Views from readers: Trump’s accomplishments + paying college athletes
Trump’s accomplishments
President Trump has kept his promises to the American people and no one can deny that.
He’s been tarred and feathered as a Russian operative and impeached by Congress for no other reason than Adam Schiff’s disdain for him. The media has attacked him daily for four years because Hillary was guaranteed that she would be president by none other than Obama himself. Obama also guaranteed the American people that Trump wouldn’t be president.
All that failed miserably and they were caught red handed.
But the media still pushes that same narrative today.
You may know this about the president but I’ll tell you anyway. Trump donates his salary to worthy causes, not just some of it but every penny. You’re not going here that in the mainstream media. He also has managed to get 50 American hostages released around the world and returned home.
Trump’s accomplishments are too many to list, all for the good of the country. He put America first, unlike others before him.
Malcolm McBee
Gulfport
A proposal
Few things in this country are more divisive than the issue of taxpayer-funded abortion.
Under the present circumstances, the Democrats could take the country by storm had they not made it perfectly clear that there is no place in their party for those with a right-to-life position. That leaves absolutely no choice for non-Trump supporters who nevertheless cannot vote for a national policy of death to innocent children.
Those who maintain that the question is “just one issue” cannot comprehend that this is a life-or-death issue for us. Kamala Harris has sworn to permanently eliminate every right-to-life law or provision when she is elected.
I used to vote based on the character and integrity of candidates. The Democratic platform no longer gives me that choice. I may love the candidate and still not be able to vote a Democratic ticket.
Why not give voters a real choice in this critical matter? I propose that we insert a box on our tax return form that indicates whether we choose our taxes to fund abortion or subsidized adoption. The cost of adopting today is $30,000, a prohibitive amount to average wage earners. We already have adoption agencies in place; faith-based agencies and public sector agencies should both qualify for subsidies, again letting the people choose, rather than government policy.
I suspect Democrats already know what choice America will make in this matter.
Gayle Nolan
Long Beach
Make it fair
College sports is about to take a big hit. But not from the pandemic.
Politicians have decided to butt into the movement to make a few elite college athletes professionals while still in college. A degree worth a few hundred thousand, better housing, food and medical than other students is not enough. They deserve a bigger slice of the pie.
OK, who gets it? Elite college athletes that are using college sports as a training ground for their millionaire leap to the pros? They will get big bucks endorsements and their teammates nothing. Remember Archie Griffin, the two time Heisman trophy winner? Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, they didn’t accomplish that. Why? Ohio State at that time had one of the best offensive lines a college team ever put on the field. When Griffin went pro, he no longer had that advantage.
My point: If you are one of the no-name offensive linemen, getting beat to death in the trenches to protect the now well-paid star quarterback or running back while you get nothing, maybe you step aside and let them take a hit occasionally. If the athletes deserve more than they get now ... take part of the revenue, distribute it evenly to all of the athletes and college sports as we know it will survive.
Paul Stultz
Ocean Springs