Letters to the Editor

Charles Hsu
San Francisco

Regarding Walter Rodgers's recent Opinion piece on liberalism: The reason conservatives are not ready to give up the benefits of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. is that the government has taken money from all who have worked to earn a living over the years.

Most who have paid Social Security and Medicare taxes will receive a pittance in benefits compared with what they could have earned on their own investments.

So now we should be ready to give up even the little bit we will get back of our own money? I don't think so.

Jim Morgenstern
Hoschton, Ga.

Clarify Clinton's Texas win

Regarding the March 6 article, "Democrats' long battle is a GOP boon": Why are you still reporting that Clinton won Texas? She didn't. She only won the popular vote in the primary.

Gerald Smith
Chino, Calif.

[Editor's response: The article about the outcome of the Democratic elections on March 4 should have more fully explained the results in Texas, which has both a primary and a caucus. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the primary, which awards about two-thirds of Texas' pledged delegates. Votes in the caucus – which awards the remaining one-third – were still being counted at that time. They are still being tallied and are not expected to be announced before March 29.]

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