To the Editor,

As for conservatism I consider myself an Ultra Conservative. So, let's examine what that truly represents, in the hope of awakening the sleeping giant of voter apathy, as approximately 40% of eligible voters choose not to.

I was born on Mother's Day 1949, not Birthing People's Day. Back then we started the school day with a moment of silent prayer and traditional values were the norm. We instinctively understood life was what you made it, via pulling yourself up from your bootstraps.

When I was seven my father left my mother and my two sisters and I and we moved into a housing project. My mother immediately got a job working 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., but was told if she wanted to continue living in the project, she would have to quit her job and go on public assistance because we were too young to be left alone. When the superintendent left our apartment my mother went into her bedroom, closed the door, and cried herself to sleep. Back then it wasn't like winning the lottery, as fraud and abuse has become epidemic proportions.

If a bully was chasing you, you'd run to the nearest biggest kid, as they would break it up and have you shake hands, not videotape it for laughs. The culture was wholesome and inspirational, and we understood moral absolutes and said our prayers before bedtime. Marriage was between a man and a woman, and boys couldn't use the girl's bathrooms and there were only two sexes. Our society wasn't perfect, but we continued to make strides. As for our society today, via liberalism, you can say “Welcome to the Twilight Zone.”

As a conservative I believe in cost-effective government, as unions are bankrupting every state and municipality, via endless unsustainable enslaving provisions, as unions have zero regards for taxpayers and consumers.

As for criminality and the incredible costs of incarceration when you consider repeat offenders prisons shouldn't reflect home away from home in which there should be rehabilitation requirements. As a conservative I believe in the death penalty and speedy trials. As for first degree murder the death penalty should reflect the brutality they inflicted on their victims.

When you consider the perverse deplorable attitudes of far too many young people today you can point your fingers to public education and the dummying down of moral absolutes and academics. Everyday parents and various local governments are realizing the need for cost effective school vouchers, as our town continues to invest in a profoundly failed system, as the unions and Democratic Party are one in the same.

When immigrants came to America it wasn't the land of free services, as millions are walking in, via open borders that include murderers, terrorists and vicious drug dealers. In today's job market if you can't speak two languages go to the back of the line. If English was our official language, it would save $Billions annually. In 2023 the estimated costs to accommodate non-citizens was $157.7 Billion, as Medicare and Social Security are slated to go broke by 2033.

Our present federal deficit is $34.7 Trillion, and the interest is presently $726 Billion, which is more than we spend on Defense, as liberal politicians continue to give everything away via getting more people dependent on government.

Our country was once revered around the world, not the laughingstock or the great Satan that it's fast becoming. I could go on indefinitely but can only hope that my words opened a few minds.

In closing, as for the unlikable attitude of President Trump his attitude is the stuff you need when sitting across from the enemies of our country, as our country is in dire need of conservative leadership that is nowhere to be found in the nowadays democratic party. May God continue to be patient with our nowadays basket case society.

Peter A. Filippi III, of Johnston