Letters

To the editor:

As defund and deconstruct domestic policy becomes clear, I doubt the outcomes will do much more for greatness than supply side did. But then I have argued for 30 years that we did not need to cut taxes and take a pledge to never raise them again, ramp up the military, deregulate the mortgage banks, open the border to free trade wages from China or claim the government was the problem three months into the plan to defund and deconstruct the New Deal in 1981, either.

To the editor:

Jesus willingly allowed himself to be crucified by a method of execution predicted in Isaiah 53:1-12. Crucifixion was often performed in order to terrorize and dissuade its witnesses from perpetrating particularly heinous crimes. Victims were left on display after death as warnings to others who might attempt dissent.

To the editor:

I am a two-year resident of North Carolina and a lifetime resident and citizen of the United States. I care deeply about my country and the people in it, and it is for this reason that I have grave concerns regarding any possible Russian interference with our country, government and elections.

To the editor:

Repealing the Affordable Care Act will have wide-ranging and destructive consequences, according to a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report.

After Medicaid expansion, the individual mandate, and subsidies are eliminated, an additional 32 million would be uninsured by 2026; premiums would rise and double by 2026, above what they would be under the ACA.