DEAR EDITOR:

In your Nov. 15-16 editorial regarding General Motors’ announcement of layoffs at Ultium Cells in Lordstown, you state that “the automaker and its workforce, represented by Local 1112 of the United Auto Workers … must prove they can make their product line succeed without artificial stimuli via federal tax credits and other public-sector incentives,” adding that “hopes for any resurrection of such generous government-funded incentives appear slim to none.”

You fail to note that the same so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” that eliminated $7,500 tax incentives for electric vehicles also increased federal tax subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries from $5 billion to $12 billion annually. Similarly, you failed to mention that around half of oil and gas production in the United States is estimated to be dependent on subsidies in order to be profitable.

TIM FITZPATRICK

Lake Milton