To the Editor:

Martin, renaming Mt. McKinley? For this you cheer? Alaskans like the name Denali. It’s their mountain. Shouldn’t they have a say?

Gulf of America? Lordy, someone take that man’s Sharpie away. Why stop there? How about renaming Earth, planet Donaldo? Donnie’s brain dump last week was a spectacle of lies and resentments. On the heels of knifing Zelenskyy in the back. Republicans mute. Shame on them.

Ms. McLeod, I’d like to respond to a few of your questions.

“Does it make sense the more EBT given, the less … nutritional food is available at large corporate markets …?” Whose fault is that? The person using EBT? Your solution is to take away benefits? How about corporate responsibility?

Maybe Clowerd/Piven were prescient. Let’s talk AI. It’s not going to take jobs. It’s taking them, right now. Jobs from talented, skilled, educated, middle class people. Leaving them using EBT. Applying for welfare. Some even homeless. This genie is not going back in the bottle. Maybe we ought to figure out how we’re going to organize the economy when humans need not apply.

Dems completely agree on the debt. “Everyone needs to take responsibility.” Abso-freakin’lootly. The wealthy seem to have an unquenchable thirst for tax breaks. Let’s end the Republican mission to rob from the middle class to feed the rich while blaming the poor.

A modest 2% tax on billionaires could generate nearly a quarter-trillion dollars annually, offering relief to the middle class. 2%. All while enabling us to do what Jesus commanded.

Pat Collins,
Fillmore, Ca.