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Follow Our Immigrant Ancestors’ Example

To the Readers’ Forum: These days we read about and listen to heated debates regarding immigration and people who are on public assistance. Some people think immigrants, legal or illegal, and the beneficiaries of Medicaid or SNAP are the cause of many problems with today’s economy. They believe they are being cheated by these “takers.” On the other hand, one could argue that large corporations and the ultra-wealthy are cheating all of us when they get away with paying little or no taxes. Many of these same entities barely pay a living wage to their employees, while their ...

Local Elections Matter; Cast Your Vote

To The Reader’s Forum: In our country, where informed citizens were intended to share the decision-making via free and fair elections, an increasing number of people have decided to skip it and live with what other people choose for them. Not that they’re happy, oh no. Finger pointing and cursing politicians is a high art form. But let’s remember that people voted and chose those elected officials and their policies. If you weren’t involved, you allowed them to choose for you. Only about half of the people who are eligible to vote actually do. (Many eligible people ...

An Opportunity To Help Our Neighbors

To The Reader’s Forum: New York State is sending us money. Yes, really. Over 8 million New York residents will be receiving an inflation refund check in the mail to compensate for higher sales taxes paid this year due to inflation. These checks are either $150 or $200 per qualified individual and capped at $400 per household. One person’s unexpected gift could be another’s godsend. Some of us are doing okay, but higher prices, along with job losses, and funding cuts to programs and organizations that provide food assistance and healthcare to people in need, are ...

A Way To Help The Poor

To The Reader’s Forum: If you can, and only if you don’t need the New York state 2023 “inflation” refund check of $150 to $400 distributed by New York state this year to taxpayers, consider donating it to local food pantries, or other worthwhile food distributing organizations. We encourage you to do so willingly and regardless of the status of the federal government shutdown and/or “recission” of federal funding already appropriated for food aid programs (SNAP, USAID, etc.). For example, Linda and I received $400 from New York state recently and we will donate it ...

Push To Move Forward Without Losing Our Values

To the Readers’ Forum: These days we read about and listen to heated debates regarding immigration and people who are on public assistance. Some people think immigrants, legal or illegal, and the beneficiaries of Medicaid or SNAP are the cause of many problems with today’s economy. They believe they are being cheated by these “takers.” On the other hand, one could argue that large corporations and the ultra-wealthy are cheating all of us when they get away with paying little or no taxes. Many of these same entities barely pay a living wage to their employees, while their ...

Charlie Kirk, A Martyr, But Whose?

To The Reader’s Forum: In a recent Post-Journal article by Rev. Mel McGinnis, Charlie Kirk was described as “a martyr too,” like John the Baptist, “a happy warrior for Jesus.” Protestant minister McGinnis notes that Kirk was “a change agent”, that his message was that “this nation needs a Savior. Jesus is the only way…” But there’s another part to this story. It is revealed by the millions of dollars poured into Kirk’s Turning Point organization by ultra-rich Americans to mute criticism of Israel. It has become obvious that the largest block of supporters ...