Letters to the Editor

A challenge for national elected leaders and the news media

We often hear in the news media that the American people are deeply divided. Our supporters feel this is an appropriate time for the news media and America’s national elected leaders to join together to let us know how the American people can be more united.

Are we divided because of the ongoing effects of inflation, the need for more jobs and job skills for America’s working-age and able-bodied people, the need for more trade programs in America’s schools, in need of a more realistic cost of living, a reduction of poverty in America or the many other difficulties experienced by the American people?

It would be good if the news media helped us answer the questions that need to be answered for the well-being of all Americans, “Why are the American people divided?”

This is also an excellent opportunity for America’s 535 national elected leaders in Washington, D.C., who are elected and paid to serve the needs and concerns of the American people in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, to offer their thoughts on what will help unite the American people. The American people feel it’s time to address inflation, create more jobs and job skills for our fellow Americans, more trade programs in America’s schools and focus on reducing poverty in the United States.

The goal of creating more jobs in America will certainly help unite the American people, America’s businesses, American workers and benefit American families.

The upcoming congressional and senatorial campaigns allow national candidates of both parties to document how they will unite us for the benefit of the American people and help promote American businesses, large and small. Employing American workers adds to a more vibrant economy in the United States of America, which will benefit all Americans.

Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. 

Email them to Michael@AmericanWorkersRadio.com.

Michael Blichasz

Much-needed funding for schools

As a retired Philadelphia school teacher, it was a great relief to read the report in the South Philly Review on the passage of benefits to the School District of Philadelphia included in the 2026-27 state budget (“Shapiro hails bipartisan budget passage,” July 22).

The new budget will increase school funding by $678 million, which includes basic education, special education, as well as money for free breakfasts and menstrual hygiene. All good.

The best part of this report is that the bill was passed with a bipartisan vote. Am so glad that lawmakers from both parties agree that education in Pennsylvania has been underfunded for too long.

This new spending law should especially benefit schools in neglected districts like Philadelphia. As the article states, this budget is an investment in “millions of individual stories.” We should all breathe a sigh of relief that both Democrats and Republicans see the necessity of improving our state’s future by investing in the development of our youth.

The list of improvements goes on. I was especially impressed by the increased funding for training programs for careers like teaching, nursing, child care and optometry. All I can say is that it is about time our lawmakers worked together to guarantee a better future by increasing funds for present-day education. Thanks to the South Philly Review for covering this life-changing story. 

Gloria C. Endres