Must invest in nation

Oh, please don’t tell me we can’t afford this bill. The withdrawal from Afghanistan pays for it alone.

The Republicans are currently trying to give the Pentagon another $25 billion. Why? Everything was supposed to be updated already. Perhaps needing to stash cash somewhere? Trump ran up $7.8 trillion during his time in office, with not much blowback or complaining as this was part of the debt to upgrade our military.

We need to start investing in our nation instead of the military industrial complex Eisenhower warned us about.

Many countries have high-speed trains. You can enjoy and raise families in small towns and work in the big city. Not the U.S. High-speed Internet available to all like a utility. Not the U.S. Northern countries have self-heating pavement. Not the U.S. There are vast floodgates built near the mouth of the sea in the northern Dutch area to prevent low-lying areas from flooding. Not the U.S. We are the only First World nation (rich) that does not provide universal health care for all citizens.

I am tired of listening to politicians telling us “we can’t afford it.”

Let’s take care of the USA while providing great-paying jobs. I really don’t want to see another highway fall into the river. Most of us want decent-paying jobs, to own a home, provide for our families and schooling for our kids and retire comfortably. A flat tax on all income could go a long way to eliminating our national debt.

Instead Congress wants to blame, blame, blame while getting nothing done, unless it’s something lobbied for by friends or corporations. Trickle-down economics again. Which has been proven to not work for all. When money is earned by middle-class and poor people, it goes right into the economy, which creates a higher standard of living for all. Even Henry Ford knew he needed to pay his employees enough to buy a Ford.

EDITH SEAMAN

Lakeview