Debt Ceiling

 This week's letter to Representative Joyce in reply to his newsletter "The Weekly Wrap"

Hello Rep. Joyce, This letter provides my feedback on your Weekly Wrap newsletter of December 6, 2021. Also included are some individuals, your constituents, from our Politics – Civil group on Nextdoor.com who have requested to be included in my notes to you. You or one of your aides may request to join our group here: https://nextdoor.com/g/v4ipxkz9v/. First: thank you for notifying the VA of your support for policy changes to allow veterans access to medical cannabis. Please keep up the pressure in support of our disabled vets. Second, I disagree with your assessment that it was the Democrats who callously ignored the debt ceiling. This entire standoff was started on October 8 when Mitch McConnell said he would not again help Democrats extend the government’s borrowing authority. He threw down the gauntlet two months ago to initiate the deadlock and to launch the political theater that ensued. McConnell and McCarthy orchestrated the stalemate in order to invent the talking points you are using today. You are complicit. Disagreement on raising the debt ceiling is not a Democrat thing despite your claims. I’m frustrated that you continue to use the same misleading and destructive talking points given to you by the Party spokesmodels rather than making your newsletter about how we are doing better because you are our House Representative. But you keep telling us how we are doing worse. Third, the US continues its relentless monthly job growth, again, despite losses in retail, chip shortages in the auto industry, and clogged supply lines. This is not “Yet Another Miss.” Job growth every month since President Biden was sworn in does not support your statement that 210,000 new jobs serve “as a reminder that the current administration's economic policies are failing the American people.” That is pure Republican Party hogwash and you should not spread this misinformation further. Finally, in an odd claim you say “government mandates will only further squander our nation's economic recovery.” Which is it, an economic recovery or failing economic policies? Your Weekly Wrap should be used to explain to us how you have improved the safety, employment, health and welfare of OH-14, not doggedly pointing out in every one of your newsletters how the sky is falling upon our heads. It’s not. But if it is, you are still our representative. Sincerely, Robert Chalfant,