Correct me if I am wrong. Did we or did we not contribute and support Medicare/Medicaid with direct support through weekly paychecks while we were working? Considering the yearly increased costs of these programs, what dictates that the increases need to come from those receiving the benefits? It just seems totally insane to give retirees […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Investing in nation's posterity
The “dreamers” in America are the future work force. Train those young people to fill much-needed jobs. Create work-based training programs to ensure future prosperity. You can never underestimate the value of the work ethic. It needs to be instilled at a very young age and stressed. The future of this nation depends on an […]
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Collecting signatures for RCV
Ranked-choice voting was passed with enthusiasm by the voters of Maine, but got tied up in knots by a legislative committee chaired by one of the many candidates for governor. A people’s veto campaign is underway and must collect enough signatures by Jan. 19. If enough signatures are gathered to put the people’s veto on […]
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Avoiding the consequences
As a Maine and American citizen, I would like to encourage President Donald Trump and federal elected officials to stop the immature political battling going on in Washington, D.C. The president’s tweeting is a very disappointing way to “manage” this nation. I encourage President Trump and other government officials to find a more sensible way […]
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Protect, support solar energy
Thanks to Rep. Russell Black and Sen. Tom Saviello for working hard on and supporting good solar energy legislation last summer. In January, I hope they will continue their efforts to support solar energy for Mainers by supporting LD 1686. The anti-consumer and anti-environment PUC solar energy “gross metering” rules are designed to financially punish […]
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Works of genius
I commend the recent column by James McKenna. In it, he recognized the good work that Rick Camire has done in bringing a local poem to the Sunday morning newspaper every week. Using simple, rural language, those poems express complex visions in an extremely pleasant and understandable manner. I have read poetry all my life […]
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Read the warnings, be aware
I write in response to the Washington Post article in the Sun Journal (Dec. 27) about canine cancer and a research project involving golden retrievers. The project involves some $32 million, to be spent on studies on what they will eat, where they sleep, whether their lawn is safe, whether their teeth are brushed, etc. […]
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Resuscitate ranked-choice voting
In 2016, Mainers decided that they wanted to use ranked-choice voting to elect their state and national representatives. They knew that RCV would allow them to express support for candidates they really liked without “wasting” their vote and would allow all candidates to compete on a more level field. RCV would help reduce polarization and […]
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A response to Cal Thomas
In a recent column (Dec. 28) Cal Thomas, a staunch evangelical, expressed his conviction that what Britain and America need now is a Christian revival similar to those that took place in Wales in 1904 and in America more than 60 years ago under the leadership of Billy Graham. Why the need? Because secularism has […]
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Medicaid should be expanded
On Nov. 9, a majority of voters (59 percent) voted for Maine to expand Medicaid to serve more than 70,000 Mainers. Immediately, Gov. Paul LePage stated that he would block the expansion. That is after he blocked expansion five times when the state Legislature approved it in the past. The federal government is contracted to […]