Fatigued over wall and implementation
I have wall fatigue! I confess I was weary of it about as soon as it started, but I surely am exhausted now.
What a good idea to manufacture a crisis and how convenient that it totally distracts from the Mueller investigation and anything else Donald Trump wants to minimize/deny. This has been an absolute circus from the get-go, based on distortion and lies.
Yes, we should have addressed immigration before now. Yes, we need border security. What we don’t need is this farce of racism and ethnocentrism and hate disguised as border concerns.
My wall fatigue pales by comparison with all the damage that has been inflicted by the implementation of this policy and the mismanagement of it.
Kate Stulce, Ooltewah
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Health care a right, not a privilege
Our Declaration of Independence states our Creator endowed us with certain rights: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Life includes good health care for all. It is a right and not a privilege.
All major countries of the world have universal health care for all. France, Germany and Japan have the highest-rated systems. All three spend around 10 percent of their GNP on health care. We spend 18 percent of our GNP on health care, and we don’t cover everyone.
Please read “The Healing of America” by J.R. Reid. It can be purchased from Amazon for $6. It gives a common-sense review of the major health care systems in the world. Expanding Medicare in steps of five years and allowing voluntary enrollment by others are ways to improve our system.
Rocky Renneisen, Signal Mountain
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WUTC music decision should be rethought
A couple of months ago, I read about plans for WUTC to stop playing music during the day in favor of an all-talk format. Though disappointed, I decided to give it a try.
Today, I am still disappointed! Our once unique, iconic, creative radio station has joined the ranks of the mediocre, like most other NPR stations.
I am still baffled how such a decision was made. I understand the economics, but consider what has been forfeited:
1. Arguably one of the best public radio stations in the U.S.
2. An iconic brand most universities would pay millions to have.
3. A diminishment to the lives of thousands of loyal listeners.
4. Destruction of one of our city’s unique characteristics.
5. Loss of revenue (I would have gladly doubled or tripled my annual contribution to keep WUTC on the air in its old format).
I was an avid listener to WUTC for the past 35 years. It distinguished itself with an eclectic format of music, day and evening, and its knowledgeable radio personalities became, dare I say, friends we welcomed into our homes daily.
I am still a sustaining member but rethinking my decision.
Daryl Gilley, Chickamauga, Ga.