Women deserve better than Hillary’s policy failures

Much “news” lately laments the lower pay earned by women than by men for the same work. In legitimate scientific studies, in which both education and experience of both genders were included, the difference in pay between men and women doing the same job was almost negligible.

We expect more of such propaganda in support of Progressives. Hillary (Clinton) is savvy to create this emotional and safe non-issue to run on rather than her experience at the Department of State — a major failure at best.  

Indeed, how did Hillary help the plight of Muslim females, which she was in a unique position to do?

Do we women feel safer now, post-Hillary? 

What are her plans for the millions in blood money her Clinton Foundation collected from Arab leaders who still treat women as chattel — or worse?

When senator, did her policies create jobs for women or just move more into government dependency and control?

Are there remaining hurdles to American women?

Of course, legitimate ones.

Fewer barriers to businesses whose jobs move women off welfare, lower taxes, lower debt as our children’s inheritance, human trafficking (forced prostitution), domestic violence, and national security come to mind. 

We women deserve better.

JANET BURHOE-JONES

Asheville

Printing presses, clergy equal to power of military

“I hear you that you have written for a parson and a printing press, both material engines in moving the world. A newspaper in South Carolina in the present state of their affairs would be equal to at least two regiments,” wrote Benjamin Rush to Nathanael Greene, September 4, 1781.

As our country fought for it’s independence from Britain, our leaders realized that the printed word and the influence of the clergy were just as powerful and just as effective as soldiers in winning the battle of public opinion and ultimately winning the American Revolutionary War.

In the Carolinas, there were many citizens who were undecided on whether to side with the patriots seeking a break from England or to remain loyal to the king and his colonial administration. The citizen militia played a vital role in all battles in the Carolinas and both sides worked very hard to recruit citizens for their respective militias.    

Newspapers were an integral part of informing the public from the very birth of our nation.

Public opinion remains a vital force in today’s world and newspapers play a vital role in providing information which citizens require to make informed decisions.

Thanks for all you do to provide information to the citizens of our region.

To reduce tension, police should rethink use of force

I’m thinking that maybe progressive cities like Baltimore and Asheville should simply abandon policing and transfer all police funds to affordable housing etc.  

Then the county, state and feds will be left to police Baltimore, which will not solve the use of force problem, but it will allow the mayor to wash her hands of it while reducing desperation, and the crime it causes.

State troopers would not dare abandon city policing for fear of crime spillover beyond city limits.

Besides, the most commonly enforced laws are state anyway, which means the same people who made the laws are then funding their enforcement, rather than having cities mostly paying to enforce someone else’s (state) laws. Why pay to enforce someone else’s laws?

This would also reduce budgetary tension, which is really most of it, between city police and public housing residents.  There would be no tension with a force that no longer exists.