Speak Out 10/20/15

Subsidizing Cape

From east (TIF proposal) to west (conference center proposal), Cape Girardeau taxpayers are being asked to subsidize private development by an amount so audaciously staggering it would make the Koch brothers blush.

Determined

Rep. Trey Gowdy is a man under fierce pressure as he leads a congressional Benghazi investigation that's dismissed by Democrats as partisan and even questioned by some fellow Republicans. No matter. The former prosecutor and three-term South Carolina Republican known for his "Southern politeness" is pressing ahead, determined to get the facts about the long night of Sept. 11, 2012, when extremists hit two U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Witch hunt

A female aide to Hillary Clinton was grilled by a House committee for six hours about Benghazi the other day, even though she had nothing to do with it. Republican Trey Gowdy, chairman of the committee, thanked her for her testimony, even though he was not in attendance. And so it goes in Washington where the taxpayers continue to foot the bill for political witchhunts.

Benghazi, politics

Will the taxpayer funded effort to derail the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton via the Benghazi hearings, the longest in history, ever end?

Gas, Social Security

We finally get a long run of lower gas prices and the Republicans squander the savings on partisan political investigations, resulting in frozen Social a Security benefits.

Silent majority

I totally agree with the letter to the editor in the Oct. 11 paper. The silent majority is going to have more rights taken away if we don't let our leaders know how we feel. We have to do it for our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. There are too many broken homes. The way the family goes, that's the way the country goes. Pray for our families, our country and our leaders.

Limbaugh, Royals

Of all of Rush Limbaugh's many cardinal sins, his absolute worst is that he is a Kansas City Royals fan.

Bad math

No Social Security increase because of lower gas prices. Well, most senior citizens might have used a tank of 16 gallons in a week at the most. It has only been maybe a 50-cent difference for a couple months. Mostly only been a 25 cent difference. Which would mean a saving at the highest as $8 a week, but more realistic of only about $4. Now you tell me that groceries, medicine, insurance and utilities hasn't gone up more than that.

Workers' comp

They can't try any harder. Corporate America is doing absolutely all it can to put an end to workers' compensation laws.