Lately, the fight over abortion rights has become more public and truly vicious in tone. I have come up with two suggestions. To be fair, for every woman punished by being forced into an unwanted pregnancy, the equally responsible father should be forced to have a vasectomy to prevent any more unwanted pregnancies. He should […]
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Republican party in decline
How did the party of civilized leaders such as Margaret Chase Smith, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins become the party of Donald Trump, Paul LePage and Ted Cruz, who act like schoolyard bullies? A common definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Republicans have wasted taxpayers’ money […]
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E. Field: LD 1350 should be supported
Most people don’t think much about old age until they are approaching it personally, but when the topic comes up, many people admit that they don’t want to go to a nursing home. We want to spend the last years of life at home, where the surroundings are comfortable and familiar. Most Mainers cannot afford […]
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E. Field: A difference of opinion
Jerald Cox (March 4) continues conservatives’ claims of “tax and spend liberal policies.” Have people forgotten how many times President Reagan raised taxes? Or how President Bush’s policies got the U.S. into the past recession? Doesn’t anyone realize how much Bush’s wars have cost taxpayers? The economy did very well under President Clinton. Under President […]
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E. Field: Handouts to the rich
Rich Republican politicians cannot imagine themselves living from check to check, always afraid there won’t be enough money to pay the rent, trying to get to the food bank without a car, needing to work two low-paying jobs, lacking money for winter coats for their children or spending much of their earnings on child care. […]
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E. Field: Maine must find a balance
Every year, newspapers print Forbes’ “Best States for Business” and this year Maine is No. 49. Forbes is only one of many groups evaluating states. State rankings are determined by the point of view of the evaluators, the specific criteria they have chosen to evaluate, and how much weight is given to each category. For […]
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E. Field: Lacks real world experience
Eric Brakey is opposing John Cleveland for a Maine Senate seat. Brakey grew up out-of-state and has a degree in theater performance. His job is financial record manager for his family’s business, Brakey Energy, which only operates in Ohio. He directed Ron Paul’s Maine presidential campaign. According to The Nation, “ In a Ron Paul […]
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E. Field: Watch what they do
America is a republic — a government where power should belong to all the people — but it’s becoming an oligarchy — a country ruled by a small group of wealthy people. The Republican party is heavily funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, who want to eliminate Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, aid to education, workers’ […]
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E. Field: Not the full story
Responding to recent letters, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is not a fiasco at all. The fiasco was the start-up, which was fixed long ago. Millions of people are now relieved to have affordable insurance coverage. Federal debt has increased with every president. According to snopes.com, under Clinton the increase was 37 percent; George W. […]
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E. Field: The conservative agenda
For the past 30 years or so, Americans have been systematically brainwashed about Social Security, health care and welfare. Republicans insist that Social Security must cut benefits by 20 percent or raise the retirement age to 75, a blatant lie. Social Security can be permanently fixed by requiring that millionaires pay in at the same […]