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Congress Should Handle Tariffs, Not The President

To The Reader’s Forum: I am not a lawyer but I can read and understand simple English. The US Constitution says in Article 1, Section 8 : “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises”. It does NOT say that Congress can delegate that power to any other authority or individual. Where are the “Strict Constructionists” who claim to be conservative? There is nothing in the US Constitution that gives the president the authority to raise and lower tariffs up and down at whatever whim strikes him at the moment. Trump says that letting ...

President Is Committing Economic Arson

To The Reader’s Forum: Mr. Trump’s firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer was a dangerous overreach that damaged the credibility of federal statistical data relied on by American businesses, Wall Street, and even other countries. Trump’s impulsive move was clearly retribution for McEntarfer simply reporting the jobs data. Yes, there was an adjustment to the jobs numbers. There often is. The particularly large adjustment was not unexpected as many businesses are delaying hiring because of uncertainty caused by Trump tariffs/trade war, the biggest trade ...

Thruway Tolls Are An Investment in Safety and Reliability

To The Reader’s Forum: In response to the In Our Opinion piece titled, “Overnight Toll-Free Trips on Thruway Worth a Try,” While the idea of removing tolls, even for a few hours overnight, may sound appealing, the truth is removing tolls on the Thruway would cut off the very dedicated revenue stream that supports safe and reliable travel for hundreds of millions of motorists each year. The Thruway is a user-fee system supported by tolls paid only by the people who use it. The Thruway Authority does not receive any dedicated federal, state or local tax dollars to support the ...

Release The Epstein Files

To The Reader’s Forum: There’s a lot of news lately about the “Epstein Files.” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), no “liberal rag” mind you, reports that Trump’s name is in the “Epstein Files” to which Trump has sued the WSJ. Just having Trump’s name in the files does not mean Trump has done anything illegal, but the WSJ, led by Rupert Murdoch, has chosen not to settle the suit. If the suit goes forward, Trump will have to be deposed and may open a can of worms on himself. (Murdoch also owns Fox News that settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Machines for $750 ...

Trump/Langworthy Voters Will Lose Benefits

To The Reader’s Forum: I wrote this letter to Rep. Langworthy. What’s the rush to get the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed. Surely, you could take your time to make sure the negative drawbacks of the bill could be ironed out. The obvious, big problems with the bill are 1) that Trump’s bill has an artificial deadline, 2) Senator Lisa Murkowski could have held out for more benefits to Alaska, and that the alleged changes/reductions to health insurance and Medicaid are scheduled to take effect after the midterm election. Do you realize how many of the people who voted ...

Is It Really Name- Calling If It’s True?

To The Reader’s Forum: To the recent commentator who admonished a friend to “quit calling voters you don’t agree with childish names” and in the next sentence affirmed his vote for Trump; I ask “are you serious?” There is a Wikipedia page listing all the eighth-grade names Mr. Trump has used over the years. It is divided by domestic political figures, international figures, the media, etc. There are 147 different names that Trump has used on the list. If you are offended by one person calling you an idiot for voting for a person who used almost 150 childish names ...