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Profoundly disappointed It has taken me a couple of days to process the results of our recent election. I've concluded that greed, selfishness, racism, religious bigotry, male chauvinism, cultural arrogance, extreme gullibility and a near total ignorance of science, technology and logic are what drove the results. I am profoundly disappointed in the American voters.
To those who voted for Donald Trump and his supporters, I can only say that you should now be prepared for the rich to get richer, the poor to get poorer and the middle class to disappear. I hope your grandchildren have some oxygen to breathe once the environment is destroyed by the deregulation that's coming down the pike. Scott Adair Clemmons People are also reading.
.. Rich BFF despots Regarding Donald Trump's immediate inclusion of billionaire Elon Musk in government affairs, it's clear that Trump's agenda is to form an American oligarchy, like the Russian oligarchs and Putin — BFF despots exercising elite power through wealth, gangsters, billionaires, criminals and misogynists .
.. all cashing in with political influence and American tax dollars.
What were these voters thinking? Barb Robless Pfafftown Why Trump won If Democrats are serious about helping our nation heal, they should quit wringing their hands at Kamala Harris’ doomed campaign and vilifying Trump voters. Instead, they should reflect on just why we won. We hated the events of Jan.
6 as much as anyone, and we are grateful that the hooligans who led the riot were punished. We believe in democracy too and that’s why we oppose policies falsely labeled as “rescue” and “inflation reduction” that did the exact opposite and caused the government spending that crippled our economy. We want trade policies that put American workers first, and we push back against experts who told us fossil fuels were bad but bought them anyway from real dictators.
We are socially moderate and balk at revisions of Title IX that allow biological men to compete against women in sports. And forgive us for wanting a future for our daughters and granddaughters that doesn’t include elective abortions or whatever new buzzword is used to whitewash it. We want a secure border that protects our nation’s sovereignty and returns people who cross our border illegally.
We reject a government that ignores antisemitism and pro-Hamas rallies on college campuses. We strongly oppose unnecessary wars that might lead to a draft of our precious young people, and Democrats should be trembling as much as we are now that Iran, Russia and China are colluding against us. Trump’s vigilance and diplomacy wouldn’t have let any of this happen, and we trust him to fix it.
Ashley Harris Asheboro Uninformed voters I read Chaewon Chung's article (Nov. 7) regarding Edward Jones defeating Lei Zhang for soil and water supervisor by a substantial margin despite the fact that Dr. Zhang, a professor at Winston-Salem State University with a Ph.
D. in physics, has served on the boards of the Piedmont Environmental Alliance and the Yadkin Valley riverkeeper. Mr.
Jones, who claims he was shot 37 times and was in a coma for eight years, listed no qualifications, degrees or related experience other than having worked on a farm. Talk about your uninformed choices. Do your research, people, before you cast your vote.
Hunter Atkins Kernersville Are we crazy? Existing policies, along with those proposed by various political parties, significantly impact immigrants. Many Americans don't realize that deporting immigrants or revoking their work permits could result in the U.S.
losing more than half of its workforce. These potential laws include discrimination and injustice, but here's what's crazy: If undocumented people cannot apply for any type of financial, health or educational aid, the logical thing would be for them to pay a percentage of taxes based on their household income or whether they own a business, then their tax contribution would be based on the same factors as any other person, right? But no, a new analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said that “Income tax payments by undocumented immigrants are affected by laws that require them to pay more than otherwise similarly situated U.S.
citizens.” For example, in 2022 they paid around $26 billion into Social Security, a fund that they do not have access to. So, instead of concentrating America's resources on wars, foolish campaigns or unnecessary fights, why don't we ask ourselves twice: What is justice? Nathaly Berrezueta Winston-Salem Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly!.
