{"id":445996,"date":"2022-05-12T00:58:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-may-12-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T00:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:58:50","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-may-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-may-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2693f8d2610\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2693f8d2610\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-may-12-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_May_12_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 12, 2022&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-may-12-2022\/#The_Issue_President_Bidens_claims_that_inflation_has_been_caused_by_the_pandemic_and_the_Ukraine_war\" >The Issue: President Biden\u2019s claims that inflation has been caused by the pandemic and the Ukraine war.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_May_12_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 12, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Joe-Biden-inflation-urkraine-war-e1652303532663.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Issue_President_Bidens_claims_that_inflation_has_been_caused_by_the_pandemic_and_the_Ukraine_war\"><\/span><strong>The Issue: President Biden\u2019s claims that inflation has been caused by the pandemic and the Ukraine war.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>During the 2020 campaign, President Biden claimed that if elected he would \u201cdo his job and take responsibility; I won\u2019t blame others\u201d (\u201cMalarkey,\u201d May 11).<\/p>\n<p>As with everything else he has said, he flip-flopped on that. Despite the fact that he shut down a pipeline and threw away our energy independence on Day 1, he continues to blame every one but himself.<\/p>\n<p>The oil companies, meat purveyors, Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Donald Trump and the American people all have been used as scapegoats and excuses for Biden. I\u2019d like to think that the American people aren\u2019t buying what he\u2019s selling, but I have my doubts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob Cerone<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Biden does not know how to tell the truth or do what is right for America. He has not come up with any solutions to the many problems he has caused.<\/p>\n<p>He lies and blames everyone else for his failures, and only follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist agenda of his handlers.<\/p>\n<p>I find it hard to believe there are still some people who back him and his views. This man has done nothing but harm America since becoming president.<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone remembers all his failures and the failures of his socialist followers when they vote in the next election. <\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Lintner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Saddle Brook, N.J.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The \u201chistoric\u201d presidency continues \u2014 high gas prices, inflation, supply-chain breakdowns (including a shortage of baby formula), buying oil at much higher prices from countries that hate us to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and on and on.<\/p>\n<p>This is what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens when you fill your Cabinet with check-the-box incompetent bureaucrats who have no real world experience or qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>Quick, call a tailor \u2014 the befuddled old man at the podium has no clothes. <\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Alloy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wayne, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Any clear-thinking Amer\u00adican who watched Biden fumble and stumble through that press conference on inflation has to be concerned for our country.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>This man is lost. He is dangerous. And the saddest part of all is he doesn\u2019t realize how inept he is. There is no way he lasts two more years. Only a GOP-controlled Congress can save America from the soon-to-be President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Nugent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Staten Island<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Biden told the American people Tuesday that soaring inflation was a \u201creal tough problem to solve\u201d and then proceeded to call them \u201cconfused\u201d and \u201cnot focused\u201d on the real cause of soaring prices.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t understand math, then \u201c1 + 1\u201d is a tough problem to solve. If you don\u2019t understand that flooding the market with free money results in higher prices, then inflation is a tough problem to solve.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t understand that restricting the supply of oil results in higher gas prices, then lowering gas prices is a tough problem to solve.<\/p>\n<p>But fear not, Joe: If you think the American voters are \u201cconfused and \u201cnot focused,\u201d that is an easy problem to solve \u2014 and they will solve it in November.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Kaufman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Naples, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Biden uses COVID as one of his excuses for high inflation. Back when he was running for president, he claimed he would defeat COVID. Well, it\u2019s 15 months since he took office, and COVID is still a problem.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m amazed how he is using one of his failures as an excuse for his other failures. How pathetic. <\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Vespo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bethpage<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ever-lying word\u00adsmith Biden always twists and distorts the actual dreadful facts to make all of his failing policies \u2014 like on energy, inflation, the border, his COVID response \u2014 sound like total successes.<\/p>\n<p>This proves once again, beyond any shadow of a doubt: This man is totally and definitively out of his right mind.<\/p>\n<p>He is most assuredly being propped up and given all of his talking points and speeches by use of a teleprompter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mike Pedano<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>South Farmingdale<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. 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During the 2020 campaign, President Biden claimed that if elected he would \u201cdo his job and take responsibility; I won\u2019t blame others\u201d (\u201cMalarkey,\u201d May 11). 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