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U.S. should stop
funding Gaza violence
Re: “‘Mass casualties’ after shell hits UN shelter in Gaza” (Jan. 24).
The horror images of relentless bombings in Gaza remind us of Pablo Picasso’s mural painting “Guernica” depicting the living hell of carpet bombings by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy in 1937.
To date, our tax dollars have killed more than 26,000 people in Gaza. And the bombing intensifies targeting hospitals and UN shelters, causing mass casualties. How many more deaths are needed before we call “stop the genocide”?
Retired Israeli major general, Yitzhak Brick, admitted last November, “All of our missiles, the ammunition, the precision-guided bombs, all the airplanes and bombs, it’s all from the U.S.” He went on to say, “The minute they turn off the tap, you can’t keep fighting. You have no capability. … Everyone understands that we can’t fight this war without the United States. Period.”
Our government must stop using our tax dollars to fund the genocide project in Gaza.
Nancy Tsou
San Jose
Cut all big organizations’
donations to campaigns
Re: “Congress should reverse ‘Citizens United’ ruling” (Page A6, Jan. 23).
Bill Wallace has an interesting take on campaign contributions. Is money speech? I would agree with him if he said it is not. I would, however, ask him to do a reality check.
If the money that large corporations contribute to candidates or causes should be eliminated because they are not “persons,” then all organizations should be barred from supplying money to our politicians. The ACLU is not a person, and neither are the following: California Teachers Association, Teamsters, UAW, Trial Lawyers Association, SEIU, or any other unions, or associations with paid memberships.
The only reason Citizens United was created was to allow corporations to contribute large sums of money the way organized labor does (often without the permission of the rank-and-file membership). Let’s ban all large organizations, whether labor, business or organized religion from contributing, and the problem of corporations or unions “buying” candidates will go away.
Jay Morrett
San Jose
Trump election would
upend immigration
Re: “McConnell worries Trump opposition could scuttle border deal” (Page A1, Jan. 26).
Migration is a natural phenomenon in nearly all living populations. People naturally seek to leave countries where living conditions are intolerable and seek entry where conditions are presumed better.
Our country has historically welcomed immigrants, who have tended to become honest, productive and loyal citizens, possibly more loyal than the native-born population. My own parents were immigrants who eagerly became naturalized citizens. National border policing has two obvious purposes: 1. keeping undesired foreigners out and 2. stopping the native citizenry from leaving. America’s entryways have primarily been policed to keep undesirables out; we have traditionally allowed applicants for citizenship to enter freely, whereas other countries (like Russia, North Korea, Iran, where many want to leave and few wish to enter) must seal their borders and have typically shot intruders on sight.
I fear America will become another of those countries if Donald Trump becomes president again.
Jerry Meyer
San Jose
Make children center
of decision-making
Re: “The most important company in the world” (Page A7, Jan. 26).
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The “Other View” article by Nicholas Kristof on Jan. 26 about TSMC was highly informative. The most profound statement was about the U.S. manufacturing chips domestically: “The tens of billions of dollars spent on fabs subsidies would also boost American competitiveness if they were spent to reduce child poverty and improve American education. If Americans were as good at math as the Taiwanese, our fabs might work better, too.”
For most of my adult life, I have spoken out as a former school board member and community activist to improve our educational systems. A focus on educating teachers to possess a universal perspective is necessary to eliminate the bias that pervades our classrooms and nation today. A well-rounded education promotes wisdom, curiosity and determination innate in all children.
We desperately need to turn our political will upside down and make the welfare of our children the center of every decision.
Tanya Freudenberger
San Jose
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