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These are the reasons why Trump supporters voted for him a second time, not necessarily for Trump himself, but for the following policies and accomplishments: [In alphabetical order (you might want to start with Racism, Morality, and COVID) ]ABORTION?: Deliberately killing an innocent human is murder. The number of chromosomes and the genome of a fetus (Latin for ‘baby’) living in a woman must be a human. S/he can not be ‘part of’ his or her mother because s/he is a distinct individual with his or her own unique blood type, finger prints, and may even be the completely opposite sex. Without love and care, a baby, after birth, can survive no better than s/he could beforehand.During the 81 wars and military conflicts since the War for Independence in the 1700’s to the recent conflict in Yemen, 2,852,901 Americans soldiers have died, but the number of American babies aborted since just 1970 is twenty-four times greater! Planned Parenthood alone kills 330,000 unborn babies a year and then sells their body parts for profit. If God is just, He will punish us for the murder of 48,000,000 of His children.In his first week as President, Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy that blocks $9 billion in foreign aid being used for abortions and he stopped U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund, which promotes abortions. President Trump's PLGHA Policy requires U.S. global health funds recipients certify that they will not promote or perform abortions. Trump hosted 34 countries for a meeting on how to promote women's health and protect the lives of the unborn.At home, he announced, “I am for defunding Planned Parenthood as long as they are involved with abortion.” His Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board issued recommendations on the ethics of fetal tissue research proposals and advised against funding 13 of the 14 proposals because of aborted babies would be used. America's foster care and adoption system has increased partnerships with faith-based organizations to care for children and preserve families.Trump became the first sitting president to give remarks in person at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. In his address he stated the eternal truth that every child is a sacred gift from God and reiterated his effort to defend the dignity and sanctity of every human life. Which president has been more pro-life than the one He has miraculously placed in power? If Jesus were Pro-Life, would He vote for Biden? Would you? (How are you doing with a logical rather than an emotional response?)ABUSE OF POWER?: Total Presidential pardons and sentence commutations: Carter: 566; Reagan: 406; HW Bush: 77; Clinton: 459; George W Bush: 200; Obama: 1,927; Trump: 26. Mueller came up empty in his Russia collusion probe. He wasted months and millions trying to find any dirt on Trump. Trump signed an Executive Order establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees would serve us instead of their own interests.ANIMAL RIGHTS?: Trump has made cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.ANTI-SEMITISM?: Trump moved the Israeli capital from Tel Aviv back to Jerusalem (as promised by so many previous US presidents). Prime Minister Netanyahu responded: “President Donald Trump, thank you for today’s historic decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Jewish people and the Jewish state will be forever grateful.” Trump signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses here in the USA deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism. This is important. As Jeff Jacoby, a Jewish columnist at the Boston Globe explains: “This is a Christian country. It was founded by Christians and built on broad Christian principles. Threatening? Far from it. It is in precisely this Christian country that Jews have known the most peaceful, prosperous, and successful existence in their long history.” Aaron Zelman (a Jewish author and head of a civil rights organization) similarly declares: “Christian America is the best home our people have found in 2,000 years. . . . this remains the most tolerant, prosperous, and safest home we could be blessed with.” Dennis Prager, a Jewish national columnist and popular talkshow host, warns: “If America abandons its Judeo-Christian values basis and the central role of the Jewish and Christian Bibles (its Founders’ guiding text), we are all in big trouble, including, most especially, America’s non-Christians. Just ask the Jews of secular Europe.” Trump himself has Jewish grandchildren.BIAS?: Imagine that CNN had honestly and accurately reported then-candidate Biden’s close ties to foreign terrorists (Rashid Khalidi), domestic terrorists (William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn), the mafia (Tony Rezko) or the true evils of Jeremiah Wright! Imagine if CNN had honestly and accurately covered the evils of Biden’s involvement in weaponizing the IRS to be used against political opponents, or his involvement in the running of guns to the Mexican cartels, or the truth about the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and his involvement in the cover-up. Yet, can you think of anything good that fake news has ever said about Trump since the GOP primaries? No wonder he’s angry; wouldn’t you be also? Is it important to be balanced or better to simply believe everything that we watch on CNN and NBC? In 2007, the New York Times gave a discount to MoveOn.org for the ad hominem, anti-David Petraeus “General Betray Us”advertisement? Did they ever give a discount for any Republican ad?BLACK & HISPANIC EMPLOYEES?: Blacks and Hispanics benefited economically more than whites from the new measures Trump implemented. Median incomes for black households rose 7.9% and Hispanic households 7.1%, a faster rate than incomes for white households (5.7%).BUDGET?: Trump’s budget cut domestic spending by 5% ($2.7 trillion). Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought pleaded, “It’s time for Congress to come to the table, work with the President, and rein in Washington’s spending addiction.” The Dept of Treasury reported a $182 billion surplus for April 2017 (2nd largest in history). It got better thereafter! He produced a budget that cut $54 billion from bloated federal bureaucracies, eliminate 50 programs, and more than 3,000 unnecessary federal jobs.CHRISTIAN?: Trump is a Scottish Presbyterian with no interest in occults, mysticism or exotic mythologies. Melania was raised as a Slovenian Roman Catholic. Trump grew up attending the First Presbyterian in Queens where he was confirmed, and Marble Collegiate Church where one of his sons was baptized. The others have been as well. Today, he and Melania prefer the church they got married in (The Episcopal Church of Bethesda by-the-Sea in Palm Beach). In D.C., they attended St. John's Episcopal Church when possible. Consider that when the President goes to church, it is extremely disruptive with the media and the Secret Service needing to check everything out. Fortunately, church is not the ‘meeting house’ but a group of believers and Trump encourages worship in the White House with a chaplain and a weekly 90 minute Bible Study (usually attended by 10 cabinet members, plus staff, led by Ralph Drollinger who reports that Trump, if he misses one week, “writes me back notes on my 8-page bible study print-outs.” In fact, a Bible from a wonderful revival in Scotland has passed down to Trump, a descendant of one of the evangelists. He keeps it in the White House. He has said that his favorite book is the Bible, followed by The Art of the Deal. Few presidents in the 20th-21st. century have had such a close adult relationship with a pastor as Trump did with Norman Vincent Peale. But is Trump Born Again? Is he authentic?On June 21, 2016 over 1000 Christian leaders from all over the U.S. gathered to ask Donald Trump tough specific questions in person. James Robison, Jerry Falwell Jr., Huckabee, Carson, and Franklin Graham addressed the crowd attesting to the authenticity and trustworthiness of Donald Trump. At the end, Trump received a standing ovation. Dr. James Dobson adds that Trump was saved fairly recently; he knows who led Trump to Christ (Pastor Paula White). "I believe he really made a commitment, but he's a baby Christian. We all need to be praying for him, especially if there's a possibility of him being our next chief executive officer. He doesn't know our language, he really doesn't, and he refers a lot to religion and not much to faith and belief.” Trump himself has admitted, “The office is so powerful that you need God even more because your decisions are no longer, ‘Gee I’m going to build a building in New York.’ These are questions of massive, life-and-death. There’s almost not a decision that you make when you’re sitting in this position that isn’t a really life-altering position. So God comes into it even more so.” Don’t we all sin? Yet, we can all get saved at any moment, at any age, although critics may continue bring up our past.Check Trump’s actions. His executive order prohibits the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith. Federal prosecutors have been directed to monitor and take action to correct state and local policies that discriminate against religious institutions and believers. His CARES Act made churches and religious nonprofits eligible for assistance like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In addition, Trump ensured that large abortion providers like Planned Parenthood would not be eligible for coronavirus relief. The Depts of Agriculture, Education, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Labor, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, plus the U.S. Agency for International Development leveled the playing field for faith-based organizations wishing to participate in grant programs or as contractors. The new rules eliminated two requirements placed on faith-based organizations that were not placed on secular organizations. The Depts of Education and Justice issued guidance on constitutionally protected prayer and religious expression in public elementary and secondary schools ensuring that prayer in schools is properly protected. Trump has been removing burdensome requirements that faith-based organizations (including foster care and adoption agencies) must accept same-sex marriages and profess gender identity, in order to be eligible to participate in grant programs. He also announced a coalition within the business community to protect religious freedom.Internationally, his Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom recognized the promotion of international religious freedom as a moral and national security imperative. He set up a Special Adviser to the President on International Religious Freedom within the National Security Council authorized by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Trump is the first president to dedicate a full-time staffer to this role on a permanent basis. His International Religious Freedom Alliance unites government leaders from like-minded nations to strategize ways to promote religious freedom and protect religious minorities around the world. Trump has placed targeted sanctions on Russian officials for their religious freedom violations and torture of Jehovah's Witnesses. He hosted a meeting during the U.N. General Assembly and gave a speech solely on the topic of religious freedom, providing $25 million to protect religious sites and relics around the world. This is the first time a U.S. president has hosted a meeting focused solely on religious freedom at the UN.Biden, on the other hand, went along with Obama’s declaration that the USA “is no longer a Christian nation.” Biden had no qualms about the cancelation of the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony which had been supported by all our previous Vice Presidents. Then, on 9/25/09, Biden participated in an Islamic National Day of Prayer with over 50,000 Muslims. Biden also saw nothing wrong with sending $770,000,000 to support mosques in Egypt, Cyprus, etc.Trump fortunately reinstituded the National Day of Prayer and took us back to our roots and the warnings of our Founding Fathers: “No nation has ever existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has been given to man and I, as Chief Magistrate of this nation, am bound to give it the sanction of my example” (T. Jefferson). “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (Adams). "To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them.” (J. Morse)CONSUMER CONFIDENCE?: Trump achieved a 17-year-high in the consumer confidence index. In spite of COVID, confidence is still high and optimism still reigns and the recovery becomes ever more apparent. Trump did it once and it only took him three years. He can do it again. Biden never did it in 47 years.COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2?: Before there were six cases in the USA, Trump jumped quickly to provide everything necessary to protect Americans regardless to how doing so might jeopardize his chance of reelection if the amazing economy he had made possible was destroyed. The Democrats, on the other hand, stalled for 3 months to let COVID get out of control by pursuing an obviously futile impeachment. Pelosi then sat on those impeachment papers for 28 days before sending them on to the Senate which shut down for 21 days leaving