To the editor: The Occasions has completed an outstanding job masking the current fires, with a number of tales on the entrance web page virtually day by day since these disasters struck. However there may be one other, much more damaging catastrophe occurring proper now — one affecting hundreds of thousands of individuals on this nation and world wide, one that can have a far larger influence than the fires. (“California officials detail Trump funding freeze ‘chaos,’ warn another could cripple state,” Feb. 16)
And the paper ought to cowl it simply as totally.
I’m speaking after all about President Trump and Elon Musk gutting federal authorities packages that serve People and so many others world wide. They’re doing this illegally, with out the sanction of Congress, they usually’re doing it towards the needs of the American individuals.
These packages cowl all points of peoples’ lives. Trump’s 77.3 million voters certainly didn’t need the very important companies on which they rely to be eradicated.
The media have a duty, an obligation of care, to cowl this catastrophe as diligently as they cowl pure disasters. People must be well-informed about autocratic oligarchs radically reshaping our authorities with out our consent so we are able to cease the hurt and vote in future elections for a authorities that’s actually by and for the individuals.
Zareh Delanchian, Tujunga
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To the editor: Trump is doing what he promised in his marketing campaign, and the American individuals voted him into workplace to just do that. They need their authorities to be aware of their wants and never be wasteful.
Why is there outrage when our authorities cuts again by eliminating workers? The Occasions has laid off a whole bunch of employees over time in an effort to stem monetary losses and maintain the newspaper afloat. It even despatched its printing to an out of doors supply.
Why is that this not an outrage? As a result of it’s easy: That is going through actuality.
Marcus Kourtjian, Northridge
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To the editor: I’ve a query for many who supported Trump for president, passively or actively, or rationalized help for him, or thought it didn’t matter who received: What do they suppose once they learn articles resembling these?
Is there a twinge of second thought concerning the heartless chaos they’ve helped unleash? The abrupt firings of 1000’s out and in of presidency via no fault of their very own? The freezing of grants that fund pre-school for poor youngsters?
Neglect the hurt world wide from eviscerating the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth or the hurt to our authorized system from the grotesque politicization of justice in letting New York Mayor Eric Adams off the hook in trade for supporting Trump’s immigration insurance policies.
What concerning the hurt to people in California and the nation? Individuals who have a tougher time getting healthcare or who’ve misplaced work in public transportation, water infrastructure, public security and different sectors?
Any second ideas? Any in any respect?
Claude Goldenberg, Seal Seashore
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To the editor: “No taxation with out illustration” was an necessary sufficient precept that our colonial forefathers have been keen to combat a conflict for it.
“No spending elimination with out illustration” is simply as vitally necessary a precept, however Trump is now flouting it.
Implore your representatives in Congress to step up and do the job our forefathers fought for.
James Van Cleve, Claremont
