We must elect a president. The stakes have never been higher with a $35.2 trillion unsustainable federal debt (created by both parties). We face a multitude of challenges to freedom, an open border, along with cartels saturating our country with fentanyl.

We have a choice of Donald Trump, a man who gives us a dozen reasons to dislike him, or Kamala Harris, who I feel has socialist solutions to our economic challenges.

The question is: Which candidate is most capable of leading Americans toward a healthy economy, respect for law and order, a secured border, and a strong defense against terroristic nations?

During the Trump administration, the southern border was secure. The U.S. was energy independent. Iran was held in check with enforced sanctions. Russia had not invaded Ukraine. Afghanistan was stabilized with U.S. support of its military. Inflation was low.

Vice President Harris refuses to admit to failed economic, border and energy policies. She is now a moderate who no longer wishes to defund police, oppose fracking and defend city-burning protesters. She has not, however, embraced Economics 101 where more money pumped into the economy fuels higher inflation.

As citizens continue to pay taxes, know much of that money will be spent canceling student debt, paying a $25,000 down payment for new homes, along with a $6,000 tax credit for newborns.

Harris stated we must finance every program necessary “to make us all equal.” Karl Marx could not have defined this flawed economic theory any better.

John H. Stephens, Slippery Rock