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Government Has Far Too Much Control Over Our Money

To The Reader’s Forum: Nobody seems to know anything about economics and nobody thinks anything through. Your editorial on October 5 muses over the wisdom of the minimum wage and how it may or may not help the poor. If your work brings your employer more than he pays you, you keep your job. If the government tells him he has to pay you more than you are worth, he has two choices. The short term choice is you lose your job and someone else gets your pay. The long term choice is he goes broke and you and everyone who works for him loses their jobs. Either way, your labor, his ...

How Much Does Democracy Matter To Voters?

To The Reader’s Forum: Thanks to Forbes.com for publishing approximately 30 separate investigations AGAINST Donald Trump. Some came before he was elected president, others were initiated while president, but the most serious, those that carry the potential for jail time, occurred after his presidency. Why my concern over Trump? First, it’s hard to understand, much less accept, that there are voters who support Trump. True, he has yet to be indicted for criminal conduct, and any proven or alleged misconduct has “only” been of the civil variety, thus can be described as ...

Why Is Government Dictating Anyone’s Pay?

To The Reader’s Forum: The New York state government has just decreed that farm workers will be limited to the same 40 hour work week as urban workers. The most significant dichotomy in American society has always been rural vs urban, not black vs white, male vs female, or rich vs poor. The state Democrats know nothing and care nothing about agriculture and see no reason anyone should. New York Democrats obliterated the entire petroleum industry in the state as a love gift to “green” zealots. Agriculture is the next target. This time the motive is to please labor unions. New ...

Best Way To Combat Home Heating Costs Is More Wind, Solar Power

Best Way To Combat Home Heating Costs Is More Wind, Solar Power To The Reader’s Forum: The Post-Journal devotes generous coverage to the increased costs of natural gas customers will pay this winter (”Rising Prices: Home Heating Costs to Increase” and “Sparks Fly…” 9/14). Natural gas, a fossil fuel, generates the electricity with which most New Yorkers heat their homes. It doesn’t have to be this way. Indeed, wildly fluctuating prices compel us to transition as swiftly as possible to efficient electricity generation such as heat pump technology, which uses the ground ...

Greenhurst Fire Remnants Becoming A Problem

To The Reader’s Forum: For anyone living in the Greenhurst area, the pile of rubble which used to be the Chatterbox Restaurant has become a real problem. The fire occurred several months ago. The charred remains have become, apparently, a permanent garbage dump. Not only is it unsightly, but I have to believe that this pile of junk is also becoming a home to vermin and could cause public health problems. Why hasn’t it been removed? Where is the Town in enforcing its codes? Does the State of New York have an interest as it is situated on a state highway? Does the Chautauqua ...

Faith Community Should Help The Homeless

To The Reader’s Forum: I want to commend the City Council President Tony Dolce and our Mayor Eddie Sundquist for meeting with the community to discuss Safety and Homelessness issues in Jamestown on Sept. 14. We heard that our homeless population has increased this past year from around 20-25 to over 70 mainly due to the lifting of the Covid-19 pandemic eviction moratorium. Eddie mentioned a meeting he had the night before with over 60 pastors to bring the faith community and non-profit organizations together to discuss ideas and solutions to a problem that will only get worse ...