To the editor: When I retired from my teaching career, I decided that I was going to get more actively involved in trying to make a difference through written formation. I had already educated students in history for 16 years and now wanted to reach a larger audience. Although the writing was rewarding, I felt that I still needed to continue communicating verbally to try to make a difference.
In that sense, on three occasions, I have made calls calls to express my opinion about legislation. I called countless federal legislators during President Trump's first mandate to try to prevent the law of low -price health care is repealed. I still remember my joy to see Senator John McCain cast the decisive vote.
Twice in the last two months, I have called all senators in two bills, the first being Save's law. Yesterday, I completed 100 calls to try to convince senators that parts of the “great bill” are devastating (“The Republicans of the Senate are looking for more hard cuts in Medicaid and a lower salt deduction in Trump's great bill,” June 17). The huge cuts to social programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Health Care Law at low price are overwhelming and the amounts seem to change daily. My greatest fear is the provision of Page 562 that few know and mention (including their article). Although the details are confused, the effects are clear: the power of the courts, which until now have been the only resource of the people, will be essentially weakened and the results could lead to a complete dictatorship.
Lynn Lorenz, Newport Beach
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To the editor: The simple response to avoid cruel and unnecessary cuts to the programs and services financed by the federal government is to let Trump's tax cuts expire (“Republican fractures multiply over Trump's Megabill.” June 19). Our priorities should be the poor, those in danger of losing medical attention, school lunch programs, national parks and climate change, fiscal exemptions for the rich do not continue.
Patricia Koch, Long Beach
