Stop campaigning and get to work on immigration laws

Congress, get to work on immigration

Scott Martelle’s op-ed piece fails to mention that Congress makes the laws, not President Trump.

Congress’ failure to correct the existing immigration laws is a major part of the problem.

The Democrats seem to have no interest in doing anything since they think the border turmoil hurts Trump’s re-election chances and they see this as a great Democrat voter-seeding program.

Congress, stop campaigning and get to work!!

Address financial crisis at the border

Should a branch of our government become too powerful, we have a check system. So, why hasn’t Congress used its control of the “purse strings?”

The humanitarian crisis of last summer, plus the cost of a border wall, could now become a huge daily financial problem at border crossings.

Furloughing 800,000 jobs should have been your wake-up call last December.

Democrats must protect U.S. citizens

Most Democrats in Congress, including the ones with presidential aspirations, are showing in their rhetoric that they have more interest in protecting illegal immigrants than in protecting U.S. citizens.

They say the problem at the border is “manufactured,” which is totally wrong. Even President Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson, says there is clearly a crisis at our borders.

These Democrats in Congress, who are a part of the problem and contribute no solutions, have to be removed from office by the voters in order to restore some sanity to our government.

Tough talk does build character

Here we go, let’s not hurt anyone’s feeling. Our precious children have been pampered all their lives by today’s parents and can’t take someone being stern with them.

The Observer editorial said it doesn’t build character, but I beg to differ. Anyone who has ever served in the military and went through boot camp can attest that it does.

In defense of ‘Old White Men’

Male middle-class baby boomers were not privileged. They were born into Great Depression families, sons of WWII veterans, and weaned on America’s patriotism.

Coming of age in the ’60s, they marched with their black brothers in civil rights freedom walks and into the foxholes of Vietnam.

They took pride in vocational trades or being the first in the family to earn a college degree – after putting themselves through school doing menial jobs in factories or on farms.

“Baby Boom” generation men fueled the economy in growth and prosperity, empowered women in the workplace, and gained economic self-sufficiency for themselves and their families.

There is no need for good men to apologize for being born.

Health care sticker shock at the ER

While we were out of town recently, my husband went to the emergency room at Brunswick County Hospital, a Novant facility. Since Novant had been his hospital of choice for many years, we knew we could trust this facility.

He paid a $300 co-pay at the time of the visit for a 15-minute procedure and was shocked to later get an unitemized bill for $1,232, whittled down by primary insurance and Medicare to $543.32.

He was finally told it was the balance of the $1,232 charge for walking through the door of this nonprofit facility.

What is wrong here? How can this be?

Rockers are perfect symbol for Charlotte

I was so pleased to read about the rocking chair program for Charlotte. Brilliant!

A rocking chair evokes a sense of warm Southern hospitality, a perfect identity for our fantastic city.