OpinionJuly 22, 2010
Speak Out 7/22/10
If the Bush tax cuts for the superrich are allowed to expire, it will produce more tax revenue for the federal government and help to a degree to eat into the federal deficit and debt caused in large part by Republican abandonment of core conservative principles during the Bush years that the party now pretends it's concerned about but refuses to name significant programs it would cut if given the opportunity to do so...
Core principles
If the Bush tax cuts for the superrich are allowed to expire, it will produce more tax revenue for the federal government and help to a degree to eat into the federal deficit and debt caused in large part by Republican abandonment of core conservative principles during the Bush years that the party now pretends it's concerned about but refuses to name significant programs it would cut if given the opportunity to do so.
Health mandate
GET over it, Southeast Missourian editorial board. The federal health care bill has passed. The posturing will go on, but there's nothing unique about mandates. Social Security has mandates. Medicare has mandates. And so do many other government programs. Universal health care has belatedly but thankfully become a constitutional right.
Kingshighway U-turns
You know how Jackson got U-turn lanes when Jackson Boulevard was widened to four lanes? Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau would be much safer for cross traffic if we had the same.
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Civil disagreements
I'm tired of the disrespect being shown by people who disagree with someone else's opinion. Opinions are formed by ideas, environment and backgrounds. Ask 10 people one question and you'll get different answers. Name-calling and vile spewing of an opinion only show that you are intolerant of anyone who disagrees with you. It's OK to have different opinions. It isn't OK to bash someone. Make it simple: Agree to disagree.
Cleaning up
THANK you, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, for trying to clean up the health care bill. It's a mess.
Reckless behavior
CONGRESS has done it again. It has passed the so-called financial reform bill. It's a 2,300-page bill that no one could have completely read before voting on it. Sen. Christopher Dodd was the lead sponsor in the Senate. He told the Washington Post on June 25, "No one will know until this is actually in place how it works." This comes on the heels of the so-called health care reform bill. That was another 1,000-plus-page bill that no one could have read before voting on it. But don't worry. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in March, "But we have to pass the bill so we can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy." I hope there are major changes in Congress in November so this reckless behavior is stopped.
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