We all should follow demand of protesters
After reading Thomas Friedman’s piece comparing protesters in India with Wall Street occupiers, I began to think: What should their message and demands be (“Two governments have many parallels,” Opinion, Nov. 11)?
The No. 1 demand for the protesters (and the country) has to be to remove private money from federal campaigns. As long as that condition remains, Congress will work for corporate America and will not act in the best interest of the public or the country. If we don’t fix this now, our democracy is dead. That’s what the protesters should demand, and the rest of us should follow.
David L. Cox, Lilburn
We’ll listen when all pay equal taxes
The writer of “Republicans continue to deny the undeniable” (Readers write, Opinion, Nov. 11) would have us believe Republicans are culpable for the “poor economic state.”
We must keep in mind that the poor economic state is a worldwide problem not isolated to a single political party in a single country. Further, it was liberal social policies led by Democrats that fostered the notion of extending credit to uncreditworthy homebuyers that helped create the loan-insurance meltdown. Instead of complaining about tax cuts for the rich, note that people and their government are asking what their country can do for them — instead of what they can do for their country. The “rich” have been paying more than I do. When Occupy Wall Street pays as much in taxes, I’ll listen to them.
Chuck Norton, Alpharetta
Vote could interfere with the will of God
Herman Cain says God convinced him to run for president — but as God has not told me to vote for him, I won’t. After all, for all I know, God may think Cain needs a lesson in humility — and if I voted for him, I would be interfering with God’s will.
Margaret Curtis, Atlanta
All responsibilities should be sent to states
There is rising opposition to the HOT lanes here in Georgia. This entire problem is a direct result of the federal Department of Transportation and the strings attached to our tax dollars.
There is a simple solution. First, send real conservatives to Congress, then do away with the federal DOT and the federal gas tax. Send all of the responsibilities to the states — where they belong.
Allow the voters and state governments to set the gas tax to meet their needs. This ends the bureaucracy that creates the problems we have and further eliminates an entire level of waste in unneeded bureaucrats in Washington. Those who want better transportation systems will build and maintain them, and those that do not will not.
Marty Harmon, Hiram
