I want to complement you 200% for your comments regarding the reader who wasn’t renewing his subscription. If he can’t take the heat, he needs to try another country and see how he likes it.

Keep up the good work for standing up for us conservatives. We need all the help we can get. God bless you. Thank you.

Ethel Riley, Lexington

Defending the gas tax

Although the higher gas tax may have more of a “surplus” than originally predicted, it is the intent of the general assembly to actually have some fiscal responsibility and some reserves in case of an unintended tragedy like a pandemic.

With the conservative approach that SC can limit bank card interest to something more reasonable would be a great idea.

John White, Lexington

Who should be blamed?

Several federal agencies are doing all they can to drive up the price of gasoline, and it’s working.

Now the Federal Trade Commission says it will investigate collusion between fuel retailers. This is an obvious attempt to shift blame to oil companies for high prices caused by numerous bureaucratic actions to enhance the attraction of electric vehicles.

After subsiding the heck out of renewable generation projects, state and federal governments are destroying the economics of nuclear generation. So, the proposed government solution is not to let that market voodoo work, but to now subsidize sitting nuclear plants.

That’s a government solution to a government-created problem. The shadows on the cave wall are getting confusing.

Jim Clarkson, Columbia

Welfare state challenged

Unless we enforce immigration laws, it is better to let the free market induce workers to fill jobs from across distant borders in poor economic times. We face new kinder, gentler reforms for millions of under-educated refugees given resident alien status.

Will our social safety nets survive?

Tim Houghtaling, San Mateo, FL

Quote of the week

Those content with life (few are) are just sitting on the tracks waiting for the next train to run over them.

Bill Edmonds, Lexington

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