Trump to deal with Covid alone. When Trump closed travel to and from China, Chuck Schumer declared the action “racist”. DeBlasio, in March, said that everybody should ride the subways and go to Broadway. Twenty-eight days after the travel restriction, Nancy Pelosi, downplaying the severity of the virus, begged people to visit Chinatown in San Francisco, once again playing the race card. She then at the last hour of the stimulus package, added things that were pure politics and had nothing to do with the dire circumstances at hand.Why didn’t Biden during his Vice Presidency replenish the National Medical stockpile of masks after the H1N1 virus scare? What prevented all of these Democrat governors from ordering all the PPE and ventilators for emergency purposes during the last two years?Every day, every turn, every word, every breath since before he was elected, Trump has been attacked, mocked, accused, blamed and belittled by the socialists. Yet, he’s the guy that gets hospital ships readied in one week! He’s the guy that gets temporary hospitals with hundreds of beds built in three days! He’s the guy that gets industries to build ventilators and face masks inspite of regulations by agencies which move like sloths. He’s the guy that asks, “Why we aren’t using already existing drugs that may work on people who are dying; what the hell do we have to lose?” He’s the guy that shut down travel from China, when the liberals, the media, and the W.H.O. were screaming xenophobia and racist. Now, they are asking why didn't he react sooner?It has been revealed from ‘gain of function’ involving four inserts of HIV-1 gp 120 and HIV-1 Gag, plus Plasmodium falciparum, by technicians (using molecular tools which can only be done in a laboratory) that COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 had to have been manmade, with Harvard, Ft. Detrick, the US Army Research Institute of Infectious Disease, and at the Food and Drug Administration’s lab in Arkansas all involved. The SARS-CoV-2 has a strange furin polybasic cleavage site that its closest genetic relative, RaTG-13, does not have; four different amino acids have been inserted into the virus contributing to its infectivity and pathogenicity. These have never been detected in nature and could not have come straight from the bats. It was all funded by the CIA and USAID-EPT-PREDICT. The ‘gain of function’ aspect adding HSC-014 with SARS plus HIV and MERS was done at Univ. of North Carolina. When a 2014 US moratorium on biological weapons forced further research out of the USA. Fauchi (NIH) gave $3.7M to our communist enemy, the Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, to finish it up! Laboratory materials, samples and equipment used were obtained from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. Then, in 2017, at George Washington Univ., Fauchi was recorded declaring that, “There will be a surprise outbreak” during Trump’s presidency. What made Fauchi so confident? Their hope was that by killing millions of citizens and ruining the economy, this plandemic would bring Trump down. In fact, in Nov.’19, the CDC advertised for quarantine managers. Not surprisingly, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation owns the the Pirbright Inst. which owns patent EP 3172319B1/EP 3172319A1 (US 20062577852). Check worldwide.espacenet.com. It was applied for on July 23, 2015. Patents are only good for a certain amount of time. So, the granting of this COVID-19 patent was delayed until November 20, 2019 just it was being released from China. These traitors are making huge amounts of money while successfully sabotaging our economy. Whether they can also bring Trump down will be decided by a hopefully educated electorate on November 3rd.DEFICIT & DEBT?: During Biden’s Vice Presidency, the national debt grew to a staggering $19 trillion, at a rate of $35 million/hour and $2 billion every 24 hours. The TOTAL debt accumulated by all the previous 43 US Presidents combined, from 1789 - 2008 was $6.3 trillion dollars. But the debt added during Biden’s Vice Presidency amounted to $6.5 trillion - in just one term! Overall, spending during Biden's Vice Presidency was 40% greater than tax revenue. As President, he would make everything ‘free’. During Trump’s attempts to balance the budget, the Democrats continued this irresponsible spending through their control of the House of Representatives.TRUMP’S record compared with BIDEN’S record1st. year deficit: $665B $1.4TTrump has added about $1.7 to the national debt and spending must come down. However, during Biden's Vice Presidency the US debt to GDP ratio increased by 40% from around 60% in 2009 to over 100% by the time he left office. But the Debt to GDP ratio under Trump had been declining! With his increasing GDP Trump has managed to decrease the debt to GDP ratio in the 2 years since the 2016 election.DISASTER?: Prophecies about Trump as he began his first term included: “This is Armageddon. It’s the end of the world.” (N. Pelosi, D-CA). “What has been sold as a job creator and wage booster will, of course, do little of either.” (C. Schumer, D-NY). Liberal economist-turned-columnist Paul Krugman guaranteed a “global recession, with no end in sight.” “10,000 people will die every year from tax reform if passed into law.” (L. Summers, Clinton economist). Think of how much more could have been accomplished for Americans if these corrupt politicians had worked with rather than against Trump!DISLIKED?: Yet, they chose to dislike Trump because: (1) he won’t tolerate the ‘good old boy’ method of ripping off taxpayers; (2) he won’t mince words but calls a spade a spade unencumbered by the financial shackles of those who have been bought off; (3) he is free from political ideology distrusting Republicans as much as Democrats; (4) he is keeping his promises as a statesman, rather than compromising as a politician; (5) his confidence is confused for arrogance politicians who never really solved problem.DIVISIVE?: Ought we blame Trump for the divisions we see in America? Did it begin before he became president when none of the Democrats showed up for his inauguration except for Clinton and Obama? What would have happened had Republicans not show up for Obama's inauguration because they lost? Or did it begin 19 minutes after Trump was inaugurated when the Washington Post declared the ‘IMPEACHMENT CAMPAIGN has STARTED'? Was that when Trump divided America? How about when Nancy Pelosi ripped up Trump's state of the union right in front of the world, showing complete disrespect for the President of the United States? Did that bring the country together? How about when Trump and Americans had to endure 3 years and over $30 million trying to prove that Trump only won because of Russian collusion, not because America voted him in. Bloomberg gave $27 million, Tom Steyer gave $17 million, George Soros gave $9 million and many others to Hillary expecting a return on their investment? Did that close the gap between the honest and dishonest? 90% of mainstream media are owned by big Democrat donors? Over the last 47 years, what did Joe Biden ever do for blacks or working class Americans? When the teacher said the electoral college had to be eliminated because Hillary lost, and a student offered reason it should stay, the teacher ripped him apart and gave the entire class a 5 hour test, stating it was because he dared to disagree with her. Is such divisiveness perpetuated by faculty in your schools? Have the Democrats ever once gotten behind Trump to make America the best it can be? Was it divisive to blame the cages which the left claimed Trump had built to put Illegal children in, were actually built during Biden’s Vice Presidency to put illegal children in? Was Trump divisive by commuted 10 people but Obama was not for commuted 1,715 inmates? Was Trump divisive for dealing with COVID-19 after 6 Americans had been infected, but not divisive when Biden as VP allowed the H1N1 - SWINE FLU to infect millions of Americans before declaring it a health emergency? Why is it the most homeless, the most crime, the most murders, the worst inner city schools, the most Antifa & BLM chaos and destruction are all in cities ‘run’ by Democrats, creating great division?ECONOMY?: Only 8% of Biden and his fellow cabinet members ever worked in private business! This helps to explain the incompetence of that administration. The economic recovery during Biden’s last seven years as vice president remains the worst in postwar American history! Biden was the only vice president in history to never see economic growth above 3 percent. Average gross domestic product (GDP) growth since the bottom of the recession in 2009 was barely above 2.1% per year which Biden considered the “new normal.” The average since 1949 is well above 4% per year during the previous 10 expansions. This result was not just bad, it was catastrophic.TRUMP COMPARED WITH BIDENGDP Growth: 4.1% 1.6%Best economic growth to start a year in four years (Imbert reports for CNBC)1st.Q GDP expanded by 3.2% (Bureau of Ec Analysis); Dow Jones poll of economists expect 2.5%1st. year deficit: $665 billion $1.4 trillionFood Stamps kept or given away: ? 10.7M (32%)Under Trump, over 700 companies have boosted wages, given bonuses and other benefits to their employees because of tax reform. The economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record. Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.EMPLOYMENT?: Because of Trump, the number of individuals in work increased by 2.2 million. The number of full-time, year-round workers increased by 1.2 million. Small business job creation broke a 45-year record. Note however that employment of White House staff was cut. 44 staff had been dedicated to Michelle; Melania does fine with five. In total, there are 140 fewer staffers. This saves tax payers $25.1 million!ENERGY?: Under Trump, America has become the “greatest energy superpower in the history of the world” surpassing both Russia and Saudi Arabia. We’re now the world leader in oil and natural gas production which has reached record highs. Coal exports reached their highest level in 5 years. Trump opened up federally owned land and offshore areas for exploration and production, approving permits for the crucial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Biden claims he’d do likewise. So why didn’t he when he had the chance? Trump pulled America out of the fraudulent, ineffective, and one-sided Paris Climate Accord. Under Biden, the “Green New Deal” would be the most radical takeover of America’s economy ever contemplated. The ultimate goal is to eradicate all production of oil, coal, and natural gas in the United States—and millions of jobs along with it.EPA?: Under Trump, the carbon footprint of the USA has gone negative while Europe has increased further. He sent $100 million to clean the waters in Flint, MI. Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land. He also signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean. Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure. To keep things honest, Trump placed 66 new experts on three different EPA scientific committees to replace those with conflicts of interest, having received grants for serving on ‘independent' advisory boards.FARMERS?: Trump provided $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.FOREIGN AFFAIRS?: Trump has been protecting our sovereignty and restored our standing and respect in the world. He is known to be a loyal friend to friendly nations and won’t tolerate anti-Americanism. He withdrew from UNESCO which defends dictators and spreads anti-Americanism. He decertified the awful treaty with Iran. He withdrew the US from the hypocritical Paris Agreement on Climate Change and imposed a travel ban on the most likely terrorist countries. He ordered new sanctions on the dictatorship in Venezuela.Trump rescued over a dozen citizens imprisoned abroad and ignored by Biden. Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, which affirms Hong Kong's semi-autonomous status and protects against Chinese government encroachment, which is a threat to Hong Kong's religious freedom.Amazingly, Trump convinced China to impose the toughest sanctions ever on North Korea.GAY?: Trump appointed five openly gay ambassadors, the most competent candidates for the job. He ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe. HHS finalized its regulation that clarifies that discrimination on the basis of sex in section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act is to be interpreted under the plain meaning of the word. Therefore, it does not include "gender identity" or "termination of pregnancy" as previously set forth when Biden was vice president. Trump will not force physicians to participate in gender reassignment surgeries or abortions.GENEROUS?: Trump donates his entire salary to charities. Liz Crokin, an entertainment journalist paid to dig up dirt on celebrities, covered Trump for over a decade. She never heard anything negative about the man until he announced he was running for president. She found him to be one of the most generous celebrities in the world.In 1986, Trump financially prevented the foreclosure of Annabell Hill's family farm after her husband committed suicide. Trump took action after he saw Hill's pleas for help in news reports.In 1988, a commercial airline refused to fly Andrew Ten, a sick Orthodox Jewish child with a rare illness, across the country to get medical care because he had to travel with an elaborate life-support system. His grief-stricken parents contacted Trump for help and he didn't hesitate to send his own plane to take the child from Los Angeles to New York.In 1991, a scheduling mistake stranded 200 Desert Storm Marines returning to their families. When Trump got wind of this, he sent his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami.In 1995, a motorist stopped to help Trump after the limo he was traveling in got a flat tire. Trump asked the good samaritan how he could repay him. The man suggested sending flowers to his wife. Trump sent a bouquet with a note that read: “We've paid off your mortgage.”In 1996, Trump filed a lawsuit against the city of Palm Beach which didn’t like his Mar-a-Lago resort club allowing in Jews and blacks. Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League said that Trump would not tolerate discrimination and that his lawsuit had a trickle-down effect because other clubs followed Trumps lead and began admitting Jews and blacks.In 2000, Maury Povich interviewed a little girl named Megan who struggled with Brittle Bone Disease. Trump happened to be watching the show and gifted the little girl and her family with a very generous check.In 2008, after Jennifer Hudson's family members were tragically murdered in Chicago , Trump put the Oscar-winning actress and her family up, under full security, at his Windy City hotel for free.In 2013, New York bus driver Darnell Barton spotted a woman close to the edge of a bridge staring at the traffic below as he drove by. He stopped the bus and saved her life by convincing her to not jump. Trump sent the hero a check simply because he believed his good deed deserved to be rewarded.In 2014, Trump gave $25,000 to Sgt. Andrew Tamoressi after he spent seven months in a Mexican jail for accidentally crossing the US-Mexico border. Vice President Biden couldn't even be bothered to make one phone call to assist with the United States Marine's release; however, Trump opened his pocketbook to help this serviceman get back on his feet.In 2016, Melissa Consin Young attended a Trump rally and tearfully thanked Trump for changing her life. She said she proudly stood on stage with Trump as Miss Wisconsin USA in 2005. However, years later she found herself struggling with an incurable illness and during her darkest days, she explained that she received a handwritten letter from Trump telling her “You are the bravest woman I know.” She said the opportunities that she got from Trump and his organizations ultimately provided her Mexican-American son with a full-ride to college. Donald Trump's kindness knows no bounds and his generosity has and continues to touch the lives of people from every sex, race, and religion. When Trump sees someone in need, he wants to help. Any stories like this about Biden?GUNS?: Gun control isn’t about guns; it’s about control. The 2nd Amendment protects the rest in case the politicians ignore our inalienable rights. Trump understands that free people do not ask permission to bear arms; a citizen is armed, a subject or slave is not. As Jefferson observed, “Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” The War for Independence would never have happened with gun control. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them and “Those who trade liberty for security have neither (John Adams). You only keep those rights which you are willing to fight for. Know guns, know peace, know safety (no guns, no peace, no safety). You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive. Yet, 64,999,987 firearms killed no one yesterday. Banning guns because criminals have too many is like castrating yourself because your neighbor has lots of kids - Clint Eastwood.HEALTH REFORM?: During the 3-1/2 years of World War II that started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the U.S. produced 22 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 48 cruisers, 349 destroyers, 420 destroyer escorts, 203 submarines, 34 million tons of merchant ships, 100,000 fighter aircraft, 98,000 bombers, 24,000 transport aircraft, 58,000 training aircraft, 93,000 tanks, 257,000 artillery pieces, 105,000 mortars, 3,000,000 machine guns, and 2,500,000 military trucks. We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and Europe, developed the atomic bomb and ultimately conquered Japan and Germany. During this same amount of time, Biden as Vice President couldn't build a functioning health-insurance website!The health care program Biden was involved in included 21 new taxes which further suppressed middle-class income, slowing economic growth. The health care program Biden approved of also forced employers to provide health insurance to all full-time workers or pay a fine, which could be as high as $3,000 per employee, and penalized taxpayers for choosing not to buy health insurance. All this added to the cost of labor, which again had the effect of slowing growth. Consequently, full-time employees were replace with part-timers.So, Trump eliminated Biden’s government-controlled health-care system and forced the largest year-over-year drop in drug prices ever recorded. He also repealing Biden’s Independent Payment Advisory Board, also known as the “death panels.”Just one hundred days after Trump was elected, there were 60% fewer drug price increases, and 54% more price decreases! At least 15 manufacturers committed to lowering drug prices. Trump enacted changes to the Medicare 340B program, saving seniors an estimated $320 million on drugs in one year. The drug aspect had cost Americans 180% of what the Europeans, the Canadians, and the Japanese were paying. Big Pharma was making all their profit here in the United States so they could give sweetheart deals to other countries. The single largest decline in drug prices in 46 years just took place as the FDA approved a record number of generic drugs as alternatives to expensive brand-name medicines. Customers saved a staggering $26 billion. Pushed by Trump, the FDA set a new record for generic drug approvals in 2017, saving consumers nearly $9 billion.Trump extend and expand price transparency throughout health care. Hospitals, insurance companies, and drug companies are now required to disclose real prices to patients. Such competition will drive costs down. His executive order forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies. He believes that Americans should never be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance. Trump also made it possible for more employers to form Association Health Plans joining together to affordably provide health insurance to their employees.Trump’s Right to Try lets those who are terminally-ill try treatments that might not normally be legal. It gives these patients a chance to live, the least that can be done when individuals have already been dealt a bad hand. He signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law. Trump is now providing HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years. He provided nearly $60.7 million for Lupus specific research and education programs.Trump invested more than $1 billion to improve access to health care for 2.5 million people in rural communities across 41 states. He is committed to lowering the cost of healthcare while protecting patients with preexisting conditions.HEMP?: Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.HONEST?: During the past four years, Trump fulfilled almost all the promises he made during the primaries, even though he has been attacked and resisted by half the government. This is unheard of! After 47 years, Biden is still running on promises made but never kept. Can you think of just one achievement which Biden can offer? Is plain, pointed but honest speech preferable to polished lies and deception? Some equate Trump to a doctor with a horrible bed-side manner who scolds, “Stop smoking and lose 100 lbs.!” Offended and angry, you come up with 10 reasons why he’s crazy. Eventually, you realize that he’s the only one telling you the truth.HUMAN RIGHTS?: Trump declared a national emergency related to “serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.” He then imposed sanctions on 13 criminals at large. Trump established the Global Magnitsky Act and the Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative. Consequently, Federal law enforcement more than doubled the convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts. Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking. Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need. Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims.IMMIGRANTS (ILLEGAL)?: Hypocrites Clinton, Obama, Shumer, Biden, and other Democratic leaders repeatedly endorsed building a wall until Trump was elected and committed to doing so. Securing the border is paying off and making our country safer. Trump struck new agreements with Mexico and Central American countries stopping the flood and caravans funded by Soros. The result was 70% fewer apprehensions (lowest in 17 years)! ICE Director Thomas Homan, stated, "the President has done more for border security and public safety than any of the six Presidents I’ve worked for!” Trump is responsible for the hiring of 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents, and 5,000 more border patrol agents. He also established a Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office to help those abused by illegal immigrants. We send our troops to defend the borders of foreign countries, but the Democrats won’t defend our own borders! The New York Post reported, “Truth is, the Democrats aren’t leveling with the public about the billions we are already forced to spend on shelters, food, diapers, medical care and child care for migrants sneaking across the border and claiming asylum.” If the gov’t was willing to spend $6 billion on 3,000 miles of walls to protect homeowners from traffic noise, why not $5 billion along the southern border to protect our lives?IMMIGRANTS (LEGAL) EMPLOYEES?: Median incomes for foreign-born workers grew at a greater rate (8.5 percent) than those for native-born Americans (6.2 percent). He is ending ‘chain migration’ where an individual approved can bring along dozens of family members. He withdrew from the U.N. Global Compact on Migration which was a threat to our borders He intends to reward those who enter legally.IMMORAL?: How do we assess the character of anyone outside of how one’s actions affect others? Ought we devalue policies which benefit millions of people, here at home and throughout the world if we dislike the person? When it comes to morality, talk is cheap; actions speak louder than words. Jesus said you would know His followers by their fruit (Mt 7:20). We’re to judge the tree by its fruit.Trump doesn’t drink, smoke, use drugs, or gamble for recreation. Neither does anyone in his family. He hasn’t ordered a 18-year-old female staffer to fellate a senior aide in the White House swimming pool, or exposed himself to staff, or had oral sex with a young female subordinate in the West Wing. Instead, Trump repealed the transgender public school bathroom mandate and regulations that prevented drug testing for unemployment compensation (instituted during Biden’s Vice Presidency).Sure, Trump lacks decorum, dignity, and statesmanship. He is not a politician afraid of offending someone. His only special interest group are American citizens. He calls things like he sees them. Should it matter to you if a fireman drops an "f-bomb" while he's pulling you from a burning building? Would you really care about what came out of his mouth in those moments? Heck no! You, like me, would care about what he was doing. He wasn't sent there to save your soul and you’re not looking to him for spiritual guidance. All you’re thinking in those moments is, "Thank you, Jesus, for sending the fireman!”Ulysses Grant was a crude, vulgar drunk but Lincoln realized that, “I cannot spare this man. He fights.” General Patton wasn’t any better but President Roosevelt needed him. During WWII, Winston Churchill was hated by Parliament whom he taunted and ridiculed. London was bombed every night. Churchill got the things done that were necessary to stop Hitler and comfort the people of Great Britain.Today, Trump, who attended the NY Military Academy, performed in WWE wrestling events, and is in the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, yells, “You magnificent bastards, I read your book!” He’s defeating the Left using their own tactics from Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, destroying HAMAS and ISIS (which Biden said would be around for generations”), battling Antifa, targeting MS13 gangs, forcing China to be honest, getting out of the nuclear deal with Iran, killing Soleimani, and fighting fake news.The days of America being taken advantage of are over. Trump was courageous enough to be the first US President or foreign leader to dine in China’s Forbidden City since the founding of modern China. His meeting in Singapore with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shocked the world.Occasional crude language, intemperate tweets, locker-room language, and personal flaws like adultery (reminders of King David) ought not be excused; Biden committed adultery with the wife of another man to whom he is presently married. But personal flaws also ought not distract from how he has blessed so many people who were suffering