Our economy is not improving under the first-term leadership of President Obama.

Consider the following: more than 8 percent continuous unemployment; $6 trillion in new debt; one in six live in poverty; 46.6 million now on food stamps; fewer Americans working than when President Obama took office; gas prices have soared;

Food prices on the rise; household income dropping by 8.2 percent; pending tax increases due to elimination of the Bush tax cuts on Jan. 1; Middle East completely out of control; companies closing their doors; inflation due to printing money; borrowing/debt continues, leading to national ratings drop;

Downsizing our military; immigration in free-fall; voting is now a joke open to anyone; crime on the rise; insurance and medical costs are about to go through the roof; Social Security is nearly bankrupt; over 47 percent on some sort of government aid: food stamps, welfare, medicare, medicaid; towns/states on the verge of bankruptcy; out-of-control government spending with no end in sight.

Now how can anyone conclude the economy is improving and we are better off now than when he took office?

People, wake up before it’s too late. President Obama hasn’t earned a second term, needs to be fired, and replaced by a proven business executive, Mitt Romney, to put America into recovery mode.

William Walters

Pinehurst