By Ski Ingram
February 2026
Be not discouraged
Are you a half empty or a half full kind of person? I am a half full guy. I do my best not to despair over what I read in the news or on social media. I’m not happy about what I hear in the news, but I have faith that after all the evidence is in, the truth will become known.
I have not forgotten the terrible Biden years. We couldn’t help but recognize his incompetence, his bad health, his inability to communicate and his questionable family business dealings. We all thought it was bad, but we have confirmed so much more since President Trump was elected. Yes, things were horrible during the Biden administration but do not despair, things are already beginning to look better in America.
It interests me why so many Liberals can have such disdain for President Trump. I know a Liberal who just recently posted on social media, calling President Trump vile, a fiend, a villain, and a bully. Is he really a fiend which is an evil spirit, a devil? Is he a vile person meaning extremely unpleasant? Is he a villain which by definition is an evil or wicked person?
I don’t believe he is any of these things. President Trump is doing things that will make America a better place to live. One of these things is the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed in Congress in the spring of 2025 with no help from the Democrats.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” is a giant leap forward that will protect Americans from an over-reaching government. This year, 2026, will be a banner year for all tax paying Americans. The Big Beautiful Bill will allow families to keep an average of $3752 in their pocket. Child tax credits will jump to $2200 a year. There will be no tax on tips, you will be able to deduct the interest on all new cars and trucks made in America. There will be a $1000 bonus for all newborn babies in America. Small business owners will get a 23% deduction on their taxes. The estate tax exemption will be doubled to $15 million, meaning family farms and businesses will be able to stay in the family. There will be a bigger standard deduction meaning simpler tax rules for 90% of Americans. There will be no tax hike this year (2026), meaning more money in everyone’s hands. To me these are good things. Every Taxpayer will benefit from these new tax rules, even those who hate Donald Trump.
It’s not a secret that Liberals hate Trump which causes them to suspend common sense and ignore facts that have been proven correct for years. Imagine hating Trump so much that you feel the need to assassinate him or complain that the assassin did not finish the job? Trump haters have a twisted and a warped view of America which makes it easier for them to overlook facts such as 97% of guns are in red states, but 97% of gun crime is in blue states. Liberals try to evade reality while ignoring the consequences of evading reality. Thomas Sowell reminds us that “the truth is not complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”
Norman Thomas who ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket in 1927, said “the American people would never vote for socialism.” But he said, “under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.” I’m afraid we are experiencing socialism in the name of liberalism today.
Ronald Reagan said not so many years ago, “if we ever forget that we are ‘One Nation Under God,’ then we will be a nation gone under.” And for the average American (80% today), the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer, it is the problem. Also, I have always believed that America’s strength is in “We the People.
Ski Ingram is a combat veteran and a patriot who can be reached at: Ski@Skiingram.com Or www.Skiingram.com
