KRAWIEC: Random ramblings

If Bidenomics is working, why is there such an increase in bankruptcies?

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Phoenix business owners have won a legal battle at the Court of Appeals. The court upheld a lower court order that requires the municipality to clean up a homeless encampment known as “The Zone.” Business owners claim the area surrounding their businesses is soaked with urine and feces, and public nudity is commonplace. The court said, “Municipalities are responsible for enforcing public nuisance laws on land they own or are responsible for.”

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador was arrested for having two boys chained to a post near a sleeping cot in Virginia. The boys were aged 7 and 9. The perpetrator had been deported in 2018 but wandered back in across our open border. No report on who the boys are and where they are from.

Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado is facing a lawsuit for forcing a girl to sleep with a boy on a trip to Philadelphia and Washington. The school had communicated that “girls will be roomed together on one floor and boys together on a different floor.” The lawsuit claims that the school redefined the definition of “girl” and “boy” to align with a student’s gender identity.

Some small towns in our country are being overrun with a huge influx of immigrants. Charleroi, Pennsylvania, has had a staggering 2,000% increase in migrants. Springfield, Ohio, is dealing with a similar issue. Small-town economies can not deal with this type of influx. It’s a tremendous burden on the residents.

Mark Zuckerberg, the gazillionaire who owns Meta, is a true hypocrite. He lectures against climate emissions and tries to have us peons limit our output. He has purchased a $300 million yacht. That will likely emit more than some small nations.

If Bidenomics is working, why is there such an increase in bankruptcies? Bankruptcies for businesses are up 61% and 15% for individuals, the highest since the 2008 crash.

The administration keeps touting the number of jobs created. What they don’t tell you is that those jobs are mostly part time. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that year over year, the U.S. lost 1.02 million full-time jobs and added 1.06 million part-time jobs. We do know that many of the full-time jobs created were government jobs, 87,000 new IRS agents, for example.

Democrat John Kerry thinks the First Amendment is a problem. He said, “Our First Amendment stands as a major block to the ability to be able to hammer (disinformation) out of existence.” Of course, you and I won’t be the ones deciding what is “disinformation.” We now know that censorship was alive and well during the COVID pandemic, with government and Big Tech deciding what was “disinformation.”

Food prices have skyrocketed, and meat and poultry have seen the biggest increases. The EPA is poised to issue new regulations that will put many meat processing companies out of business and will cause even higher prices. The changes are a result of lawsuits filed by a coalition of 13 environmental organizations.

A University of Kansas professor is under fire for some recent comments. Since they’re on tape in his own words, there’s no chance it was taken out of context or misreported. He told his classroom that any men not voting for Kamala Harris think that “women are not smart enough to be president.” He then said these people should be lined up and shot because they “clearly don’t know how the world works.” What has happened to our institutions of higher learning? That’s not the kind of instructor who should be in any classroom. He has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation. I feel certain it’s with full pay, and he will be back in the classroom as soon as this blows over. Shameful.

Please continue to keep the hurricane victims in your prayers. The General Assembly reconvened this week to appropriate emergency funding for the relief effort. As the damage is assessed and needs are identified, we will be going back on Oct. 24 for another round of appropriations. The needs are extensive, and our citizens have been amazing to step up and help our western neighbors. Please continue to donate if you can with your time and resources.

Sen. Joyce Krawiec has represented Forsyth County and the 31st District in the N.C. Senate since 2014. She lives in Kernersville.