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LETTER: Barack Obama, Donald Trump and the US economy

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LETTER: A major pet peeve
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LETTER: Trump’s Ukraine peace efforts
Jim Telschow Las Vegas
May 13, 2019 - 9:00 pm
 
Updated May 13, 2019 - 9:15 pm

Conservatives need to concede that President Barack Obama inherited a recession, and his policies pulled us out of this abyss. Utilizing alternative facts, such as Eric Yaillen’s did (May 8 letter), represents an attempt at revisionist history.

To state that Obama rode an up-cycle economy is misleading. And to insinuate that Obama inherited an up-cycle economy is blatant fake news. About the only accurate statement in his letter was that President Donald Trump inherited an up-cycle economy — and that explains the economic miracle that the president proclaims.

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LETTER: A major pet peeve
Michael Pravica Henderson

Dogs in restaurants and grocery stores? Where are the health inspectors?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Mark Zdechlik/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
LETTER: Fraud in Minnesota
Linda Wallers Las Vegas

Don’t make blanket assumptions about the entire Somali community.

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LETTER: Trump pardoning drug dealers
Bob Valentine Las Vegas

For those of you who may think President Donald Trump is altruistic in his battles against drug trafficking, think again.

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LETTER: Putin and peace
George LeMay Las Vegas

The United States should go to the top of the hill and ask Russia to pull out its troops, return all land (plus Crimea) it invaded while killing innocent people and make reparations for the destruction it brought to Ukraine.

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LETTER: The loss of the penny
Paul R. Mills Las Vegas

I suggest that the change from every sales tax transaction ending with one, two, three or four cents — those pennies that we will not see — be delegated to go toward our national debt.

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