What is the matter with people these days? Seems as though all they think about is changing history to take out all the “bad” parts they want to forget and go on acting as if they never happened.

The governor has had the murals in the Labor Department removed because they depict labor’s struggles through the years and he considers that unfair to employers.

Why?

Is it because it shows how unfair those employers were?

Is it because it shows how the everyday person had to struggle through child labor, seven-day workweeks, no benefits, etc.?

Are present-day employers embarrassed by their predecessor’s actions? They should be.

Of course, if the present administration has its way, we will again be faced with some of the same issues.

Changing the rules so that teenagers can work more hours but reducing their pay is a giant step backward into child labor.

Balancing the state budget by taking benefits away from teachers who have dedicated their lives to better the future of their students, or asking state workers to pay more toward their retirement, is absurd. The state already saves by paying 2 percent less toward Maine State Retirement than Social Security.

The murals represent both sides. History has shown that employers caused the issues displayed and should be working toward changing those images, not tucking them away with an out-of-sight, out-of-mind philosophy.

Jacqueline P. Smith, Lewiston