Letters to the Editor for November 13, 2018

Population rise to blame

Politics aside, let’s face the pachyderm in the room. The reason why the need for more police, more taxes to cover everything, so many homeless and migrant migration around the world, huge poverty, high crime rates, etc. The bottom line is there are too many people. World population is exceeding 7 billion people. The environment and economy can’t sustain such a population. Statistics will show that some issues are lower put reality is 10% of 100 = 10 but 10% of 100,000 = 10,000. So 10% increase of 10 is much easier to deal with than 10,000. We cannot continue to expect throwing money at issues of poverty, crime, homeless, pollution, employment etc. if population growth continues at the current rate all the land and resources will be consumed and life as we now know will be extinguished, gone.

U.S. should folllow Golden Rule

Thank you to Andrew Fiala for clearly stating what many of us were brought up to believe, in regard to the caravan of asylum seekers. We were taught to treat others as we would have them treat us. Those who are struggling to reach our borders are coming because they are desperate and vulnerable. Who in our government was not taught to care for the poor and dispossessed? This is a basic tenet of our country.

I don’t want to stand idly by while military action against immigrants, cutting of aid to already poor countries, and fearmongering are done in my name.

Orth right to move polling place

Of course, black lives matter! Unfortunately, the phrase has come to have political connotations in sections of our contentious society. If indeed County Clerk Brandi Orth erred in changing a polling place it was in the direction of caution. Better to be safe than sorry.

With so many efforts in various states to prevent citizens from exercising their voting rights, Ms. Orth is to be commended for encouraging voting by removing even a flimsy excuse for not doing so.

As this campaign period – arguably the nastiest of all time – is now over, let us put aside the negative once again coming together as a united, thoughtful, compassionate nation of opportunity.

U.S. is losing its identity

It is beyond me how so many people think that it is OK not to abide by our laws.

They think it is OK to let hordes of migrant people into this country. Do they realize the many consequences it will bring: diseases, higher taxes, disadvantages to our legal citizens/workers, to no end. It makes me cringe thinking how in 1965 my family and I had to wait at least 6 months to get our papers in order to move here according to a quota allowed our country and then get a green card. After 7 years here we could apply for citizenship. That is now all out the window and our country is gradually going to lose its identity. It is the price we pay for being a successful country which apparently is not allowed these days. Some legislators just want power and dependent people who will vote “the right way” for them to stay in power, forget working for the good of our country.

Deciphering Trump support

When William F. Buckley, Jr., launched his conservative magazine, National Review, in 1955, he wrote in its purpose statement, “To stand athwart the stream of history yelling stop.” The stream did not stop. Over the past 10 years or so it has reached an unprecedented rate of change; we elected and re-elected a president that was not both male and white, followed by nominating a candidate (Hillary Clinton) who was not both male and white. During those same years, millions of gays and lesbians came out, and also gained the right to marry the persons they loved, and to serve in our military without having to lie about their orientation. Was that was too much change, too fast, for some voters?

Does that explain the Trump movement? Does that explain why so many my good, reasonable friends of mine still support a president with such a vast range of character flaws? Were Trump supporters voting against the rapid stream of history more than for Trump? Just asking – trying to make sense of it all.