­ing for work and aren’t even on the records now, so they aren’t part of the num­bers. He also made a lot of other promises he didn’t keep. His slo­gan was “Hope and Change”. The changes he’s made aren’t giv­ing us much hope. Gov­er­nor Rom­ney has a detailed plan to get our coun­try going in the right direc­tion. His years of busi­ness expe­ri­ence, his record of proven suc­cess and his love for our coun­try and the peo­ple are what we need now. I may only be a stu­dent in school, but the deci­sions made in our gov­ern­ment will affect me and my future. I think it is impor­tant that kids learn more about what is hap­pen­ing around them, so they can under­stand what is going on and how it will affect them and their futures. Many peo­ple have fought for the rights and ben­e­fits we have today. I hope that every­one will make them­selves aware of the facts involved with all of the can­di­dates and issues in this elec­tion, and that they will exer­cise their right to vote and have a say in their own future.

Colton Long, Boy Scout and Mt. Gilead student

Editor’s Note: This let­ter was omit­ted from the pre-election let­ters. We are run­ning it to show our appre­ci­a­tion for the writer’s input.

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