• Working families in America are hurting

Working families in America are hurting. Today, more Americans are unemployed, without proper health care, and face mortgage foreclosures.

Now is not the time for partisan politics. Members of Congress must rise above ideology and special interests to address the issues of the very Americans who have entrusted them with their voice. America desperately needs real leadership. Congress should pass the Employee Free Choice Act to allow American workers to form unions easily and grow the middle class. Only when more Americans have jobs with paychecks that can provide for a family, with proper health care, will the economy be on its way to recovery.

More union members in America means more Americans with better wages, thus a higher standard of living. Studies show for instance that women in unions are significantly more likely to have employer-provided health insurance and an employer-provided pension. With about 40 percent of American families headed by women, there is no doubt that our country will be better off with more women union members.

Opponents of the employee Free Choice are spending considerable resources to fight the bill under the false pretense that unions are bad for business and that the bill will prevent American workers from having a secret ballot election. Their claims are simply inaccurate and misleading. The Employee Free Choice Act offers a fair alternate method to workers. History also teaches us that in tough economic times, encouraging union membership puts the economy on the path to strong economic growth.

Lynn Cooper

Hahira

• Never good enough for some people

The retired Air Force brigadier gen. highlighted negative points about our 44th president of the United States in his letter to the editor.

I will omit his criticism of President Barack Obama in mine. Mainly because the American people have been living in shock and awe since Obama started his run for the Office of President of the United States.  

And regardless of what he or his wife, Michelle, does there is always something wrong with them. They are either too fat or too skinny, their hair is too curly, or too straight, too rich or too poor, too tall or too short, not qualified or over qualified to be president, he is too early or too late for an appointment, but there is always something wrong.

If he is a Christian he should have been a Muslim, he is too far left or too far right of center, if he smokes, he should stop smoking, he is either with us or he is against us. But there is always something wrong according those who are asking God to apologize for not making him perfect like his critics.

And if the Messiah Jesus returned today there are those who would complain and say that Jesus is either too early or too late, and that there is always something wrong in our world. So our beloved president must continue to reach out beyond our borders to help build a more peaceful world. God bless all of his creations.

George Boston Rhynes