Few facts in editorial criticizing cap-and-trade
Re: “Stop ’emotionalizing’ the cap-and-trade debate,” Editorial, Aug. 28
This editorial raises several points with no supporting evidence. In other words, they are true because the writer says they are true, and that’s that. No reason, other than a lack of demand, is given as to why cap-and-trade will not work. Even the lack of demand has to be taken on faith, because the editorial seems more concerned with pushing a point of view than explaining the debate. I read newspapers to become better informed about the world around me, not to have someone under the guise of an editorial writer think for me.
B. McNeal
Washington
Nationalized healthcare is unconstitutional
Our founders drew up a Constitution in which a federal government, created by the states, was established to perform only those duties which the states were incapable of performing, e.g. conducting foreign relations, coining a common currency, and providing for the national defense. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments explicitly stipulate that all powers not assigned to the federal government are to remain the province of the individual states. There is no explicit provision in the Constitution mandating federal government involvement in health care, nor in any other domestic social welfare program. Therefore, we should not even be having this debate on a national scale. Insofar as the American people have differing opinions, it is best that health care be left to the individual states, where the people can have a wide variety of choice.
Lawrence K. Marsh
Gaithersburg
Virginia’s schools should not be sacrificed
Re: “Schools dazed by budget cuts: Bigger classes, few teacher as dollars dwindle,” Aug. 24 I was surprised to read about the problems local schools in Virginia are having because of cuts in funding. The Republican candidate for governor has stated that his transportation plan is to take money that should go to local schools and public safety and fund roads instead. I do not have school-aged children, but I feel that funding education is much more important than fixing a few road problems.
George Bogart
Alexandria
