President Bush constantly talks about making America more secure. But for most people I know, when they balance their checkbook, consider their health care or look at their future, they feel much less secure today than they did four years ago.

Here’s why. During President Bush’s term, the United States has had a net loss of 800,000 jobs, making Bush the first president since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs during his presidency. What’s more, this administration has repeatedly said the outsourcing of American jobs abroad is a good thing.

Since Bush took office, more than 5 million people have lost their health insurance and the costs of health care premiums for those with insurance are skyrocketing. But the president has sided with the HMOs and the big drug companies and done little to address our health care crisis.

It is hard to fix health care or create new jobs when you run huge deficits and increase our national debt to record levels. The Bush administration has turned a $236 billion surplus into a $422 billion deficit. And the national debt stands at a record high of more than $7 trillion.

That’s not a good record. Clearly, it is time for a change.

On Nov. 2, we should vote George Bush out and vote John Kerry in.

Matt Schlobohm, Greene

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