Letter: Closing the government doesn’t make us safer

In early January each year I call the Internal Revenue Service to request tax forms and instructions for my tax return filing. This year a recording says, “Telephone assistance not available at this time.” The IRS offices are closed over a border wall dispute.Homeland Security needs much more funding since 9/11; that is the world we live in. Coordination with many friendly countries and their intelligence gathering apparatus is vital. Pre-emptive actions will likely be necessary, not