Letters to the editor Dec. 5

Founding Fathers

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people there is liberty.”— Thomas Jefferson.

The wisdom of our Founding Fathers was epic. They did not have a crystal ball but they were replete with wisdom for the ages.

In the past year the cloak of tyranny has fallen on America’s shoulders more rapidly than any one of us may have thought possible. We have a duty to push back against what our forefather’s warned against. The full court press of the Marxist left is underway.

Be encouraged to immerse yourselves in the writings of our Founding Fathers and to heed most assiduously their warnings. The quote by John Knox that “resistance to tyranny is obedience to God” could not be more timely.

— Jill Williams, Kalispell

Build Back Better

Republicans continue to hammer the infrastructure bill and claim it is a Democratic socialist agenda, and that the cost is too great and will hurt U.S. citizens.

The Build Back Better legislation is getting more of the same. The global financial markets disagree. My wife and I are traveling in Europe to visit our son and family. With the passage of the infrastructure bill the dollar got stronger against the Euro. Our exchange rate improved. The American dollar is stronger because the infrastructure bill passed, not weaker, and I believe that Build Back Better will have the same effect on the dollar. Why? Because when the working class in America is doing well, America is doing well.

This is the first time in 50 years the government has made this significant investment in the working class and a majority of Montanans will benefit from it.

— Steve Martinez, Kalispell

State infrastructure

First of all, the recent infrastructure bill contained a whole lot more than infrastructure improvements. My concern is that Congress seems to think that every state should pay for every other states’ infrastructure maintenance and improvements.

In my humble opinion, the only infrastructure that the American taxpayer should be paying for on a federal level is infrastructure on Interstate highways and nationally owned lands. When individual states expect federal funds for their own state’s maintenance and repair of state and county roads, bridges, and tunnels, it puts that financial burden on other states’ taxpayers.

In my opinion as a taxpayer, states should be able to fund their own infrastructure maintenance and improvements if they’re led by good governors who know how to balance a budget.

— Dee Godfrey, Marion