To the editor:

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has a history of opposing attempts to transition from fossil fuels. He and Senator Sinema of Arizona receive substantial funding for their re-election campaigns from the fossil fuel industry. The Democrats $3-5 trillion Build Back Better legislation, to be spent over 10 years, proposes to move to a clean energy future in order to reduce CO2 emissions and combat climate change. The legislation would also require the very wealthy and corporations to pay a more fair share in taxes, which they are adamantly opposed to doing.

Senator Manchin’s concern about inflation is a smoke screen for his real interest in blocking legislation which would adversely affect his political donors and his own financial interest in coal, as well as his his re-election as a Senator from West Virginia.

John Kluge

New Ulm