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Letters to the Editor

Questions about COVID-19 reporting

EDITOR: The incidence of COVID-19 in Delta County in now up 300% since mid-February. Why do I have to go to the New York Times to get an accurate picture of the pandemic in our community? See https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/delta-michigan-covid-cases.html Why hasn’t the Daily ...

Delta County Forestland response

EDITOR: We felt the need to respond when Joel Frizzell wrote his letter titled “Delta County Forestland”, because of his misrepresentation of past articles, statements and facts. First, it is not a park and that is why people respond to you “What Park”. That is why, when it was ...

Moral considerations of COVID-19 vaccines

EDITOR: I am so grateful to have been part of the first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in Marquette County. I am sure you think that is because I am over 65 years of age and thus, more vulnerable to this virus. While that is true, and I am also happy to do my part to help our country achieve ...

Hoarding fat cats?

EDITOR: This is in reply to Nino Green’s letter, Wealth tax dated March 20th. He argues that billionaires in the United States are hoarding monies (monies that they worked for and earned.) He states that they are not ethically justified in their actions by keeping the wealth that they ...

Wealth tax

EDITOR: If a wealth tax were imposed on billionaires above and beyond what they already pay, they could choose to take their offending extra wealth to a more welcoming country. That tax-friendly country would be grateful for the extra revenue. Or they could hoard their money in Swiss bank ...

The wealth gap

EDITOR: If you could save one million dollars every year, it would take one thousand years for you to become a billionaire. If wealth greater than one billion dollars were taxed at 100%,billionaires would still have ten million dollars to spend every year for one hundred years. There are more ...