or in danger. Trump, resisted by the Democrat controlled House of Representatives, nevertheless has managed to pass more legislation to bless us all in his first 100 days than any President since Truman.We are not voting for a minister. Trump is no saint. A vote for Trump is not an endorsement of all his sins but an acknowledgement that God picked him in 2016 to be another Samson when winning that election required a miracle! The GOP was against him. The DNP was against him. Even the media was against him. Sure, Trump has many flaws, but patriotism isn’t one of them.Biden will destroy America as we know it, undoing everything Trump has done. Biden’s deep state whispered to Trump, “You can not withstand the storm!” Trump whispered back, “I am the storm!!” So if you care about morality, vote Biblically as a way of loving your neighbor which makes not voting not an option.This nation can’t afford to have another 40 million evangelicals stay home! God always works through people. Will you let Him work through you this November 3rd? Trump gave up his billionaire lifestyle to be scorned, humiliated, ridiculed, and slandered in order to save this nation.INCOME?: No other President has brought as much wealth and prosperity to African-American, Asian-American, and Latino-American families. Paychecks rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.Real median income for American households increased 6.8 percent in 2019—a jump of almost $4,400 in one year!! “Real median income” takes inflation into account and represents the 50th percentile of American income. What happens to the income for the top 1% won’t move the median income number one bit. From 2009 to 2014, real median income fell overall. Note that now the median or average-income family has seen a gain of $5,003 since Trump came into office! Under George W. Bush, the household income gains were a little over $400, and during Biden’s Vice Presidency the gains (which took 8 years) were $1,043.Trump, in less than three years, created a three times larger gain! He can do it again. The benefits of this economic growth went to the vast majority of American households enabling minorities to find work at higher pay grades while lowering their taxes.JUSTICE?: Don’t you want justices who will uphold the US Constitution? Do you really want judges who, rather than interpret the law as written, would invent rulings according to their personal preferences? Trump has appointed 193 federal judges, including two Supreme Court justices and 51 federal appeals court judges who will follow the law and preserve our freedoms.Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, enacting reforms to make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society. Inequities in sentencing disproportionately harm Black Americans. Trump has been promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment. He launched the new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners. He signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.LAW & ORDER?: Most all police organizations have endorsed Trump because they know that if he gets four more years, he’ll drain the swamp and finally put the socialist traitors and child traffickers away for life. Trump’s executive order increased penalties for crimes against police. He enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods to help reduce violent crime. Have any law enforcement agencies endorsed Biden?The Wall Street Journal (1/30/20) admitted: “Democrats broke every standard of due process, transparency and fairness in their House investigation, making a mockery of their constitutional duty. They hid the identity of the original accuser, denying Republicans and the country the ability to judge his motives. They held secret depositions, barring more than three-quarters of House members, as well as the press and the American public. They called 18 witnesses, but blocked the president from calling any in his defense. The White House legal team was excluded from the proceedings—prohibited from cross-examining witnesses, denied the ability to introduce any evidence that spoke to the central question of the president’s focus on Ukrainian corruption. In the end, Democrats approved two articles of impeachment that failed to identify a crime.”Trump created a commission on child-trafficking. He put into place Operation Cross Country XI to combat human trafficking, rescuing 84 children and arresting 120 human traffickers.Trump is a strong advocate for your 2nd Amendment rights so that if the police can’t come to your assistance quickly enough, you can still defend those you love.Trump is upholding the immigration laws, ignored by Biden. He ended Biden’s “catch and release” of illegal immigrants. Trump has defunded 300 sanctuary cities that defy ICE and has added 100 more immigration judges.MALE CHAUVINIST?: Trump depended completely on a female campaign manager (Kellyanne Conway) for his 2016 election outcome when he didn’t stand a chance of willing. She became the first female campaign manager in the history of America to win a presidential campaign.Trump appointed Elaine Chao as Sec. of Transportation, Betsy DeVos as Sec. of Ed., Gina Haspel as Dir. of the CIA, and Jovita Carranza as Small Business Admin.Trump signed the Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act to encourage women to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), pursue careers in aerospace, and further advance the nation's space science and exploration. Trump revived NASA and wants a woman to be the first to step foot on the moon in 2024.He gave the job of constructing the Trump Towers to Barbara Res making her the first woman in history to build a skyscraper. He established the Women In Entrepreneurship Act and prioritized women-owned businesses for some $500 million in SBA loans. He got Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accept the United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.Women’s unemployment reached its lowest rate in nearly 65 years, dropping to 3.6%. Trump’s economic policies which benefited all classes of Americans, benefited women more than men! Inflation-adjusted earnings for full-time, year-round workers increased by 2.1 percent for men, and 3.0 percent for women. Median incomes for women (7.8 percent) grew more than three times as fast as incomes for men (2.5 percent).That was possible because Trump increased the availability and affordability of child care for mothers, (even during nontraditional work hours and for mothers in school) with a one-time investment of $1 billion. He gave 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers. He increased by $2.4 billion funding for the Child Care and Development Fund which will bless low-income families. His Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) provides a 20-35% tax credit for child care expenses ($3,000 per child & $6,000 per family), plus Flexible Spending Accounts so that mothers can set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax dollars to use for child care.Trump implemented the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) allocating $1.8 billion to help mothers with children suffering from autism spectrum disorder.He established the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy to empower women and girls to participate fully in and equally benefit from the development of their potential. This takes into account the biological differences between males and females and is supported by The Fairness in Women's Sports Act ensuring that only biologically female athletes are permitted to compete in female sports. By restricting male athletes, female athletes can once again have a fair shot at medals and scholarships. Biden would take this away from women! Trump is so pro-women that he has even required airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding moms.MANUFACTURING?: Biden said there were not going to be any more manufacturing jobs; almost 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost because of his policies. Under Trump, the nation’s top manufacturers have experienced phenomenal growth with an average of 91.8 percent of manufacturers positive about their own firm, compared to an average of 68.6 percent during the last two years of Biden’s service as Vice President. For example, U.S. Steel is now spending $1 billion to upgrade its Mon Valley Works in order to keep the region’s last integrated steel mill operating for decades to come. A combined casting and rolling facility (the first of its kind at any American steel mill) and a cogeneration power plant will have reduced emissions and increased efficiency. During Biden’s Vice Presidency, the entire period from 2001 to 2016, the annualized rate of real GDP growth in the first half of the year averaged a dismal 1.9%.MENTALLY UNSTABLE?: Dr. Keith Abelow, psychiatrist, concludes that, “Donald Trump is stone cold sane. When a man acquires billions of dollars through complex real estate transactions, invests in many countries, goes on to phenomenal success in television and turns his name into a worldwide brand, it is very unlikely that he is mentally unstable. When the same man obviously enjoys the love and respect of his children and his wife, who seem to rely on him for support and guidance, it is extraordinarily unlikely that he is mentally unstable. When the same man walks into the political arena and deftly defeats 16 Republican opponents and then the Democratic heir-apparent to a two-term President’s administration, the odds of that man being mentally unstable become astonishingly thin. And when that very same man attracts to his team the kind of intellect and gravitas represented by Dr Ben Carson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, etc., he cannot be mentally deranged. Period.” The stock market doesn’t like instability. Investors, en masse, can take the measure of a man pretty darn well. The stock market sky-rocketed and is doing so again.NASA?: Jump started NASA and established a Space armed forces division.NATIVE AMERICANS?: Trump signed three bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.NATO?: After years of not paying their fair share, NATO Allies will have increased defense spending by $130 billion.OPIOD / DRUG EPIDEMIC?: Trump’s Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand introduced new measures to keep dangerous drugs out the United States. He signed the INTERDICT Act into law, enhancing efforts to detect and intercept synthetic opioids. Under Trump, the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic slowed with a 5.1% drop in overdose deaths, with sharper declines in some of the most hard-hit states like OH (24%), KY (17%), WV (9%). U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized enough fentanyl to kill over 50 million people from a truck that was trying to get past the wall; the biggest fentanyl drug bust in history.ICE HSI seized more than 980,000 pounds of narcotics in FY 2017, including 2,370 pounds of fentanyl and 6,967 pounds of heroin. ICE HSI dedicated nearly 630,000 investigative hours towards halting the illegal import of fentanyl. ICE HSI made 11,691 narcotics-related arrests in FY 2017. DOJ secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers. DOJ launched their Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, aimed at disrupting online illicit opioid sales.POLICING THE WORLD?: Trump resists the elite who get rich off never-ending wars. He believes that America should stay away from costly, endless foreign wars. “The job of our military is not to police the world… It is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. We will fight where it is to our benefit, and only fight to win.” He achieved a permanent ceasefire between Turkey and Syria and oversaw a peace treaty in the Middle East between Israel and Arab nations.POVERTY RATE?: The poverty rate declined again in 2019 falling to its lowest rate (10.5 percent) since the federal government started keeping records in 1959. The poverty rates for blacks and Hispanics also fell to all-time lows. The poverty rate even declined for groups like single mothers and individuals with disabilities proving how the broad-based economic boom reduced inequality. This will only happen again if Trump is re-elected.PRAGMATIST?: Trump’s success comes from seeing a problem and understanding how it must be fixed. He doesn't see the problem as liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat. That is a quality that should be admired and applauded, not condemned. Immigration, the economy, the manipulation of our currency by China isn't a political party issue. It’s a problem that threatens the very fabric and infrastructure of America.RACIST?: “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population." (Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, assisted by Bill Gates’ dad). Planned Parenthood of Greater New York told CNN, trying to temper this admission, ”It's not complicated. She championed birth control and she supported racist ideas.”Trump, on the other hand, received an award from Jesse Jackson for his lifetime record of hiring minorities. His Surgeon General is black. His Sec. of Housing & Urban Affairs is black. Lynne Patton, a black female executive for the Trump Organization, defended her boss in 2016 against claims that he was a racist and a bigot. She tearfully revealed how she's struggled with substance abuse and addiction for years. Instead of kicking her to the curb, she said the Trump Organization and his entire family loyally stood by her through immensely difficult times.Trump’s police-reform executive order, the First Step Act, released thousands of people from jail. Over 90% of those benefiting from this retroactive sentencing reductions in are Black Americans.He provided funding for states to better anticipate solutions for maternal complications. Presently, Black Americans suffer the most.He has promoted “opportunity zones” that incentivized private investment into marginalized communities.He increased federal funding to historically black colleges and universities by 17 percent — a total exceeding $100 million, more than any President in history. Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.Not surprisingly, after 3 yrs of delivering on his promises to the Blacks, their support for Trump had risen to 24 percent, according to one February poll. It had been 8%.During Biden's Vice Presidency, the administration removed a two-year Bush-administration program of $85 million to these black institutions. And the 1994 crime law, which Sen. Biden helped author incentivized local police departments to lock up as many blacks as possible, resulting in mass incarceration. He was also responsible for one of the most racially slanted sentencing policies on record in the 1986 crack law which disproportionately punishing African Americans while sparing whites. Nevertheless, if you don’t vote for him, “you ain’t black.” Meanwhile he can enjoy life knowing “some black woman is stocking my grocery shelves.”In contrast to the hypocritical Black Lives Matter, Trump supports black unborn babies, black police officers, black conservatives, and black store owners. All lives matter to him.REGULATORY REFORM?: Trump cut regulation by nearly 50% in 12 months! He rolled back nearly 8 regulations for every new one, saving American taxpayers more than $50 billion. In total, agencies issued 67 deregulatory actions while imposing only three new regulatory actions, a ratio of 22:1. Federal agencies also achieved $8.1 billion in lifetime net regulatory cost savings, the equivalent of $570 million per year.RELIGIOUS RIGHTS? Trump is the most positive president toward religious freedoms in a long time. He expanded enforcement of protections for medical workers with moral or faith-based objections to medical procedures such as abortion. His executive order protects other religious freedoms. Want to see them all go away?RESCUING?: Trump committed $42 million to his budget to expand support for victims of human trafficking and to boost investigations and prosecutions. ICE rescued or identified over 500 human trafficking victims and over 900 child exploitation victims in one year alone.RESTRAINT?: Foreign leaders across the world have treated the coronavirus as an opportunity for unprecedented power grabs. China and South Korea track their citizens digitally. Israel suspended some courts. Hungary’s executive seized emergency authorities. Elections were delayed. Domestically, governors banned children from going to school, banned people from going to church, and closed businesses for weeks and months at a time. Mask mandates were issued. Family gatherings were banned. Tracking of sick individuals was pushed. But not Trump. Ben Shapiro is voting for Trump after not having voted for him in 2016 because, “He’s resisted using the federal government to control everybody’s life during COVID. That’s a big thing. This is the biggest government power grab during my lifetime, and Trump refused to do it.” Trump also responded modestly to the BLM riots that destroyed the downtowns of cities across the country. Both of the previous two presidents were on the promise to move away from interventionist foreign policy. Both clearly failed. Obama launched an invasion of Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Somalia. Obama handed down to Trump more areas of conflict than he inherited from Bush. Trump has invaded no new countries and worked steadfastly to end the two-decade-long war in Afghanistan, under immense pushback from the military-industrial complex. Trump campaigned on pledges to improve the U.S. economy, nominate solid judges, reorient U.S. foreign policy by avoiding global interventions and taking on China, and fight on behalf of Americans who had been ill-served by the D.C. establishment. Voters are used to Republican candidates in particular forgetting their campaign promises. Trump hasn’t forgotten them. With tax reform, tax cuts, and unprecedented deregulation, the Trump administration helped oversee amazing economic improvements, including job and wage growth among all Americans. He has gotten hundreds of federal judges confirmed, including solid Supreme Court justices. One of those battles required amazing fortitude.RUSSIA?: Russia influenced the 2016 election after Hillary sold them 20% of all USA uranium deposits? Saudi Arabia funded 20% of Hillary’s campaign! Trump withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty because, “For far too long, Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with impunity, covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a direct threat to our allies and troops abroad.”SAFETY FIRST?: When Biden left office, ISIS had made substantial progress achieving its stated goal of establishing a caliphate, boasting tens of thousands of fighters and territorial control over an area roughly the size of PA, from the gates of Damascus to the oil fields of Iraq. Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, was occupied. Then, under Trump, they were soon all destroyed. Biden said they’d be a threat for generations but there was nothing to do about it.Trump oversaw the arrest and charge 4,000 MS-13 members, an 83% 1-year increase! He signed three executive orders aimed at cracking down on international criminal organizations. Trump elevated U.S. Cyber Command into a major war-fighting command. Trump enforced red lines against the use of chemical weapons in Syria.SAVING MONEY?: Trump took away 20 years of free vacations (the $2.1 billion to be paid for by taxpayers) which Biden’s running mate had arranged for during his retirement. It was for Obama, 24 members of his family, and his dog (with a dog-sitter). Obama is also going to have to repay the government $214 million for 692 days of vacation during his presidency which include no work but only eating, sleeping, golfing, and other entertainment while Michelle bought what she wanted using the Office of Discretionary Gifting Funds (which is supposed to be used only to buy presents for visiting dignitaries).Trump saved more money by denied the FBI a new building. He saved $700 million with F-35 renegotiations. It was costing $500B to handle illegal immigrants so Trump built the wall for $5.7B.Trump has called for a full audit of the Pentagon and its spending as well as audits of all executive branch agencies. Trump put in place a hiring freeze for Federal civilian employees to stop the further expansion of an already bloated government. He supports English as our official language and dropping the Spanish version of the White House website. Businesses, permitted to do likewise would halve their expenses in this area. Meanwhile, small businesses are now allowed to group together when buying insurance to get a better price.SCAMING THE SYSTEM?: During Biden's Vice Presidency, a scoundrel (if he doesn’t marry his girlfriend and uses his mom’s address to get mail) could get away with buying a 3-bedroom house and moving in, while renting it to his girlfriend. She and his two kids, thanks to Biden’s Section 8, would then receive $900/mo. for rent. Then, she could sign up for his healthcare program getting the scoundrel off the hook for paying for family insurance. Being a single mother, college is free. Under Biden, she could also gets $600/mo. for food stamps, a free cell phone, and free utilities! On separate income taxes, they would both claim head of household over one child to get a $2,000 credit. The girlfriend gets $1800 a month disability for having a "bad back" and never has to work again.This amounted to a free $75,000 a year ($21,600 disability + $10,800 free housing + $6,000 free healthcare + $6,000 free food + $4,800 free utilities + $6,000 Pell grant money + $12,000 college tuition + $8,800) for not marrying the scoundrel.Wonder why our country is $20 trillion in debt while half the population watches the other half work. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.Trump brought this dishonesty to a screeching halt. Next on his agenda are hundreds of Congressmen. Nancy Pelosi will retire at $174,000 per year for life, plus another $223,500 for serving as Speaker of the House, plus an additional $193,400 for serving as Minority Leader. That's $803,700 every year for life (plus free medical which is not available to the taxpayers)! The average salary for a teacher is $40,065 and $38,000 for a soldier deployed in Afghanistan. Trump will bring back justice.SCHOOL CHOICE?: Trump is committed to school choice because the less privileged would benefit the most from being able to pick the schools they want to attend for safety and educational reasons. He has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code. And the failing schools will be forced to improve. It’s a win-win situation. Trump increased funding for school choice by $42 million. Trump’s tax cuts which Biden promises to repeal, allow families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education.SECURITY FIRST?: Trump is committed to strengthening our national defense. He increased the military budget (the greatest guarantor of world peace) and is securing our borders. Trump established the Space Force to oversee satellites, space stations, prevent interstellar warfare. The world's No. 1 terrorist leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and General Qassem Soleimani won’t be killing any more Americans.SEX TRAFFICING?: Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.STATES’ RIGHTS?: Trump signed two executive orders giving back about 2 million acres of land to the state of Utah by modifying executive orders implemented during Biden’s Vice Presidency. Trump reduced the federal government’s control of the Bear’s Ear National Monument to just 201,876 acres. He also reduced the Grand Staircase National Monument in Utah from nearly 1.9 million acres to about million.Trump also repealed the mandate implemented during Biden’s vice presidency that forced states to fund Planned Parenthood.STOCK MARKET?: Due to Trump’s policies, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its best year in its 121-year history creating $5 trillion in new wealth for those who bought stock. It reached the highest levels in history and will come back after COVID to surge to new heights, breaking all records, and making the middle class wealthier than ever.Consider that the Dow broke the record for the fastest 500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6,000 and 7,000 point increases between major milestones in the history of the Dow. During Trump’s first year in office, the DOW saw the most all-time stock market closing highs (71) as well as the largest increase in DOW history (4,956 points).SWAMP?: Trump has been attacked in every way possible including 55 assassination attempts and coups. The assault has not slowed because if Trump is reelected, he will finally take the offense and many of the traitors will be arrested, tried, and end up in prison or receive their deserved capital punishment.TAX REFORM?: Trump managed to passage the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years, with some $3.2 trillion in tax cuts along with significant simplification of the tax code. Child tax credit went from $1,000 to $2,000 per child! The Standard Deduction was nearly doubled! The average family of four earning $75,000 saved $2,000! Nearly 60% of the $5.5T tax savings went back to families! Business tax code made American businesses competitive world-wide. $500M in investments returned to the USA in 2018 alone. “Americans don’t just benefit from the lower taxes. They benefit a second time from higher wages generated by a faster-growing economy. Lower taxes for businesses and individuals help fuel more investment and innovation, which means more jobs and higher wages.” (A. Michel in The Daily Signal)TAX RETURN?: Nothing illegal or improper was found on Trump’s tax return. In point of fact, America does not need to see the tax return of a billionaire who became a public servant. America needs to see the tax returns of politicians who became millionaires while supposedly being public servants and lining their pockets!TRADE DEALS?: Trump imposed tariffs on China in response to its forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and its chronically abusive trade practices. As a result, Trump secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam. As part of a historic “phase 1” deal, Beijing has agreed to structural reforms in its trade practices and to make substantial purchases of American agricultural products. Due to Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum, solar panels and washing machines, 11,000 new jobs have already created.Trump withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, got better deals in the North American Free Trade Agreement, and induced companies like Toyota, Mazda, Broadcom Limited, and Foxconn to come back to the USA and open new plants here.Trump agreed to work with the European Union towards zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsides. He finalized a revised trade agreement with South Korea, which includes provisions to increase American automobile exports. He negotiated an historic U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement to replace NAFTA and negotiated a very favorable U.S.