What consequences for ‘No Sharia’ sponsor?
State Rep. Hillary Cassel sponsors a “No Sharia Law Act,” to supposedly protect Americans from the imposition of foreign laws (“Florida ‘No Sharia Act’ sponsor says immigrants who won’t ‘assimilate’ should go elsewhere,” Nov. 10). Cassel seems well versed in laws, perhaps like the law of diminishing returns, which she clearly heeds as she wastes time with yet another GOP distraction meant to gin up the MAGA base. The law of averages dictates this very outcome. Repeating the same actions over and over, on average, will produce the same result. MAGA rage.
Cassel will find that the law of gravity applies, in that no matter what she throws up in the air, what goes up, must come down, as her career trajectory no doubt will eventually lead. In the meantime, the law of the jungle supersedes the law of the land in GOP circles. Let’s see if Democrats can utilize the law of inertia following their string of successes in the recent elections.
Alex Jimenez Winter Park
Cut luxuries, not necessities
Perhaps the current administration could find ways to save money that harm the fewest people or the people who can least afford the pain. For example, if they need to cancel flights, first cancel all private air traffic, instead of the unknown number of private flights being cancelled now. The people with their own planes can park them and get on any airline. That might even mean that those cuts would be sufficient.
Another example, that might also incentivize the current situation where the choice has been to furlough some federal workers and make others work without getting a paycheck, would be to apply those same choices to members of Congress and the administration who are, after all, also federal employees. Any of those furloughed would only be reinstated when all other furloughed federal employees are ,and those who worked without a paycheck would only be paid when all working federal employees are.
The choice of any budgetary cut, including tax cuts, should be reviewed to see that it either benefits the majority of Americans or aids those Americans most in need of governmental assistance.
Penny Storm Titusville
‘Socialism’ is good governance
Bob Kring’s letter (“U.S. slides toward failing socialism,” Nov. 7) repeats an old myth that any effort to help ordinary Americans is somehow “socialism.” In truth, what he dismisses as “socialism” is often what most of us simply call good governance — ensuring that working families, seniors, and veterans aren’t left behind while billion-dollar corporations receive tax breaks and bailouts.
Public schools, libraries, parks, police and fire protection, interstate highways, and even disaster relief are all examples of collective investment — things we do together because they make the nation stronger. None of these has turned America into the “Socialist States of America.” In fact, they’re what keep our democracy functioning and our economy competitive.
The claim that Europe “returned to conservatism because socialism failed” ignores the reality that many European democracies still blend capitalism with strong social safety nets — and consistently rank higher than the U.S. in health care, education, and quality of life.
America’s strength has always come from balancing opportunity with responsibility. Investing in people doesn’t weaken the country; it sustains it. What truly threatens us isn’t “free everything,” but the growing belief that compassion and community are weaknesses.
Joel McPherson Merritt Island
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