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This is for U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, both D.N.J., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; and others who support large-scale cancelation of student debt.

I oppose this ill-considered absurdity for the following reasons:

  • — You cannot add new spending programs when we have to borrow to fund existing ones.
  • If you believe in the student loan program, you will destroy it by demonstrating that one does not have to repay the loans. The program will become limitless.
  • — Millions have been responsibly frugal and have paid or are paying off the loans while sacrificing along the way. How can you disparage that responsible conduct and reward those not as disciplined financially or made poor personal decisions in their pursuit of education? Those parents that worked multiple jobs and also sacrificed to put their kids through college without debt also cannot be ignored.

I have a suggestion. Pass legislation that rewards proper conduct, in this case, appropriate tax incentives for those who pay down their student debt off each year.

Lastly, with a debt forgiveness mindset, where do we draw the line? Do we forgive car loans? Cell phones purchased on credit? Mortgages? Credit card loans?

The cash register is empty. Senators, please conduct yourselves in a far more financially responsible manner.

Fred Lash, Denville

Capitalist ‘creeps’ destroyed middle class

There was a time in America when capitalists understood the need to be socially responsible. Then creeps like Carl Icahn discovered he could make billions buying up stock in companies, breaking them up, and killing good jobs.

That led to Wall Street glorifying CEOs like (the late former General Electric CEO) Jack Welch, who mastered the art of short-term, bottom-line management. This, in turn led to the end of corporation-funded private pensions and great benefits.

But, nothing was good enough to satisfy Wall Street greed. So, the middle class died, helped along by the infamous duo of Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and their tax breaks for the ultra wealthy

Paul Mahler, Pompton Plains

Of course, MEN want more abortion access

In today’s environment of holding people responsible for their actions, I was flabbergasted by the recent op-ed article, “Why men should support expanding access to abortion.”

Of course, the two MEN — Brandon McCoy and Oren Jacobsen — who authored the article want greater access to abortions because men can thus avoid taking any responsibility for getting a woman pregnant.

It is not coincidental that some abortions are coerced by the male who was involved in the pregnancy. The authors write how unfair it is to limit abortion access, it is and how this negatively impacts the family and the community.

What is never discussed by abortion advocates is the life of the unborn baby, who is not the same person as the mother, but a separate and unique human being having everything required in its DNA to develop to full maturity as an adult.

The Reproductive Freedom Act, as introduced in the New Jersey Legislature, does NOT prevent anyone from becoming pregnant but rather legalizes taking the life of the unborn baby with no late-term restrictions. As a civilized society, we should be supportive of women’s health, but killing an innocent baby, even if unplanned, is not health care, it is … you name it.

Gerard Kaufhold, Budd Lake

Police deaths at Capitol forgotten already

I keep looking for new articles detailing what happened to the three officers who died after the Capitol Building was stormed on Jan. 6. I can’t find anything newer than Jan. 28 concerning details. Will we ever learn exactly what happened to them?

Over 100 police officers were injured or killed by the mob Donald Trump incited to invade our the Capitol in their horrific attempt to prevent the transition of power after Trump lost the election.

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a military veteran from South River, died after the traitorous rioters beat the outnumbered officers mercilessly.

In the following days, two fellow policemen died by what authorities said was suicide. Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood and Washington, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffery Smith lost their lives after the attack. Did they sustain brain injuries that led directly to their so-called suicides?”

Which individuals among the bloodthirsty rioters, besides the former president, should now be charged with murder for the killing these three men? Like Sicknick, Liebengood and Smith are equally deserving of high honors. They should be remembered as having been killed in the line of duty, and should lie in state in the Capitol of our nation, which they loved and defended with their lives.

Neil Vincent Scheck, Belmar

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