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Letters for Dec. 5: It’s going to take someone like Trump or DeSantis to get back on track

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Go Republicans

Re “The list” and “How naïve” (Your Views, Nov. 25): It was most obvious that former President Donald Trump did so much more for our country than the miserable, failed Biden administration as per Raymond J. Rich’s letter. President Joe Biden’s policies have definitely caused our outrageous inflation, crime in so many states, and the terrible neglect of our border with so many deadly drugs killing our youth. It is sinful that Biden has rarely, if ever, been to the border, and seems oblivious to the fact that the border crisis is hurting our country. As per “Next wave” (Your Views, Nov. 19) by Herb Kline, he was right on target. Stan Pearson’s letter mentioned above was rather shocking in his attack on Kline.

Republicans should investigate Hunter Biden and his father. The American people have a right to know the true facts of this story. The media failed to give us the truth and Biden won the election. In conclusion, we have to get our country back on the right track, and we will need someone like Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Andrew Morton, Virginia Beach

Unfair

Re “HBCU grads can face lifelong student debt burdens” (Nov. 24): What a load of baloney being peddled in this article about graduates of historically Black colleges and universities incurring debilitating levels of debt. Those students chose the institution to attend, as well as the corresponding tuition obligation. If the cost-benefit analysis of attendance to those institutions negates a positive adult financial outcome, then maybe they should join the other 91% of Black students who elected more positive debt outcomes by attending other centers of advanced education at a more affordable expense.

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This movement to absolve student debt because of the obligation of repayment ignores all those students and families who sacrificed “wealth” by repaying their debt obligations and scrimping and saving and working crappy part-time jobs as part and parcel to advance in society through education and training over the past 60 years. How do we make those folks whole, or do we just let this dog whistle slide for lack of backbone?

Mike Muller, Virginia Beach

Unbalanced

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Re “Keep it” (Your Views, Nov. 17): The author makes several claims regarding the Electoral College. He states that the founders felt that a popular vote for president “would lack checks and balances to protect minority rights and limit corruption.”

However, the more likely reason is stated by professor Phillip VanFossen of Purdue University who explained that the objective of the electors was not to mirror will of the citizens, but rather to “serve as a check on a public who might be easily misled,” according to “Who invented the Electoral College?” on theconversation.com.

The two big issues with the electoral system is that everyone’s vote is not equal. For one, based on 2018 estimates, one electoral vote in Wyoming represents around 193,000 people, while in Texas or California that vote represents more than 700,000, according to usafacts.org. Secondly, because all but two states are winner take all, if you vote for the losing candidate in your state, the electoral votes for your state go to the winner and your vote doesn’t count.

One argument for the Electoral College is that the smaller states have a bigger voice in the presidential election, but we are electing a president for the whole country, not for individual states. Besides, the smaller states still have a larger voice in Congress as each state has two senators. It is time to modify the Electoral College to give everyone an equal voice.

Warren Hill, Virginia Beach

Elon Musk

I looked up buyer’s remorse in the dictionary and up popped a picture of Elon Musk.

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Don Braham, Virginia Beach


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