I wholeheartedly agree with Marti McGeary’s [Oct. 22] letter [about youth violence] 100 percent, but the No. 1 reason is – women are having children and could not care less how they grow up. They do not get married. There is no one teaching these children right from wrong because they don’t know right from wrong themselves. How do the ignorant teach civility, honor, goodness, kindness, just plain humanity? Women today – some are just as stupid as some men. They don’t think with their heads or brains. All they think about is a good time with a willing partner, so who winds up paying for it monetarily? The taxpayer and the children who are taught nothing and think harming others is fine just because they want to. When I worked in a hospital emergency room, a nurse asked a woman who came in with a lot of children why she had so many. The answer? “Because welfare pays me for each child.” Hello … is someone listening? I once thought China was a terrible country for limiting a married couple’s family to one child. Not anymore. I now think they have the right idea. The United States is letting in people from all over the world who are having their babies here. Who is paying for them? We – the once overtaxed, overworked and underpayed — now the to-be-known-as jobless. Where does it all end?

Marilyn Fernando

Oakridge A

Deerfield Beach

The $10 million man

Dear Editor:

When did we lose control? I am responding to the publisher’s relevant commentary regarding the over-compensation of firefighters in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. This is a situation that has to stop now. This is not just exclusive to firefighters, it transcends throughout the police and other municipal compensation plans. When these groups of workers hit their retirement funds, the cash outlays defy comprehension. For example, when the 19 firefighters at $300,000 and the 161 at $200,000 retire, [annual] retirement expenses [just for those 180 people, will cost Dade County taxpayers over $37 million per year.] How will that pension fund sustain itself — and this is only for a relatively small group of employees? The answer is simple. Just tax and tax an already over-burdened populace. There has to be one pension system for all the people, with the same benefits throughout. The current plan cannot sustain itself much longer. In the end, we will all suffer.

Leonard Lavallee

Lighthouse Point

A great town hall meeting

Dear Editor:

I’d like to compliment Joe Miller and all who participated in his District 1 meeting. It was the most precise, respectful meeting I’ve attended at City Hall. All the participants were well-informed regarding their position and responsibilities. Miller had control of the meeting, with ease. Questions I needed answers to were answered. I can relate to the difficulty a position such as Miller’s entails. To him, I say, keep up the good work. Our city needs your positive approach.

J. M. Harte

President, Little Harbor Homeowners’ Association

Deerfield Beach