Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

The letter writer and I agree that a healthy economy features a bigger pie for everyone. We disagree on the recipe. Economists studying the last three decades assert that the “trickle down” concept of rewarding the wealthiest with tax cuts and deregulation does not mean a bigger pie for all. A millionaire’s windfall does not have the systemic economic boost that a windfall for the low-income or middle class does: the latter tend to spend it immediately, the former tend to hoard. And while President Trump’s deregulation of air and water protection might benefit the oil and coal executives, it most certainly makes the pie more toxic for the working class.

Former President Barack Obama reversed a huge recession that was at its worst in 2008, and now Trump surfs the wave of this recovery, claiming it as his “genius” even as he undoes the protections Obama championed. The gap between the rich and poor is widening. This is a far more important trend than the stock market spiking.

Peter Albert, San Francisco

“We demand fairness” shouts Pelosi and the Do Nothing Democrats, yet the Dems in the House wouldn’t let us have 1 witness, no lawyers or even ask questions. It was the most unfair witch-hunt in the history of Congress!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2020

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Rest in peace. He was right about everything except animals.

To the editor:

Virginia Heffernan is right that Trumpism is a cult.

I remember when Fox News debuted in the 1990s. I overheard a co-worker tell another woman that liberals suffer from mental illness. Then they both laughed. I pointed out that I am a liberal. Silence.

Soon after, the first in a series of liberal-bashing Ann Coulter books appeared in the bookstores. This cult relies on little substance and a lot of outrage.

To this day those former co-workers of mine believe liberals are mentally ill. They also believe that President Obama was born in Kenya, Hillary Clinton belongs in jail, and President Trump is honest.

They have sat down every night for decades and watched Fox News, the most successful propaganda machine in modern history. From this well springs this cult that is winning elections aided by gerrymandering and voter suppression.

Should we worry? Yes, we should.

Bethia Sheean-Wallace, Fullerton

Note from KBJ: I believe that Hillary Clinton belongs in jail. I also believe that President Trump is honest. I don't know where President Obama was born, because he has never released his original birth certificate. CNN, not Fox News, is "the most successful propaganda machine in modern history," if you call having poor ratings "successful." Guess which network Bethia Sheean-Wallace watches.