Letters to the Editor for June 26

Biden's economic fixes aren't likely to work

Joe Biden wants to fix the economy by fixing the supply chain problems his policies on energy and government-backed subsidies for renewables had a hand in exacerbating. The administration favors pumping money into the economy. It allowed China to threaten Taiwan and, by extension, openly threaten markets. Not to mention that the progressives' love of a global economy has made the world effectively dependent on a single Taiwanese manufacturer and its foundries to produce all-important semiconductors.

Biden plans to fix the economy with a deficit reduction plan with tax reforms to increase revenue (aka. tax increases). Showing government hostility toward private sector investment will only extend the misery. When is the last time the government's taking our hard-earned money out of our pockets for pet projects led to a better economy?

Finally, Biden proposes he will fix the economy by pledging to respect the Federal Reserve's independence. He will not demean the Fed. He'll never subject them to mean tweets. That should make everything copacetic (sarcasm intended).

Dave Wentzel

Warminster

Troubled by PennDOT's plan for Langhorne

Soon PennDOT will finalize plans for the US 1 Section RC-3 Interchange. To those who have attended a meeting, read the newspaper and/or spoke to their neighbors, I continue to have questions and concerns.

Those living between Langhorne and Newtown experience the day-in/day-out difficulty entering and exiting Route 413. What will it be in 2026 and the future?

In those studies, there’s no reference to the effect housing and the retail development planned will have on traffic.

Stone Meadows Farm will be 148 residences capable of additional vehicles per day; Oxford Valley Mall is planned for 600 apartments and a retail-office complex without data for vehicles per day. Prickett Preserve in Lower Makefield will bring delivery trucks and traffic to Langhorne.

Why? Route 413 is the main arterial route through most of Bucks County. Can we imagine entering and exiting Route 413 in 2026 and beyond?

Florence Wharton

Langhorne

Make PA greener, cleaner again

I live in Bucks County, where the majority of the waterways in the central to lower end of the county are deemed "impaired."

Do you think I am interested in getting funding and work done to clean this situation up? You bet I am.

Currently, there are bills in Harrisburg — Senate Bill 525 and House Bill 2020 — that propose to invest $500 million from the American Rescue Plan to reinvigorate a popular conservation program established under Governor Tom Ridge.

The program was one that was supported by both sides of the political aisle. The public loved it then, and it is guaranteed to love it now because it would address situations that befoul our water, like abandoned mines, as well as help protect farms, create or expand open spaces for recreation, and protect waterways. In addition, it would fund good-paying jobs in our communities, often the same communities that need both the conservation and the employment aspect of this idea. What is there not to like?

Please contact your state of Pennsylvania members of Congress and tell them that you wish for them to support the passage of these bills, called Growing Greener III and Clean Streams Fund. These bills come up for a vote at the end of June. Let us make Pennsylvania a cleaner, healthier state.

Sharon Furlong, spokeswoman

Bucks Environmental Action

Feasterville

Companies profit from water systems. Why can't government?

A private company is looking to spend a lot of money to buy a municipal water system so it can make a profit for itself ("Lease, don't sell, your water and wastewater systems," June 12). What I don't understand is this: If a private company can make a profit, why can't municipalities also make a profit doing the same thing?

Municipalities don't have to put out the enormous initial investment since municipalities already own the system. Municipalities don't even have to make a profit. They just have to break even. Government isn't there to make a profit. It is there to serve its citizens.

But if the municipality can make a profit on one system then it offsets an expense somewhere else. The same applies to the sale of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Why can private companies do so much better at the same thing as the municipalities?

Brad Zacharia

Upper Southampton

Warminster wishing Whitney well

As a 60-year resident of Warminster I have seen the township go through some rocky times. I believe that one of the brighter spots has been Parks and Recreation.

Before the township decided on a different direction, the township offered a summer program. It gave our young children an opportunity to enjoy a safe, fun-filled, summer at an affordable cost. Older teens found summer employment as counselors.

Few could deny that the creation of Warminster Community Park was one of the township’s most successful ventures. Township supervisors and managers have come and gone. However, the constant in the program has been recently retired Karen Whitney. Through her 40 years of service, she rose from a camp counselor to director of the program. The Warminster community should thank her and wish her well.

Carolyn M. Gilson

Warminster

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Letters: Biden plan won't help economy; Langhorne angsts over PennDOT