Letters to the Editor

When I see the Confederate flag hanging on porches in Indianapolis and when so many state legislatures are attempting to suppress the vote of people of color, I believe we must also make clear moral judgments on our history.

Federal government spending has racked up the national debt to $28.2 trillion, for which both parties are responsible.

Starting July 1, employers who hire five or more minor employees (under age 18), per location, must register those employees in the new Youth Employment System, or YES for short. Schools will no longer be responsible for tracking and reporting minor employee data. That responsibility will rest with the employer.

The court ruling will affect Indiana’s nearly 3,000 hog farms and trickle down throughout the entire economy.

Amid a year that’s been anything but easy for local business, I’m thrilled to see it has not deterred the entrepreneurial spirit of one Fishers resident, Daniel Lamers.

Neither parents nor educators are ever properly consulted, and students continue to be disrupted and suffer from the district’s business-first policies that put money in the pockets of their allies.

In the past year, how many times have we seen or heard the words “equity,” “inclusion,” “diversity,” “systemic racism,” “social justice”? These are language terms that have been driven into the American mindset and culture and glommed onto by so many organizations and businesses and political groups.

I firsthand am receiving the benefits of generating my own power, and with net metering, being part of the solution of the grid and not the problem.

If a name change for IUPUI is in order, only the Indiana University name would be of immediate value. Any other name would have to build a reputation over a period of years.

If net metering goes away, many solar owners would buy battery storage and hoard energy for their own use and not share back to the grid.

Since the time of the American Revolution, usury rate caps have been used by states to protect consumers from exorbitant interest rates.

It’s not “Donald Trump’s immigration policy” and his “disdain for Black and brown people” (ridiculous statements) that are keeping hospitality workers in short supply. Laborers are few in a lot of industries these days.

I was disappointed to see that your article suggested that there were only three Indiana colleges and universities who are currently under female leadership. Noticeably, you neglected to mention Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

There is no sound economic reason for continuing to fund Social Security and Medicare hospitalization solely through collection of payroll taxes and cutting benefits.

At the current rate of 6.1 million vaccinations daily, it will take 4.7 years to achieve global herd immunity.

There is no standardized methodology for estimating wealth and income inequality. This makes it tempting for one to choose a methodology that resembles one’s politics.

The United States is a representative republic, not a democracy, with constitutional limitations on centralized power.

I have asked folks I encounter about their experience with Indiana’s vaccination sites. Everyone praised the sign-up system and the excellent organization at the places where they got their shots.