Opinion

Dear editor, A North Carolina couple writes to the March 24, 2025, Charlotte Observer opinion page: "Right now, politicians in Washington are debating the future of Medicaid. They throw around big numbers and rhetoric around 'waste, fraud, and abuse.' For too many politicians in Washington, Medicaid is just another political football to be tossed around as red meat rhetoric to throw to their bases in hopes of securing their next campaign donation.

For too long, overregulation has had detrimental impacts on our economy. Businesses have been forced to navigate a maze of bureaucratic red tape rather than focusing on what they do best—creating jobs, innovating, and serving their customers.

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were launched into space in June 2024 on what was supposed to be an eight-day mission. However, technical problems developed on their Boeing Starliner capsule.

We knew that a second Trump Administration would be as different from the Biden years as night is from day. President Trump has wasted no time delivering tangible results that will have a tremendously positive impact on Oklahoma.

  The leader of the minority Democrats in the United States Senate, Charles Schumer (D-NY), has quietly but effectively aided the Republicans on an important spending vote, and thereby increased his own standing and perhaps the prospects of his beleaguered party.   Ten Senate Democrats led by Schumer joined with Republicans to pass a stopgap spending bill on March 14 that averts a shutdown and guarantees that the U.S.