This is in response to two letters in the Sun Journal (Jan. 24) concerning the border wall. I did some fact-checking on what illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers every year. According to the Bureau of Justice, 26 percent of all inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens, costing $1.42 billion a year. According to Forbes, […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Disgusted with government
I am disappointed in President Donald Trump. He held the country hostage with his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall that would show people from all the countries of the world that they are not welcome here anymore. He threatens to close down the government once more if funding for that wall is not […]
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Not happy with Gov. Janet Mills
Nobody who I know voted for Janet Mills. I certainly did not vote for her. I have a poor opinion of her. I don’t think she did a very good job as Maine’s attorney general, or at anything before that. Her policies will put the people of Maine into deeper debt than ever. I wish […]
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Not very good public service
Due to a problem with my vehicle, I had to catch a “City Link” bus to the Post Office downtown from L-A Harley. It was cold and windy that day (Jan. 15). I needed to catch the 2:15 p.m. bus on my return home, so, being a bit early, I waited at the Dunkin Donuts […]
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Disappointed in them all
I am leaving the Democratic Party. I have had enough of the blame-shifting and no movement on the shutdown. Democrats are unwilling to negotiate at all. Republicans have at least tried to find common ground. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have now gone so far away from the real issue that they have to stay […]
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Working to expose scammers
As law enforcement officers, our agencies are committed to fighting crime. Some of the most abhorrent crimes being committed against our residents are being carried out by people who don’t live in our communities. Often they live out-of-state or overseas, and they will stop at nothing to steal money from their victims. Contact is made […]
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Resolving the shutdown issue
The disturbing animal abuse issue concerning a dog (story, Sun Journal, Jan. 23) brought immediate results when a social media article was transferred to the police department. Maybe, if everyone with a computer would utilize a Facebook article to voice their displeasure about how Congress is ignoring the government shutdown issue and send it to […]
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Remember the names for next election
I am responding to the Sun Journal front page story “Safety net for the poor not feeling so safe” (Jan. 22). The story continues on Page 2, reporting people’s worries about money for food and housing because of the government shutdown. Right beside that report of the desperation of so many is a report of […]
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A courageous welcome to strangers
“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote Robert Frost many years ago — a line of poetry that became accepted wisdom for many years. But now there is the situation down along the Mexican border, with the current administration set on constructing an ultimate border wall in hopes of promoting America’s general good neighborliness. That attempt […]
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Ask some difficult questions
With the U.S. government shut down, people should be asking some difficult questions. Is having the border wall so important that the public stands by while President Trump refuses to negotiate with Congress? Saying “it’s the wall or nothing” is not negotiating in good faith. Are American citizens’ welfare simply a Trump business deal where […]