The New York Times newspaper just reported the latest White House spin/announcement/rule on illegal activity. They now say that illegal aliens/spouses are now called “Americans in waiting.” They make it sound so hopeful. Let’s go ahead and allow the law breakers to have equal footing with those I know that got their US citizenship lawfully. Keyword: Lawfully! The Times quote, “DHS estimates that in the first year, there may be nearly 180,000 spouses eligible to apply for employment authorization under this rule, with as many as 55,000 eligible annually in following years,” the White House statement said.
“These women and men are Americans-in-waiting, whose families are often stuck for years in lengthy green card backlogs as a result of our broken immigration system. Allowing them to put their skills to use will reduce the strain on their families during that waiting time, and will yield significant benefits for our economy as well.”
How specially worded. That means that the ISIS be-headers that slaughter Christians and Muslims should now be called, “Practicing Surgical Amputee Interns” and that bank robbers must now be called, “Early Principal Withdrawl Advocates.” What next?
Scott Haanstad
Hood River
Cans for tickets
Recently there has been a widespread campaign on childhood hunger in Oregon. Even in our community, the problem strongly exists.
According to The United States Census, 11.6 percent of our town are below the poverty level. In Hood River County, schools provided 50-70 percent of their kids to free and reduced lunch.
Recently, I saw a great idea that a town in Minnesota is doing to fight hunger. For the month of March, you pay for your parking ticket in cans of food. The town of Stillwater asks these residents to bring in 10 cans of food instead of paying the $15 ticket. Who wouldn’t want to pay for their violation in kindness?
As a community, we need to help keep the food shelves stocked. Please encourage the city of Hood River to implement cans for parking tickets for one month a year. Everyone can help end childhood hunger.
Mary Jensen
Hood River
Offer incentives
To encourage conversation, this is an additional response to “Charge for that carbon.” I agree with Don Rose, MD, that a Carbon Tax is not the solution, at least not right now. Taxes seem acceptable as a last resort. If the state and federal governments would work together to either offer tax breaks or grant incentives for companies and people, then maybe additional income could be generated to counter carbon footprints.
How about an earmark for a grant fund reserved for companies that prove they counter their carbon footprint? Or what about a small tax credit for people who can show they erase their carbon footprint? This incentive-mindedness might work in some cases. But if options of this ilk are unavailable, everything stays stuck at the conversation level.
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