By the time you are done reading this article, you may be tempted to tear your hair out.\u00a0 A substantial portion of the U.S. population is deeply struggling<\/a> in our current economic environment, but instead of focusing on helping Americans that are hurting, homeless and hungry, our leaders are going to great lengths to make things better for those that have no legal right to be in this country.\u00a0 Our priorities are way out of whack, and U.S. voters are fed up.\u00a0 Immigration has become the hottest political issue during this campaign season, but many of our politicians still don\u2019t seem to understand why so many of us are so frustrated with what has been going on.<\/p>\n Let me give you some examples of what I am talking about.<\/p>\n It is being reported<\/a> that more than half of all Americans over the age of 65 \u201care living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n And, for some, the retirement crisis is already here. Just over half of Americans over the age of 65 are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year, according to the Census Bureau\u2019s Current Population Survey. The largest share \u2014 just under 23% \u2014 have incomes between $10,000 and $19,999.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Millions of elderly Americans are barely surviving at this point.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been flying hundreds of thousands of migrants<\/a> that have no legal right to be here directly into the country\u2026<\/p>\n It means that while record numbers of migrants were flowing over the southern border last year, the Biden White House was also directly transporting them into the country.<\/p>\n Use of a cell phone app has allowed for the near undetected arrival by air of 320,000 aliens with no legal rights to enter the United States.<\/p>\n It comes after a controversy over a 2022 transportation program in which the administration used taxpayers money to move migrants throughout the country on overnight flights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You have got to be kidding me.<\/p>\n Let me give you another example.<\/p>\n Since 2020, the income needed \u201cto comfortably afford a home in the US\u201d<\/a> has gone up by 80 percent\u2026<\/p>\n According to Zillow, the\u00a0income needed to comfortably afford a home in the US has leapt 80% since 2020<\/strong>, far exceeding what the BLS reports has been a 23% increase in median household income over the same period.<\/p>\n The real estate website found home buyers today need to make more than $106,000 a year, up $47,000 from 2020, a change driven largely by higher prices and borrowing costs.<\/p>\n \u201cHousing costs have soared over the past four years as drastic hikes in home prices, mortgage rates and rent growth far outpaced wage gains,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0said Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But instead of doing something about that, politicians in California actually want to provide interest-free home loans with no down payment required to newly arrived migrants<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n Assembly Bill 1840 would change existing law to allow illegal immigrants to be eligible for the California Dream for All Fund, which provides interest-free loans for a down payment on a home for first-time buyers.<\/p>\n The bill was introduced by California Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula,\u00a0a Democrat, who last month told\u00a0GV Wire<\/a>, a Fresno-based news\u00a0<\/strong>outlet, that he \u201cwanted to ensure that qualified first-time homebuyers include undocumented applicants.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You have got to be kidding me.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t stop reading now, because there is more.<\/p>\n On Thursday, we learned that the number of layoffs in the U.S. last month was the highest total that we have seen during February since 2009<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n The pace of job cuts by U.S. employers accelerated in February, a sign the labor market is starting to deteriorate in the face of ongoing inflation and high interest rates.<\/p>\n That is according to a new report published Thursday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which found that companies planned 84,638 job cuts in February, a 3% increase from the previous month and a 9% jump from the same time last year.<\/p>\n It marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That is terrible news.<\/p>\n But instead of finding jobs for American workers, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to \u201cprioritize\u201d<\/a> hiring newly arrived migrants for state jobs\u2026<\/p>\n New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan to prioritize hiring illegal aliens for state jobs by eliminating certain requirements like the civil service exam and high school diploma.<\/p>\n The aim is to expedite the process for illegal immigrants to secure state jobs once they have work permits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You have got to be kidding me.<\/p>\n Last but not least, let\u2019s talk about what is going on in Washington right now.<\/p>\n In preparation for the State of the Union address, a \u201clarge steel fence\u201d<\/a> was being put up around the U.S. Capitol\u2026<\/p>\n Ahead of President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address this evening \u2013 what concerns do the political elites on Capitol Hill have that require security crews to\u00a0erect a large steel fence around the immediate perimeter of the Capitol Complex?<\/p>\n In several posts on X,\u00a0FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram<\/em><\/a>\u00a0said the steel, grated 12-foot fence around the Capitol Complex was erected on Wednesday night on the orders of the Secret Service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Apparently our leaders in Washington have no problem with being protected by walls.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, our southern border has been left wide open and it is being estimated that approximately 10 million migrants<\/a> have come pouring into this nation since Joe Biden entered the White House\u2026<\/p>\n The number of illegal immigrants in the country has roughly doubled under President Biden. The United States had some 10.2 million illegal immigrants in 2020, and another 10 million have entered during Biden\u2019s presidency. If the 20 million illegal immigrants were all in one state, it would be tied with New York for the fourth most populated state.<\/p>\n And here\u2019s even worse news. If Biden wins a second term in office and there is no serious reform of U.S. immigration and asylum laws \u2014 both of which are very real possibilities \u2014 we can expect a continuing increase in the rate of immigrants crossing the border illegally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You have got to be kidding me.<\/p>\n We already have tens of millions of people<\/a> that are deeply suffering in this country.<\/p>\n To allow millions more to come marching in doesn\u2019t make any sense at all.<\/p>\n We can\u2019t even afford to take care of the people that we already have.\u00a0 We are completely broke, and we have been adding another trillion dollars to the national debt about every 100 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n We are literally committing national suicide, but most of our politicians don\u2019t seem alarmed by this at all.<\/p>\n Michael\u2019s new book entitled\u00a0\u201cChaos\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0in paperback<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0for the Kindle<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.com, and you can check out his new Substack newsletter\u00a0right here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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