Letter to the Editor
Expensive laws
Published Monday, August 25, 2008
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To the editor:
Obama talks like a Republican and McCain acts like a Democrat. So what is the reason for the different political parties? What is the reason for the primary elections? To show who the elite want in the Oval Office.
As I watched the debates on TV, I noticed that certain candidates were not given equal time to speak, a clear indication of controlling who the people get to hear.
I heard there is enough oil in Alaska to last the entire United States 200 years. We must not re-elect the incumbents because they have not released this information or have their hands in the oil barons’ pockets and vice versa.
All these ballot measures, someone must pay for them. When there were a few laws, prices for goods were nearly free. As I was growing up my father talked about the days when he was making 50 cents per day. Businesses pay for these new laws. They in turn pass the expense to the consumer.
Big government does not know about mining or fisheries because they are not in those businesses. All the money used to abide by new laws would be used to prevent such pollutants from harming the environment. Landowners will not do business with companies that have a record of harming the environment. It is Big Government that allows those companies to do business.
We must vote for market-driven, business-minded persons who do not rely on government for funds/projects, because they are honest. They have to be honest, otherwise their businesses would fail. Some new laws are masked in such a way, that it forces businesses to do harm, so that Big Government can say that we need them to protect us. Government’s one and only place is to protect the people from harm. These are but a few points to ponder before casting your vote, and I must tell you to prepare yourselves for the future of fully integrated honesty and pure love.
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"We must vote for market-driven, business-minded persons who do not rely on government for funds/projects, because they are honest. They have to be honest, otherwise their businesses would fail."
I'm afraid you are quite naive. How many examples of corrupt businessmen do you want?
No AKhusky, you are quite naive. Name me some big government programs that actually work?
- Welfare? Nope. That doesn't work.
- Universal health care? Ask the Brits and the Canadians about that.
- Planned Parenthood? Millions of dead children aren't amused.
- Public School systems? Nope.
- Affirmative Action- Millions of people NOT given opportunities due to race.
The free market will solve the problems the liberals think we have. We just have to keep giving it a chance. McCain '08.
The military.
The role of the major parties is simply to seek and maintain power. They provide the mechanism through which their favored members can successfully seek election, and do whatever is necessary to ensure that independent or small party candidates have little hope of success.
Neither of the major parties demonstrates one single whit of concern for the will or well-being of the nation. They both promise the world and deliver nothing.
It's my opinion that the presumptive major party candidates are among the poorest we've ever been offered. We have the guy with no clue versus the guy with no plan.
I refuse to reward either one of them with my vote. If I can't find a third party or independent candidate I like then I'll vote for my lead dog. He's more qualified than either of these guys.
1. He knows how to listen.
2. He leads from up front instead of some office in the beltway.
3. He treats his friends with love and affection, and bites his enemies.
4. He doesn't bestow special favor to those who contribute to his campaign or slips a few bucks under the table.
5. He knows his right from his left and knows the fastest route is usually down the middle.
6. He doesn't pretend to be something he is not.
7. He does his job for the sheer joy of contributing rather than the means to achieve some hidden agenda.
8. He's smart enough to refuse a cue if it will put his team on a dangerous course yet he's wise enough to not make a habit of it.
9. He fosters enthusiasm, joy and confidence hin his team mates.
10. He's a LOT better looking than either major party candidate.
Swanny,
That was metal on metal! no need to adjust fire.
The best thing about being American is that we have the right to make our own opinions and speak freely. No political party, whether it be Republican, Democratic, Liberal, etc, should force you in to saying, or believing in something you don't truely beleive in. Barak Obama may "talk like a Republican" and John McCain amy "act like a Democrat", but that makes them American.
My political views do not have to mirror those of the political party I choose to represent. I have the freedom to vary from the norm. Let them be. A true voter shouldn't pick someone by their political party.... but should choose the person who best fits the office!
Twingirl, it is indeed a great thing that your views don't have to mirror those of your party - unfortunately the politicians from either of those parties don't enjoy the same freedom.
They must either toe the party line or face consequences - and most of them don't have the courage to face the consequences by standing firmly upon their principals.
Hey I like that swanny the 10 things about your lead dog is your lead dog going to be on the balot ? thay got my vote. lol
wow...
so you're saying that, essentially, private business interests... which are soly motivated by the pursuit of money... are the least likely to be corrupt?
Granted sometimes a President/CEO makes ethical choices, but by and large the greed is more important than doing what is right for the people/workers/land/etc~
as for the rest of the letter... wow. I disagree.
The comments make sense. I don't trust advertising from either side. But I do look at the candidate's record. Although I'm not fond of either presidential candidate, I've boiled it down to voting for the one that scares me the least. It's not the candidate that proudly associates himself with communists, marxists, terrorists, & drug dealers. It's not the one who voted 3 times to deny medical care for babies that survive abortions, or authored & currently co-sponsoring Senate bill S.2433.
Whats the name of the sled dog?
To my liberal friends, yes it's a scare tactic. It worked. I'm scared. Of both of them; but one more than the other.
(S2433 would require the U.S. to initially direct .7% of our GNP into the United Nations coffers for distribution as they see fit, for "food" to third world nations. Under earlier agreements this would evolve into a national tax on the U.S. with the UN attempting to levy this on all first world nations.
The U.N. would have the power to increase this rate of taxation.
The U.S. would be required to surrender some of its sovereignty over foreign aid by putting it under UN control. The bill would force the U.S. to sign onto the U.N.'s Millennium Declaration, which would commit us not only to "banning small arms and light weapons" but also to adhere to the International Criminal Court Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol.)
Well said EOD_Dave. B. Hussein Obama, the choice of Hamas has no business in the Oval Office.
The Fasicists are in force this AM....Stay tuned to Rush Limbaugh and oxycontin radio
I would propose that if one assumes that a businessman is interested in maximizing the long term profit for his company then he will not act unethically, there would not be corruption, the corporation would be sensitive to community concerns and be aware of public perception.
The market will punish corruption, illegal and unethical behavior. Long term success is driven by the consumer and the consumer defines what is acceptable behavior. Private enterprise will always be more efficient, more flexible, and more sensitive to external concerns then will any government sponsored program. (Yes, even the military. The military is able to do what is is doing because of the privatization of many of the its services.)
If you want the government to grow, plan on overpaying for whatever you hope to ever get out of it.
The Ayatollah Khomeini gave his support to Reagan. Does that mean anything? Reagan sent Kissinger to Paris in secret to negociate with the Iranians while they held Americans hostage and before his first election. Does that mean anything? Nixon had also met with our enemies again thru Kissinger, again in Paris, before his first election. Does that mean anything?
I feel I'm overpaying for whatever I get out of many local businesses.
Hey swanny, your dog has my vote! What's his name?
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