Play it again, Sam, on health care
To the editor:
South Carolinians will know that Gov. [Nikki] Haley is all grown up when she brings the uninsured into the medical universe of the treated with adequate medical care and when she brings in the uninsured by exercising her option of enrolling S.C. into the Medicare option of the Affordable Care Act.
Until then, she remains heartless despite her position on the Confederate flag. For that, I and many others applaud. But far more needs to be done, for sure, besides presenting an alternative face to a bunch of white political leaders to garner some votes.
Lowering of the Confederate Flag gave a, instance of true leadership. Play it again, Sam! It’s time.
— Fred Palm, Edisto Island, S.C.
Let’s get the state’s real priorities in order
To the editor:
I noted that the State Chamber has sent their priority list to the legislature for their upcoming session.
They want a change in the Transportation Department and upgrades on the state’s roads to benefit business. They want a better-educated workforce to meet the needs of business, which leads to their criticism of and requirement for better funding for education.
They want all these things and for the state to make acquiring business licenses easier and less expensive for the sake of bringing more business into the state. They want all of this with no commitment or talk about how they should pay more for this since their bottom lines are the ultimate benefactors.
Having a better-educated workforce to attract new business or to meet the needs of current state businesses might not be problem if they paid their workers a living wage and didn’t fight union organization formation — you know, the group that built the middle class?! Don’t come back to me with our “right to work” laws being a protection for the workers. That’s BS. That law should be called what it is — the “right to fire a worker for no reason whatsoever” law.
Creating a new tax on gas to be paid for by everyone seems logical, but not for those who can least afford it. How about increasing what trucks pay for beating up our interstates? How about not building anymore new roads or highways until they can guarantee the safety of all bridges throughout the state? That might be a novel plan. How about funding education to compete in the world tomorrow for all South Carolina children? No more “minimally adequate funding” or expenditures for non-essential political pandering, like the proposed funding to house the Confederate flag!
— Helen Foley, Columbia, S.C.
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