Rep. Tim Moore’s vote on bank fees could cost families $5B | Opinion

The Trump administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently dropped a case against Capital One for defrauding people out of $2 billion. The CFPB, created by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis, has helped millions of people who would otherwise have little recourse against the enormous financial actors that take advantage of them.

Our North Carolina Congress member is now helping dismantle the CFPB’s work. United States Rep. Tim Moore just this week voted to roll back caps the CFPB put on overdraft fees. Those caps are estimated to save families $5 billion a year. This rollback could face a vote in the full House of Representatives as early as next week.

Moore needs to rethink his opposition to this money-saving measure. Here’s hoping the rest of the North Carolina delegation also votes against the rollback.

Dustin Duong, Charlotte

Jeff Jackson

A Mar. 7 article said North Carolina’s Republican are progressing a bill to block Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s suit against Donald Trump’s federal aid cuts. Senate leader Phil Berger stated that “working for the people of North Carolina here as opposed to going off on some political quest” is the reason for the proposed bill.

On the next page, I read Charlotte-resident Sharon D’Onofrio’s editorial about losing her job with USAID. In her editorial she noted that North Carolina received 1.4 billion in USAID federal aid in 2024 benefiting four universities in the state as well as several programs benefiting nutrition and family health programs.

It is obvious that Jackson has it exactly right in trying to protect North Carolina’s federal aid and jobs for many of residents like D’Onofrio.

Doug Bennett, Charlotte

NC DOGE?

A DOGE for the state is desperately needed. Charlotte is in shambles with trash. We report these problems and nothing happens. The people that get our messages simply pass the buck to someone that knows they cannot get fired. Water leaks, reported over and over. They “try” to fix them, but have to come back. Pot holes on the roadways, reported, just gets passed off to the state or city.

Traffic safety signs are broken down all over, when reported we get the same response. Power poles that have been struck by cars are broken for over a year in East Charlotte. Our government officials need to play Undercover Boss and save taxpayers a lot of tax money! These managers need more training or to be replaced.

C. Ryder, Charlotte

Trump’s speech

I am an independent voter in Charlotte. After watching Trump’s State of the Union campaign speech, I was completely dumbfounded that your editorial writer, Andrew Dunn, came away thinking not only was it a great speech, but we need more like it — even here in NC.

Two hours of mischaracterizations, outright lies and utter contempt and even hatred toward anyone who has the audacity to question the president is decidedly not what we need. Our president is supposed to work for the betterment of all Americans, not just those who voted for him.

As Dunn surely knows, if you look at polling on the individual policies Trump is enacting, a large majority of Americans do not support them. Many millions of us still believe in truth, generosity and the golden rule. We will always resist a hate fueled bully.

William Small, Charlotte

Cancer research

I just saw an advertisement which states that “President Trump will not stop fighting for a cure for cancer.” I think that he forgot his tagline about defunding the National Institutes of Health and freezing funds for many universities, all of which are actively engaging in finding a cure for cancer rather than just saying they are.

Robert Brown, Charlotte

Thanks a lot

North Carolina Republicans are spending a lot of time combating DEI in public education and threatening Attorney General Jeff Jackson. We should be thankful North Carolina has no other pressing problems. Areas devastated by Hurricane Helene are completely back to normal and the price of eggs is dropping.

Thanks for focusing on what’s really important, Republican state senators and representatives.

Michael Clark, Charlotte