Religious affiliation no requirement for office
Per our Constitution, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
Our Founding Fathers did not make being a member of any particular religion a requirement for public office.
It is a shame that Mitt Romney’s religion has once again become a primary issue. I thought we were above that.
Jack Bernard, Monticello
Candidate displays remarkable callousness
Presidential candidate Herman Cain recently stated that people demonstrating in the Wall Street area and in hundreds of other U.S. cities are “un-American.” He has chastised those who complain about joblessness, and admonished them to blame themselves for not being rich.
This man shows a remarkable lack of sensitivity to what’s going on in the American economy, and apparently has forgotten about the amendments to the United States Constitution which guarantee the rights of assembly and free speech.
I don’t recall that he criticized tea party adherents when they assembled and demonstrated in great numbers, and when they ridiculed President Obama.
I haven’t heard him make any reference to the role of Wall Street financial institutions in the collapse of the American and world economies.
I am puzzled as to why he is a top-tier candidate among the other Republican contenders.
Larry J. Pett, Atlanta
Protesters’ ire aimed in wrong direction
Why are people protesting against Wall Street?
Wall Street didn’t bail itself out.
It was our government that took money from taxpayers and gave it to Wall Street, and it’s against our government that these people should be protesting.
So go protest against the White House, the Democratic Congress that controlled the money and the Fed, that made every decision to protect the rich.
Go bug the real villains.
Ben Skott, Roswell
A reader’s plan to reduce operation costs
Much has been written about the U.S. Postal Service and the billions it loses annually. Plans have been discussed to lay off workers, close post offices and eliminate Saturday deliveries.
Why not require businesses, political parties and non-profit organizations to pay unsubsidized rates for the advertisements and letters that surely represent much of the postal service’s workload?
If these subsidies were discontinued, it is very likely that the postal service could greatly reduce its losses — if not eliminate them entirely.
William G. de Monyé Sr., Marietta
