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Simple wall math

Mexican Juan sells an apple to American John for $5. The Donald imposes his 20 percent tax on Juan. Now Juan sells his apple to John for $6. The Donald collects his $1. Juan still gets his $5.

So who ends up paying for the wall?

Steve Ochoa

Lesson in diversity

Pundits who focused on the negative side of President Donald Trump’s possible 20 percent border tax (higher prices for consumers, including higher prices on produce from Mexico) must review the lesson of his surprise victory.

Nonexporting agricultural areas would benefit greatly if produce prices jump 20 percent, which they are likely to do in Texas. Increased income for farmers will trickle down into smaller towns. And crackdowns on undocumented labor should mean higher wages for rural voters.

I’m not saying that a 20 percent import tax is a good idea, but people shocked by the election results should remember we’re not all the same, a lesson in diversity that liberals should already know.

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Thomas N. Lee

Welcome mat pulled

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

Guess we need to give the Statue of Liberty back to the French.

Rebecca Baker

The Mars factor

Some years back, the Democrats blamed the Supreme Court of the United States for causing the election of George W. Bush.

The election of Donald Trump was engineered by the Russians.

At no time does the liberal faction ever concede that American voters simply did not vote the way they wanted. It is always some outside evil force at work.

Who’s next? The Democrats are running out of local villains. I can only assume that the next election will be controlled and influenced by Martians.

Don Starnes, Selma

Relying on tweets

Walking through my neighborhood after Martin Luther King Day, I think I stumbled upon a correlation between Donald Trump supporters and garbage in certain areas.

Because of the holiday, the city moved the collection days from Monday to Tuesday and Tuesday to Wednesday. Yet there were significant numbers of carts put out with obvious ignorance of the correct day this week.

I suggest that they were put out on the street by Trump voters. These are people who do not subscribe to the newspaper, do not read newsletters, do not think to check on facts and are generally ignorant of what goes on outside their narrow-minded world.

Perhaps the city needs to tweet @realDonaldTrump to get the word out.

Gary N. Tapp

Stop the hypocrisy

I see that our wacky Donald is threatening to send U.S. troops into sovereign Mexico to get rid of the drug cartels. It seems only fair, then, that Mexico send its owns troops, guns in hand, into the U.S. to get rid of every airhead drug addict.

Look, let’s stop the self-righteous finger-pointing and hypocrisy. There is no need to build a useless wall. Simply, do not allow work to any undocumented immigrant. Do not give them any social benefits — education, welfare, food stamps or medical assistance. Cut the demand, and the supply will stop.

Sending U.S. troops into Mexico is, by far, the dumbest idea ever hatched. Do you want to see the cartels shrivel up? Let’s deal with our problems and do something about our drug addicts. Eliminating the need for drugs will put an end to the cartels.

Impeaching this poor excuse for a man — and president — is the third and possibly best option.

Oscar Serrano

Bob and Roy

Re: “There’s a little bit of ‘Big Shot Bob’ in all of us,” Roy Bragg, Sports, Feb. 1:

Imagine my surprise when I encounter superb prose on the sports page of the Express-News. Such things do not ordinarily occur.

Roy Bragg’s well-written column on Robert “Big Shot Bob” Horry shows that good writing still exists.

Congratulations to Roy, and while I’m at it, the same for Bob, who is taking a place in our local Hall of Fame.

Stan Grayson

This is progress?

Re: “Unified city bonds a visionary approach,” Bruce Davidson, Other Views, Jan. 29:

As far as the Broadway upgrades, the buildings are cheap and ugly and look like Bauhaus workers’ quarters.

As for Alamo Plaza improvement, please spare us. You have done it twice already, and each time it is worse.

And if San Antonio and other Texas cities would quit using interstates as main streets, there would be no problems (“From ‘Death Loops’ to toll road — that’s growth,” Maria Anglin, Other Views, Jan. 29).

Mary Parks

Well done, vet

Re: “God bless America,” Your Turn, Feb. 2:

I want to thank the letter writer for his outstanding narrative of patriotism and pride in the United States. I believe his viewpoints represent the vast “silent” majority of Americans who still hold our traditions, American flag, national anthem and military service dear to their hearts.

I greatly appreciate his military service, and admire his willingness to make statements of pride in our country, when some disdain any mention or display of patriotism.

From a fellow veteran and fellow patriot, I say, “Well done, sir!”

Richard Holt

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