Letters to the editor on vaccine mandates, Biden’s first year and infrastructure

Vaccine mandates

I don’t understand people’s resistance to getting the COVID vaccine, one that has clearly been proven to have saved thousands of lives. The argument from so many resisters seems to be focused on “my rights” as an American. Can you imagine people saying that when the polio vaccine came out in the 1950s? Polio would still be ravaging the lives of so many people today.

While I, too, treasure my individual freedoms as an American, this is a time to show our concern for the well-being of our fellow citizens, both nationally and globally. This, too, is an American value, one that has saved us in so many situations before.

Vaccine mandates are nothing new. Every American who is educated in our public school system is mandated to have certain vaccines to enroll in school. People may be hesitant because this vaccine was produced so rapidly, but the SARS virus that swept the country in 2009 was one of many corona viruses, and it is this ongoing research that made a quick vaccine possible.

To refuse the vaccine and then expect a hospital bed and medical care when your life depends on it is too much to ask. If you claim to be pro-life like I do, you should be vaccinated, and encourage others to do the same.

Biden’s first year

Closing in on a year of the Biden administration has anyone seen anything that’s been “built back better?” Or is this the punch line of a joke?

In a few short months America has gone from the pinnacle under Trump to laughingstock of the World à la Joe Biden and his smug disinterested administration.

These people don’t care about the price of gas or milk or keeping warm in winter because they don’t have to, it’s below their station to worry about such trivial things. Tilting at windmills is their priority, no matter how much it costs the rest of us.

If Biden showed the same outrage for the plight of working America or fixed income elderly as he does fake border incidents or paying third world grifters hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars maybe his poll numbers wouldn’t be plunging like the proverbial rock.

A wise man once said, “You know them by their works” and we’ve come to know the works of Joe Biden and his incompetent duplicitous administration all too well.

Infrastructure

Congress passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill that would mean billions of dollars available to Kansas and all states that could be used for major improvements of our infrastructure.

If you are wondering what this means for you, think about the following: how much time do you spend idling in traffic congestion or how much money do you spend in automobile repair each year due to poorly maintained roads? If you live in a rural area, how spotty is your computer and or cable availability due to inaccessible broadband service? If you rely on public transportation, how much time and money do you spend waiting for a bus and how many transfers do you have to make?

This is thanks to the leadership of the Biden-Harris administration and the bipartisan cooperation of Congress. Now let’s get the Build Back Better bill passed.