A clear picture

April 6, 2017

Editor: “Ryan a convenient scapegoat for Trump’s failure.” Ridiculous. Many conservative journalists consider the failure of passing the American Health Care Act in the House of Representatives a failure of President Trump’s leadership. (See Jonah Goldberg’s column in your March 31 issue). However, President Trump placed the blame exactly where it belonged: the House Republican leadership and the “Freedom Caucus.” The defeat displayed what we have known for quite a while. The Republican Party, stronger than ever at the federal and state level, is simply not listening ...

Feet to the fire

March 23, 2017

Editor: So, we’re making America great again? Under the Republican health care proposal, 24 million Americans would lose their coverage by 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Seniors and the poor would face much higher insurance premiums, limiting their ability to afford them. Under the proposal, the richest 2 percent in our country would receive $275 billion in tax cuts. The proposed defunding of Planned Parenthood would hurt low-and middle-income women who access that agency’s health care services. Worse, many Medicaid recipients would likely lose their ...

A turning point

March 20, 2017

Editor: The “Deep State Bureaucracy” is panicking in fear of eviction. Establishment politicians are gasping for air frantically flailing to keep their strongholds of power. They campaign pleading “send me to Washington to fix the problem.” Yet, once there they don’t fix it only to return to their districts campaigning once again “send me to Washington to fix the problem.” Enough is enough! President Trump is under assault by Socialist Progressive Democrats. They are unhinged in hysteria relentlessly engaging in political sabotage, intellectual dishonesty, hate, ...

Name calling

March 9, 2017

Editor: After reading Congressman Bill Johnson’s remarks at Saturday’s rally in Lisbon, I have only one word to say: Shame! Shame on Johnson for repeating the lie that certain Democrats didn’t stand and applaud when Carryn Owens was introduced during Trump’s speech to Congress. And shame on the rally attendees who either didn’t know it was a lie or more likely, didn’t care. Johnson is apparently taking his cue from the president and his nonstop lies and misleading statements, since Johnson went on to make misleading statements about the Stream Protection Act and the ...

Don’t undercut our libraries

March 5, 2017

Editor: When Gov. John Kasich rolled out his new two-year state budget last month, he talked about leveraging the strength of Ohio’s public libraries, turning them into “continuous learning centers.” Kasich’s budget also cuts the state public library fund by nearly $7 million next year. Ohio’s public library system has long been one of the state’s bright spots. The state spends more than most on its libraries, and a study last year by the Ohio Library Council found that Ohioans average 7.5 library visits per year, the highest per-capita rate in the country and 51 ...

Medi-caring

March 3, 2017

Editor: I would like to share with your readers some facts on our government run health care plan called Medicare. I think it will benefit both your wallet and health to stay aware on what is going on in Washington. My source of information is The Motley Fool, a reliable financial publication. 1. $684 billion, that’s how much Medicare benefit payments totaled in 2016. They are projected to rise to $709 billion in 2017. 2. There are more than 57 million enrollees in Medicare, as of October 2016. That’s 18 percent of the population or nearly 1 in 5. 3. The ACA or better ...