To the editor: The Occasions has accomplished an outstanding job protecting the latest fires, with a number of tales on the entrance web page nearly every single day since these disasters struck. However there’s one other, much more damaging catastrophe occurring proper now — one affecting hundreds of thousands of individuals on this nation and world wide, one that may have a far higher impression than the fires. (“California officials detail Trump funding freeze ‘chaos,’ warn another could cripple state,” Feb. 16)
And the paper ought to cowl it simply as totally.
I’m speaking in fact about President Trump and Elon Musk gutting federal authorities packages that serve Individuals and so many others world wide. They’re doing this illegally, with out the sanction of Congress, they usually’re doing it towards the desires of the American folks.
These packages cowl all points of peoples’ lives. Trump’s 77.3 million voters certainly didn’t need the very important providers on which they rely to be eradicated.
The media have a duty, an obligation of care, to cowl this catastrophe as diligently as they cowl pure disasters. Individuals have to be well-informed about autocratic oligarchs radically reshaping our authorities with out our consent so we will cease the hurt and vote in future elections for a authorities that’s actually by and for the folks.
Zareh Delanchian, Tujunga
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To the editor: Trump is doing what he promised in his marketing campaign, and the American folks voted him into workplace to do exactly that. They need their authorities to be conscious of their wants and never be wasteful.
Why is there outrage when our authorities cuts again by eliminating workers? The Occasions has laid off a whole bunch of staff over time in an effort to stem monetary losses and maintain the newspaper afloat. It even despatched its printing to an out of doors supply.
Why is that this not an outrage? As a result of it’s easy: That is going through actuality.
Marcus Kourtjian, Northridge
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To the editor: I’ve a query for individuals who supported Trump for president, passively or actively, or rationalized assist for him, or thought it didn’t matter who received: What do they suppose once they learn articles akin to these?
Is there a twinge of second thought in regards to the heartless chaos they’ve helped unleash? The abrupt firings of 1000’s out and in of presidency by no fault of their very own? The freezing of grants that fund pre-school for poor kids?
Neglect the hurt world wide from eviscerating the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement or the hurt to our authorized system from the grotesque politicization of justice in letting New York Mayor Eric Adams off the hook in change for supporting Trump’s immigration insurance policies.
What in regards to the hurt to of us in California and the nation? Individuals who have a tougher time getting healthcare or who’ve misplaced work in public transportation, water infrastructure, public security and different sectors?
Any second ideas? Any in any respect?
Claude Goldenberg, Seal Seashore
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To the editor: “No taxation with out illustration” was an vital sufficient precept that our colonial forefathers had been keen to struggle a warfare for it.
“No spending elimination with out illustration” is simply as vitally vital a precept, however Trump is now flouting it.
Implore your representatives in Congress to step up and do the job our forefathers fought for.
James Van Cleve, Claremont
