I read with dismay John Tamashiro’s letter (“Voters have experienced failures of Democrats,” Star-Advertiser, Nov. 3). It seems Tamashiro has bought into the Republican narrative blaming all the economic ills we are experiencing on Democrats.

He encourages us to do some fact-checking. Fair. Let’s examine the facts. We common folk are experiencing significant price increases at the pump. True. However, the fact is that the billions more we are paying are going to line the pockets of Big Oil, which has recorded record profits while we suffer the consequences of their greed.

Meanwhile, if the Republicans win back Congress, they promise further tax breaks for the big corporations. Facts. Check ’em out.

Wallace Ryan Kuroiwa

Kaimuki

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