-Japan trade agreement. Trump’s USMCA was a huge win for U.S. workers, farmers, and manufacturers creating 176,000 new jobs.TRAINING?: Trump signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs. His executive orders expanded apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.TRAITOR?: During Biden’s vice presidency, almost $700 million dollars of taxpayer money was used to buy Russian helicopters (strengthening our enemy’s economy) for the Afghan Air Force (strengthening our enemy’s military). $338.3 billion went to illegal immigrants, and our other enemies like Hamas which received $351M; Libya $1.45B; Russia $380M; and Iraq $1.08B. When Trump sent supplies to help Puerto Rico recover, they were hidden in warehouses rather than distributed to those in need. These traitors hoped that the resulting suffering and deaths would make Trump look bad.TRANSPARENCY?: Trump forced the National Archives to made public more than 15,800 documents from its files on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Trump has ordered the "complete declassification" of documents exposing the evidence behind the Russia collusion hoax as well as Hillary's email scandal. Once released, these documents will prove that Biden and the FBI (under Comey) ran an illegal spying operation with Hillary Clinton to fraudulently smear President Trump with fictional accusations related to Russia.UNEMPLOYMENT / JOB GROWTH?: Unemployment was lower than ever before in our history and it will drop again! African-American unemployment was at the lowest level ever recorded. Hispanic-American unemployment was also at a historic low. For those without a high school diploma, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly 3 decades. Jobless claims were at lowest level in nearly five decades.By June of their 3rd year: Trump v Biden as Vice PresidentJob Approval: 56% 45%.Unemployment rate: 3.6% (lowest in a generation) 9.4%For Asian-Americans 2.1% (lowest ever recorded)There were more job openings than unemployed workers, for the first time ever.Jobs added or lost: + 3.2M - 2.9MThis has been the longest streak of consecutive American job growth in history! Youth unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years. Youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since July 1966. Veterans’ unemployment hit its lowest level in nearly two decades. July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the lowest rate since May 2001. Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently reached a record low. Rate for disabled Americans recently hit a record low. Blue-collar jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades. 68% reported receiving a pay increase in the past year. Once COVID is dealt with, Trump can do this again, which Biden in 47 years never could. He’s a politician and doesn’t understand business.VETERANS?: Trump recently signed the National Defense Authorization Act which included the biggest pay raise for our military in a decade. He established the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act, the Veterans Educational Assistance Act, the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act, a VA hotline, an “Access and Quality Tool,” and tele-health technology. He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans, principally staffed by veterans. VA employees are finally being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far. Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide. Trump gave his entire salary ($400,000) to repair military cemeteries!VICIOUSNESS?: Long before Johnny Depp, Peter Fonda, Kathy Griffin, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, and a host of celebrities were vying to fantasize how best to dispatch Trump (shooting? burning? decapitation? fisticuffs? explosives?), Garrison Keillor, Linda Ronstadt, Harold Pinter, George Soros, and other notables competed to find the proper fascist/Nazi simile for George Bush. Did the Republicans do likewise for Biden or Obama? Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, blustered, “I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for” and “This is a struggle of good and evil. And we’re the good”? But did the Republican chairman sprue such vile comments? Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) called America’s supreme battlefield commander a veritable liar in the middle of a war.Long before Trump became President, didn’t Al Gore libeled Bush’s Internet supporters as “digital brownshirts”? And John Glenn talked of Bush in terms of “It’s the old Hitler business”. Did Trump’s crassness cause Julian Bond to slander the Bush Administration with, “Their idea of equal rights is the American flag and the Confederate swastika flying side by side” or Senator Byrd, to compare the Bush Administration’s legislative efforts to those of the Third Reich? In spite of all of this slam dunking on Bush, he chose not to respond in kind, an example of welcomed and much needed magnanimity.But that only inspired the Democrats to become more unreasonable. I have Democrat friends who can’t even discuss coherently these issues with me.Did Trumps callousness prompt the 2008 campaign rhetoric of “typical white person,” “get in their face” and “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun, because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl.” Of course not!Should we hold Trump responsible for Obama’s taunt of “you didn’t build that,” and a call for Latinos to “punish our enemies”? Of course not! Whose administration encouraged David Letterman to joke of the statutory rape of Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old daughter who had attended a recent New York Yankees game: “One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game—during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez”? Was essayist Andrew Sullivan, anticipating years in advance Donald Trump’s birther fantasies, when he kept peddling the absurd “truther” conspiracy theory of Sarah Palin faking her own pregnancy?Before Trump was elected, Peter Strzok, the FBI investigator at the center of so many of the FBI’s investigations from 2015 through 2017, wrote off Trump supporters as hillbillies fouling the air of Walmart. For a CNN reporter, Trump’s supporters were toothless nobodies. There is an ample corpus of elite fantasies of swapping out Trump supporters for supposedly more industrious and morally superior immigrants.The point is not to excuse any of Trump’s coarser tweets, but to emphasize that the idea of Trump as the fons et origio of all calumny is absurd. As far as the vitriol that now regularly is heard from Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), they are simply reflections of a long-standing left-wing viciousness against Israel and Jews, deeply embedded within elements of the Democratic Party. The ‘sudden’ debasement of political discourse and behavior can not be blamed on the Republicans!During Trump’s State of the Union address, none of the Democrat women dressed in white wore an American Flag lapel. They failed to stand and clap for an ICE agent who has saved hundreds of children from human trafficking. They failed to clap for a little girl who beat cancer. It was reminiscent of The League of Nazi Socialist Women who supported Hitler’s dream of a socialist paradise and always went to public events dressed in white (as did the KKK). Pelosi found nothing good in any of the improvements Trump made for our nation and ripped up her copy.WAGES?: Wages will again rise the fastest for low-income workers. CNBC reported, “The recent jump in paychecks has come with an unusual characteristic, as workers at the lower end of the pay scale are getting the greater benefit.” “Average hourly earnings rose 3.4 percent in February from the same period a year ago, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the biggest gain since April 2009 and the seventh month in a row that compensation has been 3 percent or better. It will happen again under Trump.WELFARE?: During Biden's Vice Presidency, the food stamp program expanded to the point where 1 in 5 American families receive food stamps and are beholding to the Federal Government. During Biden’s vice presidency, the federal work requirement for those receiving government money was illegally gutted. The Democrats want to consolidate dictatorial powers by legalize 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants making them beholding to Democrats for free health care, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free education, tax credits, and Social Security which would overwhelm the system and bankrupt America.TRUMP BIDEN while Vice PresidentFood Stamps kept or given away: ? 10.7M(32% increase from 33,490,000) according to the USDA)WHISTLE BLOWERS?: Trump’s Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act allows senior officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire failing employees and establish safeguards to protect whistleblowers.The ‘debates’ have been a waste of time. Above are the issues to wrestle with. Do I wish we lived in a time when our president could be “collegial” and “dignified” and “proper”? Of course I do. These aren’t those times. This is a war that socialists have been fighting without opposition for the past 50 years. So, say anything you want about this president - I get it - he can be vulgar, he can be crude, he can be undignified at times. But he fights for America and how can you not want to make your own country great?The failure of God’s redeemed people to vote and to be more involved in politics during the past century has led to our current looming crisis (Jud 9:8-15). Civil government is a divine institution of God that exists to protect the life, liberty, and property of its citizens, enabling them to more effectively advance the Kingdom of God in the earth. Civil leaders are servants of God and His people, His ministers for good (Rm 13:4; Lk 22:25-26). For this to occur, Christians must be involved in selecting good men to office. Select able men of truth who fear God and hate dishonest gain” (Exodus 18:21). “Choose wise, discerning and experienced men” (Deut 1:13). How does Biden conform to this criteria? The only way for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. It is inconceivable that God would ordain government and then ask His people to stay out of it. Politics is a form of discipleship, our involvement in which helps shape us into the image of Christ.Sure, politics is evil - just like you and me and everything in this fallen world. "None is righteous, no, not one.” All our choices - not just political ones - are corrupted. Yet, we are to overcome evil with good. Wise policies have brought freedom to tens of millions of oppressed peoples around the world. Wise policies have welcomed the "poor, huddled masses yearning to be free," ~ the right of people to live their lives and carry out their business without the threat of unlawful search and seizure. All of these came about only when good people got involved in politics and voted.Liberals considered Biden a success as Vice President, having achieved the highest poverty level in American history, the high national debt, a record numbers of mass shootings, and a record numbers of people on food stamps, plus the lowest economic growth in American history, all during 8 years of war. Do you want to go back to that? If Biden wins, we become a socialist nation like the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, and the National Socialist Party (Nazi). It’s unlikely we’ll ever get our freedoms back then.

What is a simple solicitation letter sample?A solicitation letter is a formal letter which is written to raise funds for a good cause from prospective donors or sponsors.For example when a university needs additional funds to organize an event that was not budgeted for, and the request is sent to the parents to fund the program for their children. As you understand, your recipients need to be informed in a personal way to learn to understand where the donations will be going to and what the benefits are.It's important to make the donors feel comfortable donating funds in your event or program. There are a few basic requirements to take into account when you want to write a strong solicitation letter for a donation request. Consider to include the following:Make it personal;Structured and written to highlight your strengths;Brief, preferably one page or two pages in length;Clean, error-free, and easy to read;Emphasize the benefits for stakeholders;Immediately clear about the donation amount that you are seeking.This sample solicitation letter has ways to grab the readers’ attention, you can use some of the content for your own letter:-Dear,We just completed another successful season of [PROJECT NAME], thanks to the support by the Sponsor. We have hosted [AMOUNT] since the program’s inception [##] years ago.To continue to bring these [SPONSORED GROUP] for this event we need funds to pay for the program, upgrade equipment, and provide transportation. Continued tight budgets have forced many to reduce or suspend all extra activities and to reduce expenses for anything beyond. For some of us, this was their only event all year.Therefore, I am writing to you to consider donating again to the [PROJECT NAME]. [BACKGROUND PROJECT, EVENT]. The event is always much appreciated by our Team, and I would like to grab this opportunity to request you to support our [EVENT] for those involved with: “[ORGANIZATION/PROJECT]” for the Thanksgiving Celebrations. This [EVENT] is going to be held on [DATE] at [LOCATION].[ORGANIZATION/PROJECT] is a non-profitable organization which [MISSION STATEMENT INSTITUTION THAT IS SOLICITED FOR].Therefore, I kindly request you to help us go about this event. You can help us in the form of donations. We will sincerely appreciate your generous contribution. Donations can be sent to [DONATION DETAILS].Yours sincerely,[NAME][Signature][Formal Name + Title]Source: Financial Solicitation Letter for Donation Template

