Do the Maine Democrats have the same values as the Congressional Democrats? Are the Maine Democrats favoring sanctuary cities, open borders, a weak military, bountiful welfare programs and a universal health care system that will require heavy tax revenues? Congressional Democrats apparently follow only one program currently, which is to block nearly every bill offered […]
Thomas Shields
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Democracy demands compromise
I read with great interest Thomas Shields letter (Feb. 8): “Democrats being obstructionist.” As I have in the past, I would remind Shields of the following: • After Barack Obama was elected president, Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, stated that the only thing the Republicans would work on was to ensure that Obama didn’t serve a second […]
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Democrats being obstructionist
Sanctuary cities defy federal laws. These cities have noted their new illegal immigrant populations and sympathetically protected their criminal elements from deportation. They do not cooperate with immigration officers, defying federal law. The federal funding of those cities should be discontinued and their administrators prosecuted. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama did little about […]
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Serving the people
What can the legislative bodies do in order to serve the people efficiently? Both the Congress and the Maine Legislature can put aside party priorities and put the public’s need first. They can conscientiously show concern for the welfare of those who are unable to care for themselves. They can stop enabling the lazy or […]
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Tax proposal not good for U.S.
This country needs to stop spending more than it has and start repaying the national debt. The national debt is slowly sinking this nation. The privileged 535 representatives in Congress made that happen. Going back to 1990, the debt was $3 trillion and, during the next 25 years, it climbed to $18 trillion. It is […]
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Merger worth it for the children
Voting for the merger of the Lewiston and Auburn city governments will be on the November ballot. There has been disagreement with that proposal. The elected citizens who are proposing this idea are honest and intelligent people who have devoted years of study of how to do this, the advantages of it and the taxpayer […]
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Destroying health care
This is a response to Kevin Simpson’s letter (Aug. 13) which disagreed with my letter (Aug. 6). Simpson did not criticize the parts of my letter that exposed the unethical power play of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or the Democrats disservice to their constituents by passing a large document bill that they had not read, or […]
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Big pigs rule the trough
I am responding to Thomas Shields’ advocacy (Aug. 6) for the so called “free market” approach to economics. In a free market, the biggest pigs get the largest share of the trough. He doesn’t take account of the facts that little pigs may contribute to the trough out of proportion to their take-away. Regarding the […]
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Democrats created a monster
President Obama implanted the germ of entitlement for health insurance with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It was passed when the Democrats had a Senate and House majority for two years. No Republican voted for it. Except for Medicare and Medicaid recipients, it required people to buy an insurance product (unconstitutional?) or else be fined. […]
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Information program needed
It is disturbing that the reports of narcotic overdose deaths have increased to more than one per day in Maine. What is the reason for this? A number are addicts, others are those starting to use and who made a mistake. A person’s habitual use of drugs is a self-imposed practice — entirely voluntary. People […]