To the editor: Once I retired from my instructing profession, I made a decision that I used to be going to get extra actively concerned in making an attempt to make a distinction by communication in written type. I had already educated college students in historical past for 16 years and now I needed to succeed in an even bigger viewers. Though writing was rewarding, I felt that I nonetheless wanted to proceed to speak verbally to attempt to make a distinction.
To that impact, I’ve, on three events, made calls to lawmakers to specific my opinion about laws. I referred to as numerous federal legislators throughout President Trump’s first time period to attempt to maintain the Inexpensive Care Act from being repealed. I nonetheless keep in mind my pleasure in watching Sen. John McCain solid the deciding vote.
Twice now within the final two months, I’ve referred to as each senator over two payments, the primary being the SAVE Act. Yesterday, I accomplished 100 calls to attempt to persuade the senators that elements of the “Huge Lovely Invoice” are devastating (“Senate Republicans seek tougher Medicaid cuts and lower SALT deduction in Trump’s big bill,” June 17). The large cuts to social packages like Medicaid, Medicare and the Inexpensive Care Act are overwhelming and the quantities appear to alter every day. My largest concern is the availability on Page 562 that few learn about and point out (together with your article). Though the main points are complicated, the consequences are clear: The ability of the courts, which to date have been the folks’s solely recourse, will basically be weakened and the outcomes might result in full dictatorship.
Lynn Lorenz, Newport Seaside
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To the editor: The straightforward reply to avoiding the merciless and pointless cuts to packages and providers funded by the federal authorities is to let the Trump tax cuts expire (“Republican fractures multiply over Trump’s megabill,” June 19). Our priorities must be the poor, these in peril of shedding healthcare, faculty lunch packages, nationwide parks and local weather change, not persevering with tax breaks for the rich.
Patricia Koch, Lengthy Seaside
