Writer makes solid point on competition
Many thanks to Shane Blatt for his common-sense editorial on healthy competition in schools (“Competition is best teacher,” Opinion, June 7).
Common sense is what is too often missing in educators. Our education establishment’s susceptibility to poorly thought-out fads has greatly damaged our national competitiveness.
We need hard work, competition and solid thinking in our schools to provide a quality education, encourage excellence and provide our republic with an intelligent electorate.
Rosemary Kittrell, Atlanta
Less road congestion an indirect benefit
One of the major arguments against the T-SPLOST is that it is too heavy on public transit, and public transportation would only benefit those commuters who will use it. Well, fewer people on the roads means fewer people waiting to get on the interstate — and fewer people ahead of you at the traffic light.
I commute via bike and MARTA, so I would receive little direct benefit from the referendum. However, I would enjoy the indirect benefit of Atlanta remaining the leading city in the South and not a traffic-choked mess. (That, plus my co-workers would show up at work in a little better mood).
Eric Dusenbury, Atlanta
Winning more crucial to GOP than jobs
Democrats and Republicans agree that the main issue in the upcoming election is jobs.
How long will Democrats listen to Mitt Romney’s accusation that President Barack Obama has failed in his efforts to create jobs when the Republican-controlled House has refused to pass the president’s jobs initiatives? Why are Democrats not flooding the airways with this one simple fact?
Refusing to give the president success in any form seems to be more important to conservatives than helping their fellow citizens.
Pat Walsh, Atlanta
Bonuses a luxury in tough economic times
Regarding the article that stated that some employees received bonuses while being investigated (“GSA bonus payout probed,” News, June 5), why are government employees receiving bonuses at all, given the nation’s high unemployment rate?
Sara Hines Martin, Acworth
Krugman was right about current crisis
Readers need to stop the left/right discussion in favor of right and wrong.
Paul Krugman was right when he predicted this crisis years beforehand, right when he said the inflation hawks were wrong, and right that austerity would fail. The AJC should continue to carry his opinion — and most of the paper’s readers would do well to read it.
Scott Pressman, Atlanta
