It amazes me that there are several people who write to the Times-Union and base their letters solely on conjecture and generalization. To prove points, facts are usually required to back up an argument.
For example, Mr. Humphrey thinks that the "Tea Party Folk" put another Democrat in office. Last I checked, the Republican running for office dropped out and endorsed the Democrat. Can Mr. Humphrey say for sure that if Doug Hoffman does not run for that seat that DeDe Scozzafava wins the race and a Republican keeps that seat?
Of course, let us examine how that seat opened up. It was caused when President Obama appointed the former owner of that seat - who was a Republican, to secretary of the Army. So it is just as much the president's fault as it is the Tea Party folk. One more thing Mr. Humphrey, you slam Mitch Daniels for leasing the toll road to a private firm. What is wrong with private companies running something started by the government? All I need to say is the United States Postal Service.
Mrs. Collins - I am sorry that you have lost your job, but how can you blame President Bush for that? The government controls the economy like Mike Hoffman controls the weather. You also hold the Health Care Bills being debated on such a high pedestal - yet you cannot prove that any bill will cover every American. President Obama signed a Stimulus bill that has cost this economy another 2 million plus in jobs. Congress is debating a health care bill that the Congressional Budget Office has said is going to raise federal spending and not lower insurance costs:
So I ask how a health care program that costs more to operate, still not cover every American, and that a majority of Americans do not want - can be the right thing for the American people. The reason that all these companies, like Ford, GM, etc lost all of these jobs is that they were too big to begin with. That is the whole basis of a free-market economy. Companies who are too big to fail are too big to begin with. The same notion can be said about the banking industry. When Bill Clinton passed legislation making it easier for Americans to acquire home loans, it drove banks to give loans to unqualified lenders who were eventually not going to be able to repay, which occurred during the Bush administration. Therefore, the banks got too big and failed. The solution to the problem, besides overhauling the federal tax code, is to let the market work itself out. It always, has, and it always will.
Of course, Anthony Burchette will criticize a book without reading it. Do you dislike restaurants before actually eating there? And if you look at her life, she has obviously accomplished more than you have. Have you run for public office? Have you done anything that has achieved national recognition? Accomplish something, and then get back to me.
