Readers write, Sept. 27

EDUCATION

New curriculum should address responsibility

Regarding the story about the new social studies curriculum (“Social studies review political?” News, Sept. 23), if the tea party and Republicans would like to re-write the curriculum, perhaps they could include a module about the responsibility of elected representatives to actually govern — as opposed to obstruct.

Additionally, there should be a module about the insurance commissioner’s responsibility to obey his oath to uphold the law, instead of trumpeting his intent to subvert it.

RANDY HORENSTEIN, LAWRENCEVILLE

INEQUALITY

Without ‘fat cats,’ who would create the jobs?

In his Sept. 22 cartoon, Mike Luckovich pictures three middle-class workers framing a new house as “makers” (Opinion). In the second cartoon panel, he portrays the wealthy 1 percent as a fat cat cartoon character running off with a huge share of U.S. income as “takers.”

Yet, who put up the money to buy the land and then hire the workers to install sewers, roads and utilities, and prepare the lots for the home builders, who then hired the workers framing the house? That would be a well-funded corporation or entrepreneurial home builder who is in the vilified top percentile of earners.

Someone has to save and invest to underwrite the activities that create the jobs. Keep taking away incentives for the higher earners to put capital at risk and create jobs, and middle-class job erosion will get worse than it is now.

LEWIS J. WALKER, JOHNS CREEK

JEKYLL ISLAND

Profit motive threatens view void of high rises

I’ve been going to Jekyll Island for over 50 years, and have been spending a few weeks there each year.

A few weeks ago, I was horrified to see the towering crane that will, I assume, be the height of the island’s new Westin Hotel. The beautiful beach view void of tall buildings will soon be gone.

Jekyll’s coast is one of the few places left where one can walk the beach and see no buildings taller than a palm tree. It is truly a pristine place that is about to be destroyed for the sake of making a few bucks. Shame on the Georgia politicians who are allowing this to happen to one of the special places left on the U.S. coastline.

PAMELA LONG, WENTZVILLE, MO.