Letters to the Editor for June 30
Poverty in AmericaWe have about $150 trillion floating around in America for 130 million people. Divided equally, that’s 1 million dollars for every American. Yeah, right. In actuality, the top 1% hold 32.3%, while the bottom 50% divide up a measly 2.6%! So, who actually supports the US Government? Well, mainstream Americans pay 28.4%/year total taxes, while the 1 percenter pay only 8.2%.
The superintendent is willing to let the education of students suffer so that he can please his base of supporters, while making sure Arizona's workforce is less well-educated in an economy that demands greater and greater academic skills. It is shameful behavior. For shame! Superintendent Horne, for shame!Price of AZ PerformancesRe:the June 25 article"Per-diem pay persists during AZ's protracted session.
Fortunately, there are now new treatments: monoclonal antibodies that the FDA has approved. The downside though, is that the vast majority of Alzheimer's patients can't access them. That's because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won't cover those treatments for Medicare beneficiaries except in very specific circumstances.
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