Letters to the Editor category, Page 35
Letter to the editor: How the wealthy exploit tax loopholes
There are many loopholes in our tax system that allow the extremely rich to legally cheat on their taxes. One such tax avoidance scheme is buy/borrow/die. First, the wealthy buy assets that appreciate in value without producing cash. These assets can include things like stock, collectibles and, particularly, real estate....
Letter to the editor: Power plants and energy costs
Regarding the article “Facing competition from Big Tech, states dangle incentives and loosen laws to attract power plants” (March 9, TribLive): Gov. Josh Shapiro’s push for new power plants to meet growing energy demands glosses over an important detail: the cost of expanding liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. While companies...
Scott Bricker: Safe, vibrant and thriving — Penn Avenue needs a better design
In his column ”Don’t mess with the Strip” (March 15, TribLive), Joseph Sabino Mistick paints a romantic picture of the Strip District, a neighborhood that has grown and evolved over time, especially in the past decade. He’s right about one thing — the Strip is a treasure. But treasures need...
Letter to the editor: If Democrats won’t fight, vote them out
In 2018, I was the founder of Mt. Lebanon Rise Up, an Indivisible Group that helped elect Conor Lamb and Pam Iovino. I spent hours canvassing and phone banking for Democrats. I have since moved to Heidelberg, Germany, where it is obvious to everyone the United States has aligned itself...
Letter to the editor: EPA cuts will damage Americans’ health
I read with sadness about mass firings planned for the Environmental Protection Agency. How terrible for the health and safety of every American. When government agencies are gutted and civil servants are fired, the excuse is often that private industry can do it more efficiently, but private industry doesn’t want...
Letter to the editor: Today’s Democratic Party a far cry from Kennedy’s party
Today’s Democratic Party is directed by lifetime, millionaire politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden and Barack Obama, non-elected Washington, D.C., bureaucrats and extreme progressive left-wing, woke socialists. In my opinion, it has become synonymous with open borders, sanctuary cities, defunding the police, weak leadership, poor schools, huge federal...
Letter to the editor: On Ukraine, Trump dishonors America
For hundreds of years Ukraine has been contested, divided and ruled by a variety of external powers. In the 1900s, they had mass suffering and death due to Stalin’s policies and then the German occupation during World War II. After years of struggle, Ukraine gained independence from Russia in 1991....
Letter to the editor: Grieving for America
Who died? As I was driving the other day, I noticed an American flag at half-mast at a university. I asked myself, “Who died?” I thought, “If I had a flagpole, I’d fly the flag at half-mast.” Who died? I grieve and mourn the death of many of the values...
Letter to the editor: EPA head’s plans worthy of the Upside Down
Just another day in the Upside Down, an alternate yet much worse dimension that exists alongside the human world that we used to inhabit. The Upside Down, a dark and chaotic place, is continuously blanketed with a thick layer of soot, noxious fumes and neurotoxins. The water is a poisonous...
Letter to the editor: We need Trump’s changes
Real change one can believe in always comes from people outside the “system.” America has caved to special interests and profit first. Two hundred million Americans are obese. One in 36 children are autistic. Thirty-eight million people have diabetes. From 13%-27% of children have a chronic illness. Many ingredients in...
Letter to the editor: Tough to be a conservative Democrat
I can’t tell you how enervating it gets being a conservative Democrat in Pittsburgh. Heavens to Betsy, I grew up, birth forward, gargling like Listerine all the billions of humanitarian goals espoused by liberal and progressive post-hippy and beat generation intellectuals. Please trust me when I say I have virtue...
Letter to the editor: Egg prices the least of our worries
I hope everyone has seen how President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance bullied and browbeat Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. If you voted for Trump, you should hang your head in embarrassment at how Trump tried to make Zelenskyy grovel and beg for security guarantees to go along with...
Letter to the editor: Humane treatment at the Allegheny County Jail
The Department of Justice recognizes that “Do not underestimate culture, it drives everything” and “The culture of the facility will be the determining factor of your warden’s success.” An opposing viewpoint will be describing horror stories and statistics of how the restraint chair was abused for punishment. I suggest the...
Letter to the editor: The last four years — the story of the century
I can’t believe Bob Woodward is missing the story of the century which is “Who was really running the United States the last four years?” Surely he would cover that, right? Peter A. Mamula Venetia...
Letter to the editor: Whose side is Trump on, America or Russia?
There is no other way to say it but that the good old USA is extorting a small, democratic country that is fighting for its life into giving us 50% of its rare earth minerals. President Trump tries to explain it as paying off a “loan.” No other country considered...
Letter to the editor: Are immigrants picking our vegetables, watching our kids?
Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal recently said this: “If you look at the food that’s on your table, think about who picked it. If you look at your homes, think about who built them. If you look at your vulnerable elders and your kids, think about who’s taking care of...
Letter to the editor: The folly of believing in a false prophet
The writers of the letter “Christians had reasons to vote for Trump” (March 11, TribLive) ask, what is a Christian? They quote the Scriptures, which are indeed true. However, Jesus, in Mark 12:28-34, also gave instructions on how to live. He said, “Love the Lord your God with all your...
Letter to the editor: Musk working as advocate for all
Democrats argue that Elon Musk’s efforts to uncover and eliminate government waste through DOGE represent an illegal power grab. However, this claim couldn’t be further from the truth. Musk is generously donating his immense talent and valuable time to the government. His expertise, worth a fortune, is being offered to...
Letter to the editor: Maybe states should secede to Canada
To counter President Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state, Canada should offer any of the border states the opportunity to become its 11th or succeeding provinces if they wish to secede. Maybe it would be a relief from the current chaos coming out of Washington, D.C. Gerald and...
Letter to the editor: Why is Trump catering to a dictator?
President Trump’s idea of diplomacy seems to be to cater to the wishes of the most dangerous dictator in the free world in Vladimir Putin. And I think he does so because he’s utterly afraid of him. President Biden never showed any fear of Putin. He was always tough when...
Letter to the editor: Musk hasn’t ‘taken over’; he is an advisor
I would like to clarify Elon Musk’s position within the Trump administration. Our government has not been “taken over” by this man, as many on the radical far left have suggested. He is a governmental adviser in which he recommends/informs the various cabinet secretaries of his findings. At that time,...
Letter to the editor: Unfreeze the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been the most consequential legislation ever passed to speed the migration of the United States from fossil fuels, which harm the planet, to the use of green energy solutions for the rapidly increasing demand for electricity. The spread of wind and solar farms, the...
Letter to the editor: State budget season offers hope for an energy future ‘Made in PA’
Pennsylvanians have a real opportunity to see dramatic new investments in our commonwealth’s energy economy in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget, which includes a plan to jumpstart economic growth through the energy sector, following federal commitments of up to $2 billion for clean hydrogen production and industrial decarbonization. Democrats and...
Letter to the editor: A common language binds us together
Annie Abbott’s opinion of the president’s declaration of English as the U.S. official language reveals a clear misunderstanding of history and political reality (“Multilingualism not a threat. It belongs in our country,” March 7, TribLive). Countries need a key core concept that cultivates “commonality” which binds them. The U.S. was...
Letter to the editor: Council must approve increased fees to reduce pollution
Events like the one reported in the article “Damage reported at U.S. Steel facility in Braddock, followed by increase in air pollution,” Feb. 24, TribLive) make Allegheny County’s already bad air a lot worse. The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is charged with enforcing the Clean Air Act and keeping...
