President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Secretaries of State, Interior, Energy and administrator of the EPA have all made their careers and fortunes telling the public, on behalf of the oil, gas and coal industry, that the effects of burning those fossil fuels on climate change can be ignored. Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Pruitt not a good choice for EPA
I am a professional geologist and clergy person. I have spent many years involved in global climate-change research. Climate change and the human impact on the environment at local and global scales are real and undeniable. As a faith leader, I believe people have a responsibility to be excellent stewards of this planet My senators […]
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Social Security benefit
I have noticed a few letters to the editor recently regarding the small raise in monthly Social Security checks. Every year in December, Social Security recipients receive a notice from Social Security administrators detailing any increase in the monthly benefit. If people would read that notification, they would see that there was a 0.3 percent […]
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Cut legislators’ compensation
Every person currently in the U.S. Congress should voluntarily reduce their salaries by $50,000 per year, along with any other elected officials who wasted the nation’s money during the past 10 years. They could get their full salary back only after they got the national debt paid off and balanced the national budget each year. […]
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Looking to save some money
Maine is a difficult place to do business, as witnessed by the recent announcements of business closings and departures from shopping malls. There are things that can be done to help keep some of that from happening. In Augusta, elected officials need to realize that their constituents elected them to represent their interests, not just […]
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Proposed budget a disgrace
I am concerned about this country’s national debt, and my blood is boiling after reviewing the budget outline released recently by the Senate Budget Committee. I used to vote Republican because I believed Republicans were the fiscally responsible party. I was wrong. Since Ronald Reagan, deficits have increased under every Republican administration and decreased under every […]
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Fulfill the will of the people
It was gratifying to see the majority of Maine voters say “yes” to raising the minimum wage. It will be a huge help to people who work hard for very low wages. Low-wage workers will be better able to patronize small businesses, or further their education, or deal with emergencies. Teachers say it will be […]
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An insult to seniors
It wasn’t very long ago that I saw a televised report that everyone’s Social Security check would increase by a measly $4 per month. Even that was a lie. I have been speaking with several people and nobody I have talked to received that $4 increase. Some said it was a dollar or two, maybe […]
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Keep the public informed
The Maine Legislature is starting its law-making process. Does the Sun Journal have the courage to print the votes of the area’s legislators on the most important issues before the Legislature? Constituents should be informed on how their elected representatives and senators are representing them. Who better to do this, and has the obligation to […]
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An appeal to Sen. Collins
Sen. Susan Collins presents herself as an advocate of good government. In 2009, she voted against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) partly because she had problems with how it was enacted. But the policy has worked pretty well. Millions of Americans now have health insurance who didn’t have it before and, according to the Agency […]