Entitlement critics join ranks of the have-nots
Re: “State rushes to interpret orders,” Aug. 11 news story
For those who constantly push to cut entitlements — welcome to that world.
COVID-19 unemployment is now an entitlement. You are now at the mercy of your states. Only if states put up 25% of the benefit do you get the $400. Until now, the attitude has been, “as long as it doesn’t affect me.”
Now it does.
Terri Garrett McCarley, Denver
Opportunity after pandemic
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis recently published an authoritative report on the implications of climate change on the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, this report fell on many deaf ears due to the COVID-19 crisis. As we emerge from the ravages of the worst pandemic in a century, this report has a new poignancy. Questions over how to rebuild our state and the nation’s economies linger. How will we open up? Given the decrease in travel and our newfound ability to work from home, tackling climate change becomes all the more realistic.
Itap sad that we have shunned climate change in recent months. This is an existential crisis that will demand us to work together not only at home but with our allies and partners abroad. This report showed us that we need to think forward about the economy and jobs.
Climate change is not the end of capitalism but demands us to reform many aspects of the economy, subsidies, and other incentive structures.
The report put us on track to be carbon neutral by 2050, a goal that we should all organize behind and lead globally.
The House Select Committee’s findings show us that the time to act on climate change is now. Coronavirus has adversely affected all Coloradans, but it presents a unique — and possibly the last — opportunity to defeat climate change.
Alexander Bergh, Boulder
Give governor, mayor a break from the complaining
What a rotten time to be a mayor or governor. You enter office have visions of great things you may accomplish and you end up trying to negotiate survival in a time of multiple crises.
I have not always agreed with our mayor or governor. It would be absolutely impossible to make everyone happy in such rough times. We all want to return to living in a busy, vibrant economy. We want some superhero to swoop in and vanquish the virus, open the schools and — for Pete’s sake — open the bars.
Our leaders have been heroic enough to acknowledge that the best tools they have are masks, social distancing and testing.
I appreciate that they have not pussyfooted around using these tools.
Let the anti-maskers and the bar crawlers be furious with the mayor and the governor. Let them aim their whines at our leaders so the small business owners can have a break and point to the law for determining their policies.
It about time for adults to realize that they can still get pretty drunk by 10 p.m. Hopefully, it will give some an excuse to go home earlier and not have to take heat for being party-poopers. The mayor and the governor are stepping up and taking the heat. Thanks to them.
A Lynn Buschhoff, Denver
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