Barack Obama having easily won a second term as president, his senior adviser, Valerie Jarret, says there’s no turning back now. So, what should we expect during the next four years?

Following are my predictions:

The national debt will grow significantly. More printing of fiat money (Quantitative Easing), creating hyperinflation. Higher taxes across the board and less take-home pay. $5 gasoline and 50 percent rise in food prices. Electric rates will go up at least 50 percent. Coal will no longer be utilized in the U.S.

More restrictions on drilling and greater dependency on foreign oil. Greater push for green energy, costing taxpayers more than $4 million per job. Health care rationing will be implemented. Health care costs will skyrocket.

Some doctors will stop taking Medicare patients.

Gun and ammunition sales will increase. Concealed handgun applications will increase.

Greater restrictions will be placed on gun purchases and ownership.

More businesses will close, both small and large. More freedom-restricting regulations. Rise in unemployment. Welfare rolls will become larger. Increase in food stamps. More single parents.

Open homosexuality will become the law of the land. Christianity and Judaism will be outlawed in public places. Sharia law will become legal in numerous states.

The nation of Israel will become further isolated. Iran will get the nuclear bomb. Our nuclear stockpile will be reduced to one of the world’s smallest.

Our military will become too weak to be effective.

More judges will rule against the Constitution. Restrictions and government control of the Internet.

Erosion of First Amendment rights through censoring and direct control. Parents will no longer have any say over their children’s education.

Franklin R. Canada

Loretto, Tenn.