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Reader Feels That America Is Full

To The Reader’s Forum: Naturally, I strongly agree with President Trump that our southern border must be secured and an impenetrable wall built as soon as possible to help stop illegal immigration. Every nation has the inalienable right to protect it’s own sovereignty, in perpetuity. However, it was alarming when the president said in his February State of the Union address that he wants more legal immigration — “in the largest numbers ever.” I favor a posture on immigration more closely aligned to that of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Trump’s own policy advisor ...

Research Has Not Proven Variation In Climate

To The Reader’s Forum: A Post-Journal article April 13 refers to an “unmanageable degree of climate change …” This one-sided piece perpetuates the “sky is falling” mantra. Such opinion pieces posing as factual are predicated on the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant. By conflating carbon dioxide with pollution, energy policies are being mandated that will endanger the reliability and affordability of the electricity so vital to our quality of life, not to mention endangering our civilization. Energy policies based on non science damage both human prosperity ...

Farm Women United Condemn Provisions

To The Reader’s Forum: Farm Women United (FWU), has issued an unequivocal condemnation of the dairy provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill. Hurriedly passed by both the House and the Senate during December’s lame-duck session, giving dairy farmers no time to examine the dairy provisions, the 2018 Farm Bill was quickly signed into law by President Trump, who, like Congress, chooses to remain out of touch with the victims of these morally bankrupt federal dairy “policies.” The 2018 Farm Bill dairy provisions are an insult to the thousands of American dairy farmers already bowed ...

It’s Time For Everyone To Come Back To The Table

To The Reader’s Forum: We, both as a city and as a state, are in a downward spiral. Locally, bad decisions made in city governance have brought us to our financial distress. I believe that the mayor and the city council are trying to rectify past missteps, but part of that must include coming back to the table and reaching sustainable agreements. The problem is that some city employees, including government officials, expect and rely on entitlements. We have been convinced that entitlements are owed because of the service performed. Taxpayers provide the funding for ...

Reader Says Cuomo Has Advanced Reforms

To The Reader’s Forum: The Post-Journal writes that government should stop throwing money at schools to solve our education challenges. I couldn’t agree more, which is why I am proud that Governor Cuomo has advanced some of the most significant reforms in generations to spend taxpayer dollars wisely and effectively. First, Governor Cuomo has ensured that State spending goes toward the districts that need it most. While we invest the most in the nation into our young people - including an increase of a billion dollars this year - advocates will still say it’s not enough. But ...

Local TEA Party Remains Active Group

To The Reader’s Forum: In 2009 grass roots groups all over the country started what would become the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party movement. These nonprofit groups have been dedicated to promoting the principles of individual freedom, economic freedom, smaller government, less spending, and a debt free future for America. We’ve had monthly meetings, rallies and demonstrations large and small in Washington, D.C., state capitals, and in local communities. Even when our gatherings have numbered in the many thousands of people, we have left the event areas picked up of ...