The Tribune-Star
INDIANAPOLIS —
Constitutional abuses magnify calamities
Progressive liberal changes for society and government happens silently and gradually. The gradual changes are at first unseen, but there.
The effects are there, but not immediately felt. Yet they are assumed to be good for us.
The economic and political changes happening in America are not a natural phenomenon; they are man-made and man-created. Mass unemployment, depressive economic downturns, corporate corruption and greed, government corruption and greed, unjust business closings, losing our political and economic freedoms and liberties, $13 trillion federal deficit, government taxing greed, enlarging unconstitutionally our federal government size and power, greater government controls over our economy, lobbying and pressure group politics are all man-made.
The greater the involvement and intervention government had or has with or over business, the greater the calamity to America. To automatically recite by rote memorization that business is only to blame for these calamities and government intervention is not, is not only wrong, but unjust, untrue and answers nothing.
Our United States Constitution was set up to prevent these man-made calamities. The more and greater Constitutional abuses that happen will continue to magnify these calamities.
We Americans have two choices; discontinue Constitutional abuses and move forward to political and economic health, or continue Constitutional abuses and continue and increase the political and economic calamities.
— Charles Bean
Terre Haute
Eagle Scout Project a success
(Editor’s note: An incomplete version of this letter appeared last week. Today’s version is correct.)
I want to sincerely thank everyone who contributed to my Eagle Scout Project at the German Oberlander Club. My project included replacing an old flagpole, planting shrubs, building up a planter and installing a floodlight to shine on the flag at night.
Supporting my project with money, materials, equipment and time and labor, were Earl Rodgers and his company, Dave Morris, Sue Morris, Chris Phillips, Randy Hoover, Steve Durham from MISCO, the management at Menards, VFW Post 972, Scott Francis, Jeff Gaskin and his family, Nathan Lorey, Matt Lorey, Andrew Weber, Brandon Halleck from Chances for Youth, the Oberlandler Club for giving me a place to do my project, all of my fellow Scouts from Troop 311 who helped, and everybody else who was involved.
Each of you contributed something essential to my project. I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you again.
— Jon Drobny
Terre Haute
Americans get what they pay for
I have a good friend, one of whose ancestors was a member of the original Boston Tea Party. I doubt, however, that she is a follower of the present tea party.
I did not hear today’s tea party members complaining when our government was creating huge deficits during the previous administration. We started two wars then, one in Iraq, the other in Afghanistan, without raising taxes to pay for them. In fact, we cut taxes for the wealthiest. I was not in favor of those wars, nor of sending more troops to them by this administration, but I heard no tea party about that.
The present administration has been left a deficit for which they are blamed. Yes, we have added to this deficit in order to pay for the programs that were left unfunded, and this a concern. I have learned that as soon as the moment is right, stimulus efforts for the economy must shift to deficit reduction and the that the precision of that timing is tremendously important.
I understand the White House is preparing for those efforts. In the meantime, we also need to take care of some of the needs at home. This includes health care, which has been long overdue, education, roads, bridges, jobs. Some of these programs tea partiers are calling socialism, and I suppose they could be called that; however, so is Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and all such programs that contribute to our citizen’s welfare.
I doubt that tea partiers would like to discontinue those programs. And we need to raise taxes in order to pay for them, as well as to off set the deficit. Our government has no income except for the taxes we pay. In other words, we get what we pay for!
— Jane White
Rockville
Movies are good wholesome entertainment
I remember when I was growing up there used to be several movie theaters here in town. The price for a movie at that time was 25 cents and as of now there are only four theaters — Showplace 12, Honey Creek 8 plus Meadows Theater and the Indiana Theater downtown. As of now, the price of a movie is $7.50. To me it’s good wholesome entertainment.
—Martha A. Silverman
Terre Haute
