Hey where are we going with this!

By Rosaldo Russo Allow me to begin this column by thanking the newspaper for allowing me the opportunity and access to the press. Not to many if any allow an average person like me to tell the world what I see and think. My name is Rosaldo Russo. I came to this great country to make a better life for myself and my family. I thank Canada for everything it has allowed me to do and earn. I worked construction all my life. I know the value of hard work and honesty. I remember as a boy my father always telling me to work hard and buy land. So I did. I remember days when I did not have enough to eat. I go to work... but I did not wait for hand outs. I rounded up my pride my skill and my determination to succeed and went to work. In those days the only benefits we received was the fact we were employed. Before retiring I was the owner and operator of local material supply company that allowed me to retired without worry. Now that I have time to enjoy life. I look around me and have some concern for future generations. I see that the world is finished. Look at the gas prices... is it just me or are we heading back to the pre- Trump days. How is it that one man can come into politics take down the oil cartels become energy self generating and force the price of gas at an all time low? Trump was so strong that he ended up buying from Saudi Arabia at dirt cheap rates per barrel as Saudi Arabia’s oil market had stop to exist. No more Saudi Arabia the great oil power. Trump was an American leader like no other. Believe me in my life I have seen all kinds. During the war years of WWI and WWII. The struggles and the sacrifices. Trump I think stood for that time in our history. A tough leader with direct winning goals. Hey, maybe that is why he was not elected. He bit into the Saudi hand and you know the old saying ‘money talks’. He went against the drug cartels, the oils cartels. Money, money, money... I think that is why he lost. America was on the rebound and it never had it better. Sad that in our modern society we punish success and reward loosers. Loosers that have no conscious of our best interest. Please all you educated know it all types... How can you rationalize the gas prices going through the ceiling? We are back to the Obama era when in the U.S. some places paid up to six dollars a gallon. I look up to the sky and thank God that i am the age that I am. That I lived through an era of real opportunity. Today everyone seems to go around thinking that they are owed something. They lost respect for authority and the elders. They say that it is not their responsibility. I guess that in part this is why the Chinese have it right. No one is welcomed. No one is special. You do what your told or else. Live your life within your parameters. Ask for nothing that you won’t work for. Most importantly never go against what the government tells you. Boy is that starting to sound familiar? Now I supported at one time the Liberals with my heart and soul. Today, I like to think I am confused as I see no benefit for the people as if anything we are a shadow of America. An America that has no real direction and corrupted by greed, wealth and collusion within the system. Oh Canada, how long can we stand for thee?