I wrote back in December about how we simply as a nation must reduce the size and cost of our government. We cannot continue to run trillion-dollar deficits and racking up debt. Families have had to make financial sacrifices due to inflation. It is not fair for the government to spend the people’s money and not get value for money when average Americans have had to make cuts due to rampant inflation.

On top of the wasteful spending in California and Los Angeles, which meant we did not have enough firefighters and water, there can be no greater example of the egregious waste and spending of hard-working Americans’ taxes on vanity projects than USAID.

I am Catholic. I believe in charity and helping others. Indeed, a central tenet of Christianity is “love thy neighbor.” As a community, Santa Clarita Valley has hundreds of nonprofits dedicated to helping others. We care, and that is why we cannot continue down this destructive path and why President Donald Trump is right to reform USAID.

We all recall the devastating earthquake in Haiti. We all recall the many times Haiti has been on our TV screens, on our social media seeing the suffering of that poor blighted country that cannot catch a break.

I am sure........

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