October 14, 2008 12:06 am
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What will Jesus say on last day?
Economic reality is that government cannot give you anything without first taking it from you. Generally the rich don’t pay taxes and the poor can’t pay much. The middle people pay them.
There is very little difference between the economics of Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama. Both are socialists, Mr. McCain a pragmatic socialist and Mr. Obama, a pragmatic and theoretical socialist. Neither can do much to help the economy because the money power controls both the economy and the political power. By creating money or credit out of nothing and lending “it” to the government at interest, which is impossible to pay back without borrowing more to pay that interest, a never-ending spiral of inflation continues the cycle of dependence on the money power. Only if money were put into circulation without interest could it be stopped. The private central banks of the world would have to give up their power, and it is not likely to happen. Our private central bank, the Federal Reserve system, was given power over the U.S. economy, and de facto the government, in 1913 “to control inflation.”
The real issue is whether one of the candidates actually advocates a clearly evil alternative. Mr. Obama has voted that an aborted infant who survives a botched abortion must be left to die.
Those who put possible economic security ahead of this fact are selling their birthright for a bowl of porridge. What will Jesus Christ say to these when he comes to judge the living and the dead on the last day?
Walter E. Cameron
Kokomo
Puckett T-shirts lack U.S.A. tag
As we hard-working voters face the general election, we must closely examine our candidates to know the person we are voting for will fight to protect our jobs, keep our families safe and improve our way of life. Recently, while attending a parade in Royal Center, I was handed a “Team Puckett” shirt from a member of Luke Puckett’s congressional campaign. Looking over the shirt I came across something very troubling – the tag read “Made in Haiti.”
If ever you could point to a city in Indiana that embodies the despair, hardship, yet resiliency of the American work force over the past eight years, it’s Kokomo. Once the thriving engine of manufacturing in Indiana, Kokomo is desperately trying to hold on to the few decent jobs that remain and haven’t been shipped overseas. Thanks to free-trade agreements, the feeling of apprehension plagues our community, with workers constantly fearing the loss of their once stable jobs.
To run for Congress, seeking the votes of hard-working men and women yet freely handing out T-shirts made by overworked and underpaid workers in poor countries is condescending. In an election where the economy is the central concern to voters and the future of our jobs are in jeopardy, it is not out of the question to ask a candidate to support American workers and buy the products they work so hard to make.
I urge Luke Puckett to halt any further orders he may have on purchasing foreign-made shirts and buy American. If he truly wishes to gain the support of the city of Kokomo, he will expect nothing less than a “Made in the U.S.A.” tag on the shirts he hands out.
Ginny McMillin
President
UAW Local 292
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