Trump taking right path to fight inflation
President Trump said Jan. 21 at the World Economic Forum, “Growth doesn’t mean inflation. In fact, growth can fight inflation — proper growth.” Meaning fierce competition is best at reducing prices. Fighting inflation by raising interest rates is lazy policy. Inflation is not a monster. The lazy system we have to address inflation is not the fault of the Federal Reserve — it’s the fault of Congress for handing over the job of lowering prices because it was easy.
Egg prices didn’t come down because the federal fund rate was raised. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins did the hard work of investigating the root cause and determining the best preventive action. Her five-point plan included avian flu vaccine development, increased biosecurity, farmer relief, reduced regulations and imported eggs. She used the same crime scene investigating as I did as a quality engineer for 30 years. Our representatives need to get out from behind their desks and find out why inflated prices that matter most to consumers are rising.
You don’t call the fire department to drench your entire house for a stove fire for the same reason you don’t cause financial harm to an entire country because certain prices are rising faster than they should. Contracting an entire economy so people have less money to spend in order to lower prices is insanity. The proposed Federal Reserve Abolition Act makes more sense to me every day.
— Ben Furleigh, Port Charlotte
Why is DeSantis touting executions?
How many times do we have to hear or read about the number of humans (including veterans) for whom our governor has signed death warrants (“DeSantis signs death warrant for man convicted of killing Fort Pierce police officer,” Jan. 29)? He seems to wear this number as a badge of honor when he should be ashamed of all the killing he has approved. Shame on him and the press for continuing to promote his executions.
— Tom Gill, Belle Isle
The framework of a fix
Natural-born U.S. citizens are about twice as likely to commit violent crimes as undocumented immigrants, according to a National Institute of Justice study.
President Trump did an excellent thing by controlling our border. According to Trump, at least 15 million undocumented immigrants are in the U.S. It will take about 10 years to deport them, using due process.
A suggestion: Make it clear that undocumented immigrants must report to local immigration offices within the next six months. If they have no serious criminal offenses, they will receive a five-year blue card protecting them from being deported, as long as they remain free from serious crime. They must take courses in English and U.S. citizenship, and they may not vote.
After five years, they may start a process leading to citizenship. A reduced ICE force, working with local law enforcement, will continue to search for undocumented immigrants with violent records and arrest and/or deport them. This may be the framework of a solution to our immigration issue. Of course, a complete overhaul of the existing system is needed.
— Mark Lippman, Boca Raton
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