Letters to the Editor — Birthrates, defending Republicans, voting maps, college costs, hearing aids
Births are not a labor force
Re: “Experts Worry About Falling Birth Rate – Slump Could Slow Growth And Bring Future Workforce Shortages,” Tuesday News.
Births are not just a workforce. Children need food, health care, education, and safety, not a major priority here in Texas considering the insured and the child protection crisis. Apparently the reporter on this story never read Paul Erlich’s The Population Bomb or linked overpopulation to the climate crisis. There is much more to this story than future labor statistics.
Cynthia stick, garland
See what we’re turning away
According to this article, the experts now realize that we need more workers to keep up with the number of jobs that are to be created in the coming years. We also need more taxpayers as the population ages. Women just don’t have babies fast enough. Oh my god what to do
Wait! Didn’t these experts notice that thousands of potential workers (taxpayers) have clustered at the border trying to get in? Immigrants have proven that they are good workers and taxpayers. Each potential immigrant brings unique interests and skills.
We have no way of knowing who we are turning away – the surgeon who would save thousands; the engineer who develops better and cheaper solutions to our infrastructure problems; an award-winning author or poet; the parents of children who grow up to be productive adults (taxpayers); For example, those who pick vegetables, work on shrimp boats and do other jobs that we don’t want to do.
Their potential is huge, but we are pushing them off. The experts don’t have to worry. Just support immigration reform and the dreamers. The answer is right in front of our eyes, if only we could see it.
Carol Stephenson, Mesquite
‘That does not concern you’
I think this great country needs a new slogan, something appropriate, but direct and concise. I suggest: “None of your business.”
Gender: None of your business. Race: None of your business. Religion: none of your business. Political inclination: none of your business. Abortion: It’s none of your damn business.
Imagine how much time and effort we could save people who cannot help themselves poke around in areas that do not concern them. (Looks at you, Governor Greg Abbott.)
Hal Harris, Dallas / Knox / Henderson
Redistribution is politics
On top of all the whining about redistribution, if the Democrats had the chance, they would do the same. It’s called politics.
Paul Knopick, Denton
Cheap recordings from Republicans
Re: “Redefining Profit” by Jan McDowell, Monday Letters.
McDowell is shooting cheaply at Republican Senators working to cut down the Democrats’ ruthless spending. Their rationale is to normalize all competitive efforts into a single commitment rule: the majority always wins. She uses a pretty simple example of soccer results to prove her point. Sure, most athletic competitions are based on a simple majority of points. However, there are many complex exceptions that make it clear that a simple majority is too simple to solve problems.
The rules of Congress state that a simple majority is sufficient for most matters, but a “super majority” for others. These rules have been put into practice by brilliant people; Shaper of our constitution in order to achieve well-considered goals. McDowell implies that our senators should have learned in kindergarten that the majority always wins. What about the constitution?
She shoots another shot: “The Republicans have found a way to dictate the minority rules.” What? These bipartisan rules were in place before there was a Republican party.
Finally, she accuses that “our democracy is at the mercy of right-wing extremists”. Since when has economical spending been radical?
Ted Hart, Frisco
The snake quarters of Texas
So it is perfectly legal to manipulate voting cards to give one party an unfair advantage over the other. And it is perfectly legal to tamper with voting cards to give incumbents an unfair advantage over newcomers. The only thing illegal is to manipulate voting cards to give one race (white) an unfair advantage over all others.
As we know, the Texas legislature managed to do all three. As a result, the constituencies of Texas look like so many snakes winding their way through the state, an apt reflection of the people responsible for creating them.
Deona Carmack, Dallas
Also, check the tuition fees
Subject: “Baylor is expensive; as well as Government Loans – Point a Finger at Uncle Sam and Reform Student Loans, ”October 22 editorials.
Partial praise for your editorial staff. You rightly mention the monstrous loan rules that I wrote about in a letter to the editor. I go one step further. Apply the proposed rules retrospectively to existing loans to recalculate the principle. Do this before you think about getting a loan. Then look at solutions.
But no praise to the first half about Baylor lessons. You rightly point out the efforts that have been made to improve the training and that this is an enticement to enroll. But you don’t mention scholarships or any other means to provide reduced tuition fees for those so lured. Nor do they argue whether or not the tuition fees are justified. Why not? Shouldn’t an evaluation include an assessment of the need for fees and costs?
This is about Baylor but could be applied to any college with high tuition fees. Baylor happens to be the subject of your editorial, but I suspect the same could be written about other colleges and universities.
Michael Bulkeley, Richardson
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