Americans offer hope and prayer in assessing governance
ALAN HALSEY, 31, FROM CAMPTON, KENTUCKY
Ithink you might have fallen a little short on your first 100 days, but I don’t put a lot of weight into a time frame that small. Provided you serve two terms, 100 days is about 4 percent of that. I still feel that something needs to be done with the Affordable Care Act, although I’m not certain exactly what . ... I know many ACA recipients that visit a doctor more than once a week, while those that purchase their own insurance wait until a visit to a doctor is imperative to their survival. There must be a middle to that scenario . ... ”
REBECCA ESPARZA, 45, FROM TEXAS
I’m a third-generation Mexican-American. Your disdain for Mexico, its descendants and immigrants in general troubles me. Your plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, leaving millions with no other health insurance options, leaves me anguished. But what distresses me most is your plan to cut nearly $6 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health. The cuts you are proposing are disconcerting not only for cancer survivors, but for millions of Americans...”
LAVERNE JONES GORE, 60 FROM CLEVELAND
Mr. President you have absolutely met my expectations. I believe you have shown a strength that I had not given to you, and I am surprised by your willingness to meet head on the challenges and resistance within your governing bodies. I don’t believe you have been afforded an opportunity to really show us what you have to offer in the form of leadership of our nation. I have no issue with you as it relates to ‘Russians.’ I believe most of it was contrived...”
KATE YOUNG, 43 FROM WEST CHESTER
When you won the election, I worried that you would put business profits ahead of the environment, and that you would involve the United States in a new, possibly nuclear, war. Today, much sooner than I feared, both dire predictions have come true. Congress rolled back environmental protections ... You bombed Syria, and as I write this letter, the news reports that you dropped the ‘Mother of all Bombs’ on Afghanistan. Please don’t go nuclear!...”
JAMES MCDONALD, 57, A BANKER FROM VIRGINIA
The fact that you mean what you say and say what you mean is what we have needed in our president for the last eight years. Since the inauguration my only concern was the handling of the repeal and replace of the Affordable Health Care Act. I felt like you comprised too much, and came close to signing a bad bill. I commend you on your continued efforts to enact this change, however if it’s not a good bill please don’t compromise too much...”
BROOKE STREECH, 44, FROM PHOENIX
Your lack of experience and intelligence has certainly shown itself to be an issue so far in your presidency. It might be OK to go into office with your incredible ignorance if you were to surround yourself with talented people. Unfortunately you have done the opposite. Your administration appears to be run less efficiently. Find advisers and spokespeople who are smart, good at what they do, and might disagree with you once in a while with the aim to create dialogue...”