DEAR EDITOR:

In an Oct. 16 X post, Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli, railed against the nebulous “They” who “printed trillions of dollars out of thin air, sent you $1,800, gave the rest away to their friends, and stuck you with the bill (inflation).” He added, “Washington, D.C. doesn’t care about you. It never has.”

Perhaps Sen. Rulli can tell us if he believes the taxpayer-funded, fully forgiven $382,000 PPP loan Frank A. Rulli and Sons LLC received is part of the problem he describes. (Rulli’s Senate website states he is director of operations for Rulli Bros. Markets, and his most recent Senate financial disclosure statement lists Frank A. Rulli and Sons LLC, as an entity under which he or members of his immediate family do business). Does free taxpayer money that benefits Rulli’s bottom line contribute to inflation? Or do only federal expenditures that help other people lead to inflation?

Maybe Michael Rulli could explain to his hardworking constituents worried about paying for their kids’ education why his party opposes student loan forgiveness, even though the GOP looked the other way as he and other Republican elites like Matt Gaetz and the family of Mike Pence had their snouts in the PPP free money trough. As usual, it’s one rule for the well-connected Republican swamp creatures, and another for the rest of us.

Washington may not care much about us, but your friends in the D.C. swamp certainly have taken care of you, Mike.

CHRISTOPHER KROMER

Warren