Strictly homemaking is career not all enjoy
Regarding “Pundit’s potshot spurs ‘Mommy Wars’ skirmish” (News, April 13), of course, raising children and making a home are real and important work, and it is great that Ann Romney could choose to stay home and raise her children — since her decision didn’t include whether or not her children were fed and sheltered.
Many women can’t make the “choice” to stay home and raise children because their salaries are needed to support those children. The point Hilary Rosen was trying to make was that Romney has been sheltered by her financial position from the very real concerns working mothers have: trying to balance homemaking and rearing children with maintaining a job to support a family.
How can a millionaire’s wife understand that kind of economic reality?
Barbara Sandlin, McDonough
Romney isn’t your typical working mom
Perhaps it was a poor choice of words when Hilary Rosen commented on Ann Romney not working “a day in her life.” That’s an unfair characterization of mothers in general, but no one can say that Romney is a typical mom. With untold wealth and unlimited outside help, it’s clear she hasn’t experienced the daily grind of the real American mom.
Unfortunately, the main point of Rosen’s quip has been glossed over by the diversionary tactics of the media machine. If Mitt Romney considers his wife an adviser on the nation’s economy, it is an unsettling exposure of his inadequacy to lead this country.
Tom McManus, ROSWELL
Jail time needed for crimes against public
Regarding “Drug companies fined $1.1 billion” (Business, April 12), corporations set aside funds for judgments against them.
The fines are a pittance compared to what they reap, and are viewed as a cost of “doing business.”
The only way to combat fraud, abuse and deceptive practices by corporations is to criminalize these behaviors and place blame where it truly belongs: on the people at the top of corporations. Until that happens, it’s business as usual; the consumers pay in the end, and we’re sick of it.
Edla Ringue, Marietta
Cutting school bus service is poor policy
A recent letter writer (“Clayton right to nudge kids to walk to school,” Readers write, Opinion, April 12) advocates getting rid of school buses for children who live within 1.5 miles of their school. That might be a good thing on occasion — but here in Georgia, more often than not, that would mean walking while it is cold and dark (leaving aside the added danger of predators). That 1.5 miles is a long way when you’re miserable or frightened.
There are other ways to save money that don’t have an adverse effect on children.
John Aseff, Marietta
