We finally have a leader who is working for us

Despite what some critics say, the Biden Administration has accomplished a great deal in its first six months in office.

The  $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, which helped families put food on the table and pay their rent. Also in the plan, the Child Tax Credit — $3,000 to $3,600 per child — is providing relief to most working families with children at home.

These efforts have helped spark economic recovery in nearly all sectors of our economy.

The law also provides an additional $8.5 billion for rural health care providers for expenses and lost revenue attributed to Covid-19—allowing for increased vaccine distribution and medical supplies.

And now it is likely Congress will agree to Biden’s infrastructure improvement package (which Trump could never get off the table) to repair our roads, bridges and crumbling infrastructure – a program that could rival in scope Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway program of the 1950s.

Biden and vice president Kamala Harris are dealing with the root cause of immigration problems -working to improve conditions in Central American countries which are the source of most illegal immigration.

And finally we have a leader - in Biden - who has the courage to stand up to Vladimir Putin and promise the Russian leader he will face consequences if he continues to interfere with our elections and our infrastructure.

JIM RAMSEY

Sandpoint