{"id":483212,"date":"2022-08-11T00:36:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-aug-11-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T00:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T21:36:11","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-aug-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-aug-11-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Aug. 11, 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-6a23a85c811c1\" 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-6a23a85c811c1\" 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-aug-11-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Aug_11_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Aug. 11, 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-aug-11-2022\/#The_Issue_Senate_Democrats_passing_of_the_740_billion_%E2%80%9CInflation_Reduction_Act%E2%80%9D_on_Sunday\" >The Issue: Senate Democrats\u2019 passing of the $740 billion \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d on Sunday.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Aug_11_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Aug. 11, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Issue_Senate_Democrats_passing_of_the_740_billion_%E2%80%9CInflation_Reduction_Act%E2%80%9D_on_Sunday\"><\/span><strong>The Issue: Senate Democrats\u2019 passing of the $740 billion \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d on Sunday.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Senate has failed us (\u201cVeep deciding vote as $740B bill OK\u2019d,\u201d Aug. 8).<\/p>\n<p>To the House: This is your chance to prove your worth and stop this reckless spending bill, ironically named the \u201cInflation Reduction Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One wonders if anyone in Congress took an economics class. Simply put: More excessive spending, no matter the cloaked reasoning, will only exacerbate inflation.<\/p>\n<p>And by the way, an economic collapse would do far greater harm to humanity than the changes in climate due to nature and man combined. That is the real inconvenient truth.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deirdre Harvey<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Valley Stream<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you Google \u201cInflation Reduction Act,\u201d almost all of the resulting stories are about the bill\u2019s effect on climate change with no mention of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the Inflation Reduction Act or the Climate Change Reduction Act? While we\u2019re on the subject, when was the last time Congress passed a single-issue bill that wasn\u2019t all over the place like an open can of worms? <\/p>\n<p><em>Ed Frond<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Weeping Water<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Schumer deserves to take a victory lap for being one of the most effective lawmakers ever sent to Washington from New York.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer\u2019s leadership in getting a climate-action law approved (and helping to lower the cost of pre<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\">script<\/a>ion drugs) is not only appreciated by today\u2019s generation of Americans but will also be appreciated by our grandchildren and their children.<\/p>\n<p>How many other elected officials can claim to have produced a law that could help save our planet and help provide medicines to people who normally could not afford life-saving drugs? A big thank you. You have proved that Washington works.<\/p>\n<p><em>Paul Feiner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Greenburgh<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, the Democrats got something they\u2019ve wanted for months: more tax-and-spend legislation.<\/p>\n<p>It was appropriately passed by 51 votes \u2014 50 Democrats and a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris. No Republicans voted for this charade. Thank God for that.<\/p>\n<p>Included in this phony bill is major funding to increase the IRS staff by over 80,000 employees. Here comes Big Brother.<\/p>\n<p>As a former IRS revenue enforcement agent, I can tell you that the army of agents will not just go after the major corporations, but all the others, including mom-and-pop businesses. And when the IRS can\u2019t get enough from them to cover the cost of this joke of a bill, it will come after the middle class.<\/p>\n<p><em>Richard A. Ketay<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Newark, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/kamala-harris.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris provided the tie-breaking vote to pass the bill in the Senate 51-50.\" class=\"wp-image-23410737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/kamala-harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/kamala-harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/kamala-harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vice President Kamala Harris provided the tie-breaking vote to pass the bill in the Senate 51-50.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Ken Cedeno<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the IRS will get an additional $80 billion, will it truly collect more than $80 billion in additional revenue?<\/p>\n<p>Or do politicians do things on the premise that they\u2019ll get a return on this investment in 10 years and don\u2019t care because no one will remember? <\/p>\n<p><em>Peter Provenzale<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Goodyear, Ariz.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>This so called \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d is an abomination. To call it that is truly putting lipstick on a pig.<\/p>\n<p>It has absolutely nothing to do with reducing inflation, but does pander to the lunatic left.<\/p>\n<p>It will increase taxes on middle-class Americans who cannot afford it as well as increasing the tax on manufacturers and on gas-and-oil producers and doubling the size of the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with Sen. John Kennedy when he said: \u201cIt takes a special kind of stupid to pass this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Senate Democrats were part of a fire department, they\u2019d use gasoline to put out a fire rather than water.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Paino<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Concerning the Senate\u2019s passage of the \u201cInflation Reduction Act,\u201d President Biden said it funds health care \u201cand God knows what else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This reminds me of what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said about the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: \u201cWe have to pass the bill, so that you can find out what is in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So much for transparency in government on the part of Biden, Schumer and Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Would anyone take out a bank loan, home mortgage or new credit card without first reading and understanding the fine print? <\/p>\n<p><em>Larry Penner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Great Neck<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? 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The Senate has failed us (\u201cVeep deciding vote as $740B bill OK\u2019d,\u201d Aug. 8). 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