Q. How much is the plasma you donate worth?A. $20 to $50 per donation. Payment is for time/inconvenience, pain. Unit of plasma costs hospitals $300+. Uses: hemophiliacs, albumin for burns, immunoglobulins for immune and neurologic disorders. US supplies 70% of the world (OPEC for plasma). It is a lucrative business for an industry with a long history of negligence and a complicit FDA.How to Make Money Donating Plasma (wallethacks.com)The Twisted Business of Donating Plasma (theatantic.com)How Much Is Your Body Worth on the Black Market? - Finance Degree CenterHow to Make Money Donating Plasma (wallethacks.com)January 19, 2018 Jim WangCan you make money donating plasma? Yes.Unlike red blood, where you can't make money donating blood, you can often get paid lots of money to donate plasma.Donating plasma is a more involved procedure. It takes more time, is less pleasant than donating red blood, so they make up for it by paying you money.Blood plasma is the clear liquid part of the blood. It contains water, some enzymes, antibodies, and proteins. They use it to create products that can help folks with blood clotting disorders and other diseases.You get paid because it can take about an hour and a half.To get just the clear liquid part:Your blood is drawn,the plasma is separated,and the blood is returned to your body.Here's the big kicker — you're not donating to the Red Cross anymore. You're donating to a business. They will sell your plasma to companies that turn them into products. It's only fair they compensate you for the time and your plasma, right?Do your research before deciding to donate plasma. I'm not a medical professional, I'm not advocating you donate anything and am merely explaining how it works. I've never personally donated plasma and am unlikely to ever do so.As an aside, I've been asked whether I think donating plasma is ethical. Yes, it's perfectly ethical. It's your blood, your time, and you should do whatever you want with it. I've heard stories of people earning a nice supplemental income donating plasma and paying off their debts with it. I have no problem with it at all.Who Is Eligible to Donate?Generally speaking, you need to be 18-69 years old and over 110 pounds.Local and state laws may override center requirements. For example, in Nebraska, you must be 19 years or older or produce written consent.How Much Do You Get Paid?The compensation varies based on you and how often you donate.A lot of plasma donation centers run promotions where you get paid more if you donate more often. For example, ADMA BioCenters in Atlanta has a coupon for an extra $5 on your first donation and pay more if you have a special antibody (Anti-D).It feels a little weird, seeing coupons and promotions on a blood plasma donation site, but that's how this world works.You're not in the charitable arena of the Red Cross anymore, these are businesses and so are you.You can expect to be paid anywhere from $20 to $50 per donation.The range in compensation is related to the volume of plasma you're able to donate. The FDA sets the guidelines and the ranges are 110-149 pounds, 150-174 pounds, and 175-400 pounds. The more poundage, the more plasma, and the more cash you're paid.Most places will pay you via a debit card to make the payment process smoother.If you want to earn money but don't want to donate your blood plasma to get it, take a look at these 276+ confirmed websites that will pay you money to do work. We update the list regularly.How often can you donate? This will vary from place to place, the American Red Cross only lets you donate once every 28 days. Private centers will let you donate up to twice in 7 days with at least one day in between. That's how they come up with figures like “make $300 a month” from donating plasma.How to Find a Plasma Donation CenterThe FDA inspects plasma donation centers for compliance with laws but doesn't itself manage them. They're run by companies so there's no central clearinghouse, you need to just search for a local one, confirm it's in compliance, and then see which one makes it worth your while.DonatingPlasma.org – 450 centersOctapharma Plasma – 45 centersGrifolsCSL PlasmaLook for First Time Donor CouponsBlood plasma is a competitive business so you may be able to find a first time donor coupon to increase your payout (at least the first few times).For example, here's a coupon from BioLife Plasma Services, valid only at their Ammon, ID location:Found at this page – but Google for one at your local centerYou may be able to get higher than typical payouts, but not always. Do your homework!What Should You Bring?Proof of address, a valid photo ID and proof of your Social Security Number. Your name must exactly match on those documents. Proof of address can be what's on your photo ID.In preparing, make sure you eat regularly and drink plenty of fluids.You Can Donate Plasma for FreeDoes the idea of selling plasma for money irk you? Do stories of people selling plasma for money leave a bad taste in your mouth? No problem – you can donate it for free if you want.The American Red Cross collects plasma too and will let you donate every 28 days. Just call 1-800-RED-CROSS to schedule an appointment.The Twisted Business of Donating Plasma (theatantic.com)DARRYL LORENZO WELLINGTON MAY 28, 2014Since 2008, plasma pharmaceuticals have leapt from $4 billion to a more than $11 billion annual market. Donors desperate for the cash incentive from high-frequency "plassing" may be putting their health, and the public's, at risk.I needed the cash.That was how I found myself laying in a plasma “donation” room filled with about 40 couches, each equipped with a blood pressure cuff and a centrifuge. A white-coated attendant (workers aren’t required to have medical or nursing degrees) pricked my arm. He separated my plasma from my whole blood into a large bottle, and returned my protein-depleted blood, which flowed back into my arm to rebuild my nutrient supply.“My house is so noisy with four kids so I come here for my relaxation,” said a middle-aged, haggard-looking woman on the next couch, the plasmapheresis machine at her side whirring. A clinician instructed us both to pump and relax our fists, like cows milking our own udders.Before leaving I received a calendar that mapped out my pay, if I maintained a twice-weekly schedule for subsequent donations. Even a $10 bonus on my next visit!How did I get here? My rent was due. I had insufficient funds in the bank. I was 48-years-old, a journalist running short on cash from writing assignments and odd jobs. That was when I saw an ad offering $50 per plasma donation: blood money, or more specifically, payment for my time and any small pain involved in the process of having protein-rich plasma extracted from the blood. Regulars call it “plassing.”Hospitals, Red Cross units, and nonprofit agencies reject the plasma center model because cash incentives may give donors an incentive to lie.The ad I’d seen featuring smiling attendants suggested an experience similar to one at a sedate hospital. The facility I entered buzzed like a school lunchroom. There were first-timers waiting to complete the initial medical exam, and regulars hurrying to check in at automatic computer terminals. Easily 50 to 60 “plassers” were present at any given moment, the crowd continually ebbing and flowing. All were like me—hopeful, needy, and impatient to get paid.I received an oral examination. I was not surprised by the many questions about my sexual behavior, but I was taken aback by repeated questions regarding tattoos. Three times I was asked if I had lied and “really” had tattoos. After the clinicians tested a blood sample for protein levels, I underwent a bare-bones medical checkup. But I questioned its efficiency given that my examiner ran through scores of questions so fast I had to ask him to repeat himself. I spotted a sign: NO PAYMENT UNLESS DONATION IS COMPLETED."Plassers" receive payments on a special debit card that extracts a surcharge whenever they use it. Curiously, while my examiner hurried me through the screening, he did patiently lay out the payment scheme. Did he know how desperate I was? His “Don’t worry. You’ll pass” attitude may have expressed condescension, unprofessionalism, or benevolence.My extraction went smoothly. I left with a ray of hope that I could “plass” next month’s rent money. The literature provided at U.S. centers ubiquitously states that "donating plasma is safe." Its side effects are limited to "mild faintness and bruising." (My brochure also added, "Other possible side effects will be explained by our medical staff," though I can’t say any such explanation stayed with me.) But the following day my body received an impromptu schooling in the price tag of the world I had entered.It happened at about five o’clock the next day. Unexpectedly, with no apparent cause or logical relationship to physical exertion, I felt my legs go rubbery. I was Silly Putty. This was something more than “mild faintness” and particularly disturbing because of the aspect of a random attack. I suddenly felt so weirdly fatigued that I couldn’t stand on my feet. I barely reached the couch before I passed out for five hours straight. Luckily, I was safely ensconced at home. But since I substitute teach as well as freelance write I woke up wondering: What would I do if that happened at my day job?What had happened? I had received my welcoming to the subtle physical changes, possibly exacerbated by work and poverty, which may be the upshot of plassing. And my research began.* * *Biotest, CSL Plasma, Yale Plasma. These are some of the funny corporate names that dot my state, New Mexico, and maybe yours. Or OctaPharma. Or Biolife.Plasma reaped from paid U.S. donors makes up about 70 percent of worldwide collections. The United States is conversationally known in the industry as “the OPEC of plasma collections.”But why plasma?Proteins in the plasma collected at places like Biotest are necessary for the manufacture of a wide range of pharmaceuticals produced by for-profit corporations. The industry burgeoned in the 1950s thanks to a boom in new drugs for hemophiliacs. Plasma centers have historically worn the scarlet letter in the blood-collection universe.The number of centers in the United States ballooned during the Great Recession, with 100 new centers opening and total donations leaping from 12.5 million in 2006 to more than 23 million in 2011.Hospitals, Red Cross units, and nonprofit agencies relying on voluntary donations reject the plasma center model because cash incentives for whole blood may give donors an incentive to lie, heightening risks of a tainted supply. Such risks are higher overall for whole blood, too.Prior to the AIDS crisis, plasma collection practices were often under the table, but the medical community still operated under a general assumption that those standards for plasma were good enough. The assumption proved disastrously wrong. Industry practices eventually cost the hemophiliac community dearly.Throughout the '60s and '70s, plasma companies minimized their own overhead costs by relying on chancy prison populations paid a pittance: $5 to $10 dollars per “plassing” donation. Roughly 50 percent of American hemophiliacs contracted HIV from bad plasma-based pharmaceuticals (a much higher infection rate than that suffered by gay men at the time), making worldwide plasma medication HIV outbreaks the industry’s most publicized scandal.People with hemophilia filed class-action suits. These included substantial evidence that a major plasma company continued to distribute “old supplies” of bad medications after becoming aware of the AIDS infection. The public was dismayed to discover that the industry operated under the protection of federal and state blood shield laws, limiting its liability.By the 1990s, the industry’s public reputation reached a low point, with American collections dwindling, U.S. federal regulators clamping down, and revelations coming to light that spoke poorly of industry oversight and humanitarianism. Even before the AIDS crisis devastated U.S. plasma collections, other controversies, such as incidents of hepatitis C infection in plasma pharmaceuticals, led corporations to keep overhead low and avoid regulation by transporting the payment-incentives collections system to penniless countries abroad.In the 1990s, China attempted to develop a plasma market to compete with Western companies by touting money for plasmapheresis in China’s most impoverished province, Henan. Villagers that were too poor to afford condoms soon realized they could earn more money by selling plasma than by farming the land, but the facilities offered substandard sterilization techniques, needles, and blood bags. By 1995, Henan Province had become a blood farm built on a criminalized plasma economy. Thousands of Chinese donors became infected with AIDS and Hepatitis C.Today, many plasma products for hemophiliacs have been outdated by medical advances, but the industry thrives producing albumin for burns and intravenous immunoglobin, used to treat immune disorders and neurological conditions. The industry has returned to the United States in a big way with the help of brighter, user-friendly advertisements that include appeals to public service and reminders of the economy’s downfall to encourage donors. The number of centers in the United States ballooned during the Great Recession, with 100 new centers opening and total donations leaping from 12.5 million in 2006 to more than 23 million in 2011.Monopolization has transformed the industry, which now consists of five international corporations operating in the United States under Food and Drug Administration regulation: Baxter International of Deerfield, Illinois; CSL of Australia; Talecris of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Grifols of Spain; and Octapharma of Switzerland. A possible sixth big player is Biotest AG, the for-profit arm of a Dutch nonprofit corporation, Sanquin. Since 2008, plasma pharmaceuticals have leapt from an approximate $4 billion to a more than $11 billion annual market.