Tax breaks for the rich have negative impact on housing market
Re: “Investors snap up growing share of homes,” July 9 news story
The rich have so much money that they don’t know what to do with it. So they invest in the stock market and drive stocks to new records almost weekly.
The other popular investments are in real estate. Your article on investors snapping up nearly 27% of all homes comes as no surprise. There is no housing shortage. There are vacant houses all over. The house next door to me is owned by an investor and has been vacant for at least seven years.
The rich can pay cash and don’t worry about interest rates. President Donald Trump’s tax breaks are a major factor in our homelessness. I’m still waiting for someone to explain why the rich need more money and the poor don’t need health insurance.
Rod McCabe, Buena Vista
Rep. Boebert, ‘this is not freedom’
With her recent vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill, Rep. Lauren Boebert has shown voters in her district her views. Our health and safety are not a priority with her. The Big Beautiful Bill will cut Medicaid to millions of needy folks as well as cut SNAP (food stamps) to thousands or perhaps over a million as well.
Her priority is to help the rich and hurt the middle and lower classes in need. She says her job is to keep us free. There are a lot of definitions of what that means. In her case, I guess I would assume she includes free to die of medical issues after taking away our insurance, free to starve and possibly die from lack of food, especially small children.
Then there is her ignoring climate change, so we are free to increase the risk of losing our homes, businesses, or lives like the children in Texas. Her “freedom” vote is especially scary for the rural areas and the risk of rural hospitals closing down.
This is not freedom.
Wayne Wathen, Centennial
Medical aid-in-dying is the right option for many
Re: “Disability rights groups sue over aid-in-dying law,” July 1 news story
Four disability rights organizations and the woman who filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against Colorado’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) need to have a conversation with those who are choosing the system.
The woman I was dating was diagnosed with ALS and did not want to suffer the indignities of hospice workers or family members changing her diapers. Having lost her voice and her swallowing ability, she relied on her ability to type messages while a plastic bag dripped food into her feeding tube. As she lost manual dexterity, and as her balance declined, she became worried she would no longer be able to share her thoughts and needs, with only decline on the horizon. Also, she was deeply worried she would fall and break a hip or have a concussion. With bravery, she chose to end her life.
In the week before, her family and friends gathered nightly around her dining room table. She heard the eulogies that were to be delivered at her funeral. On the day she took the medicine, the love of family members and friends engulfed her as they sat with her in the room. It was the most beautiful send-off one could imagine.
No amount of counseling could have convinced her to extend her life because there was no hope of recovery. She died with dignity. Government must not take away our right to choose the time and manner of our death, nor undo years of effort to secure MAID.
Daniel A. Roberts, Denver
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