LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Old Fashioned Values
Most folks that I know were brought up with similar values to mine. Recent happenings make me wonder just where this country is headed.
As an example if we lie to congress it’s a felony, if congress lies to us it’s politics.
We spend $MILLIONS rehabbing criminals, yet do very little if anything for victims. Killing an unborn child is OK, executing a murderer is taboo!
We don’t burn books we just rewrite them to suit our fancy. The threat of communism or socialism is gotten rid of by renaming them progressives.
Illegal immigration at our southern border is rampant seemingly unstoppable yet we man the 38th parallel with US troops.
Being critical of President Obama is considered terrorism, burning a flag or President Bush in effigy is a first amendment right. We tax those who work hard everyday for their money so we can give it to folks that don’t believe in the work ethic and think we all owe them!
The Constitution is revered ONLY when it supports a political agenda.
Elections are considered democracy in action until we don’t agree with those elected. Then we have to spend lots of money foolishly to undo a legal election that was won by a majority.
We form commissions (Simpson/Bowles), the BIG 6 or 12 to study and make recommendations on how to handle an issue or issues. We then ignore completely what they found and recommend as solutions.
Finally candidates spend $MILLIONS maybe $BILLIONS this year to get elected to jobs that pay a mere fraction of what they spent to get elected. Have you ever thought of who donors are and when and how they expect to get paid back ?
Those that fought wars to keep this country free are very disappointed and ashamed with where we are going and how we plan to get there. it is time to take this country back and get it headed in the right direction for those folks that built it to what it was 4-8 years ago.
Regards,
Chuck Bolder
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Governor Walker is Anti-Liberal
The Catholic Church certainly does support the right to form unions. For about 100 years it has shared common cause with organized labor. What they share though is in their stated objective. The means each employed to further this cause is entirely a different matter, and more often than not they differ substantially.
Unfortunately the unions have become one of the most partisan forces in politics today. They consistently support every leftist cause in predictable fashion. This incidentally often puts them on opposite sides as the Church. If their original mandate was simply to protect workers, then they’ve lost their way. The continual advocacy of every new liberal crusade has left a large portion of the working population alienated. This extends even to issues that have nothing to do with labor at all. What about conservative workers? What did the unions think would happen?
This sharp political divide is evident not only amongst workers at large, but also amongst Catholics. But we are first of all Catholics—our political sympathies should be secondary. When they become our first loyalty, we quickly find ourselves making excuses for why we now oppose the Church in some matter; some even trivializing abortion. But abortion is an “unspeakable crime” and to be a Catholic is to be unconditionally pro-life.
Then Archbishop, now Cardinal Raymond Burke informed his archdiocese of St. Louis that Catholics who vote for political candidates supportive of abortion rights have committed a grave sin in the eyes of the Church, and should confess and do penance before receiving Communion (“Voting for abortion rights candidate is a sin,” SLToday.com, June 25, 2004). Nor can a Catholic take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law or vote for it (“Declaration on Procured Abortion,” Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Nov. 18, 1974).
Governor Walker is a rare example of a politician whose stance on abortion is entirely consistent with the Church’s. He gutted funding for Planned Parenthood, thus making of them one of his most fanatical opponents. In the face of a budget deficit he’s making cuts in a manner that is loyal to his conservative base.
It is a very simple maxim of economics that tax cuts create jobs. In fact, taxation creates what is called a “deadweight” loss of value, or more simply, it distorts markets so that a certain potential never takes place.
Any time a politician cuts taxes you can bet his opponents will claim those tax breaks benefited only the wealthy and the special interest groups. But a quick fact check will turn up the whole truth. The January 2011 Special Session bills SS AB 3 and 7 create income and franchise tax deductions or credits for businesses that relocate to Wisconsin, and for those that increase employment in the State. This is something that benefits us all.
Let’s not pretend that Walker is anti-Catholic; he’s simply a conservative.
Peter Delp
Catholic, Merrill
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