Congressional Math

Dear Mr. President,

It was not 48-4 in the Senate vote. It was 52-48. Please learn how your government works.

Signed,

An Informed Citizen

Law and Order

Dear President Trump,

When you ran for president, you promised that you would "bring back law and order." You stated that you and your AG would deal with the increase in crime and the Opioid epidemic. What have you done to keep that promise?

After 5 months in office, I have to say that it looks pretty bad. You have not appointed one U.S. Attorney. There are gaping holes in the Justice Department.

All criminologist agree that education (including job training) and jobs are a sure way to lower crime and drug use. Your Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services Secretaries are cutting programs. Your AG is promoting conviction over prevention. He is even scrapping deals with local LEOs concerning reforms and civil rights enforcement.

You promised jobs to heavy crime stricken areas. But, the latest job reports show a decline in jobs. Heck the companies that you made a "deal" with are reneging on those deals and sending more jobs overseas. Less jobs means more crime and drug use.

There are only two ways to combat the Opioid epidemic. Go after the users and go after the suppliers. Now I will grant you that this is a little tricky to handle. Drug use is a health crisis. I'm no expert in this field (and you really should be listening to those experts), be even I know that cutting access to good health insurance does not help these people. You also need to stop the people selling, supplying and promoting these drugs. Again, talk to the experts, they will tell you what is the best way to handle this.

You have had 5 months to at least start the process. Why haven't you? You are the President of all the people of the United States. You claimed to be a big businessman and manager. Managers know how to delegate, supervise and coordinate multiple jobs at once. In short, they can multi-task. So please, stop the tweeting and focus on the job.

Signed,
An Informed Citizen.

Presidental Tweets

Dear Kellyanne Conway,

This morning you scolded the mainstream media for covering President Trump's tweets. Let me remind you that President Trump stated at the beginning of his administration that he enjoyed using Twitter and believed that it was a great communication tool to get straight to the American people. And that he had no plans of giving it up.

President Trump does not give a lot of interviews. Yet he does tweet quite often. The president and his supporters (such as people like yourself), like the state that the president has changed the rules in just about everything related to the presidency. Well, if this is the case, then one of the main things that he has changed is the definition of the bully pulpit. It used to be the President standing in front of the members of the press answering questions and explaining his policies. Or you would write a policy paper and send it out.

Now, President Trump is using Twitter as part of the new bully pulpit. And this is perfectly fine, since more and more people get their information from social media and online resources. But, if the president wishes to continue to use these new and exciting tools, then he and his supporters such as yourself, need to realize that the press and the American public are going to pay attention to what is said.

So, here is some advice from a voter. Stop complaining that we're paying too much attention to the president's Twitter account. He set this up for himself and his deliberately gone around you, the communications department, and his press secretary. This is how he wishes to speak to the American public. If you are concerned that we're paying too much attention to it, then maybe you need to get the president off of his Twitter account.

Signed,
An Informed Citizen.

Paris Climate Accords

Dear President Trump,

Is this how you make America Great Again? To recap for those not aware, you pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords. Only Syria and Nigeria have not signed on. Syria, because they are in the middle of a civil war and Nicaragua, because the Accords were not tough enough.

Think on that for a moment, Mr. President. Every type of government, every type of economic system that you can think of, and every type of people you can think of, felt that this was important. For the first time in history, the entire world agreed on something.

So why did you do it Mr. President? Jobs? There are now more, high paying jobs being created in the renewable sector, then in fossil fuels? The American people wanted us out? Recent polls have shown that 70% of the American people were in favor of the Accords.

Businesses wanted us out? Every major corporation begged you to keep us in the Accords. Small business were hurt by them? Small businesses are embracing renewable energy. Not only are they keeping the cost of power down (a major expense for any business ), new businesses are being created that are involved in the renewable markets along with dealing with efficiencies of major greenhouse gas creators. (Meaning, making cars, trucks, and cargo ships run on less fuel.)

Was it political, Mr. President? Did you want to look good to the coal states? Sorry, but coal is dying due to market forces. (Automation and cheaper alternatives, natural gas and renewables.) Was this one of Mr. Bannon's crazy conspiracies about world government or the need to start a new world war? I have no response to this since the question really answers itself.

Finally, Mr. President, was this a reaction to the fact that Obama approved of this? You do realize that the negotiations for the Accords started under Bush the Younger? Even his administration knew that something had to be done.

So, Mr. President, here we are. The day after the next presidential election, we will not be leading. We will be going it alone. Is this the country that you want leave Barron and your grandchildren? Is this how we make America Great Again, by not leaving the world in a better condition than we found it? Is this how you make America Great Again, by only thinking about short term profits and gains but no long range strategic planning? Think on it awhile, Mr. President. You still have time to change your mind and do what is in the best interest of the country and the world.

Signed,
An Informed Citizen.