Re: “Fare-Free Idea Back On Track,” 4/25.
What’s the difference between a progressive and a conservative? Progressives think services are free if the federal government picks up the tab. Conservatives, not surprisingly, think “How are supposed to pay for that?”
Instead of repeatedly chasing windmills in a lame attempt to “advance justice and equity,” why doesn’t Sen. Markey do something useful like say, urge his party to repeal the Jones Act? This 100-year-old statute costs the United States over $1 billion annually. It makes no economic sense to continue with it. It may even be unconstitutional. Markey would become a bipartisan hero if he actually thought creatively for ways to save money instead of always coming up with ways to spend it.
Sean F. Flaherty
Boston
Liberals can’t see the forest for the trees. Crooked Joe Biden and his administration are destroying this country. He is senile, weak, corrupt and ineffective. His socialist woke agenda is a detriment to America. Open borders, a failed economy due to high inflation, energy dependence when we have more resources than any country in the world, nonsensical parts of the Green New Deal and CRT are a few of these horrendous policies. Say what you want about ex-president Trump’s coarse rhetoric, his policies are overwhelmingly more desirable and effectual for all Americans.
John Rapa
Methuen
Democrats are looking for anything they can to deflect from the incompetence of the party leader. When they don’t get their way, everybody is fair game for accusations that have no merit – Russian collusion, Benghazi, Afghanistan withdrawal. They will try to cover by manufacturing a crime against a Republican. The latest epic in the Saga of Accusations is Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice. Fidel Castro-loving Congressman James McGovern, noted for doing nothing for many many years, is the new accuser and the attack dog. Are we ever gonna get sick of this – one-sided justice is ruining our country!
John Koster
Woburn
I am at once astounded and annoyed that Peter Lucas trashes the Biden administration’s electric vehicle policies because “China dominates the world in the production of lithium batteries” (Lucas: Biden to China is ‘a gift that keeps on giving’, 4/24).
Here are the facts. The Inflation Reduction Act (which passed with zero Republican votes), is driving enormous investments in battery manufacturing here in the United States. Ford is building a mammoth plant in Kentucky. Hyundai is one of several companies that will make batteries in Georgia. LG is building a huge EV battery factory in Arizona. In 2022, companies sank $73 billion into EV battery manufacturing in this country. And we’re just getting started.
Biden’s policies are obviously working to bring the lithium battery supply chain inside US borders, which will mean jobs for Americans and greater energy security. Lucas should include all the relevant facts instead of twisting the truth to support his bias.
Frederick Hewett
Cambridge