Letters: Tom Steyer is promising the impossible in campaign

"Candidate for governor, Tom Steyer, is running ads saying he will ban corporations from contributing to Political Action Committees to support ads. Perhaps Steyer missed the Supreme Court decision called Citizens United, which allows these corporate political contributions. Either Steyer is quite uninformed, or he is trying to deceive the voters by promising something that is not legal. Many of his other promises also seem totally unachievable."

"How are capitalists going to continue making more money with fewer people to buy cell phones, the robots and the self-driving cars that are driving us to distraction? We literally do not know how to exist without an ever-growing population. Growth is always the answer to any economic troubles we may find ourselves in. The snail darter won't do squat for our almighty GNP. We've had plenty of chances to make better choices."

Tom Steyer pledges to ban corporations from contributing to Political Action Committees, despite the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision permitting such contributions. Such a pledge is presented as legally impossible and as evidence of misinformation or deception by the candidate. A perspective asserts that capitalist economies require continuous population growth to sustain consumer demand for products like cell phones, robots, and self-driving cars. That perspective contends that reduced population would undermine gross national product and increase risk of catastrophic consequences. Seniors in assisted living describe growing caregiver strain and emphasize mutual support and practical caregiving experience.

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