Letters to the editor for Sunday, August 25, 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Looking back, Obama had this honeymoon and passed Obamacare.
53% : A comprehensive border bill is available but has been submarined by Trump.
53% : Medicare for all?
49% : The government taxes your Social Security out of your paycheck and then taxes it again when you start receiving Social Security.
49% : Supermarkets have some of the lowest profit margins of any business, 1% to 3%.Harris has a three-part plan: Tell people what they want to hear, use her role as tyrant to penalize free trade, when elected, don't do anything for the average American.Lou Walker, Cape CoralThe mark of a great leader is having the ability to have the best people working for him / her and with him /her.
48% : We all know what Trump would do, drill baby drill, and push for new tax relief, but what would the first 100 days look like for Kamala?Kamala must have an agenda but as of now, it is unknown.
43% : Trump says we're a "third world nation, a banana republic."
43% : By claiming that the Presidential Medal of Freedom is "better" because it is awarded to civilians who are not physically harmed or dead, Trump dismisses the profound sacrifices made by military personnel who receive the Medal of Honor.
39% : Trump pushed a tax reduction plan and that passed.
38% : Why no demand for a fact check every time Trump opens his mouth.
35% : Robert F. Tate, NaplesI read somewhere that Trump was going to repair the economy the "capitalist" way and not the communist way.
28% : Trump has asked top oil executives for a billion dollars in campaign donations and promised, if elected, to give them a continuation of 2017 tax cuts for only the big corporations and the 1% Americans, leaving out the rest of us.
22% : This statement is not just insensitive -- it is a clear indication that Trump lacks basic respect for the men and women who serve in uniform.
20% : It is not overstating things to say that Trump is a racist.
16% : Trump immediately claims ABC would not be appropriate and wants to hold the debate at Fox.Donald Trump and his rabid followers had better get used to the reality of a new sheriff in town and adjust accordingly.
10% : Then we have an accusation that Harris is afraid to debate Trump on Fox News but only on ABC.
9% : Trump was scheduled to debate Joe Biden on ABC where he again expected to "kick butt."

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