Letter to the editor: A businessman in the White House

I was angry when I saw the commercial from Canada showing President Reagan speaking for free trade and against tariffs. Reagan was president when the steel mills closed down in the 1980s. I think he could have saved the steel mills if he would have put tariffs on steel coming from England and other countries until U.S. Steel adopted modern technology. It was a dark time, and the Steel City never fully recovered. Pittsburgh lost its pride and greatness.

We bought our house in 1980, then my husband lost his job. We had a VA loan at 10½% interest, thanks to the previous president, Jimmy Carter, and his inflation and recession. Thank goodness we now have a business man in the White House who understands finance. The economy was excellent at the end of his first term. I’m hopeful his second term will be even more successful.

On a different note, email your congressperson and senators and ask them to please pass an amendment to the Constitution stating that Congress and the Senate shall not get paid while the government is shut down.

Susan Stiles

North Huntingdon