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It’s Time To Embrace Gottfried’s Health Act

To The Reader’s Forum: The editorial “NY Lawmaker Should Abandon Crusade for Single Payer Health Care (Post Journal, February 22, 2019)” asserts that NYS should “listen to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Empire Center for New York Policy” and abandon the New York Health Act (NYHA). I take exception to this recommendation. Both the Empire Center and the Governor are heavily funded by the medical-industrial complex which works to protect our broken system, ultimately killing tens of thousands of Americans each year for lack of access to health care. That system also causes ...

Socialism: Just Another Political Scare Word

To The Reader’s Forum: OK, the scare word for the 2020 election season is officially “socialism.” Everyone, repeat it again — socialism. Now that we’ve said “that” word, does anyone want to define it? No? OK, then, let’s go to the Oxford dictionary: “a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the community as a whole should own and control the means of production, distribution and exchange”. Anyone want to explain how American capitalism (private ownership of business) will suddenly become owned and controlled by communities as a ...

Restoring Air Service

To The Reader’s Forum: It is very important that Chautauqua County take steps to reconnect with the rest of the world. The very astute and succinct summary of the recent air travel prospects provided by the Cohens in their letter in the Post Journal on 2/24/19 could serve as a guide map for an interim solution. Regional attractions have made it necessary to draw people to our area in order for them to thrive. These attractions must thrive if they are to provide the economic impetus which is the purpose of their existence. It should be possible, using existing assets, to ...

The Republican Party Needs To Work Together

To The Reader’s Forum: If ever you wanted a prime example of why Donald Trump won the presidency, look no further than Jamestown. Mr. Liuzzo announced he would run for mayor several weeks ago. Instead of supporting him. The Republican Party makes a choice of their own — sound familiar yet? In 2016 Jeb Bush was the picked torchbearer. That turned out well for the Republicans. Mr. Liuzzo is not a politician. He is just a regular guy who got sick of how things are in Jamestown. He questions things. He’s got crazy ideas. He does thing against the norm and is met ...

NYISO Defends ‘Social Cost Of Carbon’ Plan

To The Reader’s Forum: In response to the paper’s editorial on the New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) role with regard to pricing the “social cost of carbon” into the wholesale electric markets, we feel it is incumbent upon us, as the independent operator of the state’s electric grid, to clarify certain details. First, the paper identified the NYISO as a state agency. We are not a government entity but rather an independent, apolitical, non-profit organization. Under federal law, our employees are prohibited from having any financial interest in, or other ...

It’s Time To Learn What Socialism Really Means

To The Reader’s Forum: It is about time that the American people were educated and informed about what true “Socialism” is and is not. The fact is that in true socialism, “the means of production” are owned and controlled by all of the people. In other words, in true socialism all of the workplaces and businesses are owned, controlled, and run by all of the people for the good and well-being of all of the people. They are not privately-owned by individuals and groups. In true socialism, we would not all be totally equal in terms of how much we would get paid for our work, ...