Letters to the Editor

To the editor,

I heard there is to be a vote on taxpayer-subsidized child care. I believe child rearing and child care are the responsibilities of the parents. Money is not free. Somebody had to pay. Growing up, I used to babysit for a few families. It was gas money and hamburger money for me. I believe children should be cared for lovingly with diligence. That is what families and communities are for. There is a day of reckoning coming for the overspending of public money. The sooner we individually and as families balance our budgets the better position, we will be in. Sometimes personal sacrifices have to be made as we raise our children. I wish every father and mother raising their children health, happiness, and love. But another program, more spending, and more regulation is not always the best answer. It comes down to who is in charge, who pays, and how much. Personal freedom means personal responsibilities.

Kathryn M. Tapio

Dayton, Wash.

To the editor,

In reference to the Port’s decision on the childcare facility, addressing the Port Commissioners…I have recently become aware of plans that call for the formation of a childcare facility on Port property. It is ironic that a State-sponsored program is being proposed as a solution to the State-created problem of lack of childcare in our community.

To be clear, Washington State chose to regulate small local businesses providing childcare out of existence and now proposes to address this shortage, not by repealing the legislation, but by using taxpayer funds to create a state-controlled entity. I do not trust Washington State with that control over our children.

First a quote from Marx: “The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions.”

Then a quote from Vladimir Lenin: “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.”

These are not statements from men with the best interests of a Constitutional Republic in mind, nor did they have any love for the United States of America. Their goal has always been a soulless worldwide communism and the destruction of freedom and free people.

As an American, I reject their goals and methods.

While I empathize with those parents who find themselves in the difficult position of being unable to find childcare in our community, I would suggest instead of seeking more state control over their lives, they become active in seeking solutions to their problem, through other means.

Last session (2021) the Washington Legislature passed laws limiting the ability of law enforcement to stop and detain suspects. As brilliant as that idea was, due to public outcry, this session (2022), it looks to be repealed. If parents want options for childcare in their communities, they should be letting the Legislature know, in no uncertain terms, how they feel about their decisions.

I oppose this attempt at State control over the formative years of our children’s lives and the use of public funds to do so. I am sure that with the millions of dollars that leftist oligarchs donate each year to “worthy” causes they can find a little to send to their puppets in rural Washington to create youth indoctrination centers. Leave my tax dollars out of it!

Charles Amerein

Dayton, Wash.