* * *Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I live, has a crowded but reasonably clean Biotech Plasma center. But the state’s largest city, Albuquerque, population 552,804, has three plasma centers that would have challenged my willingness to “plass” no matter how needy I was. Yale Plasma, located on a strip where panhandlers convene, resembles a pawn shop. The exterior window sports a motto for in-house lotto games; the interior is remarkably cramped. Another Albuquerque center, CSL Plasma, is larger, but has no chairs. Donors crouch on the floor, or stand in long lines until they plass. Asking a young man if he minded squatting, I’m told CSL removed the complementary seating to “keep the bums out of here.”The Blood HarvestPlasma is “pooled” or collected in containers to prepare it for a process called “fractionation,” which will render it usable. The bigger the plasma pools, the cheaper they will be to process—which Dr. Lucy Reynolds, a research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, cites as an example of the industry cutting corners.Large pools maximize profits. Furthermore, although large pools are subject to advanced safety analyses (21st-century viral testing has made Hepatitis C and AIDS contamination rare) health officials have raised the concern that as market plasma spreads globally, the harm that could result if another AIDS-like pathogen infiltrated the system would be exponentially greater."Certain governments are people and people’s-rights centered," says Reynolds, who recently published a paper castigating the plasma trade. "In those places they make the plasma corporations play by the rules; sometimes they just choose to have as little as possible to do with them. But the United States is a corporate country"—that maintains the Western world's least restrictive plasma regulations.U.S. centers also have a policy assured to reel in those with an ongoing, immediate need for small sums of cash: $50 for the first five donations, then $60 a week if you willingly go under the needle twice a week.“I call it a grubby business because they knowingly endanger the health of donors in the U.S. by harvesting them twice a week, while in every other place in the world you’re only allowed to donate fortnightly, ” Reynolds says.I interviewed plassers in Albuquerque but, given that my questions included asking if they lied to pass medical examinations, the people I spoke with often asked me not to use their last names."Going into the center makes me feel like a lab rat," says Ron, a 33-year-old single father and unemployed schoolteacher, who began regularly plassing six years ago to make ends meet for his new son. He was disqualified at a local center because he had many visible tattoos, but accepted at another center “that was less picky.” Ron reports no particular bad side effects but still worries. "They tell me there are no long-term effects but the answers they give at these places are so robotic."A haggard man with bloodshot eyes standing outside the CSL center identified himself as “Bubba,” and said he was homeless and an alcoholic. He had suffered a serious head injury in youth and had been plassing for nearly 15 years with no ill effects other than "sometimes my arm hurts really bad." He also continually falls asleep on the couches. In fact, Bubba once collapsed in the standing lines at CSL, but he appreciated the extra cash. He says he was unhappy when he had been drinking too much to pass the protein level test, but claimed he later discovered, “If I swallow ketchup before going in I can pass any test they throw at me.”Bubba was cognizant that donors who were homeless, alcoholic, or had suffered head injuries like his own were, in theory, barred. "Everybody lies," he said. "Nobody is honest on all those questions."I left the conversation wondering whether Bubba was an example of why other nations don’t want to expose their citizens to the commercial plasma trade, and many make (increasingly unsuccessful) efforts to limit imports of commercial plasma from the United States. Should a homeless alcoholic be banned from plassing for his safety and ours?Gabriella, a 51-year-old mother of three, began plassing eight years ago after she was laid off in a cut-back of state government employees. She admits to having lied to pass the screening after realizing that she had become too thin to pass the weight test, and "put on extra clothes, just to squeak past the weight minimum" of 110 pounds. Gabriella knows other regular plassers, often homeless, who use ankle weights.Kevin Taylor, a 27-year-old student at the University of New Mexico, plassed to meet expenses, but found that over two years of plassing he lost 15 pounds.“I definitely wasn’t eating regular meals, and I think the pressure of keeping up my two donations a week was making me sick,” he says.Kevin Crosby, 48, began plassing 10 years ago to provide for his six-year-old daughter.Many people I interviewed left me questioning whether, when poverty is the primary motivation, the advisability of twice-weekly plassing should be reconsidered.“Every time I’ve had this weird hollowed out feeling. And a lot of times the next day I will have serious fatigue," he says. "Then, about five years ago when I was working night shift at a security job, I had that weird fatigue. I don’t know what hit me but I woke up on the floor. They accused me of falling asleep; I know I blacked out.”Crosby has had several blackouts, including one that hit when he was driving."I had to pull over," he says. "I had to sit there several minutes in a daze. It really freaked me."The fact that other Western nations adopt a “better safe than sorry” attitude (when they sanction commercial collection centers at all) by insisting on two-week intervals between donations should raise eyebrows about U.S. practices. Many people I interviewed left me questioning whether, when poverty is the primary motivation, the advisability of twice-weekly plassing should be reconsidered. Not to mention the other likely health complications donators may suffer from, including stress, poor nutrition, and inadequately or untreated medical conditions.All told, I interviewed almost three-dozen regulars at CSL and Yale Plasma. More than half of them confessed to frequent, bizarre tingling sensations, pains, rubbery legs, and severe dehydration, as well as to having been homeless, having lied to pass medical exams, and having used "tricks" that allowed them to pass protein-level tests. They lived in circumstances that made plassing a hardship, but said, "I can't eat if I don't plass."I described the experiences above to medical historian Harriet A. Washington, author of Deadly Monopolies and Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans. Washington said, “Our blood supply is now very safe, although not perfectly so.” Hepatitis C and HIV infection are as rare as 1 in every 1 million blood recipients.Washington is not opposed to payment centers that observe safety standards and adhere to regulations. Neediness and economic hardship don't necessarily make a donor unsafe, which is a historic prejudice. The crux, Washington says, "is how we screen donors.""If these companies are winking at donors' deception, then they're putting us all in serious danger. In an ideal world, I'd want more government oversight to closely monitor these collection sites."Why do donors, including myself, suffer fatigue akin to blackouts? During plasmapheresis, centers often use a chemical, sodium citrate, to keep blood from clotting, Washington explains."Sodium citrate and other citric-acid derivatives bond with the calcium in your blood, and afterwards the calcium is no longer available to your body. We know that some people respond badly to sodium citrate. The worst case is rare: extreme hypocalcaemia, which can be fatal. But more often, people will suffer fainting, tingling and numbness, muscle contractions, or even seizures. Walking around with depleted calcium can be extremely dangerous. It can lead to serious healthcare issues."These issues include: heart arrhythmias, seizures, osteoporosis, eye strain, breathing problems, brittle bones, and chronic kidney conditions.A summary of a 2005 report by Jeffrey L. Winters published in the Journal of Clinical Apheresis states that "the most common aphaeresis-specific reaction is hypocalcemia due to citrate anticoagulation, which, while usually mild, has the potential for severely injuring the donor." In fact, Winters writes, compared to whole-blood donations, “the risk of reactions requiring hospitalization is substantially greater.” Plasma centers that don't inform donors of these risks are abrogating patients' medical rights—yet none of the people I interviewed who experienced “funny fits” or weird tingling sensations were knowledgeable of the possibility of hypocalcaemia.Several reported that they had inquired about such symptoms at centers but were given absolute guarantees of safety. And it seems preposterous to expect them to diagnose themselves when centers prominently display statements like the following one from a Baxter Inc. press kit: Donating plasma is a low risk procedure with minimal or no side effects."In Belgium, approximately 5,000 donations are mixed into donor pools. In the United States, some donor pool sizes are in excess of several hundred thousand donations."I sat in a pizza parlor with Kevin Crosby near the Yale Plasma center. He rolled up his sleeves and showed me a huge sore where 10 years' of needles have gone into his arm."I never in my life thought I would have to do this to survive," he said. "A lot of the staff aren't competent with the needles. People get jittery talking about that stuff, but a lot talk about how much money they make off us. I say, if they’re going to exploit us they could at least pay us. I say they could pay us $100 for twice a week."Crosby has also always been pestered by doubts: Why does he have black outs, and how safe is this plasma? Looking at the suspect patrons, "you can tell something is wrong with them," he says.I tell Kevin about the industry’s history of negligence: the tragedies in South America, the American prison collections, and the AIDS outbreak among hemophiliacs who received medications tainted because the industry put market share above safety controls. I explain that today the monopolized industry harvests in the U.S. because only the FDA will allow them to reap enough plasma to support an international market. Nowhere else in the West believes twice-a-week donations are advisable, and the international community isn’t as sanguine regarding detrimental health effects. Kevin’s blackouts are probably a bad reaction to an anticoagulant, sodium citrate."I have read every word of every paper I've signed at CSL and Yale," Kevin claims. "I haven't seen a mention about this."Critics today still question the wisdom of cutting costs by maintaining massive plasma pools. Safer systems operate on a not-for-profit basis, and only require sufficient amounts of plasma to meet domestic needs. A 2005 report published by writers at Ghent University in Belgium says that in Belgium, “approximately 5,000 donations are mixed into such pools. In Germany, pools containing up to 60,000 donations are considered.” In the United States, “some donor pool sizes are in excess of several hundred thousand [donations]. ”The authors recommend alternative pooling strategies because the “risk of contamination of these pools increases rapidly with the pool size.” Zealous precaution today could spare us untold misery tomorrow.“Hearing all this,” says Crosby, “I never want to walk into those places again.”This piece was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a journalism non-profit dedicated to stories about inequality.How Much Is Your Body Worth on the Black Market? - Finance Degree Center