When you move here, leave the big city ways behind

President Biden's proposals include bailout money for big cities, as big cities are in debt due to irresponsible spending and poor financial discipline. Big cities also are having a big homeless problem. These mayors of the big cities, all Democrat mayors, by the way, want to be bailed out by the federal government and it appears they are going to get their way.

One of the problems they have are unfunded mandates, otherwise, no money to pay future retirement of their employees. In the 1940s, President Roosevelt said "never let government employees unionize, as the government agencies dealing with the employees aren't spending their own money." President Roosevelt was a responsible Democrat and he was exactly right. But now, with public employees unionized, they make big demands for pay, medical benefits, and retirement. The mayors, governors, etc., cave in to these demands as they are not spending their own money, they are spending your money.

So what has happened these agencies don't have the money to fund their future retirees. Otherwise the mayors of these big cities and their people negotiating with the unions, don't have the fortitude to do the right thing.And now, some of these unions are just too strong. California teachers union is an example. They said give us all these free things, or we won't teach. That is one of the reasons that people are leaving California. But the problem is they don't like what is going on there, but when they move to other states, they vote for the same things that they left for.

Sandpoint is an example, I heard a lot of liberals moving in. In Idaho, 70% voted for Trump, but in Sandpoint, only 53%. Proof of the pudding right there. I had to go to the doctor in Coeur d'Alene the other day, the heavy traffic was just too much. Idaho is the leading state percentage-wise of people moving in. I think there should be a quota of the amount of people coming here. Of course that can't be done, but that is the way I feel.

ROGER GREGORY

Priest River