Letter to the Editor: Now someone is actually cutting waste and spending, and cries are coming from left

I read Sam Middendorf’s attack on President Trump and Elon Musk.

The first thing that jumps out was his mention of the attack on the Capitol. Really? If he wants to know what an attack on the Capitol is, he should read about Jubal Early’s battle-hardened Confederates marching up the Shenandoah Valley to threaten Washington during the Civil War or the Puerto Rican nationalist who attacked the Capitol in 1954 — not diabetic grandparents walking through the Rotunda on Jan. 6. 

Regarding DOGE, I have spent my whole life listening to politicians say they are going to cut waste and spending. Now someone is actually doing it, and the cries are coming from the left. Countless economists and intelligence officials have talked about the unsustainability of our debt and the threat it is to our national security.

Eventually, the markets will demand spending cuts and fiscal sanity. You think these DOGE cuts are painful? 

Mark Felsman
Quincy, Illinois