Editor, Times-Union:
Someone wrote that she didn't know why everyone wasn't woke. Since those that are woke believe men who identify as women are women and that people can be canceled for saying something or doing something they don't agree with, to say everyone should be woke is like a crazy person saying everyone should be insane.
We have a bunch of people running for office that are relying on the anger and ignorance of the voters to win. Socialism wrecked nations around the world and brought death and despair people fled from. Many socialists say they want medicare for all which means the system will go bankrupt faster. When it ceases to exist, we will have to rely on a government health care system. Many veterans that are reliant on the VA, a government health care system, don't receive adequate care and often die prematurely. Canada has government health care and people in Canada come to the U.S. to receive medical care because there are too many delays and one of the reasons why people are killed is because the government does it. But if the socialists told the truth they would have to say they want to increase the chances of the voters dying prematurely.
Socialists want to do away with the borders, prisons, and the police; especially ICE. That would be the best way to bring chaos costing trillions of dollars to America along with countless deaths of innocent people who would be alive if it weren't for the voters foolishly electing socialists. Millions of extra people will make housing less available and more expensive. Releasing criminals into the public will create a crime wave that will make the Wild West seem peaceful.
Socialists want to soak the rich. Voters must remember that if all the money the rich had was taken by the government, Washington would still need trillions more and that money would come from them. The best examples of government-controlled grocery stores are the ones in the old Soviet Union that had empty shelves and little selection. Capitalism made America the greatest nation in the world. To exchange capitalism for socialism would be like exchanging your home for a shipping container.
I told someone the other day that a third of the costs of things in New York City was because of organized crime. Everywhere else it's due to the government. Corruption and waste cost us trillions of dollars throughout the years and President Trump wants to attack it. Democrats attack him. He wants to make sure only living American citizens can vote that live in the districts they vote in. Democrats attack him. Remember, Democrats want to increase taxes and have the government control our lives. Sounds like fascism to me.
Rick Badman
Warsaw, via email