Immigration
Build more U.S.-owned factories in Mexico
The U.S. doesn’t have an immigration problem as much as Mexico has an exodus problem.
We could take the money we spend in China and build more U.S.-owned factories across the Rio Grande.
This would not necessarily help American unemployment, but our dollars would benefit someone who likes us (and who does need help).
I’m reasonably sure Mexicans might prefer the country of their birth if they could only afford to live there, and assembling widgets in Monterrey surely must beat de-assembling chickens in Gainesville.
Wayne Moore, Alpharetta
Health care
Those with influence don’t want lower costs
While millions of Americans subscribe to the idea that Obamacare is an evil government program sure to ruin the country, it might be helpful if they would take a minute to consider the conundrum that is our current system.
As we speak, those with the most influence on the costs and availability of heath care for individuals are insurance company executives, doctors, pharmaceutical companies and personal injury lawyers.
Not one of these professions has a vested interest in keeping prices down.
Unfortunately, most people seem to willingly suffer from a form of amnesia when asked about their past frustrations with the rising costs and inadequacies of their own health care providers over the last few decades.
If (in the future) they elect people who guarantee the status quo, I hope they will have the decency not to whine about what they have preserved.
Eric Sandberg, Atlanta
Responsibility
Make criminals pay to clean up meth mess
As a taxpayer, I find our government’s methods of funding the cleanup of meth labs to be disgustingly inept (“Flap throws off meth lab tracking,” Metro, Dec. 1).
Federal funding for this purpose ran out months ago (although millions were recently appropriated, along with more funds from Georgia’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council).
Why should taxpayers get the bill for this?
When a person is convicted of operating a meth lab in their house, judges should be able to order the sale of that house (or other property the meth maker may have), with proceeds going to a state fund to clean up meth labs.
A meth lab is a danger to the whole neighborhood and expensive to clean up
Government should look to the criminals — not the taxpayers — to pay for these irresponsible crimes.
TONY GARDNER, CUMMING
