More Letters to the Editor: Franken is stealing election
by Tucson Citizen on Jan. 19, 2009, under OpinionDemocrats have their eyes on Senate seats
Aided by his Democratic cronies, including shady Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Al Franken is in the process of stealing an election for U.S. Senate.
This isn’t surprising. After all, it was the Democrats who attempted to steal the 2000 presidential election and it was the Democrats whose power lust is so great that they refrained from holding a special election in Illinois just to make sure that no Republican had even a small chance of becoming that state’s junior senator.
Republicans must become much more serious about combating such abuses.
Mark Kalinowski
New York, N.Y.
Simple solution for a tough situation
Here is an interesting idea for Hamas – a way they can save Palestinian lives and end the bombing.
It’s clear Hamas has not thought of this. It’s worth considering, because it not only will save the lives of innocent Palestinian adults and children, but save the entire Gaza infrastructure.
The idea is this: Don’t fire rockets into Israel.
I wonder why nobody has thought of this before.
Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
Wilmette, Ill.
Use stimulus dough for jobs, not tax cuts
The incoming administration and Congress are developing an economic stimulus plan of about $800 billion, which is supposed to create approximately 3 million jobs.
The jobs will evolve from projects designed to rebuild and replace our roadways, bridges, dams and possibly runways. Schools will be upgraded. There could be substantial funding of energy projects, which will hopefully reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
We need quick turnaround projects ready to be implemented within 90 days of funding.
Unfortunately, about $300 billion of the $800 billion economic plan will go to tax cuts for individuals ($200 billion) and businesses ($100 billion) and not create jobs.
The tax rebates parceled out in the spring of 2008 did not stimulate the economy because $66 billion of the $78 billion in rebates went into savings accounts or was used to pay down debts. Businesses might use the tax cuts to pay down debt and buy back stock.
The incoming administration should not put the $300 billion into tax cuts, but should use the entire $800 billion to create good-paying U.S. jobs, while improving our infrastructure, upgrading school resources, promoting alternative energy programs, increasing domestic oil production and reducing the importation of foreign oil.
Donald A. Moskowitz
Londonderry, N.H.
