Letters to the Editor for May 10
Debt ceiling ‘debate’ is about simply paying our billsNews broadcasts and articles about the debt ceiling fight seem to sidestep the fact that this isn’t a squabble between Republican and Democratic politicians about concern over the national debt. This is Republicans using the threat of defaulting on our payments to our debtors as extortion to force their draconian budget cuts. The GOP uses the threat like a game of chicken: seeing who will flinch first.
Instead, Hudbay is trying to drop five open pits into a populated area. Then, they will dip their straw in and suck out approximately 13 million gallons of groundwater per day, destroy a national forest, turn state land into a toxic dump and contaminate neighborhoods for miles.Ciscomani eye-openerThe deceit and falsification that Republican Representative Juan Ciscomani has been exhibiting since taking office is finally catching up to him.
I don’t usually agree with what this letter writer writes. However, I must agree with part of his most recent letter. His child has run up a maximum credit card debt — and the letter writer is aghast. What to do? I quote from his letter: “First, I pay the bill.” Although thrilled to discover a review of my book, Sticky Karma, in Sunday’s Southern Arizona Authors, I must give credit where credit is due. Jim Rankin, Margaret Fleming, and John Hollowell were the founders of the Southern Arizona Writing Project, not me. I was, however, invited to participate in the inaugural seminar, went on to become a research assistant for SAWP, and years later a board member.
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