Make your voice heard in 2010, too

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1. By Houstonjac (Bob Jack)

   March 7, 2009

   6:02 a.m.

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   Dear Gertrude:

   Your wish may be your worst nightmare. With the Obama administration, and the democratic controlled Congress, trying to reengineer society and the economy overnight, they are writing their own exit strategy. While Americans were hungry for "change", most of them were not ready for the radicalization of society by this leftist socialist President. Any thought that he will govern from the center is long gone. Your boy is a radical socialist.
   His spending plans are designed more to redistribute the wealth away from those who create it, and toward those who are waiting with outstretched hands to receive it. In the final analysis his approach will leave America weaker.
   He has to increase taxes, and he'll do it in a way that disincentivizes wealth and job creation.

   He will decimate the national defense capabilities. The anti terrorist program is approaching shambles. His "cap and trade" program will increase your electric bill.The stock market is in "free fall". His assault on tax deductions for home interest, medical expenses, and charitable contributions will increase taxes,give you less to spend and stiffle incentives to own homes and to give.You will continue to pay taxes on your medical bills because hardly any of them are deductible.His declaration of families that earn 250K/yr as being "rich" advances his class warfare agenda. His motto is simple: "Keep them down on the farm"--there's more to creating a civilization than farming. Especially a world leader.

   Yes you may not be too excited about the poll results in 2010.

2. By James_P_Reza (James Reza)

   March 7, 2009

   7:38 a.m.

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   The only way toward change in America is to stop belittling those who are "poor" at the expense of those who are "rich." The whiny Democrats have made being "poor" a job and the greedy Republicans have made "success" an embarassment. Both are against traditional American values. Both are reprehensibly divisive.

   Register non-partisan and take the power away from the polarized parties. Enough politics is enough.

3. By gunowners4obama

   March 7, 2009

   9:52 a.m.

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   Houston, GWB increased terrorist inclinations by invading Iraq, not to mention how he redistributed wealth to the family cronies running businesses there. Americans have finally awakened after a few decades of trickle-down theory to realize that what has trickled down to them is job insecurity or loss, an absurd and expensive health care system that is based on making profits by keeping people unwell, personal debt, and so on. As for me having less to spend, that couldn't happen unless I lost my job totally. I have no disposable income, like millions of other hard-working Americans. Every bit is spoken for before the paycheck's in the bank. Yet the richest have become much richer under the Republicans. That was what they were all about. When laws are made to build up the rich at the expense of everybody who's not rich, then it's time to wake up and redistribute, yes. As for irresponsible and reprehensible people like the woman with the octuplets, which party is stemming that garbage? And which is handling the illegal immigration problem? Who's dealing with the chronic problem of unwarranted lawsuits that permeates everything in the country, and affects everybody? Neither, as far as I can tell. Time for a new choice, but meanwhile I'll vote for Democrats.

4. By Scott

   March 7, 2009

   10:49 p.m.

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   Why does this paper continue to provide a forum for drivel like this hateful letter?

   There are many republicans that are far from rich.

   What ever happend to my right to disagree with you?

   The writer seems hell bent to make 45 percent of this county see things her way!