To the editor:
100 days have passed since Donald Trumps new term began. Historians will look on this time as tumultuous. Those experiencing the times might use more graphic terms. Isnt this what he promised in 2024? You might have heard him talk in glowing terms of Americas Gilded Age, a time of great economic growth, a time of minimal taxes, and a government supported by desired tariffs. From 1880 to 1910, our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 3.9% annually primarily because: 1. The Industrial Revolution, 2. Immigration, 3. No labor laws.
Okay, the first two make sense. But the third? There was no minimum wage no maximum hours, no overtime, no sick leave (you could be fired for missing work), and children cost less than adults. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin (Team of Rivals) notes in The Bully Pulpit that from the 1880s through 1910, the income gap between rich and poor was never higher. Full-time paychecks were subsistence income at best; illness was devastating.
Trump promises to continue and expand his tax cuts, replacing lost income with tariffs at no expense to us.
Others share blame.
Senate Majority Leader Thune allowed a totally incompetent group to be installed as Americas cabinet. Trump firing everyone in a specific government agency allows him to bypass Congressional approval to eliminate it.
Senator Rounds submitting two bills to eliminate the Department of Education is historically consistent. He eliminated Science On The Move, the outreach program giving small schools equal lab opportunities as the big.
Congressman Johnson at a 2024 town-hall at Ravine Lake, when asked about Trumps tax breaks deficit contribution, replied, Those years we had the greatest tax revenues in history. PROBLEM: Americas debt increased by $8 trillion dollars!
Shame on each of you.
Howre those egg prices doing? Promises made, promises .
John McEnelly
Huron
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