Letter: Protect key programs by electing Democrats

Monday October 1, 2018
Disregard misleading rhetoric and support the party known to help the middle class.

Editor:
Stand up and rein in this self-proclaimed "stable genius" we have in the White House. The only way to accomplish that is to elect a Democratic Congress across the board. Republicans have not had the stomach to stand up to this president, who can castigate them with a vengeful tweet and have his right-wing posse threaten them and withhold support.


Democrats and independents have been the principal voices to oppose Trump's expanding trade wars with China and our allies, along with the tax cut aimed at the richest individuals in the nation, exploding our deficit.


Don't let them dance the "Republican Two Step." First they give themselves and their donors a huge tax cut, then they spin themselves around and express shock at the deficit. They then grab scissors and go after the so-called entitlements, trying to privatize (cut and kill) the programs we have been paying into for our whole lives to bring the elderly out of poverty and provide health care in our old age: Social Security and Medicare.


I urge readers to stand up to the false claims about socialism and communism and protect our future. Elect Democrats. Protect the middle class.


Joe Conway
West Reading

Protect key programs by electing Democrats