Letters to the Editor

Hoosiers should explore modern monetary theory’s explanations of how our monetary system actually works and how we can be free of self-imposed myths about what we can “afford” to do.

Columnist said 1.6 million workers would be impacted by a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour. It’s more.

The Indiana legislation requires high school seniors to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid—referred to as FAFSA—or have a parent, principal or counselor waive that requirement.

Our government and financial markets need their leaders and members to act with good will and in good faith, to understand their role in upholding and advancing the system, and to hold bad actors accountable.

With downtown residential space supply very limited currently, and with commercial office space experiencing higher than normal vacancy rates (due to both COVID-19 and technological advances), consideration should be given to reusing this space for residential—thus bringing people back downtown on a 24-hour basis.

If the federal government can be trusted with supervising and enforcing environmental law to protect Indiana’s water, why can’t the Republican Party also trust the federal government with overseeing education?

It seems that landlords have all the rights in Indiana.

It is not safe for the community at this time to introduce more patrons into our buildings when new, more contagious virus strains have arrived.

This bill places a fee on carbon at its source, such as an oil well or coal mine, and returns all of the net revenue monthly back to households to pay for the added costs.

Many Hoosier voters don’t know that Indiana’s minimum wage is really $2.13 per hour. That is what waiters and waitresses make at many restaurants in Indiana.

Unity will not be achieved until this country turns back to Judeo-Christian values.

A recent pattern of legislative proposals attacks local control in ways that would slow our economic recovery and risk long-term progress on public safety.

Upon implementation, carbon emissions would drop by 40% over 12 years, while creating more than 2 million jobs, adding $70-plus billion to our GDP and providing a monthly dividend to all U.S. households—all without introducing a single new regulation.

The IBJ is a weekly business journal, not a common daily. Calibrate accordingly.

In Jennifer Wagner’s column [Pandemic offers opportunity to rethink regulations, Forefront, Jan. 15], her choice of licensed professions to compare was interesting. I agree the two professions (real estate agent and cosmetologist) seem, on the surface, to be treated unequally. However, I disagree with her statement that “a sloppy real estate agent is likely to do more long-term damage than crooked bangs.”

The column titled “We must accept election results as part of free market, society” [Jan. 22] should be required reading for all politicians and all who care about our democracy.

I don’t agree with columnist Riley Parr’s comment that “it is the height of hypocrisy for those on the left to (rightfully) decry the absurdity that took place at the Capitol on Jan. 6 when they turned a blind eye six months ago when cities burned.”

Most famously, anyone recall, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor”?

Columnist Brad Rateike discusses the need to make a good impression when you leave a job, but ignores that his former employer, Donald Trump, didn’t do so.

I don’t understand why the city keeps saying there’s no place to house the homeless. Drive over to the VA Hospital, at 2601 Cold Springs Road.