Letters to the Editor for June 8
Paying down the national debtAs a conservative I welcome the beginning of an effort to reduce our national debt. However, trying to reduce spending without some increase in taxes is not a balanced approach. It really means that the burden is being placed mostly on the recipients of government aid, Social Security, and the rest of us with average financial assets.
The Daily Star published a column by a foreign affairs expert, Daniel DePertis , which raised a provocative question in light of the recent debt ceiling drama in Congress. Both parties took defense spending “off the table”. DePertis argues taxpayers and the public interest would be better served if defense spending were subject to scrutiny, too.
Those dollars could support important services. Both parties must step up. Both must abandon their political deference to defense spending by making fiscal responsibility bipartisan. And the Democrats must embrace the need to address the deficit, not cede the issue to the Republicans.Jan. 6 questionsSo many questions ...
President Biden takes a spill after a speech to the Air Force Academy. No mention was made of the substance of his speech, or his plans to deal with the rising tensions with China, Russia.
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