Concerned with rights and debt

The COVID-19 crisis has shown how fragile our constitutional rights are. Our freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom of speech, to name a few, have been questioned and in some cases denied. We as American citizens had better wake up. I’m not a conspiracy theory nut, but something is going on. There are those that want a one world government and government control of our everyday life. We have shut down some businesses, but have let others open. You can go to Walmart or Lowe’s but you can’t get a hair cut? Think about it folks, something isn’t right. The ole frog in a pot of water rings true. Slowly turn the heat up and the next thing you know, you have a cooked frog. I’m not saying there’s not a lot of unknowns about the virus, but to shut down the world’s economy based on models

that have been shown are wrong makes one think about those predicting things. There are those elitist that think they are smarter than the common folk. This disease is bad but, I think it has become a political thing now. The economy has crashed, due to the shut down. The government has come to the rescue, but the money they have given away has to be printed. I’m not complaining about the government helping out, but printing more dollars means inflation. I went to Lee High School years ago, and I know the government does not create income. News alert! The government receives money from taxing us lowly citizens. This goes against the belief that the “Government has plenty of money in D.C.”. This epidemic, pandemic or what ever you call it is a wake up call to everyone. Precious blood has bought our freedom, but it might be at stake due to the power grab of some in high political places. We have seen reported deaths from this new virus, but not much reporting of deaths from other causes. No flu,

cancer or even natural causes of deaths has been reported. Every death seems to be COVID 19. All I’m saying is a little common sense will go along way. There have been 2 local cases reported that turned out not to be COVID 19. My point is who do you believe? The question is, are you concerned enough to take a stand or believe everything the government tells you? The old saying “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you” is not necessarily a good thing some time. Time will tell. I pray for those of the next generation. As a senior citizen, I have lived in the best of times in America. My concern is, what kind of world am I leaving for my children and grandchildren?

Pray for America. God bless America.

Lee Roy Lollar

Columbus

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