I smile when I hear someone say, “On social issues, I’m progressive and favor the Democrats, but I’m a fiscal conservative so I support the Republicans.” The myth that the GOP is “better” at the budget is rampant, but it’s a myth just the same. The past 30-plus years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the GOP presidents have consistently left us with a ballooning deficit, while the Democratic presidents have consistently reined it in.
Rex Nutting of MarketWatch (a Dow Jones property) recently wrote: “Government spending under Obama … is rising at a 1.4 percent annualized pace, slower than any time in nearly 60 years.” Under Reagan’s two terms it was 8.7 percent and 4.9 percent; Bush I, 5.4 percent; Clinton 3.2 percent and 3.9 percent; and Bush II, 7.3 percent and 8.1 percent. It’s the Democrats, therefore, who have been the small-growth, responsible party when it comes to fiscal restraint.
Forbes magazine writer Jason Oberholtzer also said recently that the cost of George W. Bush’s new policies (from 2001 to 2009), many of them supported by a congressman named Paul Ryan from Wisconsin (have you heard of him?), totaled $5.1 trillion. President Obama’s policies, on the other hand, from 2009 to 2017 are expected to add less than $1 trillion to the deficit.
The slogan of the Bush/Cheney era became: “President Reagan said deficits don’t matter.” When Jimmy Carter left office in 1980 the deficit was $900 billion. Eight years later it had more than tripled to nearly $3 trillion under Reagan.
Blaming Obama for the deficit we’re still struggling to reduce is like blaming firefighters who just extinguished a raging fire for the fact that the house is still smoldering. If you’re concerned about the federal deficit, you should be voting for Democrats, not Republicans.
— Joan Farrell
Elkhart
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Why do immigrants come to the U.S. illegally?
With the current increased interest in fixing our broken immigration system both political parties are putting forth legislation.
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Safety along C.R. 35 is a concern
This letter is meant to bring awareness and hopefully corrections in regard to C.R. 35 in Elkhart County. Something needs to be done immediately to enforce the laws pertaining to the use of C.R. 35.
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Goshen should stick with ‘Redskins’
I must respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Ron Chupp (The Goshen News, May 9). What’s in a name, Mr. Chupp? I too have a Native American heritage, and for some reason, I am not offended by the term Redskins, or brown skins or any other color of skins.
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More important issues than a nickname
I would like to, in the most respectful way possible, respond to Mr. Chupp’s letter (The Goshen News, May 9) regarding the ongoing debate over the term “Redskins” being used as the nickname and mascot for the Goshen school system.
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There is hope through God
May I share what happened to me after praying about the issue of whether to have guns carried by school authorities at Goshen High School. While calling out to God, my question was: Why have we as a nation come to trusting in government agencies, such as Homeland Security, rather than obeying the Constitution in what you have declared through our forefathers?
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Sheriff has this reader's support
This letter is in defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in response to Shari Mellin’s letter (The Goshen News, May 8) about Sheriff Brad Rogers not obeying the laws related to anti-gun legislation
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‘Redskins’ nickname is offensive
The question posed (in the May 5 edition) was, “What’s in a Name?” In the case of the GHS (Redskins) mascot, it is insult, degradation, racism, and an ongoing slap-in-the face reminder of the disgusting manner in which my Native American ancestors were treated by Europeans.
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Millrace projects threaten a Goshen gem
The city of Goshen is in the 11th hour for the five Redevelopment Commission members to hear the voices of its residents concerning the millrace redevelopment proposals at its next meeting at 4 p.m. on May 14.
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We don’t need a community center
We want to keep this short and to the point. We keep reading articles and letters in the papers about the proposed community center in Goshen. Our question is why?
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