America's Federal Debt as of January 2023

 Americans have heard so often about the high level of Federal debt being a serious threat to our Economy, but nothing has happened yet, that they've seemingly become immune to it. Take a look at these facts:

1. It took 224 years to reach 5 trillion dollars in Federal debt in the year 2,000.
2. It only took 8 more years to add another 5 trillion dollars to Federal debt, thus doubling it in 2008. (Bush Administration).
3. Next, just 8 years later during the Obama Administration, an additional 10 trillion dollars was added to Federal debt thus doubling it again in 2016 to 20 trillion dollars.
4. 6 years later, another 11 trillion dollars has been added to the Federal debt bringing it to 31 trillion dollars!! That works out to $95,000 worth of debt for each man, woman, and child in America or $380,000 for a family of four.
5. The current Federal Budget has 2 trillion dollars in additional spending than the recent pre-Covid budget of 2019. We need to get back to the 2019 budget, and then find more spending cuts to avoid Economic disaster!!

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/national-debt-by-year-compared-to-gdp-and-major-events-3306287

Democrats and Electric Cars

Democrats want you to buy electric cars instead of gas powered cars and have been creating laws that essentially ban gas powered new cars in the future. The average price for a brand new EV is about $55,000. That’s considerably higher than the average four-door sedan, which runs about $35,000, according to Kelly Blue Book. Most Americans cannot afford the price of an electric car. Are you going to let Democrats drive you into poverty? Remember that when you cast your vote in future elections.

A Loving and Merciful God – True or False?

 One of the teachings of my 12 years of Catholic parochial school was that God is loving and merciful. I would love to believe that, but the evidence seems to suggest the opposite when it comes to mercy and that is really scary!!. Examples include:

1. God had no mercy for his son Jesus being tortured and cruelly crucified. If God had no mercy for his Son, what makes you think he has mercy for us mere human beings?

2. 10 million people died in World War 1. A little over 20 years later an incredible 70 million people died in World War 2. Millions of others were wounded with many carrying life time disabilities and/or pain afterwards. Plus there have been many wars throughout human history right up to today. Why doesn't God, in his mercy, stop them?

3. Where is God's mercy for the millions of people suffering now and in the past from cancer, paralysis, blindness, deafness, physical and mental disabilities, and other horrific diseases?

4. God's punishment for dying in sin is eternal hell cruelty. Think about that for a moment. Imagine being punished for 100 trillion years. Think of how incredibly long that is to be excruciatingly punished. Now imagine the punishment of 100 trillion years being repeated 100 trillion times!! And the punishment is still not done!! Where is God's mercy?

5. Yet God made us to be imperfect. Everyone sins in his life – no exceptions per the Bible (“He who is without sin cast the first stone”). Per my Catholic school teachings, if a very kind, generous, and obedient person commits a “mortal” sin and suddenly and instantly dies, say of a heart attack, leaving him no time to confess his sorrow for sinning, that person goes to hell for eternity. Also, if a person who lived a horrible life, sinning many times including multiple cases of robbery and murder, gets sick and slowly dies over weeks and/or months, thus giving him time to think about his sins, confess truthfully that he is sorry, and sincerely asks for forgiveness before he dies, he goes to heaven. Is that fair? Is that merciful to the person who lived a long and good life and sinned once just before he suddenly died?