Letters
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PublishedApril 24, 2017
Letter to the editor: Minimum wage doesn’t work for all
At the beginning of this year, the state minimum wage was raised to $9 per hour. This was a very positive move for many, but there is a repercussion that unfairly affects experienced workers. My son has been a front-end worker at Shaw’s Millcreek in South Portland since 2004. Before the new minimum wage of […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2017
Letter to the editor: Defense budget needs audit before Congress passes it
Our members of Congress will be debating and voting on the federal budget in a few short weeks. The administration is proposing a huge addition to the defense budget, along with significant cuts to environmental, health and social programs in the 2018 spending plan. The Defense Department supplemental request is for $30 billion. Various estimates […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2017
Letter to the editor: Assisted dying not the same as death with dignity
Legislating killing is a serious issue. The state, as deemed sacred, holds the sole right to enact that taboo. I am the first to recommend decreasing the power of the state but this is not the arena to do it. The slippery slope did not occur in Oregon, but could occur if our economy worsens. […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2017
Letter to the editor: Give star college athletes classes they can really use
Regarding Michelle Singletary’s April 2 column about the financial troubles of some pro athletes: Wouldn’t it be more prudent if some of the universities that are bringing in these top athletes for a one-and- done year offered them courses on the basics of how to handle money, rather than registering them for classes that are […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2017
Letter to the editor: No one leaving Maine just to avoid 3% tax surcharge
In his March 29 letter to the editor (“It’s time to tackle problem of sustainable taxation,” Page A8), Tony Payne states that there are 11,000 “family businesses – employers who rely on their annual income to invest back into their businesses, hire new people, make charitable contributions and save for (a) rainy day.” Perhaps there […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2017
Letter to the editor: Rural mail call a risky proposition
It has come to mind that the RFD-numbered outlying areas like Falmouth, Cumberland and Windham have become suburbia with all the “sprawl” these days; it’s even true for routes 26 and 100. Nevertheless, half the residents of Falmouth, Blackstrap Road and Falmouth Road have their mailboxes across the road from their homes! Maine is an […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2017
Letter to the editor: Physician-assisted suicide raises troubling issues
I have no doubt that proponents of physician-assisted suicide are well-meaning, but they are tragically misguided. To touch upon just three of the many problems with physician-assisted suicide: According to psychiatric experts, the vast majority of people requesting suicide are suffering from treatable depression and no longer want to kill themselves once their underlying depression […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2017
Letter to the editor: Death with dignity is not the same choice as suicide
Recently, you have published opinions of your readers concerning those dying of a terminal illness with months to live. My own son, Ethan, contracted a virulent form of cancer at age 41 that was untreatable and terminal. He was born and raised in Maine and a graduate of Yale in the sciences, with a doctorate […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2017
Letter to the editor: Remember Armenians and the world’s victims of violence
As April 24 approaches this year, I know how important that date is to me. Not many people pause to reflect on that date in history and what it meant to an entire nation of good, prospering people in the year 1915. As an American-born citizen of several biological origins, I grew up not fully […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2017
Letter to the editor: Progressive political rally in Portland was a sham
At the Tom Perez/Bernie Sanders Progressive rally Monday night, at the State Theatre in Portland, Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez was not well received. The organizers at the venue compensated for his handicap by playing very loud music when he was introduced at the podium. One could hardly hear the boos through the noise, […]
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