To the editor:

What are the possible consequences of a Trump reelection? His denial of the danger of our ongoing climate crisis is one. Of course, there is his ongoing war against women’s reproductive rights. It is already taking a terrible toll in many states and may well someday threaten our loved ones here, should Prop 1 fail and Trump win. In this we must admit to prejudice since we three have daughters of child-bearing age.

Phil’s particular favorites are Trump’s low regard for his fellow veterans, especially those that “didn’t get away” — the dead, the gravely wounded or just MIA. All losers and suckers to Trump, and we guess, his supporters. Not to mention our poor old Constitution. Trump cheered on the crowd of goons that attacked the Capitol in order to prevent a peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump watched them beat and batter police on TV from his office. He did nothing. The list could go on and on.

But prices are too high, and, in spite of the fact that this is mostly a result of world wide economies recovering from COVID, voters are understandably upset. Inflation and the economy are the Np. 1 issue to most people. And most say they trust Trump and the Republicans more than they do Harris and the Democrats. This is what we think of as the other “Big Lie.” In fact, virtually all studies conclude that job creation, unemployment rates, budget deficits, personal income growth, all do better in Democratic administrations. Ten of 11 recessions since 1953 began under Republican presidents.

Trump’s success as a businessman is a fraud perpetrated by him. The former producers of “The Apprentice” apologized for creating a monster by promoting the false belief that Trump is a hugely successful businessman. In an Oct. 29 article in Vanity Fair, former chief marketing officer for NBC John Miller confessed how a false identity was created for Trump, who already had four bankruptcies before the program began, and two more during its run.

Trump’s economic insanity can be best, and frighteningly seen in his plan, should he be elected. It terrifies virtually all financial experts who have read it. On Oct. 14, NBC News economic consultant and former Treasury official Steven Rattner stated that panels of experts from Goldman-Sachs, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal all expressed the fear that, Trump’s policies of huge increases of taxes paid by consumers on imported goods (aka, tariffs) coupled with the mass deportation of millions of immigrant workers would bring back massive inflation. Also, according to Bloomberg Economics, it would likely bring about a crash somewhere between the devastating Bush Crash of 2007-2009 and the far worse Great Depression of 1929 to 1940!

Successful economies invest in people. Harris’ affordable housing program, renewed Child Care Credit and adding home care services to Medicare for the elderly and disabled will build our economy. Not break it.

The choice is clear for Nov. 5.

Sincerely,

Phil Newton and Dianne Fortado

Saranac Lake