Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

So where would you cut government?

Thanks to the Las Vegas Sun for the thoughtful Sunday article, “Tea Party draws faithful, but important work awaits,” on Saturday’s Tea Party gathering in Searchlight, where Sarah Palin spoke.

Over the past many months, I’ve read about this movement with some interest. What I find confusing is that they wish for a smaller federal government, but I have yet to hear which parts of the government they would eliminate. Given that many of the participants in Saturday’s event were older than 65, which of their benefits would they be willing to sacrifice for the sake of a smaller government?

Would they be willing to close the services provided to the young men and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan for the sake of a former president’s wounded pride? Would they be willing to sacrifice the military industrial complex that is driving the government further into debt?

If they wish for a smaller government, whose ox would they gore?

Meanwhile, the best word to describe Sarah Palin is quitter.

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