Wingfield right about party’s ‘old agendas’
Kyle Wingfield’s column (“Tuesday’s elections offer no good news for Republicans,” Opinion, Nov. 9) on recent election results nailed it in one sentence. “Both parties are generally guilty of working on old agendas with marginal near term benefits.”
An example is the GOP’s feeble attempt at tax reform. Republicans claim their proposal is extraordinary, but it’s really just tinkering with a badly broken system - the “old agenda”. Kind of like prescribing aspirin for a case of cancer. As Wingfield points out, underachievement and subsequent voter disappointment is the likely result.
The FairTax plan taxes consumption, not income. It addresses all of the Trump tax reform goals far more effectively and simply than what’s being proposed. It’s been around for years, but is ignored because Congress is stuck on the “old agenda” — tinkering with the existing, broken system.
There’s definitely a constituency for new answers, but D.C. has to think outside the box. That would be extraordinary.
BILL FOGARTY, ALPHARETTA
What would Reagan say about Trump?
Sen. David Perdue justifies his unwavering support of President Trump by saying we should focus on Trump’s agenda. Trump is so caught up in bragging about himself and insulting others it is hard to discern an agenda. Is it to turn us into an isolationist country with no world trade partners, or provoke foreign leaders into rash acts so we can unleash a military attack, as he has tried to do with North Korea? Most Republicans venerate Ronald Reagan as the role model for what a president should be. I would ask Sen. Perdue what he thinks Ronald Reagan would say about Trump and his agenda.
JOHN POOLER, DORAVILLE
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