To the Editor:
If every individual in this nation had a nickel for every time we have heard “save America” or “make America great again” we would all be able to fund our own healthcare and possibly retire comfortably without Social Security benefits.
We have runaway debt. We have increasing climate-based catastrophes that are only going to continue.
We have unmitigated gun violence as seen in no other civilized country on this planet.
We have a failing education system.
We have elderly in this nation still choosing between food and life-saving medications.
We have a broken immigration system that struggles to address standard immigration patterns, much less surges at our border as we presently face.
We don’t just want solutions, but we need them. Fortunately, we still have individuals on both sides of the aisle in Washington who want to work on solutions.
But what we get is never-ending chaos and dysfunction in the U.S. House of Representatives. First, the Republicans killed a hard-won bipartisan bill to start addressing not only the border crisis but also overhauling the immigration system. They’ve denied any further aid to Ukraine on the basis of “taking care of America first.” And now they killed passage of a bill to extend the FISA bill – a tool vital to our nation’s security against foreign spying and sabotage against this nation.
Sadly, the major driver behind these actions is their loyalty to serving former President Donald Trump – who has an undeniable personal interest in seeing each of these items fail. But somehow, this is all to “save America.”
Just for the record – America was great before Trump decided to tell us all it wasn’t — and America is still great despite our challenges. The only thing this nation needs “saving” from is the self-serving obstructionists in our government.
So, let’s all take a hard, honest look at all the candidates running for office this year because talk is cheap. We don’t need “saving.” We need people working together to solve problems.
Lisa Voiles
Whiteland
