With respect to President Biden stating that the U.S. supports waiving intellectual property laws regarding the COVID vaccines: as he has said in the past, it’s a “bonehead” idea.
Pfizer, among others, invested a billion dollars and worked 24/7 to come up with an effective vaccine. Moderna worked on its vaccine technology for 10 years before making a profit. If their work is confiscated, no pharmaceutical company will do it again when the next pandemic erupts.
The U.S. is angry about China doing this very thing routinely. If we violate the intellectual property laws, we are no better than the Chinese Communist Party.
Paul Loschaivo, Jupiter
The U.S. is not a racist country
How can anyone call a nation that elected an African-American as president — for two terms — a racist country, It’s nonsense. And it’s stated by people who need to learn how to laugh at themselves — and to re-learn the resilient, optimistic, compassionate and loving spirit that has always characterized Americans.
I can remember through personal experience the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, when Blacks and whites came together in a symphony of grace and love following the bombing in an atmosphere that was close to heavenly. The ambiance in Atlanta after the bombing was truly beautiful. It was a remarkable, pleasurable experience riding Marta, enjoying the camaraderie between African Americans, Northerners, Southerners, Asian Americans and everything in between — the spirit of love between us made it one of the most memorable, harmonious and pleasurable experiences of my life. I was but one of thousands of volunteers. So many other such testimonials exist to the noble, beautiful experience which was the Atlanta Olympics.
May God restore harmony quickly, reestablishing in America and in all her citizens the best America has to offer, blessing former President Donald Trump, Alveda King, Senator Tim Scott, and all those seeking the restoration of reverence, respect and love for truth and justice — and for people — which reflects the radiance and beauty of the flag of this nation — ‘Old Glory’ — and all she represents to us and to the world.
May God bless All Americans, keeping all who seek the truth safe and secure, protected by the precepts and the Light which has guided this nation, guiding all Americans to the truth that “all who seek the truth will find it” and all who “know the truth will be set free.”
God has blessed this nation from its inception and will bless America again, restoring President Trump to the presidency which is his. God bless all who know this truth and who state it.
May God Bless the USA.
Elizabeth Hinesley, Delray Beach
To attract workers, pay decently
All my life I worked for others in the restaurant business. It was always for about $2.30 an hour and the rest of the pay would be in tips, which were taxed as well.
Thankfully, I worked in first-class restaurants and made a good living. That was until restaurant owners changed the tipping rules to pooling. Pooling is where all the staff share the tips and sometimes that includes the hostess and bus persons. What that means is a good waiter making several hundred a night suddenly was making the same as the worst waiter who didn’t do nearly as well. It wasn’t long until many of these restaurants, usually the chains, weren’t even feeding the staff with an employee meal. That’s about the time I got out and worked privately in catering until I retired.
Since restaurants have reopened, I see they’re crying because they can’t rehire staff. And they have the nerve to blame government unemployment benefits. (They certainly don’t mean Florida unemployment benefits.)
So let me get this straight. They pay below minimum wage, add tips and try to call that a good wage? And I hope you’re not hungry. The customers I know would rather pay higher prices if they knew it was going to the staff too.
The solution: Pay a decent wage in an environment that is fair, pays benefits and gives some sort of security. The applicants will flock to apply. Keep things as is? Not so much.
Steven Giddens, Port St. Lucie
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