Obama only concerned about his own job
Re: “Sequestration: Compromise is in Obama’s interest,” July 7
There is plenty of blame to go around concerning the looming sequestration, the drastic defense budget cuts and massive job losses it will bring. Unless both parties come together to find a solution, Jan. 3 could see over a million jobs lost in the defense sector nationwide, with massive job losses in Virginia.
Incredibly, this week the Obama administration directed the defense industry not to protect these workers facing job loss. By law, a firm anticipating laying off workers must provide notice (a pink slip) 60 days prior to layoff. This massive purge is scheduled for Jan. 3, 2013, and these notices will go out Nov. 3, just days before the election.
Fearing hundreds of thousands of soon-to-be-unemployed defense workers going into the voting booth, the Obama machine had the Department of Labor direct the defense contracting companies not to provide layoff letters — letters, which in many cases, are required for workers seeking help from employment assistance programs.
By blatantly throwing up to a million defense workers under the bus by telling the contracting companies to withhold layoff letters until after the election, Barack Obama proves he is in favor of job preservation. Unfortunately, the only job he’s concerned about saving is his.
Douglas B. Kelsey
Virginia Beach
Obama rules now by executive fiat
President Obama, by exerting executive privilege, has changed the nation’s welfare program.
Now there is to be no more work qualifications needed to qualify for welfare. The welfare program had been a rousing success, enabling many to improve the quality of their lives.
What Obama has done is unconstitutional and should be immediately addressed and overturned. Have you read any complaint of this blatant disregard of our country’s laws from the government-friendly media?
This is merely the latest example (Fast and Furious coverup, fighting states that want to have an “honest” election, etc.) of this administration’s disregard and contempt for America.
Citizens who dumbly accept and don’t object to what is happening are doomed to accept the eventual disastrous consequences, some of which number high unemployment, unsustainable, reckless, wasteful and irresponsible federal spending, excessive rules and regulations for businesses and the monstrosity of Obamacare, which are already happening now.
Al Eisner
Silver Spring
Congress is addicted to spending
Re: “Senate panel revives dozens of tax breaks,” Aug. 2
The thought of a tax break for builders of NASCAR tracks is just ludicrous. When did NASCAR run short of cash? The Republicans and Democrats simply do not talk to each other or even consider that they have created the tax problems to begin with.
Both parties will pass whatever favors help them obtain money from campaign contributors, ignoring their constituents’ needs. The premise that we need to raise taxes is completely false. The truth is that if we tax the same percentage from the rich or poor, everyone pays a fair share. Everyone is paying for an equal opportunity; you should not expect an equal outcome.
The congressional addiction to spending is what has created our problems. Our founders never intended for Congress to turn into a wealth redistribution factory, but that is exactly what our tax code has achieved. The rich are allowed to buy tax breaks with political contributions and as a result usually gain an advantage over their competitors. Then, the money the IRS does collect, Congress gives away in order to purchase votes from one group or another.
A business is a business, and if it cannot run without government interference or help, then they simply have a bad business plan. They don’t need involuntary taxpayer contributions. Research and development needs no tax break except to be considered a cost of doing business. In the real world, people invest their personal fortunes at their personal risk and simply expect to reap the rewards if it pays off. Senate legislation was to allow 20 tax breaks to expire. That is hardly a good start, and we really need to let all the tax breaks expire to even the playing field.
Randy Mathson
Alexandria
