Letter: Those who work should reject liberals’ agenda

Thursday, July 31, 2003 | 8:54 a.m.

I continue to struggle to understand how any working Las Vegan can support the Democratic or progressive agenda. Citizens are now facing a huge tax increase and are plowing down the same progressive tax/wealth confiscation path as California. Too bad it will do nothing to help the educational results of our children.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was recently quoted as saying, "(President Bush) honors and respects only one thing, wealth. And he wants to make sure that those who have it, keep it." What he really meant was that Democrats have a core value to take wealth away. It is called "Income Redistribution." That is, those who choose to work must support those who choose not to. Those of you who have either worked hard to be able to retire here in Las Vegas, or who are working or operating your own business with the aspiration of "getting ahead," should be very afraid of this "core value." As a conservative, I want everyone to get wealthy and no one to "need" to leech off their success.

A recent poll shows the Democratic Party is at its weakest since the New Deal of 60 years ago. In addition, it shows the more financially successful people become, the less likely they are to be Democrat. Does anyone doubt the significant economic success of the middle class of the last 50 years years has contributed to the unpopularity of the Democratic Party?

PETE MOUNTANOS