Letters to the Editor category, Page 263
Letter to the editor: Raising minimum wage would be economic stimulus
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth is $177 billion. The three heirs to Walmart saw their fortunes grow last year by $40.7 billion. Thousands of Amazon and Walmart employees’ incomes are so low that they qualify for food stamps, meaning that taxpayers subsidize these booming businesses. Think of that —...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ racist foundations
I felt compelled to correct the record about racist Republicans with some facts. The Constitution’s “Three-fifths Clause” was created because the Southern states wanted their slaves — who were considered property — to be counted as residents in order to increase the South’s representation in Congress. That large population would...
Letter to the editor: Politicians divide and conquer
Ask yourself, who benefits from division? In a recent appearance on TNT, prior to a Final Four match-up, Charles Barkley commented that, “Politicians divide Black, white, rich and poor Americans.” Barkley also stated, “ I think most white people and Black people are great people.” He added his belief that...
Letter to the editor: We all have right to our opinions
Letter-writer Al Scovern (“Loyalty to Trump has gotten Allegheny Valley nowhere,” April 8, TribLIVE) traveled from Maine to visit his hometown Tarentum and felt he had to comment as to how we are a bunch of nut cases and degenerates because he saw President Trump signs and flags, and told...
Letter to the editor: National voting system would work
The solution to the voter rights issue is right before our eyes. Instead of each state hashing out its personal biased voting rights situations, we should adopt a basic national system of voting. All we have to do is to copy what our fellow North American neighbors already have in...
Letter to the editor: Immigrant speaks up
Immigration is one of the most urgent problems in our country today. The reason for this urgency is the crisis the Biden Administration has created on our Southern border. As an immigrant, I have strong feelings regarding this situation. I came to this country as a high school exchange student...
Sounding off: Combine vaccine passport, voter ID
As I read about the perpetual political wars over the concerns of having a vaccine passport, my solution (to please both Democrats and Republicans) is to just print the vaccine passport on one side and the voter ID on the other side. Simple, everyone is happy and the country is...
Letter to the editor: Money spent for hotels for immigrants disturbing
The Biden administration’s decision to spend $86 million to put “illegal aliens” up in hotels is disturbing to a huge number of people. How much money is being spent for homeless veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, let alone the immense group of veterans who...
Letter to the editor: Tell Biden to push for ‘price on carbon’
A recent Associated Press article reported that the business community is urging President Biden to double down on establishing ambitious, but achievable, goals for reducing fossil-fuel emissions. You can help by contacting the White House to join the push. The best next step to reduce emissions is to “put a...
Letter to the editor: Ensuring all can vote in Westmoreland
Westmoreland County must continue its commitment to ensure that voters can vote safely and securely. The 2020 election showed us that dropboxes, six of which were placed throughout the county, are a safe and secure way for voters to submit their mail-in ballots. Nationally, changes made to improve voter access...
Letter to the editor: We need Trump back in office
Now that the best president the United States has ever seen is gone and the Democratic Party has gotten their way, do you really understand just what you got? I believe we now are under the control of a mindless puppet being controlled by a corrupt communist party hell-bent on...
Letter to the editor: Too much news causing unrest
When I was a kid, Bill Burns did the news on KDKA-TV, next a guy in a gas station outfit did the weather and then someone did the sports. One half-hour, boom. Now we have cable news 24/7, mostly national and international. Local news is the shortest. Cable news reports...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s ‘Motel 6’ immigration policy
After reading Matt Smith’s letter “Immigration reform will rebuild our economy” (March 26, TribLIVE), I now know the effects of listening to “Nice Guy” President Biden without proper protection. You see, as soon as I see Biden’s lips move, I immediately set my brain to “Dumb” and his prattle has...
Letter to the editor: Doug Chew does speak for some constituents
Thanks to Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew for addressing issues concerning the 2020 election fiasco. His testimony before the Senate was based on his many discussions with constituents and his hands-on involvement in the election process. To those criticizing Chew, just because you have a different opinion doesn’t make his...
Letter to the editor: Chew should seek constituents’ opinions first
I was appalled by the article “Westmoreland commissioner says county voters want end to no-excuse mail-in ballots, another disputes that” (March 23, TribLIVE). Mr. Chew, you do not have permission to speak for me concerning mail-in ballots or any other issue involving my rights and responsibilities as a U.S. citizen....
Letter to the editor: Women, police and civilization
A thought: Without women and police there is no civilization, only chaos. Just sayin’ … . Joseph Marmo Cheswick...
Letter to the editor: Benefits of community recycling
I was sad and discouraged to hear the remarks by Delmont Councilman Dennis Urban about requiring residents to pay for access to a recycling program instead of keeping it part of the trash collection service (“Murrysville, Export, Delmont prepare as trash collection contracts expire in September,” April 13, TribLIVE). Urban...
Letter to the editor: Citizens’ right to vote
Just a quick response to letter- writer Harold W. Beatty III (“Citizens, not ‘anybody,’ have right to vote,” April 10 TribLIVE). In a rebuttal to Leonard Pitts Jr.’s column “Republicans consider ballots more dangerous than bullets” (March 23, TribLIVE), Beatty replied that: “Our Constitution states that ‘citizens of the United States’...
Letter to the editor: What conservatives believe
Please stop telling lies about conservatives/Republicans. We are not anti-immigrant, we are anti-illegal immigration. We are not “climate deniers.” We know the climate has always changed and will continue to change, and many experts say CO2 is not the cause — it is the sun, the earth’s orbit, the earth’s...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s feel-good gun control plan
Like most liberal ideas, President Biden’s proposed gun control plan is big on feelings and small on facts. Since liberals seem to not often look beyond their own emotions, I’d like to point out just two unintended consequences of the recent nonsense related to gun control. How does the “defund...
Letter to the editor: Georgia voting rule not Christian
Joseph Sabino Mistick hit the nail on the head in his column “Georgia’s assault on democracy” (April 3, TribLIVE). Denying people a drink of water is not Christian. The Bible says, “anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly...
Letter to the editor: False portrayals of fascism
In response to Frank Zalakar’s letter “Knowing right from left” (March 4, TribLIVE) about my Jan. 30 letter “Capitalism is on the right side”: The issue of fascism as a right-wing political ideology is countered in the recently published best-selling book by Dinesh D’Souza, “The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi...
Letter to the editor: Who does minimum wage hike benefit?
Thank you, Democrats. As a senior citizen, why would I want the minimum wage raised? We seniors won’t be getting a raise like this. If they raise the minimum wage, I will be paying more for the food and goods they make. If I go out to eat, I will...
Letter to the editor: Disinformation campaign nearing completion
The more I read the letters that readers write to the Trib, the more I believe this quote attributed to William Casey, CIA director from 1981-87: “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” David Cassidy Penn Township, Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: Warnings from history
Something I never thought could happen in my lifetime: A man is elected leader of the country because he alone can produce prosperity and keep his countrymen safe. He announces that foreigners no longer will be welcome, and those already in the country would be deported or treated very badly....
