The Readers' Forum: Friday letters
The Republican Party is morally bankrupt.
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It was with satisfaction that I read a recent letter from a learned citizen of Mount Airy (“My New Year’s wish,” Jan. 5).
We must do better âTrickle downâ has not worked. Government can be meaningful and effective, but it must have sustained goals, plans and actions addressing our needs. Democrats have shown us a plan, but Republicans plan only to regain power. Chinese President Xi Jinping believes democracies will fail. We are proving him correct. The top 20% owns 80% of our wealth. We have the biggest wealth gap and income inequality of any country. We have substantially more guns per capita than other countries, and spend more on national defense than the next highest 15 countries combined. Feel saf...