Fani Willis should ride off into the sunset | Letters to the editor
A reader opines on the Fani Willis controversy involving Donald Trump.
The Fani Willis fiasco wound up with the presiding judge ruling that Willis could continue prosecuting Donald Trump as the Atlanta-area district attorney, but that her top deputy had to go.
In any proverbial case of cutting the baby in half, the baby doesn’t survive.
The resolution didn’t examine whether whatever occurred between Willis and lead prosecutor Nathan Wade had anything to do with whether Trump and others would get a fair trial.
Even if it’s unintentionally misstated, the most lied-about aspect of most people’s lives is their sex life.
If either Willis or Wade lied under oath, the appropriate remedy is to refer this matter to the authority that regulates their ability to practice law in Georgia.
Another remedy would be to appoint an independent counsel to decide whether to issue an indictment for perjury.
If I were Willis, I would resign as D.A. and enter private practice, become a cable TV commentator or teach law. She doesn’t need this.
Sheldon I. Saitlin, Boca Raton
A major threat to Medicare
A major threat to Medicare is buried in the laundry list of far-right policies that Donald Trump is using as his playbook if he’s reelected.
If Trump wins, he plans to severely undermine traditional Medicare by making private Medicare Advantage plans the default program for everyone who’s newly eligible.
These private plans have great profit outcomes for insurance companies, but terrible health outcomes for patients. Medicare Advantage plans regularly deny coverage for essential treatments and services, forcing patients to forgo the care they need. Our tax dollars should not be used to pad the pockets of health care CEOs, especially at the expense of seniors and people with disabilities.
But Trump has always prioritized people over profits.
More than 65 million Americans rely on Medicare for health care, and more than 400,000 people become newly eligible each year. Their health and lives are at stake in November.
We can’t give Trump the chance to privatize Medicare. The message from voters must be clear: Leave Medicare alone.
While we’re at it, we should never let Trump get his sticky fingers on our Social Security trust fund. Otherwise, there will be many more homeless people. Is this what America wants?
Aline Maynard, Delray Beach
The choice is clear
I am a retired senior and long-time independent voter.
At this moment in history, I cannot vote for any Republican. Here’s why. Republicans are against the following, based on their statements, actions and votes: A woman’s right to choose, protecting Social Security and Medicare, affordable child care and housing, and protecting our border by refusing to vote on bipartisan legislation that does that.
They oppose paying for all that, and more, by modestly increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations who don’t pay their fair share.
There are more reasons if you are a member of a racial or ethnic minority. The MAGA movement includes white supremacists who scoff at the rule of law and our institutions. Consider all that I have said, make your choice and vote.
Mark Lippman, Boca Raton
Look ahead, to November
In response to a recent letter to the editor, the question should be: Will you be better off in four years than you are today?
Republicans look backwards. The answer to my question is a clear and resounding no if Trump is elected.
Will you be better off when the rule of law applies only to Trump’s detractors? Will you be better off when abortion is federally illegal? When the military is called out to stop protests? When our elections are like Russia’s? When the government is full of people who only serve the wishes of a lunatic?
The question is, will you be better off under a despot who will destroy democracy or with a nation of laws and justice, of, by and for the people?
Think of the future. Look forward, not backward. Trump is a menace.
What good are lower gas prices if your freedoms are stripped away? You could be arrested at anytime at the whim of a tyrant. Vote against Trump.
Charles Terban, Hollywood