Monday Letters: Views on today's Americans, supporting the Global Fund and comparisons between McCarthy and Schiff

Today's Americans lack the

attributes of past generations

I walked 2.5 miles to school in rain or snow.

I never was late.

No one ever was.

My teacher taught six grades in one large room; each row of seats was a grade. All we had was paper and pencil.

There was never a discipline problem in school. We were taught to do our tasks and to help one another, and we never had a dunce chair.

Politeness and learning your task were the orders of the day.

We appreciated America, and we were thankful to be in a free country.

What a contrast to today.

In today's America we have a generation of impolite and ignorant dummies who know nothing about our own history — or about what's going on in the world.

Thomas Kaye, Jacksonville

Comparison between McCarthy,

Schiff is an appropriate one

Hmmm.

During the 1950s we had Sen. Joseph McCarthy brandishing a paper that he said contained a list of known Communist Party members who had infiltrated the State Department, the U.S. Army and other American entities.

Today we have Rep. Adam Schiff declaring that he has documents that prove collusion between President Donald Trump and the Russian government.

Contrary to what a recent letter writer claimed, here is why the actions of McCarthy and Schiff are indeed comparable:

● Both men made unsubstantiated, flawed accusations.

● Neither man displayed much interest in presenting the whole truth.

● Both men chose to make public statements that they had to know were false.

We know the results of McCarthy's assertions: they proved nothing. And we now know that the investigation completed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team has yielded the same thing — nothing.

David Casey, St. Augustine

Global Fund deserves more

support to help save lives

As a deeply concerned American, I have spent 35 years of my life working with organizations like Save the Children, Christian Children’s Fund and the United Nations to fight the health crises of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria both in America and around the world.

Seventeen years ago, the worldwide Global Fund was created to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria; it is a partnership that has already helped to save 27 million lives. This is remarkable, but we can’t claim success yet.

Regrettably, HIV and tuberculosis treatments are not reaching many who need them, and even the work to tackle malaria has stalled.

We can and must do more to help confront these deadly diseases.

The Global Fund needs at least $14 billion to help save 16 million lives by 2022.

I have urged U.S. Rep Ted Yoho to continue his strong support for the Global Fund, and I have been encouraged by his response: Yoho says that he wants to make sure the world he passes on to future generations is a strong and healthy one.

We need other members of Congress — and President Donald Trump — to join Yoho in supporting the Global Fund and saving more lives.

Joy Carol, Penney Farms