Re “Compromise is key to solving border problems” (March 24):
Don’t let Democrats like Rep. Mike Levin gaslight you. Joe Biden and the Democrats who support him are 100% responsible for the disaster at the border. Joe Biden campaigned on reversing every border rule that Donald Trump had installed (which proved very effective), and on his first day in office that’s exactly what he did. Every year since then has been a new record high for the invasion of illegal aliens, which now stands at over 8 million on Biden’s watch. Included in that number are a high percentage of military age men (from over 100 countries), criminals and even terrorists. The director of the FBI has testified that the risk is now extremely high for a major terrorist attack. The so-called “compromise” that Mr. Levin touts would have made things even worse by, among other things, tying the hands of the next president from cleaning up the mess that Joe Biden has created.
— Jeff Thomas, Irvine
Trump-Biden and liberty
I am not a big Trump fan and I have also been a registered Democrat for over 50 years. However, after reading the opinion piece by Joshua Reed Eakle on March 24, I think an equally strong opinion piece (maybe stronger) can be written that says “Biden is an enemy of liberty.” In addition, I found several factually inaccurate statements and quotes in the writing that gave me the feeling the writer didn’t take time to prepare a cogent argument.
Unfortunately, I have reached a point in the last four years that I think I would rather vote for a MAGA Republican than a Marxist Democrat.
— Robert J. Close, Highland
Costs of EV expansion
Your article of March 21 describes the EPA mandate for expanding and accelerating the conversion to EVs. Amidst these political maneuvers I would like people to be aware of some simply inconvenient yet unavoidable facts of physics.
The F-150 Lightning highlighted in the article weighs 1,500 pounds more than the heaviest of its non-EV Ford counterparts. I am sorry, but this means that this EV consumes 30% more energy for any motion it makes.
These pesky realities of physics do not support the popular narrative, but it is really important that we decrease energy demand rather than add to our energy deficit.
— Tim Woodington, Glendora
![It’s not a solution Raising the minimum wage for fast-food employees to $20 per hour in California isn’t a wise move. Even before April 1, some employees were laid off to avoid the impending wage hike, signaling potential negative repercussions for businesses and employment opportunities in the sector. — Harry Wang, Fontana Minimum wage I can understand a minimum wage for someone 20 years old and over. But the attitude and presentation of how the food arrives is usually haphazard. Nothing like you see in the commercials. Plus the economics of the wage is insane. Minimum wages to our […]](https://www.sbsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-5.jpg?w=513 "It’s not a solution Raising the minimum wage for fast-food employees to $20 per hour in California isn’t a wise move. Even before April 1, some employees were laid off to avoid the impending wage hike, signaling potential negative repercussions for businesses and employment opportunities in the sector. — Harry Wang, Fontana Minimum wage I can understand a minimum wage for someone 20 years old and over. But the attitude and presentation of how the food arrives is usually haphazard. Nothing like you see in the commercials. Plus the economics of the wage is insane. Minimum wages to our […]")
![Re “Stop California from ending anonymous free speech online” (April 2): Kenneth Schrupp has the right idea in keeping government out of social media by-laws, but the fear over age verification is rather overblown. If online alcohol and gun retailers are to be the example, then age verification will be practically meaningless, because minors will certainly lie to defeat it. The real question is, are social media platforms publishers or not? If they are, then they, being liable for slander or libel, are free to police every message posted. If not, then every user must be held liable. To be […]](https://www.sbsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-4.jpg?w=513 "Re “Stop California from ending anonymous free speech online” (April 2): Kenneth Schrupp has the right idea in keeping government out of social media by-laws, but the fear over age verification is rather overblown. If online alcohol and gun retailers are to be the example, then age verification will be practically meaningless, because minors will certainly lie to defeat it. The real question is, are social media platforms publishers or not? If they are, then they, being liable for slander or libel, are free to police every message posted. If not, then every user must be held liable. To be […]")
![Re “After 30 years world’s largest artificial reef near San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is thriving” (April 1): Nice to hear that the artificial reef near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is doing its job and marine life is returning. Meanwhile, the extraordinarily dangerous nuclear waste remains stored at the San Onofre site. Should some event, natural or man-made, occur, the devastation to the population of Orange County, and beyond, would be incalculable. Removing this material away from any populated area should be the highest priority of the county, state and federal governments. The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station […]](https://www.sbsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-3.jpg?w=513 "Re “After 30 years world’s largest artificial reef near San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is thriving” (April 1): Nice to hear that the artificial reef near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is doing its job and marine life is returning. Meanwhile, the extraordinarily dangerous nuclear waste remains stored at the San Onofre site. Should some event, natural or man-made, occur, the devastation to the population of Orange County, and beyond, would be incalculable. Removing this material away from any populated area should be the highest priority of the county, state and federal governments. The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station […]")
![I commend your columnist Susan Shelley for her “sort of satire” March 28. I was thoroughly entertained as I read her piece as many of us here in California feel like the state is being run by the Keystone Cops. Hats off to you, Susan, please continue to opine and rebuke our lame elected officials for their derelict actions. I believe it was Ron White, a standup comedian, whom coined the phrase, “You can’t fix stupid.” — Chas Leon, Hemet U.S. census data Re “U.S. changes categorization of people by race, ethnicity” (March 29): I don’t know whether to […]](https://www.sbsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-2.jpg?w=513 "I commend your columnist Susan Shelley for her “sort of satire” March 28. I was thoroughly entertained as I read her piece as many of us here in California feel like the state is being run by the Keystone Cops. Hats off to you, Susan, please continue to opine and rebuke our lame elected officials for their derelict actions. I believe it was Ron White, a standup comedian, whom coined the phrase, “You can’t fix stupid.” — Chas Leon, Hemet U.S. census data Re “U.S. changes categorization of people by race, ethnicity” (March 29): I don’t know whether to […]")