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Stop high-speed rail before spending more
Re: “High-speed rail is too far along to quit” (Page A6, May 29).
Gerald Veiluva falls prey to the sunk cost fallacy: we must continue building high-speed rail in California so that we can “recover some of the money spent.”
The money spent to date is gone. The question is whether we should continue to dump tens of billions of taxpayer earnings into a project that will be decades, if ever, in completion, only to find that the operation requires 90% subsidies for eternity.
Stop this fiasco now, reserving just enough funds to erect signs saying “Jerry’s & Gavin’s choo-choo folly” along the right-of-way.
Kenneth Imboden San Jose
Economy is designed to keep the poor down
Re: “State divided by its wealth, high poverty” (Page A6, May 27).
California, the world’s fourth-largest economy, is home to corporate giants like Apple and Nvidia — yet millions struggle to survive. As Dan Walters highlighted, prosperity here is a mirage for many.
Servers earn $20 an hour — barely subsistence wages — while even a $40 an hour physical therapy assistant can only afford rent, not savings or upward mobility. About 7 million Californians live in poverty, trapped by soaring housing costs, exorbitant utilities and one of the nation’s highest costs of living.
Corporate greed worsens the crisis. Companies hoard wealth for shareholders while workers scrape by. Add Trump-era policies that eroded worker protections, and the result is a system designed to keep the poor trapped, even in the richest state. California’s inequality isn’t an accident; it’s policy.
Kohli Singh San Jose
Let Trump fund his own military parade
Should the U.S. taxpayers foot the bill for a military parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14?
While drastic government cost-cutting proceeds (including critical funding for NIH research and the like), spending substantial taxpayer money (estimated at $45 million) on an unneeded military parade is, at best, foolhardy. Military parades are held by tyrannical governments such as Russia, China and North Korea to display their national armaments and “rattle their swords.” The U.S. does not need costly pomp and ceremony to display its military prowess.
If Donald Trump insists on pushing this event (coincident with his birthday), he should pay for it himself with the profits he has gained from his cryptocurrency. While June 14 marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, the parade is really another one of Trump’s identified opportunities for his own political aggrandizement.
Jeff Braggin Sunnyvale
Our choice is to be for or against democracy
Re: “Trump’s tariffs will hammer consumers” (Page A12, May 25).
The U.S. is now reliving Germany in 1933 when constitutional protections were suspended, newspapers censored and then controlled, freedom of speech was restricted and soon abolished, books were burned, and universities were forced to modify their curricula. Sound familiar?
We have a president who incited an insurrection to stay in office after he lost the election, is a convicted felon, loves authoritarian leaders, and supports racism and hatred.
If we are to save our great country, we need to stop labeling our fellow citizens as Republicans or Democrats immediately. This is not about political ideology, it is about an authoritarian takeover of our country. Each of us must decide if you are “for democracy” or “against democracy.” Which side are you on?
Dave Whitaker San Jose
Civil disobedience is best against Trump
Re: “House passes tax bill that would wipe away clean energy tax credits” (Page A4, May 23).
Enough with bemoaning the evils of Donald Trump and his enablers. We’re all very clear on what he’s doing and how bad it is. It’s past time to put up or shut up.
Journalists, stop referring to “the big beautiful bill” that’s transferring trillions of dollars from the poor to the rich. Media companies, stop kowtowing to Trump’s threats to limit your free speech. Universities, stop limiting your students’ rights to free speech and assembly. Corporations, stop curtailing your efforts to expand social and economic justice. Everyone, stop being complacent about things you perceive might not be happening to you.
What will you say when they come for you? Just say no to the dismantling of America.
Eugene Ely San Jose
Media should focus on Trump’s delcine
Re: “Journalists failed as they hid Joe Biden’s decline” (Page A13, May 25).
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